SIR DENIS
Notwithstanding all that, 'tis my belief that after
six months in England, he would be fit company for
the best people in the land.
DONAL
What the blazes does he want learnin' to play polo
for, when he must make his livin' as a farmer?
LADY DELAHUNTY
Listen now, Donal, and be reasonable. When--
DONAL
Is it the way you want to break off the match? The
truth now, and nothin' else.
LADY DELAHUNTY
Of course, we don't want the match to be broken off.
But now that Finbarr is heir to a title--well, we all
know that Kitty is a very nice and good girl; but as
Sir Denis says: "'Tis a pity that we should force
people to marry against their will, and--"
DONAL
The long and short of it is that my daughter isn't
good enough for your damn, flat-footed clodhopper of
a son. Though 'twas Dinny himself that forced the
match on me.
LADY DELAHUNTY (_indignantly_)
Sir Denis, if you please.
SIR DENIS
Donal, Donal, be reasonable and agreeable, man.
You should know that people are never the same after
royal favours have been conferred on them. And
though I am perfectly satisfied with myself and my
social standin', such as it is, yet, as you know, we
must look to the future of our children.
DONAL
Well, of all the old mollycoddlin' bladderskites that
ever I listened to, you beat them all.
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