[{"node":{"title":"Lingard178","Collections":"Chapter 18","Contributor":"Lingard Estate","Coverage":"1972","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Thursday, March 10, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"Lingard178","Item Description":"Manuscript","Keywords":"Station, Family","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/lingard178","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/Lingard178_1.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"\ufeff170\n\nhim like that. She loved his laugh, the  mischievous glint in his\ndark eyes. Some of his gaeity had gone. He was changing.\n\nShe put her head against his shoulder and he stroked her hair.\nHis sweater felt rough against her face.\n\n\"Being with you feels right, Sadie,\" he whispered.\n\n\"I think so too.\"\n\n\"You must go soon. Your bus is due.\"\n\nShe looked up at him. \"When shall I see you? At Mr Blake\u2019s?\"\n\nHe hesitated for a moment. \"All right,\" he said. \"We'll be careful.\"\n\n\"Wednesday?\"\n\n\"O.K. Off you goi\"\n\nHe kissed her quickly then pushed her gently away. He stood in\nthe alley with his back to the  wall. The rain had stopped but dark\nclouds covered the sky keeping the night chill. He stood and thought\nof Sadie until it was time to go to the bus station and catch the last\nbus home.\n\n\"Now you'll not forget to p be in for the rent and the Insurance?\"\nsaid Mrs McCoy.\n\n\"Stop fussing, Ma. I've got it all wtitten down.\" Kevin waved\na sheet of paper. \"Where to get the butter one pence cheaper, the\nbest day for t fish.\"\n\n\"And you can ask Brede about anything I've forgotten?.\"\n\n\"You can't have forgotten anything, surely to goodness!\"\n\nMrs McCoy could never leave her family without checking each every\n","Type":"Text"}}]