MURTAGH COSGAR
Ellen is a good girl, and clever, I'm told. But I
would not have you deal before you go into the fair.
MATT
I'm going to marry Ellen Douras.
MURTAGH COSGAR
Her father is here, and we can settle it now. What
fortune will you be giving Ellen, Martin? That 100 pounds that was
saved while you were in Maryborough gaol?
_Martin shakes his head_.
MATT
_(stubbornly)_ I'm going to marry Ellen Douras, with or without
a fortune.
MURTAGH COSGAR
_(passionately)_ Boy, your father built this house.
He got these lands together. He has a right to see that you and your
generations are in the way of keeping them together.
MATT
I'll marry Ellen Douras, with or without a fortune.
MURTAGH COSGAR
Marry her, then. Marry Ellen Douras.
MATT
Now, Martin, we mustn't let an hour pass without going to her.
_(He takes Martin's arm, and they go to the door)_
MURTAGH COSGAR
Marry Ellen Douras, I bid you. Break what I have built,
scatter what I have put together. That is what all the young will be
doing,
_Ellen Douras comes to the door as Matt and Martin reach it_.
MATT
Ellen!
_She shrinks back_.
ELLEN
It's my father I came to speak to.
MURTAGH COSGAR
_(going to the door, and drawing the bolt from the half-door)_
When you come to my house, Ellen Douras, you are welcome within.
_Ellen comes in_,
ELLEN
It's right that I should speak to you all.
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