Mr. Quirke: Is that so? And what, now, is there in it?
Mrs. Delane: Who do you think now is it addressed to?
Mr. Quirke: How would I know that, and I not seeing it?
Mrs. Delane: That is true. Well, it is a message from Dublin Castle to the Sergeant of Police!
Mr. Quirke: To Sergeant Carden, is it?
Mrs. Delane: It is. And it concerns yourself.
Mr. Quirke: Myself, is it? What accusation can they be bringing against me? I’m a peaceable man.
Mrs. Delane: Wait till you hear.
Mr. Quirke: Maybe they think I was in that moonlighting case——
Mrs. Delane: That is not it——