MRS. CRILLY
I think we did all we could for you.
MUSKERRY I'm going out now to pay back the Guardians the sum due to them from me. I want fifty pounds from you. I claim it, and I have a right to claim it.
MRS. CRILLY We have no money at all. Listen. Crofton Crilly backed a bill for James Covey, and three hundred pounds has been taken from our account.
MUSKERRY
Three hundred pounds!
MRS. CRILLY
Yes. Three hundred pounds.
MUSKERRY He backed a bill for three hundred pounds. And do you think, Marianne Crilly, there can be any luck, in a house where such a thing could happen? I tell you there is no luck nor grace in your house. (He puts on his hat and goes to cupboard to get his stick. He opens the cupboard. He turns round)
MUSKERRY (greatly moved) My God, my God. I'm made cry at the things that happen in this house.
MRS. CRILLY
What is it?
MUSKERRY The good meat I brought in. There it is on the floor and the cat mangling it. I'll go out of this house, and I'll never put foot into it again.
MRS. CRILLY
And where will you go?