Nestor: There is the old mill should be a good place. To the west of the station it is. Chimneys there are in it. Middling high they are. Wait now till I’ll tell you of the great plan I made up....
Cooney: What are you asking for those rakes in the corner? It’s no matter, I’ll take one on credit, or maybe it is only the lend of it I’ll take. ... I’ll be coming back immediately. (He goes out with rake.)
Sibby: (Coming in excitedly.) If you went bird-catching, Mr. Nestor, tell me what way would you go doing it?
Nestor: It is not long since I was reading some account of that ... lads that made a trade of it ... nets they had and they used to be spreading them in the swamps where the plover do be feeding....
Sibby: Ah, sure where’s the use of a plover!
Nestor: And snares they had for putting along the drains where the snipe do be picking up worms.... But if I myself saw any person going after things of the sort, it is what I would advise them to stick to the net.
Sibby: What now is the price of that net in the corner?
Nestor: (Taking it down.) It is but a little bag that is, suitable for carrying small articles; it would become your oranges well. Twopence I believe, Sibby, is what I should charge you for that.
Sibby: (Taking money out of handkerchief.) Give it to me so! Here I’ll get the start of you, Timothy Ward, anyway.
(She takes it and goes out, almost overturning Timothy Ward, who is rushing in.)