LOGAN
Judgin' by the way the wind is, it would seem so.
FALVEY
'Tis splendid weather for walkin' or tillin' the land.
LOGAN
'Tis good weather for anythin'.
FALVEY All the same, 'tis a long stretch of a road from here to Ballinore. How far is it, I wonder?
LOGAN
Twenty miles at least.
FALVEY Every step of it, and a long road for a man with the rheumatics and bronchitis too.
LOGAN
And what brought you from Ballinore?
FALVEY And what would bring any poor man from his native town but lookin' for work. And that's a hard thing to be doin' when a man hasn't a friend to help him towards a job.
LOGAN
A man can always make friends if he wants to.
FALVEY 'Tis no easy thing for a man who hasn't a sleutherin' tongue and the takin' way with him to make friends, stranger.