[{"node":{"title":"Lingard198","Collections":"Chapter 20","Contributor":"Lingard Estate","Coverage":"1972","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Thursday, March 10, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"Lingard198","Item Description":"Manuscript","Keywords":"Suitcase, Ship","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/lingard198","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/Lingard198_1.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"\ufeff189\n\n\"Of course not.\" She gave him a little smile\" Well, Kevin, I'll miss you.\"\n\n\"I'll miss you too. You'll write and tell me how everybody is?\nAnd if there's anything wrong you must let me know. Promise?\"\n\nShe promised. TheyShe kissed one anotherhim quickly on the cheek and then she ran\nback round the corner, out of sight.\n\nHe picked up the suitcase and set off again. Ahead, at the entrance\nto the scrapyard, he saw Kate MaloneKelly. She was leaning against the\ngate post watching him. As he came nearer she straightened up and\nwalkedcame towards him.\n\n\"Can I speak to you, Kevin?\"\n\n\"I've nothing to say to you.\"\n\n\"I just wanted to say I was sorry. I must have made a mistake\nabout that box.\" She was walking beside him now in the direction of\nthe bus stop:. He lenghtned his stride.\n\n\"You don't expect me to believe that!\"\n\n\"Well, actuallyto be honest... Brian Rafferty made me. I wouldn't have told\nthe lie otherwise.\"\n\n\"Made you?\" As he spoke he realised that he d was not interested\nin what she had to say. It was all of it behind him now, Kate and\nBrian Rafferty and the beatings up and the bombs. He was heading out\nfor something new. For the first time since deciding to go away he\nfelt excitement stir inside him.\n\nHe saw a bus coming along the main road. \"Goodbye, Kate,\" he said\nand ran to meet it.\n\nThe ships' funnels stood loomed up behind the sheds. He sniffed\n","Type":"Text"}}]