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Anne Chute is engaged to her cousin Hardress Cregan, but she is really in love with Kyrle Daly. Kyrle has been hesitant to confess his love, so Anne rides to Muckross Head and the provincial village to seek out who he might be in love with. Anne meets Eily, and believes that Kyrle is actually secretly married to the common girl. However, Eily’s secret marriage is actually to Hardress, and she has no idea who Kyrle is. The scene itself is based on that misunderstanding, and has hints of comedy
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Eily is alone in the cottage, singing. Enter Anne Chute.
Anne: There she is.
Eily: (Sings till facing Anne—stops—they examine each other.)
Anne: My name is Anne Chute.
Eily: I am Eily O’Connor.
Anne: You are the Colleen Bawn—the pretty girl.
Eily: And you are the Colleen Ruaidh.
Anne: (Aside.) She is beautiful.
Eily: (Aside.) How lovely she is.
Anne: We
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Full text of The Colleen Bawn: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/52924/52924-h/52924-h.htm
The 1911 silent film version of The Colleen Bawn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwR94ukHDdQ
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