LAVARCHAM.
Go round east to the shed and you’ll have shelter. You cannot come in.
NAISI.
— knocking loudly. — Open the door or we will burst it. (The door is shaken.)
OLD WOMAN.
— in a timid whisper. — Let them in, and keep Deirdre in her room tonight.
AINNLE AND ARDAN.
— outside. — Open! Open!
LAVARCHAM.
— to Old Woman. — Go in and keep her.
OLD WOMAN.
I couldn’t keep her. I’ve no hold on her. Go in yourself and I will free the door.
LAVARCHAM.
I must stay and turn them out. (She pulls her hair and cloak over her face.) Go in and keep her.
OLD WOMAN.
The gods help us.
[She runs into the inner room.
VOICES.
Open!