_Maire goes out_.
JAMES
But sure we must be doing something for the Cause.
CONN
They were all Fenians here when I came into this country first,
over twenty years ago.
_He rises and goes into room_.
JAMES
Well, he's a great man, Conn Hourican. _(James rises and goes
to fire. Conn comes out of room, carrying a greatcoat)_ How do you
think you'll do at Ardagh?
CONN
I think I'll do very well at Ardagh, James.
_He leaves coat on settle_.
JAMES
Everything's ready for the start.
CONN
Ay, and it's near time for going. I'm playing very well lately,
James. It's the thought of being before people who'll know music. If
I was staying in this place any longer, James, I'd put my fiddle in
the thatch, and leave it there for the birds to pick holes in.
JAMES
But won't you be back here after the Feis at Ardagh?
CONN
Well, I will, for a while anyway.
JAMES And would you be going off again after a while?
CONN
I'm thinking that when my daughters are settled I'll have the
years before me. I was reared in a place south of this, and I'd like
to go back there for a while.
JAMES
But wouldn't you come back to us?
CONN
There's many's the place in Ireland that I never saw, town and
countryside. _(He takes the greatcoat off settle and puts it on him)_
Tell me, James Moynihan, is your father satisfied with the
settlement that Maire's making for yourself and Anne?
JAMES
My father is very well satisfied.
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