MUSKERRY
This minute I'll go down to the Guardians and make my
complaint. _(He notices his appearance)_ I'm going about all day
with my boots unlaced. I'm falling into bad ways, bad, slovenly ways.
And my coat needs brushing, too. _(He takes off his coat and goes to
window and brushes it)_ That's Myles Gorman going back to the
Workhouse. I couldn't walk with my head held as high as that. In
this house I am losing my uprightness. I'll do more than lace my
boots and brush my coat. I'll go down to the Guardians and I'll pay
them back their fifty pounds.
_Anna Crilly comes in from left with a bowl of soup_.
ANNA
Here's your soup, grandpapa.
MUSKERRY
I can't take it now, Anna. _(He puts on his coat)_
ANNA
Are you going out, grandpapa?
MUSKERRY
I'm going before the meeting of the Board of Guardians.
ANNA
Are you, grandpapa?
MUSKERRY
Yes, Anna, I am. I'm going to pay them back their fifty
pounds.
ANNA
And have you the fifty pounds?
MUSKERRY
Your mother has it for me.
ANNA
Sit down, grandpapa, and take your soup.
MUSKERRY
No, Anna, I won't take anything until my mind is at rest
about the coal. A certain person has spoken to me in a way I'll
never submit to be spoken to again.
_Mrs. Crilly comes in_.
MRS. CRILLY
What has happened to you?
MUSKERRY
Felix Tournour knows about the coal, Marianne. He can
disgrace me before the world.
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