Mono Monday....Speech

A challenging mono Monday theme of the word "Speech."  Prose is written or spoken language, language is speech, so I guess a book would be a suitable subject.......this one being a wonderful Christmas present, along with another friend's beautifully handmade book corners.........I am very lucky, see them in colour in the extras:)
Thanks to FlyingPRgal for hosting this month.

Thank you for the lovely responses to yesterday's Christmas image :))