Myles [Looking off out at back.] Don’t be uneasy! it’s only the boys outside that’s caught ould Corrigan thryin’ to get off, and they’ve got him in the horse-pond.
Kyrle They’ll drown him.
Myles Niver fear, he wasn’t born to be drowned—he won’t sink—he’ll rise out of the world, and divil a fut nearer heaven he’ll get than the top o’ the gallows.
Eily [To Hard.] And ye won’t be ashamed of me?
Anne I’ll be ashamed of him if he does.
Eily And when I spake—no—speak—
Anne Spake is the right sound. Kyrle Daly, pronounce that word.
Kyrle That’s right; if you ever spake it any other way I’ll divorce ye—mind that.
Father T Eily, darlin’, in the middle of your joy, sure you would not forget one who never forsook you in your sorrow.