MRS. CRILLY Fifty pounds. From what place is fifty pounds to come so easily?
MUSKERRY
I'll ask you to give me the fifty pounds, Marianne.
MRS. CRILLY I'll do no such thing. Anna is getting married, and she claims her fortune.
MUSKERRY
Anna getting married. This was kept from me. And who is
Anna getting married to?
MRS. CRILLY
To James Scollard.
MUSKERRY To James Scollard. And so Anna is getting married to my successor, James Scollard. My successor. How well I knew there was some such scheme behind shifting me out of the Workhouse. And Anna Crilly was against me all the time. Well, well, well. I'll remember this.
MRS. CRILLY
I'm at great losses since you came here.
MUSKERRY
I'm at greater losses, Marianne.
MRS. CRILLY
What losses are you at?
MUSKERRY The loss of my trust, the loss of my dignity, my self-respect, and—