HEAD (indignantly)
Why don't ye arrest these min, I say?
PADNA and MICUS (together) Arrest us, is it? (They take off their coats, throw them on the ground, and take their stand like pugilists) Come on, now, and arrest us!
PADNA
I'll take the best man.
MICUS
An' I'll take the lot.
[The police try to arrest them, and a desperate struggle ensues. The police lose their caps and belts, but eventually succeed in overpowering them.
MRS. COTTER (rushes to the rescue) O boys, for my sake, an' for the sake o' ye'r wives an' families, have no crossness but lave the house quietly.
PADNA (as he struggles with the Sergeant) Don't fret, ma'am. We'll have no crossness. All we want is to wipe the police from the face o' the earth altogether.
MICUS
That's all. We'll have no crossness.
[Handcuffs are placed on Micus and Padna.
HEAD (shouts)
Take these min to the Barrack.