- [first lines]
- Brian Quigley: The house?
- Cathal: The bank's already got it.
- Brian Quigley: Well then, there's the newspaper, the Cildargen Democrat.
- Cathal: Bank's already got that.
- Brian Quigley: That so?
- Cathal: Stop floundering, Brian. You don't even own the car.
- Brian Quigley: So what's to be done?
- Cathal: Sell the land.
- Brian Quigley: No! A man's nothing without land.
- Cathal: Listen to me, Brian. You're heading for bankruptcy. And if you go bankrupt, you're finished forever.
- Brian Quigley: Don't you believe it, boy. I'm far from finished yet.