The Maid Monologue from The Doctor's Dilemma

From The Doctor's Dilemma by Bernard Shaw

female · anguished · 1:02 min

I could run upstairs and get you my marriage lines in a minute, sir, if you doubt my word. He's Mr Louis Dubedat, isnt he? (RIDGEON: Yes.) Well, sir, you may believe me or not; but I'm the lawful Mrs Dubedat. (SIR PATRICK: And why arnt you living with your husband?) We couldnt afford it, sir. I had thirty pounds saved; and we spent it all on our honeymoon in three weeks, and a lot more that he borrowed. Then I had to go back into service, and he went to London to get work at his drawing; and he never wrote me a line or sent me an address. I never saw nor heard of him again until I caught sight of him from the window going off in the motor with that woman.

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