MISS JOYCE. Do you hear that? A stranger! Did you see e'er a stranger in this town, Mrs. Delane, or Sergeant Carden, or Mr. Quirke?
MR. QUIRKE. Not a one.
SERGEANT. There was no stranger here.
MRS. DELANE. There could not be one here without me knowing it.
FARDY. I tell you there was.
MISS JOYCE. Come on, then, and tell who was he to his reverence.
SERGEANT. [Taking other arm.] Or to the bench.
FARDY. I did get it, I tell you, from a stranger.
SERGEANT. Where is he, so?
FARDY. He's in some place—not far away.