MUSKERRY I'll go before the Board of Guardians and I'll ask them to provide for me.
MRS. CRILLY
What do you want me to do for you?
MUSKERRY
Give me fifty pounds, so that I can pay them off now.
MRS. CRILLY
Haven't I told you the way I'm straitened for money?
MUSKERRY
You have still in the bank what would save my name.
MRS. CRILLY
Don't be unreasonable. I have to provide for my children.
MUSKERRY Your children. Yes, you have to provide for your children. I provided for them long enough. And now you would take my place, my honour, and my self-respect, and provide for them over again. (He goes out)
MRS. CRILLY
I'll have to put up with this, too.
Anna re-enters.
ANNA
Where has he gone, mother?