MATT You didn't know it always. And you have let some one come between us when you talk like that.
ELLEN I'm not one to be listening to what people say about you. Nor do I be talking in the markets about you.
MATT I suppose not. You wouldn't have people think you gave any thought to me; I'm not good enough for you. The people you know are better.
ELLEN
You are foolish to be talking like that. You are foolish, I say.
MATT I know I am foolish. Fit only to be working in drains and ditches in the winter. That's what you think.
ELLEN
Maybe it is.
MATT Ellen Douras! Ellen Douras! A farmer's roof will be high enough for you some day.
ELLEN May I never see the day. Go back, go back. Make it up with your father. Your father will be glad of a labourer.
MATT Maybe you won't be glad if I go back; thinking on what you've said.
ELLEN I said too much. We don't know each other at all. Go back. You have made your choice.