SCOLLARD
I will be glad to take up the necessary formalities for you,
Mr. Muskerry.
MRS. CRILLY First of all, has the doctor marked my father off the infirmary list?
SCOLLARD
No, Mrs. Crilly. Now that I recall the list, he has not.
MUSKERRY
I waited after Mass to-day, and I missed seeing him.
MRS. CRILLY My father was seriously ill only a short time ago, and I do not believe he is in a fit state to leave the infirmary.
SCOLLARD That certainly has to be considered. Without the doctor explicitly sending you down to the body of the house you are hardly under my jurisdiction, Mr. Muskerry.
MUSKERRY
Mr. Scollard, I ask you to give me leave to go out of the
Workhouse for a day. You can do this on your own responsibility.
MRS. CRILLY In the present state of his mind it's not likely he would return to-night. Then if anything happened him your situation is at stake.
MUSKERRY I'm not a pauper. I'll go out of this to-day without leave or license from any of you.
SCOLLARD As you know yourself, Mr. Muskerry, it would be as much as my situation is worth to let you depart in that way.