[{"node":{"title":"Lingard197","Collections":"Chapter 20","Contributor":"Lingard Estate","Coverage":"1972","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Thursday, March 10, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"Lingard197","Item Description":"Manuscript","Keywords":"Rafferty, Brede","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/lingard197","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/Lingard197_1.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"\ufeff183\n\nleaving.\"\n\n\"Kevin's leaving.\" The call went down the street; the children\ncame running.\n\nKevin kissed his mother in the hall. She would cry after he had\ngone but her eyes were dry now. She told him to see that he got\nenough food to eat and to make sure that he found digs with a comfortable\nbed and she hoped if possible he would find a place in a good\nCatholic family.\n\n\"Don't worry, I'll be all right.\"\n\"Good luck to you Kevin\" she said, and went back into the kitchen and closed the door.\n\nA crowd of children were jumping up and down on the pavement.\n\n\"It's lucky you are going away on a boat,\" said Gerald.\n\n\"Don't I know it?\" said Kevin.\n\nBrede waited for him a few yards further down the street. She\nstood with her a hands bunched into the pockets of her coat.\n\n\"Good-bye then, kids! Good bye Ma. Good-bye, Da.\"\n\n\"Good-bye, Kevin.\"\n\nThey called and waved until he was half-way down the street. He\nwalked backwards waving his arm. And then he truned to Brede and\nsaid, \"Let's walkgo quickly now.\"\n\nMrs Rafferty was standing on the opposite pavement. \"Is that you for\noff then, Kevin? Off to make your fortune, eh?\"\n\n\"You never know, do you, Mrs Rafferty?\" Brede called back.\n\nWhen they rounded the corner  and Kevin stopped. He put down the case. \"You don't need to\ncome any further, Brede. I want to go the rest of the way myself.\nYou don't mind?\"\n","Type":"Text"}}]