Ulrich Michaelis Monologue from The Faith Healer: A Play in Three Acts

From The Faith Healer: A Play in Three Acts by William Vaughn Moody

male · philosophical · 1:05 min

(Gazing at her.) Because, since I came into this house, I have seen the vision of another life. (RHODA: What--other life?) Since my boyhood I have been-- (He hesitates.) I have been a wanderer, almost a fugitive--. And I never knew it, till now--I never knew it till--I looked into your face! (RHODA: How should that make you know?) (Leans nearer.) All my life long I have walked in the light of something to come, some labor, some mission, I have scarcely known what--but I have risen with it and lain down with it, and nothing else has existed for me.--Nothing, until--I lifted my eyes and you stood there. The stars looked down from their places, the earth wheeled on among the stars. Everything was as it had been, and nothing was as it had been; nor ever, ever can it be the same again.

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