(_Places the parcel under his arm, puts on his hat and
walks towards the door. Looks from one to the other_)
Good-by, Napoleon--Good-by, Boulanger. May God
bless you both.
PATCHA
What's that I hear? Aren't you comin' back with the
money and the bit to eat for us?
DANNUX
Of course I am. I only mean good-by for the time
I'll be away.
[_Exit Dannux. After he has gone Nedsers looks soberly
at Patcha_.
NEDSERS
Only for the time he'll be away!
PATCHA
What's the matter with you, at all?
NEDSERS
I think I did a foolish thing.
PATCHA
What's that you're sayin', I say?
NEDSERS
I did a foolish thing! I know I did. But that's just
like me. I brought my dacent impulses from my
mother. God forgive her!
PATCHA
Is it the way you are afraid he won't return?
NEDSERS
I'm sure of it. I know he'll never return. He's the
biggest bloody liar in the whole country and the
biggest rogue too.
PATCHA (_as he jumps out of bed with the blanket around
him_)
The saints and angels protect us all! Sure I forgot
that the parish priest is away in England on his vacation.
And we are to be flung out on the roadside
to-morrow, and in our shirts too!
CURTAIN
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