Ber. I have siven cints, and I am goin’ down to Casey’s to buy a dhrink. If either of yez are out of the house whin I come back I’ll kill yez both. Do yez moind?
[Exit Bernard. Mary and Bridget both get up from the table and advance front. Mary puts on her bonnet.
Brid. What are yez puttin’ on your tra-la-la hat for?
Mary. To go to the ball with.
Brid. Didn’t yez hear your father tell yez to stay at home?
Mary. Oh, father’s an ould stick-in-the-mud. He can’t boss me.
Brid. He’ll paralyze every sinew in your body.
Mary. I ain’t afraid. If he tries any of his lugs on me Denny will put a head on him. Da—da, mother.
Brid. If yez get killed at the ball it ain’t my fault.
Mary. All right. Over the sewer, skip the gutter, cross the river, mother. [Exit at door.