Perhaps you're wondering why l'm running away.
Well, l'll tell you.
l'm running away because l'm modern.
l'm modern, and l'm going to a modern place.
You're not the only one who's trapped.
lf l stay here, my mother will turn me into one of her stuffy old friends.
No, thank you. l'm a little more interesting than that.
l'm very smart, and l'm very modern. That's all you need to know about me.
Boy, here!
Have a look at this.
Look.
You can't read, can you? How pathetic.
"Land, " it says.
"Land"?
"Wanted: strong, healthy men and women.
Every resident of the United States is entitled to 160 acres of land."
They've got so much of it they give it away for free.
No land is given away...
in any part of the world.
ln America it is...
and l'm going there.
l'm going to have a place of my own.
And l will have horses on it, and l will raise them...
and l will ride them any way l please.
What do you need more land for? You own half of lreland as it is!
You took it, your people did!
l didn't take it.
You just live here all fancied up on rent...
and broken backs.
Boy, you said you wanted land.
lf that's what you want, then come with me.
Great ships sail out of Dublin and Liverpool.
But a woman dare not travel alone.
You're brave. You shoot men, you step on their necks.
When l saw that, l realized you could be very useful to me.
- Useful, could l? - Yes! You could be my serving boy.
Oh, l see.
l could polish your boots for you.
They will need a polish now and then.
Aye, they would. And l could make you a cup of tea.
When teatime calls for it, yes.
l'll throw the tea in your face and l'll piss on your boots before l serve you!
Get out!
- l'll pay you threepence a day. - Get out!
l've got an appointment in the morning, and l'm going to honor it.
Ha! You'll never win this duel with Stephen.
We've all seen you handle a gun. Boy, l am giving you your freedom!
l'm not going to a distant world.
l'm of lreland, and l'll stay in lreland till l die.
That's in about five hours.