_James kisses her_.
JAMES
I don't know what to think of them writers who say that the
Irish girls haven't the heart for love.
ANNE
Is Maire outside?
JAMES
She went out.
ANNE
It's a wonder that Brian MacConnell isn't here before this.
_Anne rises. Maire comes in_.
ANNE
Is there no one coming here?
MAIRE
There is no one on the road.
ANNE
Brian MacConnell is late in coming.
_Maire comes up to the fire. Anne stands with her. James goes to
entrance, and remains looking out_.
MAIRE
I saw Brian yesterday.
ANNE
And did you tell him that you were going at the sunset?
MAIRE
I told him we were going in the evening.
ANNE
Maybe you were distant with Brian?
MAIRE
He looked like a man that something had happened to. Connor
Gilpatrick came up, and then I went away.
_Conn Hourican comes out of room. He has left the greatcoat in room.
He brings the fiddle with him. Maire and Anne go to the settle. They
talk._
JAMES
_(to Conn)_ What would you think of a row of trees planted
before the door?
_Conn leaves fiddle on dresser, and comes to him_.
CONN
They might be very becoming, James.
JAMES
My father was saying that the front looked very bare.
CONN
A row of trees, when they'd grow, would make a great difference.
JAMES
That's what my father was saying.
_They talk, Conn leaning on the half-door.
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