Wellenberg Monologue from The Lawyers, A Drama in Five Acts

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

male · anguished · 1:08 min

Do you never expect to be called to an account for your actions in this world? (Reiss: The doctor's insanity has infected you.) But the solemn oath, which I mean to have administered to you in a public court of justice, will open doors that you little expect. (Reiss: I can take it! the-- --Where are you going?) Away! for--for--I am seized with a tremor at the mere idea that an oath does not shake your frame to its centre. What, will you stretch out your hand against the judgments of God? Methinks I see the very sparks of hell before my eyes; methinks I see an infernal fiend between you and me, writhing, hissing, and sneering; methinks I see him anxious to seize on your poor soul, as his prey for ever. I am ill; do good for once, and permit me to go home and throw myself on my bed. (Going.)

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