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In a whisper to the women who have come in.

Is it Bartley it is?

It is surely, God rest his soul.

''Two younger women come in and pull out the table. Then men carry in the body of Bartley, laid on a plank, with a bit of a sail over it, and lay it on the table''.

To the women, as they are doing so.

What way was he drowned?

The gray pony knocked him into the sea, and he was washed out where there is a great surf on the white rocks.

''Maurya has gone over and knelt down at the head of the table. The women are keening softly and swaying themselves with a slow movement. Cathleen and Nora kneel at the other end of the table. The men kneel near the door''.