MUSKERRY Go away. Go away out of this. TOURNOUR Don't try to down-face me. I know something about you. MUSKERRY About me! TOURNOUR Aye, you and your fifty tons of coal. _(Muskerry goes back from him)_ Great claims on the Workhouse have you. The Guardians will take account of you. Will they? Talk to them about the fifty tons of coal. Go and do that, my pattern of the officials of Ireland! _Tournour goes out by shop. Muskerry stands with his hands on the arm chair_. MUSKERRY This minute I'll go down to the Guardians and make my complaint. _(He notices his appearance)_ I'm going about all day with my boots unlaced. I'm falling into bad ways, bad, slovenly ways. And my coat needs brushing, too. _(He takes off his coat and goes to window and brushes it)_ That's Myles Gorman going back to the Workhouse. I couldn't walk with my head held as high as that. In this house I am losing my uprightness. I'll do more than lace my boots and brush my coat. I'll go down to the Guardians and I'll pay them back their fifty pounds. _Anna Crilly comes in from left with a bowl of soup_. ANNA Here's your soup, grandpapa. MUSKERRY I can't take it now, Anna. _(He puts on his coat)_ ANNA Are you going out, grandpapa? MUSKERRY I'm going before the meeting of the Board of Guardians. ANNA Are you, grandpapa? MUSKERRY Yes, Anna, I am. I'm going to pay them back their fifty pounds. ANNA And have you the fifty pounds? MUSKERRY Your mother has it for me. ANNA Sit down, grandpapa, and take your soup. MUSKERRY No, Anna, I won't take anything until my mind is at rest about the coal. A certain person has spoken to me in a way I'll never submit to be spoken to again. _Mrs. Crilly comes in_. MRS. CRILLY What has happened to you? MUSKERRY Felix Tournour knows about the coal, Marianne. He can disgrace me before the world. ANNA And grandpapa wants to go before the Guardians and pay them back the fifty pounds. MRS. CRILLY Wait until we consult Mr. Scollard. _Anna goes out_. MUSKERRY No, Marianne. I'm not going to be a party to this any longer. I'm going before the Guardians, and I'll pay them back their fifty pounds. MRS. CRILLY Fifty pounds. From what place is fifty pounds to come so easily? MUSKERRY I'll ask you to give me the fifty pounds, Marianne. MRS. CRILLY I'll do no such thing. Anna is getting married, and she claims her fortune. MUSKERRY Anna getting married. This was kept from me. And who is Anna getting married to? MRS. CRILLY To James Scollard. MUSKERRY To James Scollard. And so Anna is getting married to my successor, James Scollard. My successor. How well I knew there was some such scheme behind shifting me out of the Workhouse. And Anna Crilly was against me all the time. Well, well, well. I'll remember this. MRS. CRILLY I'm at great losses since you came here. MUSKERRY I'm at greater losses, Marianne. MRS. CRILLY What losses are you at? MUSKERRY The loss of my trust, the loss of my dignity, my self-respect, and--