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's voice [outside]. Bring it in, bring it in, Sibby. You'll be late with the priest's dinner. 's voice. Can’t you wait a minute till I'll draw it?

. I didn’t know there was any one in the house. . It’s only this minute I came in, tired with the length of the road I am, and fasting since morning.

[begins groping among the pots and pans]. I'll see can I find anything here for you. . . I don't see much. . . maybe there’s something in the chest.

[He takes key from a hiding-place at back of hearth, opens chest, takes out bottle, takes out a ham bone and is cutting a bit from it when enters, carrying chicken by the neck. drops the ham bone on a bench.