Wellenberg Monologue from The Lawyers, A Drama in Five Acts

From The Lawyers, A Drama in Five Acts by August Wilhelm Iffland

male · contemplative · 53 sec

Propose fair things, and our conversation shall be fair. I will listen. (Reiss: Well, Doctor Kannenfeld is no more.) It has pleased the Disposer of all Events to call him. (Reiss: Very fortunately for him! That slanderer, I would--) Not so. Slanderer, not so,--a true penitent, a sinner, and of course one that has found mercy in the Divine Presence. He is dead as to his earthly frame, but the tears of repentance which he so often shed on my breast, I trust, will raise up fruits of joy and consolation in it: With respect to you, he is not dead as long as I live. To the point then;--in the name of heaven, what do you want?

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