The Duke Monologue from L'Aiglon

From L'Aiglon by Edmond Rostand

male · defiant · 54 sec

What am I saying, after all? If ever I had yours long since I've lost it. His blood and yours have fought in me, and yours Was put to flight, as usual, by the other. (MARIA LOUISA: Peace, Duke of Reichstadt!) Metternich, the fool, Thought to scrawl "Duke of Reichstadt" o'er my name. But hold the paper up before the sun: You'll see "Napoleon" in the watermark! (MARIA LOUISA: My son!) You called me Duke of Reichstadt? No! But would you have my veritable name? 'Tis what the people call me in the Prater As they make way: The Little Bonaparte! I am his son! and no one's son but his!

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