[{"node":{"title":"Lingard180","Collections":"Chapter 18","Contributor":"Lingard Estate","Coverage":"1972","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Thursday, March 10, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"Lingard180","Item Description":"Manuscript","Keywords":"Tyrone, Father","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/lingard180","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/Lingard180_1.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"\ufeff172\n\nhe watched Uncle Albert cranking up the car. He wished he was like\nhim.\n\nThe engine sprang to life. Uncle Albert cocked his head in\nadmiration. \"Going as a sweet as a bird, eh, Kevin?\"\n\n\"Sweeter.\"\n\nUncle Albert whistled as he put the starting handle back in the bo\nboot amongst the collection of luggage. There was nothing dearer\nto his heart than setting off on a journey. He was walwysalways ready/to\noblige friends or family with a lift.\n\n\"You've a full load on there Uncle Albert,\" said Kevin.\n\n\"Sure she'll take it in her stride. She never died a winter yet.\"\n\nKevin waved them off. They/would get to Tyrone eventually. Uncle\nAlbert had a way of getting to his destination somehow or other. By\nthe time they did get there his brother would be cursing the car and-\nAlbert and his wife and County Tyrone, and Mrs McCoy and Albert would\nbe paying no attention. Kevin chuckled to himself as he went inside.\n\nIt was quiet in the kitchen. The clock ticked on the dresser.\nThe other children were out playing, Brede was at her nursery. He\nwas to look afterin charge of the house.\n\nHis mother had made a stew and peeled potatoes. He had only to\nboil the potatoes, she said, and drain them when they were cooked.\nTomorrow he would have to peel the potatoes himself and cook the\ndinner and shop. He had never done any of these things before for\nBrede had always been the one to help his mother. His father kept\nhimself well away from all women's work. He couldn't boil an eggx\n","Type":"Text"}}]