[{"node":{"title":"Lingard181","Collections":"Chapter 18","Contributor":"Lingard Estate","Coverage":"1972","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Thursday, March 10, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"Lingard181","Item Description":"Manuscript","Keywords":"Saturdays, Summer","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/lingard181","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/Lingard181_1.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"\ufeff173\n\nand was proud of it. \"What wasis the use of keeping women in the house,\"\nhe said \"if you have to do their work for them?\"\n\nKevin boiled the potatoes but pouredxx off the water too soon so\nthat the potatoes were still hard. He shook his head with disgust when they sat down to eat their dinner.\n\n\"I tried then with a knife, like Ma said.\" He shook his head.\n\n\"Never mindx\" Brede smiled. \"We can still eat them. You\u2019ll get\nthe hang of it in no time. You've done very well, Kev. I'll wash\nup afterwards and one of the others can dry. You'll be going out?\"\n\n\"I;m going out this evening\" he saidHe nodded.\n\nIt was Wednesday. He met Sadie He went out every Wednesday. He\nmet Sadie at Mr Blake's. They arrived and left at different times\nand they sat in the kitchen at the back of the house. On Satu He\nspent Saturdays with Sadie too. They met outsied the city somewhere,\nusually in the country, well away from people. Sadie brought food and\ndrink and many days they saw no one else at all. They waded in streams\nclimbed trees, lay in meadows in the sun listening to the continuous\nchorus of the birds. Long summer days at the end of which he returned\nhome flushed with air and contented. K He knew that Brede knew thatsuspected\nhe was meeting Sadie again though they never mentioned it. Some-\ntimes she would put her hand on his arm and say, \"Take care\", but\nthat was all.\n\n\"She's a fine sister to have,\" he said to Sadie that evening. \"I\nhope she gets a good man. She'll marry in a year or two,I fancy,and\nhave lots of kids.\"\n\n\"Just like your mother.\"\n","Type":"Text"}}]