Theodore Travers Monologue from The Prude's Progress: A Comedy in Three Acts

From The Prude's Progress: A Comedy in Three Acts by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome

male · philosophical · 59 sec

My dear fellow, I never was young. Age is a question of senses, not of seasons. I was born pretty much as you see me now. I told my first lie before most children can lisp the truth. I posed before most children can stand. I drank brandy at an age when most children lick sherbet, and made love while my co-temporaries were making mudpies. (JACK MEDBURY: I wonder you care to stop on any longer in this world.) Duty, my dear fellow. I'm wanted down here. The age requires me. Great men are scarce. (TED MORRIS: And modest--I always thought.) A popular delusion. They pretend to be. In reality they all think of themselves exactly as I think of myself; I am setting them an example of naturalness and candour.

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