Thief Monologue from A Social Satire

From A Social Satire by Frank G. Tompkins

male · melancholic · 1:07 min

I've got to be getting out of here! Can't stay a minute longer! Charles, I wish you luck in that reform we were speaking of, but I haven't much hope. There is such a thing as total depravity. Oh, here! What am I thinking of? I was running away with your package. Clara. Oh, but it's yours, Mr. Hibbard. I couldn't think of taking it. Really, you must keep it to remember us by. Put it among your art treasures at home, next to your lovely illuminated manuscripts, and whenever you look at it remember us and this delightful evening, from which we are all taking away so much. You must keep it—that's part of the bargain, isn't it? And now are we even?

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