[{"node":{"title":"Lingard170","Collections":"Chapter 17","Contributor":"Lingard Estate","Coverage":"1972","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Thursday, March 10, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"Lingard170","Item Description":"Manuscript","Keywords":"Twelfth, Scrapyard","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/lingard170","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/Lingard170_1.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"\ufeff162\n\n\"Whatever you think is best,\" said Mr Blake. \"Maybe wWe could try\nthat for a while and seeif things quieten down. Maybe people will lose\ninterest maybe and leave us in peace.\"\n\nKevin said that he would telephone Sadie someone morning while she was at Mr Blake's and they would and arrange their next meeting, but onevenings were light so long it was not possible to meet in darkness.\nriding home on the bus, he decided that he would not phone her. He\nmust not see her again. For her sake. He was terrified that something\nmight happen to her. The \u2019Twelfth\u2019 was approaching, and her street\nwould soon be consumed withby Orange fever.\n\nHe called in at the scrapyard. M He would be able to go back to\nwork the following week and was glad of that for time hung like balls\nof lead round his neck. He saw Mr MaloneKelly working at the far end of\nthe yard, sorting otu parts of an old car.\n\n\"Hi there, Mr Malone.Kelly!\" Kevin picked his way through the junk\ntowards him.\n\nMr MaloneKelly looked up very briefly, then returned to his sorting.\n\n\"I\u2019ve come to teil you I\u2019ll be fit for work on Monday.\"\n\n\"You needn't bother.\" Still Mr MaloneKelly did not look up.\n\n\"What?\" Kevin fornwed. He and Mr MaloneKelly had always got on well,\nthey had never exchanged a harsh word. \"Do you mean you\u2019re giving me\nmy bookscards?\"\n\n\"Just that.\" Mr MaloneKelly wiped his a hands on a dirty rag.\n\n\"But why?\"\n\n\"Do you need me to spell it out for you?\"\n","Type":"Text"}}]