NEDSERS (taking off his coat and vest)
Enough said! Enough said!
DANNUX (as he wraps them up in an old newspaper)
I wouldn't be surprised if I'd get ten shillin's on them.
And sure they can be released again as soon as I get
paid for the job.
NEDSERS That's right, that's the way I like to hear a man talkin'.
DANNUX (as he takes the laces from Patcha's boots lying near the bed, and ties up the parcel) What else are we here for, but to be a help and a comfort to each other? Sure 'tis by each other we live. (Places the parcel under his arm, puts on his hat and walks towards the door. Looks from one to the other) Good-by, Napoleon—Good-by, Boulanger. May God bless you both.
PATCHA What's that I hear? Aren't you comin' back with the money and the bit to eat for us?
DANNUX
Of course I am. I only mean good-by for the time
I'll be away.
[Exit Dannux. After he has gone Nedsers looks soberly at Patcha.
NEDSERS
Only for the time he'll be away!
PATCHA
What's the matter with you, at all?
NEDSERS
I think I did a foolish thing.