FATHER HART.
BRIDGET BRUIN.
MAIRE BRUIN.
A FAERY CHILD.

_The scene is laid in the Barony of Kilmacowen
in the county of Sligo, and the time is the
end of Eighteenth Century. The
characters are supposed to
speak in Gaelic._




THE LAND OF HEART'S DESIRE


_The kitchen of_ MAURTEEN BRAIN'S _house. An open grate with a turf
fire is at the left side of the room, with a table in front of it.
There is a door leading to the open air at the back, and another door
a little to its left, leading into an inner room. There is a window, a
settle, and a large dresser on the right side of the room, and a great
bowl of primroses on the sill of the window._ MAURTEEN BRUIN, FATHER
HART; _and_ BRIDGET BRUIN _are sitting at the table._ SHAWN BRUIN _is
setting the table for supper._ MAIRE BRUIN _sits on the settle reading
a yellow manuscript._


BRIDGET BRUIN.