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Question
Find sentences from the play related to the given points.
Loyalty in Irish Nationalism:
- Maybe Sergeant you’ll be on the side of the country yet.
- ____________________________
- ____________________________
- ____________________________
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Solution
Loyalty in Irish Nationalism:
- Maybe Sergeant you’ll be on the side of the country yet.
- If the other boys had told you some plan they had, some plan to free the country, you might have joined with them.
- I am a friend of Granuaile.
- You won‘t betray me ... the friend of Granuaile.
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