MATT
What is it, Ellen?
ELLEN
I have got an offer of a school in the County Leitrim.
MATT I wish they'd wait, Ellen. I wish they'd wait till I had something to offer you.
ELLEN
I'm a long time waiting here, Matt.
MATT
Sure we're both young.
ELLEN
This is summer now. There will be autumn in a month or two.
The year will have gone by without bringing me anything.
MATT
He'll be letting me have my own way soon, my father will.
ELLEN
Murtagh Cosgar never let a child of his have their own way.
MATT
When the land's bought out, he'll be easier to deal with.
ELLEN When he owns the land, he'll never let a son of his marry a girl without land or fortune.