TABLE OF ANALYSIS
SPEAKER	UTTERANCES	ILLO.ACTS	
Desmond	Evelyn, you take the boys home.	Directives	
	I’ll go find your mother.	Commisives	
Evelyn	All right, Dad.		
Desmond	Good girl.	Expressive	
Charlotte 	Why kick up such a fuss?		
Desmond	Who was he?	Directive	
	You were all over him like a bloody rash.	Assertive 	
Charlotte 	Don’t be stupid.		
Desmond	Right in front of our friends, too.	Assertive	
	Jesus, you frozen little mites.	Assertive 	
	Come here now.	Directive	
	We are arguing if the chimney was wide enough for Santa.	Assertive	
Evelyn	It’s great we’re on the top floor so Santa can park his reindeer there.		
Desmond	It is.	Assertive	
	He’s got the whole roof to land on.	Assertive	
	Say good night to mommy.	Directive	
Dermot
	When will Santa be here?		
Desmond	Santa’s gonna be here very soon.	Assertive	
	Off to bed with the lot of you.	Directive	
	Santa will come when you’re asleep.	Assertive	
Dermot	I won’t be able to sleep.		
Desmond	You will, love.	Directive	
	Take your jumper and boots off.	Directive	
	Not up on the bed.	Directive	
	You alright?	Directive	
Evelyn	Yes, Daddy.		
Desmond	Okay, all right.	Assertive	
	Night-night.	Expressive	
Dermot	Daddy, where’s the carriages?		
Desmond	Son, Santa was a bit strapped for cash this year.	Assertive	
	It costs a lot of money to feed those elves.	Assertive	
Dermot	How much do they cost?		
Desmond	It costs lots and lots.	Assertive	
Desmond	There’s granddad.	Assertive	
Desmond	All right, look at what you’ve got there.	Directive	
Desmond	No money, no job.	Assertive	
	Happy Christmas!	Commisive 	
Evelyn	Daddy!		
Desmond	Be quiet!	Directive	
Evelyn	Daddy!		
Desmond	What?	Directive	
Evelyn 	Mommy’s gone. She was all dressed up when she went away with a man in a car.		
Desmond	Jesus, don’t let me down now.	Directive	
	Come on.	Directive	
Desmond	She’s your daughter.	Assertive	
	You say you don’t know where she’s gone?	Directive	
Daisy 	She’s your wife, and you don’t know, do you? I always said this would end in tears. Should never have got stuck with a corner boy like you.		
Desmond	Who’s her fancy man?	Directive	
	Is it the bastard I saw her with in the pub?	Directive	
	Is it?	Directive	
Daisley	Your language is appalling.		
Desmond	Your bloody---your bloody daughter is appalling.	Assertive	
Daisley	I hope you don’t use language like that in front of your daughter.		
Desmond	Don’t tell me how to bring up my own daughter.	Directive	
	You obviously know how sweet F.A. about it.	Assertive	
	Where did she meet him?	Directive	
	In the pub?	Directive	
Daisley	No, you’re the one who spends all his time there.		
	No wonder she got sick at you.		
Desmond	I treated her well.	Assertive	
	I never raised a hand in anger to her once, though she gave me just cause for it.	Assertive	
	Maybe that’s when I went wrong.	Assertive	
Desmond	Here you are, love.	Directive	
	Hot milk.	Directive	
	Christmas pudding.	Directive	
	You want some of these?	Directive	
	It’s very nice.	Assertive	
Evelyn	No.		
Desmond	Why not?	Directive	
	You must be starving.	Assertive	
Evelyn 	She made it.		
Desmond	Maurice, give him the ball back.	Directive	
Henry	I hear her fancy man is English.		
Desmond	Bastard!	Expressive	
	I might have guessed.	Assertive 	
Logan	Good day, gentlemen. I’m Inspector Logan of the SPCC. Mrs. Daisley, your mother-in-law, I believe, told us of your plight.		
Desmond	The SPCC?	Directive	
	The Society for Prevention of Children to Children?	Directive	
Logan	Aye, that’s true.		
Desmond	Is that bitch putting in a record that I’m cruel to my kids?	Directive 	
Logan	No, not at all, Mr. Doyle. No no.		
	We only have the children’s welfare at heart.		
	To lose their mother at this age can have a traumatizing effect.		
Desmond	How’s that any business of yours?	Directive	
Logan	I’m here to help you.		
	I understand you’ve no income to support your family, is that correct?		
Desmond	Yeah.	Assertive	
Logan	Then, Mr. Doyle, you have no choice but to approach the authorities for assistance.		
	I will arrange for the Sisters to call.		
Desmond	We don’t need your charity.	Assertive	
Logan	You have no job and no mother for your children.		
Henry	He’s right, son.		
Desmond	All right.	Assertive	
	Send in the nuns.	Directive	
District Judge	So, Mr. Doyle, you are a painter and a decorator by trade, but your attempts to secure employment since your wife’s departure have been unsuccessful.		
Desmond	Yes, sir, your honour.	Assertive	
	But it’s only been a couple of weeks.	Assertive	
	And there’s a big job coming up at the Robert West House, but that’s not until the end of March.	Assertive	
District judge	And you have no other source of revenue?		
Desmond	Well, sir, my father, Henry, who’s sitting here, and myself we’re setting up a tour of the Dublin pubs.	Assertive	
District judge	Surely that will represent expenditure rather than income.		
Desmond	No, your honour, we’ll be playing music for money.	Assertive	
	My father was a professional musician.	Assertive	
	He played for Radio Eireann until retirement age.	Assertive	
District judge	But you won’t be able to support your family on that alone, will you?		
Desmond	Maybe not, your honour.	Assertive	
Desmond	Come here.	Directive	
	Come sit down.	Directive	
Evelyn	I wanna go home.		
Desmond	I know you wanna go home.	Assertive	
	We’re gonna go home soon.	Commisive	
	Listen.	Directive	
	I love you very much.	Assertive	
	You must understand that.	Directive	
Desmond	Give me another pint, please.	Directive	
Bernadette	You’ve had enough.		
	Listen to you …		
Desmond	I’m sick of people telling me what to do.	Assertive	
	You just get us another pint.	Directive	
Desmond	Father, you lot have taken my babies!	Assertive	
	You’ve made my babies orphans.	Assertive	
Father O’Malley	I’m sorry, Desmond.		
	I was the seminary boxing champion.		
Desmond	Really?	Directive	
Father O’Malley	Let that be a lesson to you.		
	Never underestimate the strength of the Church militant.		
	God bless.		
Desmond	Thanks, Father.	Expressive	
Bernadette	If you want your kids back that badly, you should get a good lawyer.		
Desmond	They cost money.	Assertive	
Bernadette	Go and see Michael Beattie.		
	Twenty-four Upper Mount Street.		
	Say I sent you.		
Desmond	Fair enough.	Assertive	
	I’ll say the new barmaid at Fergal’s Pub sent me.	Commisive	
	That’ll impress him.	Commisive	
Bernadette	Tell him Bernadette sent you, you cheeky oaf.		
	Bernadette Beattie, his little sister.		
	I’m working here part-time to help Uncle Fergal.		
	I’m a trainee chemist, actually.		
Desmond	So, you’re the beautiful niece Fergal’s always bragging about.	Assertive	
	I bet you have lots of fellows running after you.	Assertive	
Bernadette	Yes, but none of them have managed to catch me yet.		
Desmond	You’re not a bad-looking woman, now that I look at you.	Expressive	
	Of course, with this bump in my head, I’m probably hallucinating.	Assertive	
Michael	Mr. Doyle, family law in this jurisdiction is a cozy conspiracy between the Catholic church and the Irish state.		
	They’re in cahoots.		
Desmond	What you’re saying that you’re all frightened if you take them on, you’ll never work again.	Assertive	
Michael 	Something like that. I suggest you come back to me when your circumstances are more favourable and I’ll see what can I do.		
Desmond	Who’s your man in the sharp suit, over there?	Directive	
Henry	How should I know?		
	He looks like Yank.		
Desmond	All right, if I can regain your attention for a moment, we’ll have request.	Directive	
Desmond	That’s it.	Assertive	
Dermot	Still no carriages, Dad.		
Desmond	No, son.	Assertive	
	Still no carriages.	Assertive	
Desmond	Where’s my daughter, Evelyn Doyle?	Directive	
Sister Bridget	Do you have an appointment?		
Desmond	I don’t need an appointment to see my own daughter.	Assertive	
	Who are you?	Directive	
Sister Bridget	I’m Sister Bridget.		
Desmond	Are you?	Directive	
	If you ever lay a finger on my daughter again I will tear you limb from limb.	Commisive	
	Now, where is she?	Directive	
Sister Bridget	In the refectory, on the first floor.		
Sister Theresa	Mr. Doyle, you shouldn’t be on the premises.		
Desmond	I’ve come for my daughter.	Assertive	
Sister Theresa	You must leave.		
Desmond	I’m not leaving without her.	Assertive	
Sister Theresa	You know that’s impossible.		
Desmond	I’m having my daughter and you can’t stop me.	Assertive 	
	Now, where is she?	Directive	
Sister Theresa	You cannot barge in here.		
Desmond	There’s no bloody laws in Ireland that will keep her away from me.	Assertive	
Evelyn	Daddy. Don’t fight, Daddy. Don’t fight with Sister Theresa.		
Desmond	It’s all right, love.	Assertive	
	Don’t worry.	Directive	
	Can I see her?	Directive	
Sister Theresa	Not if you’re going to run off with her.		
	That’ll just get you arrested.		
Desmond	Okay, I promise.	Commisive	
	I just wanna hold her for a second.	Directive	
	I give you my word, all right?	Commisive	
Desmond	It’s good to see you.	Expressive	
Evelyn	Daddy, have you some to take me home?		
Desmond	Yes, I’ll be taking you home soon, pet.	Commisive	
	Very, very soon.	Commisive	
Michael	I hear you doing well at your new job.		
Desmond	Yeah, my circumstances have improved, as you would say.	Assertive	
	So, you’ll take the case then?	Directive	
Michael	You’ve been drinking, haven’t you?		
	I can smell it off your breath.		
Desmond	Since we’re not planning on kissing, I don’t see a problem.	Assertive	
Michael	It’s not going to help our case if the courts think you’re drinking your pay packet.		
Desmond	Our case?	Directive	
	That means you’ll take it, then?	Directive	
Desmond	Who is this Gob Shade?	Directive	
Michael	This is the Minister for Education.		
	He’s claiming require the consent of your wife for the release of your kids.		
Desmond	How can we get her consent when she’s disappeared?	Directive	
	Even her pudding-faced old mother’s got no address.	Assertive	
Michael	It’s the law.		
	Yours is the unique case.		
	Normally, the wife would be deceased.		
Desmond	She ran out her kids.	Assertive	
	What kind of mother would do that?	Directive	
Michael	The law still requires her consent no matter how irresponsibly she may have behaved.		
Desmond	Went to hell with the law.	Assertive 	
Michael	That attitude will get us nowhere, Desmond.		
Desmond	Look, I’ve done everything that I was asked to do.	Assertive	
	That District Judge or Justice didn’t tell me I’d need my wife’s consent.	Assertive	
Michael	Yes, he definitely misdirected you, which gives us a useful basis for a start. But it may not be material enough for a challenge in law, as there are no precedents for your case.		
Desmond	We’ll make the bloody precedent!	Assertive 	
	I want justice!	Assertive	
Michael	The law and justice are two entirely different things.		
Desmond	Jesus. You can say that again.		
Michael	And of course, I’m only a solicitor. I’m not entitled to speak in a court case like this. We need a barrister, and they’re very expensive.		
Desmond	I don’t care how much it costs.	Assertive	
	I’ll work around the clock, if I have to.	Commisive  	
Michael	To fight church and state is to fight Goliath.		
Desmond	Yeah, well, David beat Goliath in the book I read.	Assertive	
Desmond	It’ll be grand, I tell you.	Commisive	
	I’ve got it all worked out, Dad.	Assertive	
Desmond	Get us another pint.	Directive	
Henry	I keep telling you not to drink and drive.		
Desmond	I’m not drinking and driving.	Assertive	
	I drank before I drove.	Assertive	
Henry	I don’t think this is a good idea.		
Desmond	It’s the only way, Dad.	Assertive	
	It’s the only way.	Assertive	
	I can see the dormitory, there.	Assertive	
Henry	Maybe we should come back some other time.		
Desmond	No, no, no.	Assertive	
	I’ve got to rescue the poor little mite.	Assertive	
	Right, we’ve come this far.	Assertive	
	Jesus. They’ve greased the top of the wall.	Assertive	
Desmond	Bernadette!	Expressive	
	You’re drenched.	Expressive	
Desmond	Come in.	Directive	
	Sit yourself down.	Directive	
Bernadette	It’s okay.		
	I’m not staying.		
Desmond	All right, suit yourself.	Directive	
	I’ll get you a towel, a clean one.	Commisive	
Desmond	Looking for a towel here somewhere.	Assertive	
	Yap, here we go.	Assertive	
	There it is.	Assertive	
	You can have it, if you want.	Commisive 	
	As a reward for putting me in touch with your brother.	Assertive	
Bernadette	I had no idea you could do this.		
Desmond	There’s lot of things I can do that you don’t know about.	Assertive	
Bernadette	I’m sure there are.		
Desmond	We’re saving up for a housekeeper.	Assertive	
	You know anyone who’s suitable?	Directive	
Bernadette	It’s not a housekeeper you need, it’s a barkeeper.		
	You know what your problem is, Desmond Doyle?		
	You think all you have to do is smile with that cheeky twinkle in your eyes and everything will be grand.		
Desmond	You like my cheeky twinkle, then?	Assertive	
Bernadette	You drink too much.		
Desmond	Ridiculous.	Assertive 	
	I’ve got a lot on my mind.	Assertive	
Bernadette	Like a trip to Scotland with your kids?		
Desmond	What?	Expressive	
	How do you know that?	Directive	
Bernadette	Because the ticket fall out of your coats. An adult and three kids? Who could that be, I wonder? I know you were up to something.		
	You big idiot.		
Desmond	Don’t call me a big idiot.	Directive	
	I’ll bet you want someone smooth, like the Yank, whose jokes you laugh at all the times like he’s Oscar bloody Wilde.	Assertive	
Bernadette	Nick’s funny, and he’s more of a ladies’ man than Oscar ever was.		
Desmond	Yeah, yeah, yeah, I get the message.	Assertive	
	You fancy him.	Assertive	
Bernadette	What I don’t want is a drunkard who has some mad notion about sneaking off with his kids to Scotland.		
Desmond	Why should you care?	Directive	
	What business is it of yours?	Directive	
Bernadette	Because I don’t want to have to visit you in prison.		
Desmond	Has anybody ever told you you’re a fine woman?	Directive	
Bernadette	Yes, lots of men, some of them weren’t even married.		
	Not until you give me the tickets.		
Desmond	What?	Directive 	
Bernadette	Give me the ferry tickets.		
	I’ll take them back and get you a refund.		
Desmond	Jesus. Woman.	Expressive	
Bernadette	Where are they?		
Desmond	Here you go.	Assertive	
Desmond	I always get sick on the ferry, anyway.	Assertive	
	I just think, you know, you and I …	Assertive	
Bernadette	Do you really think I’d kiss you now?		
	It’d be like kissing a soggy beer-mat.		
Desmond	But you just said …	Assertive	
Desmond	For God’s sake, that’s the hardest thing.	Assertive	
Desmond	Come on.	Directive	
	You all right?	Directive	
Desmond	Look at me.	Directive	
	Are you okay?	Directive	
	Dad, come on.	Directive	
	Jesus! Dad!	Expressive	
	Someone get a doctor.	Directive	
Desmond	I’m here.	Assertive	
Henry	Dessie.		
Desmond	I’m here, Dad.	Assertive	
Henry	The kids.		
Desmond	We’ll get them back.	Assertive	
	You and I together.	Assertive	
Evelyn	Look, angel’s rays.		
Desmond	What’s angel’s rays, love?	Directive	
Evelyn	It’s granddad letting us know he’s watching over us.		
	He’s our guardian angel.		
	He told me all about angel rays.		
Desmond	Good old dad.	Expressive	
	I knew he wouldn’t  leave us.	Assertive	
Desmond	Good morning, Miss Gilhooly.	Expressive 	
Gilhooly	Mr. Doyle, didn’t you get the letter?		
Desmond	What letter?	Directive	
Gilhooly	The one canceling this appointment.		
Desmond	I didn’t get any letter.	Assertive	
	I’ve taken this morning especially off work to see him.	Assertive	
	This is my family we’re talking about.	Assertive	
	Where is he?	Directive	
	Jesus!	Expressive	
Desmond	We have an appointment.	Assertive	
Desmond	What the hell are you smirking at?	Expressive	
	Do you think this is funny?	Expressive	
	Do you think you can just cancel appointments and treat people like dirt?	Expressive 	
Nicholas	Mr. Doyle …		
Desmond	I wasn’t talking to you, Yank.	Assertive	
	All you’re good for’s wearing sharp suits, doing fancy deals, and trying to get hands on our women, and our fish!	Assertive 	
Michael	I’m sorry I missed our appointment but there’s really nothing more I can do for you anymore.		
Desmond	Oh, really?	Directive	
	Your being sorry isn’t gonna get my kids back, now, is it?	Assertive	
	I’m sure the Yank here is having great fun seeing what a lot of bloody spineless jellyfish we’ve got over here.	Assertive	
	But ask yourself this, Mr. Big Shot.	Directive	
	Wouldn’t you fight tooth and nail to get them back?	Directive	
	What if it was your family?	Directive	
	Or are you just another heartless, gutless bastard?	Directive	
Nicholas	Congratulations, you just found yourself a lawyer.		
Desmond	Is that a fact, now?	Directive	
	Who?	Directive	
Nicholas	Me.		
Desmond	So, you’re not a chemist, then?	Directive	
Desmond	How come you can work here if you’re a Yank?	Directive	
Nicholas	Actually, I’m Irish. I was born reared in Kilkenny till I was 9, then we must emigrated to the States and I subsequently came back here to study law at UCD. 		
Nicholas 	Does my being Yank bother you, Desmond?		
Desmond	Not at all.	Assertive	
	I like Yanks.	Assertive	
	Most of them were Irish to begin with, anyway.	Assertive	
	But I can’t afford to pay you fancy money.	Assertive	
Nicholas	I’m not doing this for the money.		
	You’ll just have to raise enough to cover our costs.		
Desmond	Right.	Assertive	
	I really appreciate your help, so I do.	Assertive	
Nicholas	We’ll do our best for you.		
Desmond	Right, cheerio.	Assertive	
Gob Shade	What possible chance do you think you have?		
	You and Mr. …		
Desmond	Mr. Doyle.	Assertive	
Gob Shade	A painter and what? Decorator?		
Desmond	Master tradesman, to you.	Assertive	
Desmond	By the way, Minister, your paintwork’s shade.	Assertive	
Nicholas	What we really need is an expert in family law to keep us right.		
	You know?		
Desmond	I thought you were an expert.	Assertive	
Nicholas	I haven’t done family law in 20 years.		
	I’ve only a working knowledge.		
Desmond	You mean you don’t know what you’re talking about?	Assertive	
	Can’t you read some books?	Directive	
Nicholas 	Desmond, it’s not quite as simple as that. It’s a very tricky area.		
Nicholas	What was the name of that guy that lectured us about family law? Remember?		
	The real character.		
Nicholas	Connolly. Tom Connolly.		
Desmond	There was a Tom Connolly who played rugby for Ireland until his cartilage went.	Assertive	
	I think he did a bit of law in his spare time.	Assertive	
	Would that be him?	Directive	
Desmond	I believe that if there is a God, He’ll step in to help us.	Assertive	
Desmond	You were a big hero to me as a boy, Mr. Connolly, to my dad too.	Assertive	
	He took me to all your games.	Assertive	
	You see that photo there?	Directive	
	I was at that game, the one where you got injured.	Assertive	
Tom	That was the beginning of the end, when that big brute of a fullback did my cartilage in.		
	He was English, of course, the bastard.		
	Still, before I left the field I managed to boot him where his balls would have been, if he’d any.		
Desmond	Fair play to you.	Assertive	
Tom	Anyway, lads, your case is interesting.		
	Hopeless but interesting.		
Desmond	You really think it’s hopeless?	Directive	
Tom 	This case is what I used to call “a real St. Jude”.		
Desmond	I am Desmond Doyle, father of Evelyn Doyle, who’s been held in your case without any consent.	Assertive	
	I request the return of my daughter, forthwith.	Directive	
Sister Theresa	Mr. Doyle, you cannot have your daughter.		
Desmond	In that case, my solicitor, Mr. Michael Beattie will present you with a writ of habeas corpus drafted by my counselor, Mr. Nicholas Barron.	Assertive	
Bernadette	You didn’t attack a nun, then?		
Desmond	I did not.	Assertive	
	I’m learning the rules of the game.	Assertive	
Nicholas	At least they’ve set a date for the hearing.		
	That’s the first step.		
Tom	A little bit of gentle pressure did the trick.		
	We had to give the Minister a kick up his fat ass.		
Desmond	What do we do now?	Directive	
Nicholas 	You should smarten yourself up. The press might want photos of you.		
Tom	And buy a new pair of shoes before we get to court.		
Desmond	New shoes?	Directive	
Tom 	Yes. I’ve known judges who judge a man’s character by the state of his shoes.		
Maurice	Daddy, I scored a goal in Gaelic.		
Dermot & Evelyn	Daddy!		
Desmond	My loves!	Expressive	
	You look wonderful.	Expressive	
Evelyn	Daddy, I like your new shoes.		
Desmond	Thanks, Evelyn.	Expressive	
Desmond	We’ve lost.	Assertive	
Desmond	Leave them alone!	Directive	
	Get your hands off my kids!	Directive	
The kids	Daddy!		
Desmond	Children!	Expressive	
Joe O’Leary	I owned the book on the outcome of your court case.		
	The punters backed you heavy.		
Desmond	Great.	Expressive	
Joe O’Leary	I didn’t feel right in keeping this, so I want you to have it.		
Desmond	Jesus!	Expressive	
Joe O’Leary	It’s only £ 600 so I thought it might go towards your court costs.		
Desmond	I don’t know what to say, Mr. O’Leary.	Assertive	
Fergal	This calls for a celebration.		
	Another round for the table.		
Desmond	Make mine a lemonade.	Directive	
Fergal	What? A lemonade?		
	Are you alright, son?		
Desmond	No, I’m feeling terrible.	Assertive	
	But maybe it’s time I tried to feel better.	Assertive	
Desmond	Back in the Irish strip, surely I say.	Assertive	
Tom	So, anyway, why have I invited you to this sacred turf?		
Nicholas	I was kind of wondering that.		
Desmond	So was I.	Assertive	
Nicholas	Has anyone ever successfully challenged the law on these grounds?		
Tom	No.		
Desmond	No?	Directive	
Tom 	No.		
Hugh Canning	And he’s got new reasons for being hopeful, haven’t you, Desmond?		
Desmond	Yes!	Assertive	
Hugh Canning	It’s okay. You don’t have to shout, we can hear you fine.		
Desmond	Oh, I know.	Assertive	
Hugh Canning	… that your daughter, Evelyn and your two boys are being held illegally.		
Desmond	Yes.	Assertive	
Hugh Canning	And you’ll be taking on some pretty top people?		
Desmond	Yeah, we’re gonna call the Minister of Education as a witness.	Assertive 	
Hugh Canning	And I’ve often asked myself, “What drives Desmond Doyle?”		
	Desmond?		
Desmond	I love my children.	Assertive	
	I’m sick of saying goodbye to them all the time.	Assertive	
	I just don’t want them to spend their whole childhood crying, you know.	Assertive	
Hugh Canning	Has a date been set for a trial?		
Desmond	Not yet.	Assertive	
	But I want my kiddies home for Christmas.	Assertive	
Michael	They’ve set a date, second week in December.		
Desmond	Great.	Expressive	
Nicholas	Guess who we’ve got again.		
Tom	Ferris the Ferret?		
Nicholas	Yes.		
Desmond	Come on!	Directive	
	Stay up there, my boy!	Directive	
	Stay up.	Directive	
	Yes!	Expressive	
Desmond	O’Leary, how did you know?	Directive	
O’Leary	Let’s say I knew he was hungry for a win.		
Desmond	Good man.	Expressive	
A man	Desmond?		
	The readers of the Irish Times have voted you the Man of the Year.		
	How do you feel about that?		
Desmond	I’m honoured.	Assertive	
	Who was the second?	Directive	
A man	The Pope.		
Desmond	Fair play to him.	Assertive	
Nicholas	Desmond, I’ve got a few bob, myself.		
Desmond	How’s it going with Bernadette, then?	Directive	
Nicholas	In fact, I asked her to come back to America with me, when the case is over.		
Desmond	Really?	Directive	
	What did she say?	Directive	
Nicholas	She said she’d think about it.		
Desmond	I asked her to move in with me.	Assertive	
Nicholas	Really?		
Desmond	Yeah.	Assertive	
Nicholas	What did she say?		
Desmond	She said she’d think about it.	Assertive	
Desmond	Fatima Mansions versus the USA.	Assertive	
	Tough choice.	Assertive	
Desmond	Have I messed it up for us all, then?	Directive	
Nicholas 	You may have. Well, we’re just gonna have to show that this was an isolated incident not part of a pattern of behavior. I hope that was only such incident.		
Desmond	Of course it was.	Assertive	
Bernadette	Apart from the time you tried to punch Father O’Malley at Fergal’s.		
Desmond	That.	Assertive	
Michael	And when you tried to kidnap your kids.		
Desmond	Yes, but I was drunk on both occasions.	Assertive	
Desmond	So, you see, your lordship, I only shook Sister Bridget when I found out she’d beaten up my little girl.	Assertive	
Wolfe	I object, your lordship.		
Desmond	Not as much as I object.	Assertive	
	I object to anyone laying a finger on my kids.	Assertive	
Lordship	Continue with your testimony.		
Desmond	Wouldn’t any father have done what I did?	Directive	
	Evelyn’s face was all battered and bruised.	Assertive	
Wolfe	How can you, as a single father and as a Catholic possibly claim to bring up your children without a mother?		
	There is absolutely no precedent for it in the religion in which you allegedly believe.		
	Cat got your tongue, Mr. Doyle?		
Desmond	There is … there is a precedent, as you’d like to call it.	Assertive	
Wolfe	What are you saying?		
Desmond	The fundamental building block of our faith is not the Holy Family, it’s the Holy Trinity, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.	Assertive	
	When my mother died, my father brought us up on his own with only the Holy Spirit to guide him.	Assertive	
	He used to say the Holy Spirit was love.	Assertive	
	Doesn’t the Holy Bible say, “ … faith, hope, and love, but the greatest of these is love”?	Directive	
	I’ve given up the drink.	Assertive	
	I’ve worked all the hours God sends.	Assertive	
	I tried to become a better person and trying to fill myself with the Holy Spirit so I can bring my kids up surrounded by love.	Assertive	
	That’s all I can do.	Assertive	
	No man can do more.	Assertive	
Evelyn	Daddy!		
Desmond	Hello, love!	Expressive 	
	Your hair.	Expressive	
Evelyn	I told them to cut it.		
	Don’t you like it?		
Desmond	It’s lovely, pet.	Expressive	
	It suits you.	Expressive	
Evelyn	You’ve got your new shoes on again.		
Desmond	Yes, yes.	Assertive	
	You’ve got to go now.	Directive	
A man in court	She’s a credit to you.		
Desmond	Thank you.	Expressive	
Evelyn	Daddy!		
Desmond	Oh, my love.	Expressive	
	Good to see you.	Assertive 	
Desmond 	Children, come and sit down, turkey’s ready.	Directive	
	Evelyn, Maurice, Dermot, come and sit down, everybody.	Directive	
	Okay, crackers.	Assertive 	
	Get a cracker, lads.	Directive