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Since Bernarda’s father died no one has set foot inside these walls. She doesn’t want them to see her in her stronghold! Curse her! For thirty years I’ve laundered her sheets; for thirty years I’ve eaten her leftovers; spent nights awake when she had a cough;
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Except for Angustias, the eldest, who’s the first husband’s daughter and has some money, the rest of them have lots of fine lace, and linen camisoles, but their only inheritance is bread and water.
For full-text of this monologue, see: Federico Garcia Lorca. The House of Bernarda Alba. Translated by A.S. Kline, 2007. https://www.poetryintranslation.com/PITBR/Spanish/AlbaActI.php
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