Quinn—What should be on me mind?
Mrs. Quinn—I haven't lived with ye five and twenty years without knowin' when ye've done somethin' ye're ashamed of.
Quinn—I've done nothin' I'm ashamed of.
Mrs. Quinn—Out with it.
Quinn—(After a slight hesitation.) I walked down town to-night to see the sights. Bill Martin went with me.
Mrs. Quinn—(Content to get her knowledge by Quinn's roundabout way of telling it.) Were the streets crowded?
Quinn—Nothin' like they are up here.... D'ye know they have the State Constabulary on the Avenue now?
Mrs. Quinn—I saw them this mornin'. Big hulkin' brutes they are, chargin' into groups of women and children like as if they were offenders agin the law.
Quinn—It's makin' the men see red.
Mrs. Quinn—If the men are wise, they'll give them a wide berth, and not start any ructions, or they'll get smashed heads for their pains.