[{"node":{"title":"Lingard195","Collections":"Chapter 20","Contributor":"Lingard Estate","Coverage":"1972","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Thursday, March 10, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"Lingard195","Item Description":"Manuscript","Keywords":"Liverpool, London","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/lingard195","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/Lingard195_1.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"\ufeff186\n\n\"And a big one at that,\" said rede.\n\n\"I'll be sending you money too,\" said Kevin.\n\n\"You'll need to get a job first,\" said his father.\n\n\"I\u2019m not worried about that. They're all waiting for me over\nthere to land.\" Kevin patted his mother's shoulder and walked over to the mirror andto straightened\nhis tie. He hated wearing a tie and seldom did, but it would please\nhis mother to see him departing in a suit and tie, neat and respect-\nable, and a credit to her.\n\n\"Better not be thinking the streets of Liverpool are paved with\ngold,\" said Mr McCoy. \"I hear there's plenty out of work there too\"\n\n\"Who said anything about Liverpool?\" Kevin gave the tie a final\ntwist. \"I might go to London.\"\n\n\"London?\" said Mrs McCoy doubtfully, for the sound of that was\nworse than Liverpool which could be reached by only crossing over a\nstretch of water. \"It's a/big city.\"\n\n\"The x bigger the better! There, how do I xxxx look?\"\n\n\"The girls of London wll fall about when they see you,\" said\nBrede.\n\n\"Aye, they'll likely think I'm a right looking eejit.\" He\nlaughed, and so did Brede.\n\nHe glanced quickly at the red and cream kitchen clock on the\ndresser. His mother's eyes swivelled to it too.\n\n\"I'll have to be off, Ma.\"\n\nShe nodded. She set the plastic box of sandwiches and flask on the\ntable. \"Have you room for them in your case?\"\n","Type":"Text"}}]