[{"node":{"title":"Lingard189","Collections":"Chapter 19","Contributor":"Lingard Estate","Coverage":"1972","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Thursday, March 10, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"Lingard189","Item Description":"Manuscript","Keywords":"Murdered, Bewilderment","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/lingard189","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/Lingard189_1.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"\ufeff\"Sadie's' Mr Blake\u2019s been murdered,\" said Mrs Jackson to them.\n\n\"It's my fault,\" cried Sadie. \"It\u2019s my fault.\"\n\n\u2019\u2019Don\u2019t be silly, Sadie,\" said Mike. \"You musn't say that.\"\n\n\"It's true, it's true!\"\n\nMr Jackson shook his head, \"What's it all about? How is it your\nfault, Sadie?\"\n\n\"It isn't, Mr Jackson,\" said Mike. \"She's had a shock. She doesn' t\nknow what she's saying.\"\n\n\"I think I'd better make a cup of tea.\" Mrs Jackson lifted the\nkettle. \"Jim, get her a glass of brandy from the front room.\"\n\nMr Jackson, moving in a state of bewilderment, went to fetch the\nbrandy. Tommy sat down on the other side of his sister. The gas\nflame hissed under the kettle.\n\n\"I don't know what the world's coming to,\" aid Mrs Jackson. \"You never know who'll be next.\"\n\nSadie took the glass from her father and drank. She felt sick.\nShe wanted to retchvomit.\n\n\"Take another sip,\" said Mike. \"It'll settle your stomach.\"\n\n\"I think you'd, better tell us what happened,\" said Mr Jackson.\n\nMike told them what he knew, which was little. No one had seen the\nbomb bening thrown. No one had noticed any strangers in the district.\nIt was not an area accustomed to bombing. There had never been any trouble there before.\n\nSadie quietened. She dried her tears, drank her sweet tea, leaning\non the table for support. She felt weak right to the centre of her\nbody.\n\nThen she remembered Kevin who would have set out already for their\nrendezvousmeeting place, not knowing what had happened.\n","Type":"Text"}}]