Monologue

Valentine White Monologue from The Cabinet Minister: A farce in four acts

From The Cabinet Minister: A farce in four acts by Arthur Wing Pinero

male · melancholic · 45 sec

Oh, of course, he's ironed out by the House of Commons. (IMOGEN: How very rude! And am I--altered, Val?) Altered! The change is heart-breaking! (IMOGEN: Oh, how cruel!) Altered! Where are the tiny tea-things with which you once played at making tea in your old school-room? Where is the hoop you used to trundle in Portman Square--the skipping-rope Brooke and I turned for you till our arms nearly dropped from our shoulders? Where are the marbles I gave you--the top I taught you to spin? I say, where are these things and the jolly little girl who delighted in them?

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