[The door is kicked open and Shaun enters. He is fairly far gone in drink. As he looks at her she backs a step or two and stares at him wildly. He kicks over grandfather clock number one, which is evidently damaged by the fall, as it commences to strike wildly and insistently.
Mrs. M'Gann. Shaun!
[He staggers over and looks at her closely for a moment. Then he catches her by the throat, hurls her to the ground, and begins to kick her savagely. He laughs as he kicks her, for at heart he is not a bad-natured man. She gradually becomes still. At last he stops and looks at her.
Shaun. Mary! (A pause. Then in a louder tone, with a note of alarm in his voice) Mary!
[He looks at her for two minutes in a dazed way and then staggers out of the room. The Stranger, who until this moment has not said a word, does not speak now. Grandfather clock number one continues to strike insistently.
Curtain.
Scene—Village Concert—Squire's turn to sing.
Official. "'Ope you gets on all right, Sir. It's been fairly good oop t' now."