MRS. TULLY. You don't know, maybe, that he was made away with for the sake of Kitty Keary, his wife?
BARTLEY. Kitty Keary, his wife! (Sits down bewildered.)
MRS. TULLY. And what have you to say now, Bartley Fallon?
BARTLEY (crossing himself). I to bring that fork here, and to find that news before me! It is much if I can ever stir from this place at all, or reach as far as the road!
TIM CASEY. Look, boys, at the new magistrate, and Jo Muldoon along with him! It's best for us to quit this.
SHAWN EARLY. That is so. It is best not to be mixed in this business at all.
JAMES RYAN. Bad as he is, I wouldn't like to be an informer against any man.
(All hurry away except MRS. TARPEY, who remains behind her stall. Enter MAGISTRATE and POLICEMAN.)
MAGISTRATE. I knew the district was in a bad state, but I did not expect to be confronted with a murder at the first fair I came to.
POLICEMAN. I am sure you did not, indeed.