ANNA Mother. If he gets the pension first, could they take it back from him?
CRILLY No. But they could make him pay back the fifty pounds in instalments.
MRS. CRILLY
Fifty pounds! We can't afford to lose fifty pounds.
ANNA
Who would find out about the coal, father?
CRILLY
The Guardians who take stock.
ANNA And how would they know at this time whether there was a hundred or a hundred and fifty tons there at first?
CRILLY The business men amongst them would know. However, there won't be an inspection for some time.
ANNA
Suppose grandfather had got his pension and had left the
Workhouse, who would know about the coal?
CRILLY
The new Workhouse Master.
MRS. CRILLY
The new Workhouse Master—