CONN
I wonder would we have time to go up, play a few tunes, and
come back, while Maire would be doing something? It would be a pity
not to give them fellows a lesson and close their ignorant mouths for
them. I wonder would we have time? _(Anne comes in with Maire)_ I
thought you went somewhere and left Brian and myself here.
ANNE
We're going somewhere and Brian might come with us.
MAIRE
Every one is going to Moynihan's.
CONN
It's a pleasant house, a pleasant house. Brian will make his
_ceilidh [3]_ with me. We might go over a few tunes.
ANNE
Let Brian come where there are girls that might miss him.
MAIRE
Anne, you're a great one for keeping up the story that girls
are always thinking about men.
ANNE
And so they are. Just as men are always thinking about girls.
MAIRE
You'd make a good ribbonman.[4] You'd put a face on anything
you said.
[Footnote 3: Celidh, pronounced cayley, a visit.]
[Footnote 4: A ribbonman--a member of a secret agrarian society.]
ANNE
Ribbonism and secret societies were denounced off the altar.
MAIRE
Goodness! The men will begin to think they've secrets worth
telling.
ANNE
Have you secrets worth telling, Brian?
MAIRE
I daresay he has. There are foolish women in the world.
ANNE
Are you coming to Moynihan's, Brian?
BRIAN
No. I'm going where there's men.
MAIRE
Come, Anne, till I deck you out.
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