MURTAGH COSGAR Put it down on a piece of paper that oul' men should have light hearts when their care is gone from them. They should be like—
MARTIN DOURAS There's nothing in the world like men with their rearing gone from them, and they old.
Sally comes to the door. She enters stealthily.
MURTAGH COSGAR Ha, here's one of the clutch home. Well, did you see that brother of yours?
SALLY
I did. He'll be home soon, father.
MURTAGH COSGAR What's that you say? Were you talking to him? Did he say he'd be home?
SALLY
I heard him say it, father.
MARTIN DOURAS
God bless you for the news, Sally.
MURTAGH COSGAR How could he go and he the last of them? Sure it would be against nature. Where did you see him, Sally?
SALLY
At Martin Douras's, father.