Monologue

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 · contemplative · 1:01 min

Startled. Is that true? (RHODA: I have read so.) I wonder--I wonder. (He stands in deep thought.) But I have had other signs. (RHODA: What other signs?) Many, many. Up and down the land! (Pause.) I wonder.--I--I almost wish it were so! With bent head he goes out. Rhoda stands looking after him until the inner door closes, then sits before the fire in revery. Beeler comes in from the barn. He wears his old fur cap, and holds in one hand a bulky Sunday newspaper, in the other some battered harness, an awl, twine, and wax, which he deposits on the window seat. He lays the paper on the table, and unfolds from it a large colored print, which he holds up and looks at with relish.

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