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Examples Of Dramatic Monologue

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‘I have thought a lot about you since we met at dinner at the inn. You impressed me with your balanced, unprejudiced thinking about the Moriscos and your mature views about religion and politics. You are no bigot and I like that. I was thinking as we spoke then and I’ve thought about it since. I am looking for someone like you to help our cause. I wouldn’t expect you to do anything which could put your life at risk but I might ask you to help me find out some facts, some information. You’d be ideal because, as an itinerant musician you could go virtually anywhere and you wouldn’t raise suspicion.’ ‘I’m not sure where you are going, Pedro, but…’ ‘No! Don’t stop me. Hear me out.’ He stood up quickly and glanced over the partition into the next booth. ‘No one there. Look into that one.’ Antonio looked over. ‘No one there either.’ …show more content…

Is that right?’ ‘Yes, you and the man I’ve already recruited, Esteban de Recalde?’ ‘Never heard of him. You are talking as if I should know him.’ ‘You do know him. You helped him out of a scrape. Out of trouble.’ ‘Now I’m completely fooled. That’s not Jac’s father.’ ‘No. Do you remember when you entered the inn, a group of roughs were throwing a dwarf up to the ceiling and catching him as he fell? You tricked them into letting him go. Well, the dwarf, Esteban de Recalde, is one of my men and he’s going to Valladolid to get what I want. But I don’t want him going alone. He’s as strong as a mountain bear but small and vulnerable. Part of your job would be to protect him.’ ‘I’m still far from sure,’ said Antonio, making it sound that he could be interested but that there might be a number of issues to settle. ‘What about money? How would we manage? Would you pay us? How much?’
‘Yes. I’ve thought about that. I’d pay all your living expenses and if you wanted any more, you’d have to earn it yourself, doing something else.’
‘What?’
‘Playing the violin, of course. And somehow, Esteban would help you.’

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