SCENE III.


_The Kitchen of the Inn._

_Miss FLORINDA GALLAGHER and CHRISTY GALLAGHER._

_Boys and Men belonging to the Band, in the back Scene._

_Christy._ (_to the band_) The girl's coming as fast as possible to get
yees your dinners, jantlemen, and sorrow better dinner than she'll give
you: you'll get all instantly--(_To Miss GALLAGHER_) And am not I telling
you, Florry, that the drum-major did not come in yet at all, but went out
through the town, to see and get a billet and bed for the sick man they've
got.

_Enter BIDDY, stops and listens._

_Miss G._ I wonder the major didn't have the manners to step in, and spake
to the lady first--was he an Irishman, he would.

_Biddy._ Then it's my wonder he wouldn't step in to take his dinner
first--was he an Englishman, he would. But it's lucky for me and for him he
didn't, becaase he couldn't, for it won't be ready this three-quarters of
an hour--only the Scotch broth, which boiled over.

[_BIDDY retires, and goes on cooking.--CHRISTY fills out a glass of spirits
to each of the band._