The Quiet Man Page #5

# Oh, humour is on me now, Oh, humour is on me now

# SayinIm sorry I ever got married, The humour is on me now

(SINGERS LAUGH)

To a successful conspiracy.

- A toast, to the bride and groom! - One moment.

There will be no toasts until weve seen the brides fortune.

The brides fortune? Youll see it, never fear.

Well see it now, if you please.

The proprieties must be observed.

- Father Lanergan. - Feeney.

350 pounds gold.

A collection of furnishings, linen,

and pewter goes with the sister...

...of Will Danaher.

Then, a toast.

May their days be long, and full of happiness.

May their children be many, and full of health.

And may they live in peace, and freedom.

Reverend Fathers, ladies and gentlemen. Attention, please.

Squire Danaher has the floor. In other words,

hes got somethin to say to you all.

Thank you. I have a little announcement to make.

Fill up the glasses. All of them.

Eh, today, Ive given my sister in marriage.

My only sister, and now shes gone from the house of Danaher.

- But whats in a house without a woman? - Thats true.

Thats right, whats a house without a woman in it?

Yeah, whats a house without a woman in it?

Where would any man of us be without a woman?

- Even Father Lonergan had a mother. - What do you expect?

Yeah, what do you expect. What do you expect...

So... So...

- So, without further eloquence...

- Without further eloquence...

So, without further eloquence,

I will give you a toast to myself...

...who is soon to be wed.

All she has to do is to say that little word.

Whens the happy day, Sarah darlin?

Have you lost the little sense you were born with?

- Whats the matter, Sarah darlin?

- And dont darlin me.

Who gave you the right to make such an announcement?

(WILL):
But Sarah... They all said...

Why... The Reverend Mr Playfair,

Mrs Reverend, Father Lonergan.

...eh, little Flynn...Michaleen.

- Didnt you tell me...

- Oh, I didnt, I didnt.

Oh, you lied, didnt ya? You lied, didnt ya?

You all lied! Its bad enough for you people,

but my own priest.

You got her by fraud and falsity. You put them up to this.

- I dont know what youre talking about.

- Will, for heavens sake.

- Danaher, youre crazy! - Crazy, am I?

This is something you wont get, now or never!

Now, get out of here. All of you!

(WILL):
The Reverend first, ladies and gentlemen, get out!

- (WILL):
Get out! - Come on, lets go home.

No, not without my fortune.

Its mine, and my mothers before me...

(SOUNDS OF BOXING)

(CROWD SHOUTS WILDLY)

(CROWDS BOOING)

Steady, Trooper, steady.

Lets go home.

Ever since I was a little girl,

Ive dreamed of havin my own things about me.

My spinet...over there,

and the table here, and...my own chairs to rest upon.

And...

And the dresser over there in that corner.

And...my own china and pewter shinin about me.

And now...

I didnt know you felt that way about it but...

...seems like a lot of fuss and grief

over little furniture and stuff.

- (MARY KATE):
It is a pretty cottage, isnt it?

- Yeah.

(SEAN):
I think so.

- Dont touch me. You have no right.

- What do you mean no right?

(MARY KATE):
Ill wear your ring,

Ill cook, and Ill wash.

Ill keep the land, but that is all!

Until Ive got my dowry safe about me,

Im no married woman.

Im the servant Ive always been,

without anything of my own.

Thats ridiculous! Youre my wife, and fortune...

- What is this?

- Havent I been trying to tell you?

Not until you have my dowry, you havent got any bit of me.

Me, myself!

Id still be dreaming amongst the things that arent my own...

...as if I had never met you.

Theres 300 years of happy dreamin

in those things of mine, and...

...I want them. I want my dream.

Ill have it and I know it!

- Ill say no other word to you. - All right.

Youll have your dowry, or daughter of fortune,

or whatever you call it.

Well, get it then.

There will be no locks or bolts between us,

except those in your own mercenary little heart.

(LAUGHTER AND MUSIC FROM OUTSIDE)

- Sean. - Howd you sleep?

Dont be shamin me, please, in front of your friends.

What...? Oh, okay.

# (MEN).:
There that I learned all me courtin

# Many lessons I took in the art

# The Cupid, the blagger, while sportin

# An arrow drove straight through me mush, mush,

mush, toor-i-li-anny

# Me mush, mush, mush, toor-i-li-ay

# So I lathered him with me shillelagh

# For he trod on the tail o me mush, mush, mush, toor-i-li-anny

# And just like the dingle before

# I lathered him with me shillelagh

# For, he trod on the tail of me coat

Hello, the house! Anyone up?

- Good mornin! - Good mornin.

I...I suppose its a bit early to be callin.

After you left last night, Mary Kate,

a couple of us persuaded Danaher to change his mind.

Its a...what might be called a sort of

a belated wedding present.

My things... My furniture!

Wed brought them over last night,

but due to the circumstances...

Thanks, thanks.

- Okay, easy now. - God bless all here.

Thats right. Oh, be careful. Over there by the wall.

No, no, no. Turn it around, so that

the light shines on the music.

- Thats grand. Thats grand now.

- Where do you want this?

- Mighty handy. - It...

It was my mothers, and my mothers mothers before.

- Where do I put it? - Where do you suppose?

(MICHALEEN):
Where do you suppose...

- Were sorry about the dowry, Mary Kate.

- We couldnt get him to change his mind.

- Not even Father Lonergan could do it.

- (SEAN):
Let him keep it.

- Keep my fortune?

- Youve got your tables and chairs.

- What do we care about his money?

- My money.

Let him have it if it means that much to him.

- What manner of man is it that Ive married?

- A better one, I think, that you know.

Impetuous! Homeric!

(MARYKATE).:
#Oh, Inisfree

# My island, Im returning

# From wasted years, across the wintry sea

# And when I come back

# To my own dear island

# Ill rest awhile

# Beside you

# Bromwell Creek

Now I know why you have so many rock walls in this country.

(MARY KATE):
Roses! Are you plantin roses?

- Yeah. - A fine farmer you are.

- Not a turnip, or a potato in the field. - Or children.

(ROOSTER CROWS)

Sorry.

Well, I...I suppose theyll make a very fine

display around the cottage.

- It is a pretty cottage, isnt it? - I think so.

Lets see now.

We need a plough, and a cultivator,

and seed for planting.

About a horse for the ploughing...

We could sell that hunter of yours.

Ill buy another horse for the ploughing.

Why not a tractor?

Oh, a tractor... Nasty, smelly things.

Besides, theyre an awful price.

- With a horse, you get other advantages.

- Yeah. For the roses.

Roses, again.

You...

We could do our shopping in Castletown,

and if we put a good foot under us,

wed be back by suppertime.

- Five miles! - Well, thats just a...

Good stretch of the legs, huh?

All right, get on your walking shoes.

Ill be a minute.

(HONKING FROM OUTSIDE)

(HONKING FROM OUTSIDE)

So, youre not a woman to be honked at, ha?

Why, its beautiful! Did you ever see...

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