CHARACTERS
PATCHA CREMIN (nicknamed NAPOLEON) A carpenter
NEDSERS BROPHY (nicknamed BOULANGER) A mason
DANNUX TOUHY (nicknamed THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON) A mason
MRS. FENNESSEY A lodging-house keeper
RETRIBUTION
A COMEDY IN ONE ACT
Scene: Bedroom in a country lodging house. There is one narrow bed and two chairs in the room, and a picture of Robert Emmet hangs on the wall. Patcha Cremin is lying in bed with his head covered. A loud knocking is heard at the door.
PATCHA (startled, uncovers his head and looks about him.
The knocking continues)
Who's there? (Thinking for a moment that he is at
home and that his wife is calling) Oh, is that you,
Ellie?
MRS. FENNESSEY (from without)
It is not Ellie, then.
PATCHA (not yet properly awake)
And who is it?
MRS. FENNESSEY
'Tis me.
PATCHA (angrily)
And who the blazes are you?