MARTIN DOURAS
Ellen, I'll have news for you when I see you again.
I've made up my mind to that.
ELLEN
Are you going to the fair, father?
MARTIN DOURAS
Ay, with Murtagh.
ELLEN
God be with you, father. (She goes out)
MARTIN DOURAS
What purchase are you thinking of offering, Murtagh?
MURTAGH COSGAR
Twenty years.
MARTIN DOURAS It's fair enough. Oh, it's a great day for the country, no matter what our own troubles may be.
Matt has taken down the harness. He takes some of it up and goes out to yard.
MURTAGH COSGAR (with some contempt) It's a pity you haven't a share in the day after all.
MARTIN DOURAS
Ay, it's a pity indeed.