MARY

Let me go.

ELLEN

No.

MARY

Ye won’t?

POLLY

Haud yer wheish, lass. It’s fur yer ain guid.

MARY

Why huv ye locked thon door? Ye’re cheatin’ me. Ye’re cruel. A can dae nae guid here. Let me go tae ‘im. A must go. A wull. [The two women have now faced each other; there is a violent knocking at the door.