SALLY
Who's coming at all?
CORNELIUS
Some of the boys and girls that are for America. They are going
to Gilroy's to-night, and are leaving from that in the morning.
They are coming in to see Ellen on their way down.
SALLY There are a good many going this flight. The land never troubles them in America, and they can wear fine clothes, and be as free as the larks over the bogs. It's a wonder you never thought of going, Ellen.
ELLEN Father wouldn't like me to be far from him, and so I went in for the school instead.
SALLY And now you've got a fine boy like Matt. It was lucky for you to be staying here.
ELLEN
Hush, Sally.
SALLY Oh, I knew all about it before you talked to me at all. Matt always goes to the place where he thinks you'd be.
ELLEN (rising) I'll be in the room when the girls come, Cornelius.
She goes into room left.
SALLY (going to Cornelius) God help us, but she's the silent creature. Isn't it a wonder she's not filled with talk of him after seeing him to-day? But Ellen's right. We shouldn't be talking about men, nor thinking about them either; and that's the way to keep them on our hands on the long run. I'll be going myself.