Wedgecroft Monologue from Waste: A Tragedy, In Four Acts

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

male · anguished · 52 sec

Then the poor little liar said she'd go off to an appointment with her dressmaker; and I heard nothing more till she sent for me a week later, and I found her almost too ill to speak. Even then she didn't tell me the truth! So, when O'Connell arrived, of course I spoke to him quite openly and all he told me in reply was that it wouldn't have been his child. (FARRANT: Poor devil!) O'Connell? (FARRANT: Yes, of course.) I wonder. Perhaps she didn't realize he'd been sent for... or felt then she was dying and didn't care... or lost her head. I don't know.

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