ELLEN
Matt will be bringing a wife into the house soon from all I hear.
How would your father treat her?
SALLY
Oh, he'd have his way, and she'd have her way, I suppose.
ELLEN
And do you think your father will let him marry?
SALLY
Sure he must if the boy likes.
ELLEN
What would he say if Matt married a girl without a fortune?
SALLY
In my mother's country there are lots of girls with fortunes
that Matt could have.
ELLEN
Supposing he wanted a girl that had no fortune?
SALLY
Oh, I suppose father would give in in the end. It wouldn't be
clay against flint when Matt and father would be to it.
ELLEN
You're a good girl, Sally. If I was Matt's wife, do you think
you'd be fond of me?
SALLY
I'd like you as well as another, Ellen.
_Cornelius comes down from room_.
CORNELIUS
I suppose they'll be here soon.
ELLEN
I have tea ready for them.
SALLY
Who's coming at all?
CORNELIUS
Some of the boys and girls that are for America. They are going
to Gilroy's to-night, and are leaving from that in the morning.
They are coming in to see Ellen on their way down.
SALLY
There are a good many going this flight. The land never
troubles them in America, and they can wear fine clothes, and be as
free as the larks over the bogs. It's a wonder you never thought of
going, Ellen.
ELLEN
Father wouldn't like me to be far from him, and so I went in
for the school instead.
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