Muskerry?
MUSKERRY
I'm very well in health. I was anointed, you know, and
after that I mended miraculously.
CHRISTY
And what about the pension?
MUSKERRY
I'm getting three hundred pounds. They asked me to realize
the pension. I hope I have life enough before me. _(He comes out. He
has on trousers, coat, and starched shirt. The shirt is soiled and
crushed)_
MUSKERRY
On Saturdays I'll do my marketing. I'll come into the town,
and I'll buy the bit of meat for my dinner on Sunday. But what are
you doing with this portmanteau, Christy?
CHRISTY
I'm going away myself.
MUSKERRY
To a situation, is it?
CHRISTY
To a situation in Dublin.
MUSKERRY
I wish you luck, Christy. _(He shakes hands with the boy,
and sits down on a chair)_ I was dreaming on new things all last
night. New shirts, new sheets, everything new.
CHRISTY
I want to be something.
MUSKERRY
What do you want to be?
CHRISTY
A writer.
MUSKERRY
A writer of books, is it?
CHRISTY
Yes, a writer of books.
MUSKERRY
Listen, now, and tell me do you hear anything. That's the
sound of bees swarming at the window. That's a good augury for you,
Christy.
CHRISTY
All life's before me.
MUSKERRY
Will you give heed to what I tell you?
CHRISTY
I'll give heed to it, Mr. Muskerry.
MUSKERRY
Live a good life.
CHRISTY
I give heed to you.
MUSKERRY
Your mother had great hardship in rearing you.
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