The hare flying and the dogs stretching after her up
the hill. Fine dogs and fine men. I saw them all.
_Christy Clarke comes in. He goes to table for his bag. He sees the
figure on the bed, and goes over_.
CHRISTY
I'm going now, Mister Muskerry. Mister Muskerry!
Mister Muskerry! Oh! the Master is dead. _(He runs back to the door)_
Mrs. Crilly. Mrs. Crilly. _(He goes back to the bed, and throws
himself on his knees)_ Oh! I'm sorry you're gone, Thomas Muskerry.
THE OLD PAUPER
And is he gone home, too! And the bees humming and all!
He was the best of them. Each of his brothers could lift up their
plough and carry it to the other side of the field. Four of them
could clear a fair. But their fields were small and poor, and so they
scattered.
_Mrs. Crilly comes in_.
MRS. CRILLY
Christy Clarke, what is it?
CHRISTY
The Master is dead.
MRS. CRILLY
My God, my God!
CHRISTY
Will I go and tell them below?
MRS. CRILLY
No. Bring no one here yet. We killed him. When
everything is known that will be known.
CHRISTY
I'll never forget him, I think.
MRS. CRILLY
What humming is that?
CHRISTY
The bees at the window pane. And there's Myles Gorman's
pipes on the road.
_The drear call of the pipes is heard_.
END OF PLAY
"Thomas Muskerry" was first produced on May 5th, 1910, by the Abbey
Theater Company, at the Abbey Theater, Dublin, with the following
cast:--
THOMAS MUSKERRY Arthur Sinclair
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