Go down to our
house, and tell Mary to give you one of the shirts that are folded up.
MUSKERRY
The boy will go where he was bid go.
MRS. CRILLY
Oh, very well. Run, Christy, and do the message for the
Master.
_Christy Clarke goes out_.
MUSKERRY
I don't know what brought you here to-day.
MRS. CRILLY
Well, I wanted to see you.
MUSKERRY
You could come to see me when I was settled down.
MRS.
CRILLY Settled in the cottage the Guardians have given you?
MUSKERRY
Yes, ma'am.
MRS. CRILLY
_(with nervous excitement, restrained)_ No one of us
will ever go near the place.
MUSKERRY
Well, you'll please yourself.
MRS. CRILLY
You put a slight on us all when you go there to live.
MUSKERRY
Well, I've lived with you to my own loss.
MRS. CRILLY
Our house is the best house in the town, and I'm the
nearest person to you.
MUSKERRY
Say nothing more about that.
MRS. CRILLY
Well, maybe you do right not to live with us, but you
ought not to forsake us altogether.
MUSKERRY
And what do you mean by forsaking you altogether?
MRS. CRILLY
When you leave the place and do not even turn your step
in our direction it's a sign to all who want to know that you
forsake us altogether.
MUSKERRY
What do you want me to do?
MRS. CRILLY
Come up to Cross Street with me, have dinner and spend
the night with us. People would have less to talk about if you did
that.
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