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    Interlude

Brigid
	Sunlight catches water where the nets are thrown Rainbowed squalls cover the land Spray hauled in upon sodden oars Drips into an empty bilge Turn homeward upon the tide For sea fret fills your boat Night roars in the east And your love lies on the strand

    Scene 3

     Music fades into SFX of oystercatchers

Caitín	I was thinking you would not come
Sean	And leave you laughing at me with the island boys!
Caitín	What would you be knowing of the island boys?
Sean	I…
Caitín	Fit strong lads who could surely knock you into the sea with one look
Sean	And would they walk with Caitín upon the strand?
Caitín	Every day they call and sometimes it is I go with them
Sean	And sometimes?
Caitín	I stay at home or go walking with a stranger boy who talks of railways and Mr… Mr…
Sean	Mr Brunel. He has built the Great Britain. It is the largest ship in the world and it is made of iron
Caitín	But talks of nothing else I’m thinking
Beat
Sean	Is not… is not the moon surely beautiful upon the water
Caitín	And what would you be knowing of the moon Sean Mike?
Sean	It turns around the earth. It hangs in space, held up by gravity – Mr Newton said so. It shines with the sun’s reflected light. It…
Caitín	It is a light set flying in the sky to show boys where a girl’s hand lies in the dark
Sean	I…
Caitín	Or is it you have never needed to look?
Beat
Sean	Caitín… If it is the boys…
Caitín	Sean Mike?
Sean	If it is you’d rather that the island boys would walk with you upon the strand, then I will take you home
Caitín	The island boys will not be coming near our bothín

     SFX of small waves breaking builds

Sean	For why?
Caitín	The strong fit boys who would knock you in the sea. They it is fear the fairies. They think the fish we catch is fairy food…
Sean	We’ve reached the waves
Caitín	Why so we have. Is it your boots worrying you?
Sean	Those I can take off
Caitín	Can you see my hand, Sean Mike?

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