Cotter brings
in the drinks_.
MRS. COTTER _(as she places the drinks on the table)_
I don't like to see ye in this cold kitchen, gentlemen.
Can't ye come up-stairs to the sitting-room?
CONSTABLE
'Tisn't worth our while, ma'am. We have our work
to do. (_Taking glass in hand_) Slainthe!
[_Drinks half the quantity of whiskey. The Head and
Sergeant do likewise. A noise like the falling of furniture
is heard from the room where Padna and Micus are._
HEAD _(startled)_
What's that?
_[There is silence for a while, then Micus is heard singing._
MICUS
"We are the boys of Wexford
Who fought with heart an' hand
To burst in twain the galling chain,
An' free our native land."
HEAD _(to Mrs. Cotter who has come from the bar)_
I'll have the kay of that door, ma'am.
MRS. COTTER
What kay, Head?
HEAD
The kay o' that door, ma'am.
[_Strikes door with his fist_.
MRS. COTTER
Erra, Head, what's the matter with ye? That door
is nailed up this seven years. That singin' comes from
the next house.
HEAD
Glory be to God! Do any one alive tell the truth?
_(Catches hold of chair by the back)_ If you don't give me
the kay, I'll burst open the door.
MRS. COTTER
I have no kay, Head.
HEAD (_holding chair over his head_)
Once more I demand the kay in the name of His
Majesty the King, before I puts the legs o' the chair
flyin' through the ledges.
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