MAIRE It gives it to herself. (Maire signs the paper with the slowness of one unaccustomed to writing) It will be a great change for us when we come back to this place.
CONN (going to chair at fire) It will be a great change for you and me, no matter what we say.
MAIRE
And now that James's father is putting stock on the land, the
Moynihans will have great call to the place.
CONN
Maire, your father is thinking of taking to the road.
MAIRE
And how long would you be staying on the roads?
CONN
Ah, what is there to bring me back to this country, Maire?
MAIRE
Sure you're not thinking of going on the roads altogether?
CONN
The road for the fiddler.
MAIRE Would you leave the shelter and the settled life? Would you go on the road by yourself?
CONN
Anne and yourself will be settled, and I'll have the years before me.