MATT
I'm going to marry Ellen Douras.
MURTAGH COSGAR Her father is here, and we can settle it now. What fortune will you be giving Ellen, Martin? That 100 pounds that was saved while you were in Maryborough gaol?
Martin shakes his head.
MATT (stubbornly) I'm going to marry Ellen Douras, with or without a fortune.
MURTAGH COSGAR (passionately) Boy, your father built this house. He got these lands together. He has a right to see that you and your generations are in the way of keeping them together.
MATT
I'll marry Ellen Douras, with or without a fortune.
MURTAGH COSGAR
Marry her, then. Marry Ellen Douras.
MATT Now, Martin, we mustn't let an hour pass without going to her. (He takes Martin's arm, and they go to the door)
MURTAGH COSGAR Marry Ellen Douras, I bid you. Break what I have built, scatter what I have put together. That is what all the young will be doing,
Ellen Douras comes to the door as Matt and Martin reach it.