Tarleton Monologue from Misalliance

From Misalliance by Bernard Shaw

male · defiant · 51 sec

Do you remember Bill Burt? (HYPATIA: Why?) (to the others) Bill Burt was a laborer here. I was going to sack him for kicking his father. He said his father had kicked him until he was big enough to kick back. Patsy begged him off. I asked that man what it felt like the first time he kicked his father, and found that it was just like kicking any other man. He laughed and said that it was the old man that knew what it felt like. Think of that, Summerhays! think of that! (HYPATIA: I havnt kicked you, papa.) Youve kicked me harder than Bill Burt ever kicked.

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