We'll put them here in the corner.

[They put them into a hole in the chimney corner. Cathleen
goes back to the spinning-wheel.]

NORA
Will she see it was crying I was?

CATHLEEN
Keep your back to the door the way the light'll not be on you.

[Nora sits down at the chimney corner, with her back to the
door. Maurya comes in very slowly, without looking at the
girls, and goes over to her stool at the other side of the
fire. The cloth with the bread is still in her hand. The
girls look at each other, and Nora points to the bundle of
bread.]

CATHLEEN
[After spinning for a moment.]

You didn't give him his bit of bread?

[Maurya begins to keen softly, without turning round.]

CATHLEEN
Did you see him riding down?

[Maurya goes on keening.]