[{"node":{"title":"Lingard168","Collections":"Chapter 17","Contributor":"Lingard Estate","Coverage":"1972","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Thursday, March 10, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"Lingard168","Item Description":"Manuscript","Keywords":"Fuse, Happy","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/lingard168","Publisher":"Linen Hall Library","Relation":"Linen Hall Library","Rights":"Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike CC BY-NC-SA","Scanned image":{"src":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/sites/default/files/Lingard168_1.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"\ufeff160\n\n\"Oh well of course. The odd fight, you know.\"\n\n\"You've got a bandage on your head. Get that in a fight? When?\nHow?\"\n\nKevin told him he had been beaten up by three boys but that he\ndid not know their identitywho they were.\n\n\"Expect me to believe that?\"\n\n\"Can't help it if you don't,\" said Kevin wearily.\n\nAt the end of the hour the detective stood up. He said that he\nwould leave it at i that meantime,but he would be back.\n\n\"I'll go as far as the gate with you,\" said Mr Blake.\n\n\"Are you sure you can walk that far, Mr Blake?\" said Sadie.\n\n\"Yes, yes, now don't fuss, there's a good girl. Go and make us\nsome tea.\"\n\nMr Blake went down the path with the two policemen.\n\n\"I presume you have something t you want to say to us alone?\"\n\nMr Blake nodded. He rested against the gate and told them of the\nletters. \"I didn't want Sadie and Kevin to be disturbed by them.\nThey're a nice couple of kids and I want them to have a chance to be\nfriends.\"\n\n\"It would have saved you a lot of trouble if they hadn't, Mr Blake.\nAnd us too. Coming from streets like theirs they must have known\nit would be like lighting a fuse. Good day, Mr Blake.\"\n\nHe watched them drive off in their car. \"Moira was/coming along the\nroad with her children. He waited to speak to her.\n\n\"I'm glad you and Mike are happy,\" he said.\n","Type":"Text"}}]