The Playboy of the Western World • Paragraph 473
Stage 1 of 6

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MAHON. _wandering about the room._—I’m after walking hundreds and long scores of miles, winning clean beds and the fill of my belly four times in the day, and I doing nothing but telling stories of that naked truth. (_He comes to them a little aggressively._) Give me a supeen and I’ll tell you now. (_Widow Quin comes in and stands aghast behind him. He is facing Jimmy and Philly, who are on the left._)