Tesman Monologue from Hedda Gabler

From Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen

male · joyful · 53 sec

Absurdity! Do you see anything absurd in my being overjoyed at the news! But after all--perhaps I had better not say anything to Berta. (HEDDA: Oh--why not that too?) No, no, not yet! But I must certainly tell Aunt Julia. And then that you have begun to call me George too! Fancy that! Oh, Aunt Julia will be so happy--so happy! (HEDDA: When she hears that I have burnt Eilert Lovborg's manuscript--for your sake?) No, by-the-bye--that affair of the manuscript--of course nobody must know about that. But that you love me so much,(13) Hedda--Aunt Julia must really share my joy in that! I wonder, now, whether this sort of thing is usual in young wives? Eh?

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