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RIDERS TO THE SEA
A Play in One Act
First performed at the Molesworth Hall, Dublin, February 25th, 1904.
Scene.—An Island off the West of Ireland.
(Cottage kitchen, with nets, oil-skins, spinning wheel, some new boards standing by the wall, etc. Cathleen, a girl of about twenty, finishes kneading cake, and puts it down in the pot-oven by the fire; then wipes her hands, and begins to spin at the wheel. Nora, a young girl, puts her head in at the door.)
NORA
In a low voice.
Where is she?
CATHLEEN
She’s lying down, God help her, and may be sleeping, if she’s able.
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