Bridget. No'm. Nora and Clarissa have used up all the sashes.
Mrs. Mulligan (takes fringed bureau cover from wash-basket). Look here, now, Bridget Honora, see what I've found in the wash. It's a tidy to go on top of a dresser, but I'm thinking it's just the thing to fill the gap between the skirt and the waist of Mary Ann.
Bridget. Yes, maw. (Exit R.)
Enter Patsy from R. He runs in and is very much excited.
Patsy. Oh, maw, maw, come quick! Hurry, or he'll be drowned.
Mrs. Mulligan. What is it, Patsy? Spake quick.
Patsy. It's Teddy Magee. I was givin' him a wash in the rain-barrel, when all of a sudden, bad luck to him, he slipped through me fingers and fell head-first down in the barrel. (Cries.) Oh, it's drownded dead he'll be. Oh, oh! (Cries.)
Mrs. Mulligan. Oh, me baby, me baby! (Rushes out at R.)
Enter Nora and Clarissa from L.
Nora. Now sit right down there, Clarissa, and don't be moving a hair, because you're all fixed and ready for the entertainment.