PADDY. Right, master. It can’t be too soon for me. [_Pulls the hat over his eyes._] PROF. [_rising_]. Lucky devil, O’Cahan! Youth, love, friendship, devotion, and the cat for luck.... My valise.... Gum, I’m dry. [_He goes to the room._] MRS. K. Mrs. Scally, I’ll take my jacket now. You’ll have a fine collection here after a bit.... MRS. S. [_giving her jacket_]. Thank God, Mrs. Kilroy, there’s plenty for them to eat. And we’ll not ask you to bail us if we want more.... JOHN. Holy tattler! That’s a posey! Outrageous, Briget! Atrocious! _KILROY and ALLISON come in. KILROY has a paper in his hand._ KILROY [_to JOHN_]. Now, Scally, as man to man--will you go bail with me and two other good men for Rush Hill? MRS. S. He’ll do nothing of the sort. John has more good sense than all in the house. I just see that now, that bail’s a near cut to the poor-house. JOHN. Thank you, Briget. KILROY. That ends it. [_Tears the agreement._] The deal’s off, Allison. You can give Rush Hill to some of your Freemason friends. My opinion is you never wanted me to get it. ALLISON. You carry the sting in your tail, James. But for once in a way you’re right. I didn’t want you to get it. Nor any of my Freemason friends either. I wanted Rush Hill to remain with O’Cahan. And it does! O’C. Allison ... Sam ... that’s a cruel sort of joke.... ALLISON. It’s no joke, young man. I don’t make jokes like that. [_Holds up papers._] It’s all here. The deeds and documents of Rush Hill. Your mortgages are paid--a clean wipe out. O’C. [_gasping_]. Allison ... you wouldn’t.... I know you wouldn’t.... ALLISON [_looking round_]. Where’s the Professor? PEGGY. He’s in the room. ALLISON [_lowering his voice_]. We people have been making sad fools of ourselves. Mrs. Scally, you ought to’ve known better. You knew the brother was always a little eccentric.... The man’s a real Professor of Geology. A big man in the world. And very wealthy. He’s tons of it. MRS. S. My God! has he been acting? ALLISON. Aye, and doing it not badly. I tell you I was with him in the Bank for two hours, and ’twas an eye-opener to me. He’s been in the East--Chief of a Geological Expedition--and he’s worth a pot of money. _JOSEPH comes in back with eyes bulging._ JOSEPH. Lord save us! There’s a waggon-load of stuff come for the Professor--trunks, bags, golf sticks, and fishing-rods--like a load of hay! _JOSEPH runs out again._ ALLISON. I told you so. _PROF. comes in from the room, suitably dressed, a touch of distinction about himself and his clothes._ PROF. I’ve some luggage at the front door. But I’ve told the man to wait. Part of it is going over to Rush Hill, and part of it staying here. [_With a quaint smile_] I’ve been enjoying myself. But my little experiment is at an end. On the whole it has yielded good results. I’ve found some hearts of gold.