Mrs. Cod monologue — Married Life: A Comedy, in Three Acts

Base equivocator--you shall have no rest, depend upon it, till I am perfectly acquainted with the cause of your agitation. I have watched your actions, Sir, more than you are aware of; 'tis something in which Mr. Lynx is concerned; I observed you, when you returned from his house yesterday, you came home quite an altered man--you that were not to be roused by any thing that did not interfere with your own immediate comfort, seemed suddenly to have changed your nature: the servant left your room door open, unchecked; a broken pane close to your ear escaped your notice--you ate no supper--you ordered no fire in your bed-room--and your sleep was disturbed by sighs and groans, and words of guilt.--Ha!--I have made you tremble--now, Sir, I shall leave you, and in the meantime you will do well to prepare for a confession that I am resolved to wring from you.--(_Aside._)--I have shaken him from his lethargy at last.