Breandán confronts Eoin

Cnagann sé ar an doras.

Cnagann sé ar an doras.

He knocks on the door.

Ní chloiseann Eoin an cnag.

Eoin doesn’t hear the knock.

Téann Breandán isteach.

Breandán enters.

Is ansin a tharlaionn buaicphointe an sleachta.

It is then that the climax of the passage occurs.

Tá an teannas le brath go gear ag an bpointe seo.

The tension is palpable at this point.

Feicimid saol fisiciúil na ndrugaí den chéad uair.

We see the physical world of drugs for the first time.

Tá an seomra leathdhorcha.

The room is half dark.

Tá Eoin ina shuí ar an leaba, a dhroim le Breandán.

Eoin is sitting on the bed, his back to Breandán.

Baineadh geit as Breandán.

Breandán was taken aback.

Aithníonn Eoin láithreach go bhfuil a athair neirbhíseach agus ní thabharfaidh sé seans dá athair an lámh in uachtar a fháil air.

Eoin immediately recognizes that his father is nervous and will not give his father a chance to get the better of him.

Tarraingíonn Eoin steallaire amach, taispeánann sé é dá athair agus brúinn sé cuid den heroin amach as.

Eoin pulls out a syringe, shows it to his father and squeezes out some of the heroin.

Tá ionadh agus alltacht ar Bhreandán nuair a fheiceann sé chomh dána is atá Eoin.

Breandan is surprised and shocked when he sees how bold Eoin is.

Sula bhfaigheann Breandán seans aon rud a rá deir Eoin go gceannaíonn sé an heroin leis a airgead a fhaigheann sé uaidh chun a bhéal a choimeád dúnta.

Before Brendán gets a chance to say anything, Eoin says that he buys the heroin with the money he gets from him to keep his mouth shut.

Tá an t-atmasféar teann sa seomra.

The atmosphere in the room is tense.

Tá an caidreamh eatarthu ag dul in olcas soicind i ndiaidh soicind.

The relationship between them is deteriorating second by second.

Téann an teannas seo go mór i bhfeidhm leis an léitheoir.

The tension really resonates with the reader.

Tá dath liath bhán ar Bhreandán.

Breandán is grey and white in colour.

Ní chreideann sé a shúile.

He couldn’t believe his eyes.

Míníonn Eoin dá athair go bhfuil níos mó airgid ag teastáil uaidh anois mar tá an heroin costasach.

Eoin explains to his father that he needs more money now because the heroin is expensive.

Tá uafás ar Bhreandán nuair a chloiseann sé sin.

Breandán is horrified when he hears that.

Tá a fhios aige anois gur chuir sé féin leis an sáinn ina bhfuil sé.

He now knows that he contributed to the predicament he is in.

Níor bhraith sé freagrach ar chor ar bith go dtí sin.

He didn’t feel responsible at all until then.

Tá an lámh in uachtar ag Eoin.

Eoin has the upper hand.

Tá Breandán go mór faoi mhíbhuntáiste agus níl aon rogha ag Breandán ach geilleadh d’Eoin.

Brendan is very much at a disadvantage and Brendan has no choice but to surrender to Eoin.

Tá Eoin ag iarraidh spiorad Bhreandáin a bhriseadh.

Eoin is trying to break Breandán’s spirit.

Mar buille deiridh iarrann Eoin ar Bhreandán an doras a dhúnadh ina dhiaidh ar a bhealach amach as an seomra.

As a final blow, Eoin asks Brendan to close the door behind him on his way out of the room.

Is leis an ráiteas deiridh sin a bhriseann an mac an t-athair go cinnte.

It is with that last statement that the son definitely breaks the father.

Tá a fhios ag Breandán gur chuir sé leis an tubaiste.

Breandán knows that he contributed to the disaster.

Mar a deir an seanfhocal, “Filleann an feall ar an bhfeallaire.”

As the old saying goes, “The trick returns to the trickster.”

Ar a bhealach síos an staighre feiceann se Eithne ag teacht isteach.

On his way down the stairs he sees Eithne coming in.

Deir sé go bhfuil gach rud ceart go leor agus go bhfuil sé ag dul amach.

He says everything is fine and is going out.

Arís, feicimid an easpa measa, an leithleachas, an mhímhacántacht agus an mhídhílseachta.

Again, we see the lack of respect, selfishness, dishonesty and disloyalty.

Fiafraíonn Eithne de cár chaith sé an oíche roimhe sin.

Eithne asks him where he spent the night before.

Deir sé gur fhan sé i dteach Joe agus téann sé amach an doras.

He says he stayed at Joe's house and goes out the door.

Tá a fhios ag Eithne go bhfuil sé ag insint bréaga.

Eithne knows he is telling lies.

Tá sé íorónach go sceitheann Breandán a rún lena mhímhacántacht féin.

It is ironic that Breandán reveals his secret with his own dishonesty.