Act 1, Part 2 Summary

After coming in and being fussed over by Mother and Da, Drumm asks Young Charlie several questions. It is essentially a job interview, and Young Charlie doesn't make much of a good impression, mostly because Da and Mother keep answering for him. Drumm asks Young Charlie to go for a walk with him, and Young Charlie runs upstairs to get a jacket. Drumm tells Da and Mother that there aren't a lot of jobs available in Ireland and suggests that they send Young Charlie to England. Da says that when Hitler and the Germans take over there will be plenty of jobs for everyone. Mother quickly says that Young Charlie will stay in Ireland with his family, where it's safe, adding that his own family didn't want him, so his adopted family will take care of him.

Young Charlie comes back...