This drama, based on the prize-winning short story by Frank O'Connor, tells the story of a pair of Irish insurgents and the two captured British soldiers whom they are assigned to guard. While confined to a remote farmhouse owned by the spirited Widow O'Connell, the foursome -all equally attuned to "make peace, not war" -enjoy card playing, jig dancing, and a great deal of amiable bickering about their respective countries and religions. Throughout the conviviality, however, Barney Callahan is haunted by the knowledge that reprisals will be in order if the Irish harm their British captives.