MRS. CRILLY
We have no money at all. Listen. Crofton Crilly backed a
bill for James Covey, and three hundred pounds has been taken from
our account.
MUSKERRY
Three hundred pounds!
MRS. CRILLY
Yes. Three hundred pounds.
MUSKERRY
He backed a bill for three hundred pounds. And do you think,
Marianne Crilly, there can be any luck, in a house where such a
thing could happen? I tell you there is no luck nor grace in your
house. _(He puts on his hat and goes to cupboard to get his stick. He
opens the cupboard. He turns round)_
MUSKERRY
_(greatly moved)_ My God, my God. I'm made cry at the
things that happen in this house.
MRS. CRILLY
What is it?
MUSKERRY
The good meat I brought in. There it is on the floor and
the cat mangling it. I'll go out of this house, and I'll never put
foot into it again.
MRS. CRILLY
And where will you go?
MUSKERRY
I'll go before the Board of Guardians and I'll ask them to
provide for me.
MRS. CRILLY
What do you want me to do for you?
MUSKERRY
Give me fifty pounds, so that I can pay them off now.
MRS. CRILLY
Haven't I told you the way I'm straitened for money?
MUSKERRY
You have still in the bank what would save my name.
MRS. CRILLY
Don't be unreasonable. I have to provide for my children.
MUSKERRY
Your children. Yes, you have to provide for your children.
I provided for them long enough.
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