[{"node":{"title":"Lingard175","Collections":"Chapter 18","Contributor":"Lingard Estate","Coverage":"1972","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Thursday, March 10, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"Lingard175","Item Description":"Manuscript","Keywords":"Lodge, Bowler","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/lingard175","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/Lingard175_1.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"\ufeff167\n\nwhirled in her mind.\n\n\"I'm glad you've stopped seeing Kevin,\" said Tommy. \"You'll\nforget him after a while. It's just as well.\"\n\nOn the eve of the 'Twelfth' the bonfires were lit. From her window Sadie watched\nthe children lighting the one at the end of their street. The flames\nleapt high, spitting against the dark sky. The children danced round\nit singing Ornaange songs.\n\nThe next morning the Jacksons were astir early. Hr Jackson was\nwalking in the parade. His bowler hat lay burshedbrushed and smooth on the\nhall table. He wore his best navy-blue suit and white shirt, and\nthe sash of his lodge, purple and gold. Mrs Jackson took out her\nrollers after breakfast and combed out her hair, then went upstairs\nto take off her dressing gown and put on her Sunday clothes.\n\nTommy was going out, just to see the parade pass, but not not\nto take part in it.\n\n\"Why don't you go with him?\" Mrs Jackson asked Sadie.\n\n\"I've seen it often enough.\"\n\n\"Better for you than sitting in the house brooding. I don't know\nwhat's come over you.\" SheMrs Jackson shook her head.\n\n\"When I went out all the time you were always complaining.\"\n\nBut Mrs Jackson was not listening. She was fussing in front of\nthe mirror, demanding to know if her hair was all right, and her hat.\n\nMr Jackson put on his bowler hat and set off up the street to\njoin the other members of his lodge. Then A little while later\nMrs Jackson and Tommy went out. Tommy avoided Sadie's eye.\n","Type":"Text"}}]