The Deacon’s Hat | MusicalTheatreResourceCenter

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DEACON ROBERTS. Ye believe that it can rain in Bala both when the moon is full an' when 'tis new? HUGH. [Earnestly.] I do. MRS. JONES THE WASH. [Wearily.] Yiss, any time. TOM MORRIS THE SHEEP. Aye, all the time. MRS. JENKINS THE MIDWIFE.. Yiss, yiss, it rains ever an' forever! NELI. [Forgetting the relish search.] Well, indeed, 'tis true it can rain in Bala at any time an' at all times. DEACON ROBERTS. [Paying no attention to Neli.] Ye believe that Tomen-y-Bala is Ararat? HUGH. [Clutching his book more tightly and speaking in a whisper.] Yiss. MRS. JONES THE WASH. Aye, 'tis true. MRS. JENKINS THE MIDWIFE.. Yiss, the Hill of Bala is Ararat. TOM MORRIS THE SHEEP. Yiss, I have driven the sheep over it whatever more than a hundred times. NELI. [Both hands on counter, leaning forward, listening to DEACON'S words.] Aye, Charles-y-Bala said so. DEACON ROBERTS. [Still ignoring NELI and lowering his coat-tails carefully.] Ye believe, good people, that the Druids called Noah "Tegid," an' that those who were saved were cast up on Tomen-y-Bala? HUGH. Amen, I do! MRS. JENKINS THE MIDWIFE. [Nodding her old head.] Aye, 'tis true. MRS. JONES THE WASH. Yiss, yiss. TOM MORRIS THE SHEEP. Amen, 'tis so. DEACON ROBERTS. [Moving a few steps away from the fire, standing sidewise, and lifting hand to head, checking it in midair.] An' ye know that Bala has been a lake, an' Bala will become a lake?

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