MRS. GRANAHAN.
Two poun" ten is due.
[Thinking.]
Aye. But I suppose you"ll be now in what I would call a good way o"
doin".
TAYLOR.
There was a five per cent. dividend this half year. The creamery"s goin" on well.
[Searching in pocket and getting out account.]
Two pounds, nine and six, ma"am, beggin" your pardon.
MRS. GRANAHAN.
Ach sure sixpence is naither here nor there to a creamery.
[Pauses.]
If that"s the way you are, you could be married in a year"s time and--
TAYLOR.
[Evidently desirous to lead conversation off this topic.]
Here"s the money, ma"am.
[He lays it down on the table and counts it out.]
You"ll do as well as Mr. Granahan, I suppose. You take all to do with the money part I think.
MRS. GRANAHAN.
Yes I do. You were at the lecture last Monday?
TAYLOR.
[Alarmed.]
What the divil--
[Suddenly to Mrs. Granahan and genially.]
Yes. Could you oblige me with a receipt ma"am?
MRS. GRANAHAN.
Surely. Here Ellen, get me the pen and ink.
[Ellen goes into room.]
I suppose now there were some nice young weemin there--eh Mr. Taylor?
TAYLOR.
[Uneasily.]
Yes. And don"t forget the stamp ma"am.
MRS. GRANAHAN.
Ach sure a penny stamp"s what you always carry wi" ye.
[Confidentially.]
I think shame on ye Mr. Taylor, triflin" wi" the poor girls. There"s no excuse for a man o" your age.
TAYLOR.
[Fidgeting.]
Well, well, I--Here"s a stamp ma"am.
[Impatiently.]
I"m young enough yet. I don"t want to marry yet awhile.
MRS. GRANAHAN.
Well now I think ye"d be better o" some one to look after ye. There"s William John Granahan. _He"s_ niver done bein" thankful since he married. He says he doesn"t know what he mightn"t ha" been, if he hadn"t married _me_.
TAYLOR.