The Earl Of Hawcastle Monologue from The Man from Home

From The Man from Home by Booth Tarkington

male · dramatic · 1:02 min

My dear young friend, imagine that a badly wanted man appears upon the pergola here and makes an appeal of I know not what nature to one of your fellow-countrymen, who--for the purposes of argument--is at work upon this car. Say that the too-amiable American conceals the fugitive under the automobile, and afterward, with the connivance of a friend, deceives the officers of the law and shelters the criminal, say in a room of that lower suite yonder. (His voice shows growing excitement as a man's shadow appears on the shade of the window nearest the door.) Imagine, for instance, that the shadow which at this moment appears on the curtain were that of the wanted man-- then, would you not agree that a moderate and reasonable request of your fellow-countryman might be acceded to? PIKE (swallowing painfully). What would be the nature of that request?

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