FENNESSEY _A lodging-house keeper_
RETRIBUTION
A COMEDY IN ONE ACT
_Scene: Bedroom in a country lodging house. There is
one narrow bed and two chairs in the room, and a picture
of Robert Emmet hangs on the wall. Patcha Cremin is
lying in bed with his head covered. A loud knocking is
heard at the door_.
PATCHA (_startled, uncovers his head and looks about him.
The knocking continues_)
Who's there? (_Thinking for a moment that he is at
home and that his wife is calling_) Oh, is that you,
Ellie?
MRS. FENNESSEY (_from without_)
It is not Ellie, then.
PATCHA (_not yet properly awake_)
And who is it?
MRS. FENNESSEY
'Tis me.
PATCHA (_angrily_)
And who the blazes are you?
MRS. FENNESSEY
Mrs. Fennessey, your landlady.
PATCHA
Oh, yes! Of course, Mrs. Fennessey, excuse me,
ma'am. I thought I was at home and that my wife
was callin' me to get up to go to work.
MRS. FENNESSEY
Are you in bed yet?
PATCHA
I am, ma'am.
MRS. FENNESSEY
When are you going to get up?
PATCHA
Why?
MRS. FENNESSEY
I want to say a few words to you.
PATCHA
I'm not feelin' too well, at all, to-day, and don't
know when I'll be able to get up, ma'am.
MRS. FENNESSEY
Don't you, indeed?
PATCHA
No, I don't, ma'am.
MRS. FENNESSEY
Well then, if you're in bed and covered up, may I
come in?
PATCHA (_draws the clothes about him_)
You can, ma'am.
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