Robert monologue (Act 3) — Beyond the Horizon

(_swallowing hard, looks quickly from one to the other of them--then begins determinedly_) Yes, there _is_ something--something I must tell you--all of you. (_As he begins to talk_ ANDREW _enters quietly from the rear, closing the door behind him, and setting the lighted lantern on the floor. He remains standing by the door, his arms folded, listening to_ ROBERT _with a repressed expression of pain on his face_. ROBERT _is so much taken up with what he is going to say that he does not notice_ ANDREW’S _presence_.) Something I discovered only this evening--very beautiful and wonderful--something I did not take into consideration previously because I hadn’t dared to hope that such happiness could ever come to me. (_Appealingly_) You must all remember that fact, won’t you?