Tell him not to go, Peter.
PETER.
It’s no use. He doesn’t hear a word we’re saying.
BRIDGET.
Try and coax him over to the fire.
DELIA.
Michael, Michael! You won’t leave me! You won’t join the French, and we going to be married!
[She puts her arms about him, he turns towards her as if about to yield.
OLD WOMAN’S voice outside.
They shall be speaking for ever,