Trebell Monologue from Waste: A Tragedy, In Four Acts

From Waste: A Tragedy, In Four Acts by Harley Granville-Barker

male · contemplative · 1:24 min

My dear girl, I'm sorry to be brutal. Does it matter so much to you that I should have wished to be the father of your child? (AMY: It doesn't matter now.) (Friendly still.) On principle I don't make promises. But I think I can promise you that if you keep your head and will keep your health, this shall all be made as easy for you as if everyone could know. And let's think what the child may mean to you... just the fact of his birth. Nothing to me, of course! Perhaps that accounts for the touch of jealousy. I've forfeited my rights because I hadn't honourable intentions. You can't forfeit yours. Even if you never see him and he has to grow up among strangers... just to have had a child must make a difference to you. Of course, it may be a girl. I wonder. As he wanders on so optimistically she stares at him and her face changes. She realises....

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