_Murtagh goes to the fire. Matt goes to the harness-rack. Martin
Douras and Ellen are at the door._
MARTIN DOURAS
Ellen, I'll have news for you when I see you again.
I've made up my mind to that.
ELLEN
Are you going to the fair, father?
MARTIN DOURAS
Ay, with Murtagh.
ELLEN
God be with you, father. _(She goes out)_
MARTIN DOURAS
What purchase are you thinking of offering, Murtagh?
MURTAGH COSGAR
Twenty years.
MARTIN DOURAS
It's fair enough. Oh, it's a great day for the country,
no matter what our own troubles may be.
_Matt has taken down the harness. He takes some of it up and goes
out to yard._
MURTAGH COSGAR
_(with some contempt)_ It's a pity you haven't a share
in the day after all.
MARTIN DOURAS
Ay, it's a pity indeed.
_Murtagh goes to the door._
MURTAGH COSGAR
_(with suppressed enthusiasm)_ From this day out
we're planted in the soil.
MARTIN DOURAS
Ay, we're planted in the soil.
MURTAGH COSGAR
God, it's a great day.
_Cornelius comes back._
CORNELIUS
This is a memorial occasion, Murtagh Cosgar, and I wish
you the felicitations of it. I met the delegates and I coming in,
and I put myself at the head of them. It's the day of the redemption,
Murtagh Cosgar.
_Murtagh, without speaking, goes up to the room._
CORNELIUS
He's gone up to get the papers. Father, we must give the
men understanding for this business.
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