n shakes his head_.

MATT
_(stubbornly)_ I'm going to marry Ellen Douras, with or without
a fortune.

MURTAGH COSGAR
_(passionately)_ Boy, your father built this house.
He got these lands together. He has a right to see that you and your
generations are in the way of keeping them together.

MATT
I'll marry Ellen Douras, with or without a fortune.

MURTAGH COSGAR
Marry her, then. Marry Ellen Douras.

MATT
Now, Martin, we mustn't let an hour pass without going to her.
_(He takes Martin's arm, and they go to the door)_

MURTAGH COSGAR
Marry Ellen Douras, I bid you. Break what I have built,
scatter what I have put together. That is what all the young will be
doing,

_Ellen Douras comes to the door as Matt and Martin reach it_.

MATT
Ellen!

_She shrinks back_.

ELLEN
It's my father I came to speak to.

MURTAGH COSGAR
_(going to the door, and drawing the bolt from the half-door)_
When you come to my house, Ellen Douras, you are welcome within.

_Ellen comes in_,

ELLEN
It's right that I should speak to you all. Matt Cosgar, I am
going from here.

MATT
Ellen, Ellen, don't be saying that. Don't be thinking of the
few words between us. It's all over now. Father agrees to us marrying.
Speak, father, and let her hear yourself say it.

ELLEN
I can't go into a farmer's house.

MATT
You said that out of passion. Don't keep your mind on it any
longer.

ELLEN
It's true, it's true. I can't go into a farmer's house. This
place is strange to me.

MATT
How can you talk like that? I'm always thinking of you.

ELLEN
I've stayed here long enough. I want my own way; I want to
know the world.

MATT
If you go, how will I be living, day after day? The heart will
be gone out of me.

MURTAGH COSGAR
You'll be owning the land, Matt Cosgar.

MATT
_(passionately)_ I've worked on the land all my days. Don't
talk to me about it now.

_Ellen goes to Martin. Murtagh goes up to the door, and then turns
and speaks_.

MURTAGH COSGAR
Listen to me, Matt Cosgar; and you listen too, Ellen
Douras. It's a new house you want maybe. This house was built for me
and my generations; but I'll build a new house for you both. It's
hard for a man to part with his land before the hour of his death;
and it's hard for a man to break his lands; but I'll break them, and
give a share of land to you.

ELLEN
You were never friendly to me; but you have the high spirit,
and you deserve a better daughter than I would m