Violet Monologue from Cæsar's Wife: A Comedy in Three Acts

From Cæsar's Wife: A Comedy in Three Acts by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham

female · anguished · 51 sec

It never occurred to me that he could change. I felt so secure in his love. It never occurred to me that anyone could take him from me. (ARTHUR: Did he tell you he didn't care for you any more?) No. (ARTHUR: I don't think he's in love with Miss Pender.) I told him that he meant nothing to me any more. I told him that I took fancies and got over them. I made him think I was a silly flirt. And he believed me. If he loved me truly, truly, as he did before, whatever I'd said he'd have known it was incredible. Oh, I wouldn't have believed him if he'd made himself cheap in my eyes.

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