SCENE I]
MRS. HOLROYD
7
Mrs. Holroyd
- What—?
Jack
- There ’s some women at “New Inn,” what ’s come from Nottingham—
Minnie
- An’ he ’s dancin’ with the pink one.
Jack
- Shut up our Minnie. An’ they ’ve got paper bonnets on—
Minnie
- All colors, mam!
Jack (getting angry)
- Shut up our Minnie! An’ my dad’s dancing with her.
Minnie
- With the pink-bonnet one, mam.
Jack
- Up in the club-room over the bar.
Minnie
- An’ she ’s a lot littler than him, mam.
Jack (piteously)
- Shut up our Minnie— An’ you can see ’em go past the window, ’cause there is n’t no curtains up, an’ my father ’s got the pink bonnet one—
Minnie
- An’ there ’s a piano, mam—
Jack
- An’ lots of folks outside watchin’, lookin’ at my dad! He can dance, can’t he, mam?
Mrs. Holroyd (she has been lighting the lamp, and holds the lamp-glass)
- And who else is there?
