Read it through once

A town in the middle of the play: the houses are garnished with green. Men pass with pikes; the drums beat. Cathleen Ní Houlihan appears in the procession crowned with flowers and carrying a sword on her shoulder. She stops and looks at the crowd. CATHLEEN. (to the people). My sons!—you have done well. For every year that you have waited I will give you an old song. We will go through the hollow hills and we will bring back the four fields. (A general cry from the people. The drums beat. A company march away. The play ends with the figure of Cathleen leading them.)