Den. Those old flannel-mouths—yer father and mother.
Ber. (Jumping out from bureau.) Oh, yez rapscallion! Bridget, hurl yerself out and we’ll salt this fresh herrin’.
Brid. (Jumping out.) Othello, we have yez now. Slug him, Bernard.
Den. What’s this, anyhow?
Ber. Young man, yez have alluded disrespectfully to the great O’Rielly family. Be Heaven, yez must die!
Den. What are yez slinging me—tacks?
Ber. We’ll be afther slingin’ yez out av the window when the morgue comes along. Whoof! hit him, Bridget!
[Bridget rushes at Denny. He knocks her down.
Ber. Yez have raised yer fist against a daisy. Beware, I am coming. [Biz of fight between Bernard and Denny. Denny finally knocks Bernard under the table. Table falls on him. Denny seizes Mary in his arms and menaces Bridget with the teapot. Flats close in on tableau.