[{"node":{"title":"Hanna007","Collections":"Part One","Contributor":"Linen Hall Library","Coverage":"1951","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Thursday, April 7, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"Hanna007","Item Description":"Manuscript","Keywords":"Peasants, Manse","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/hanna007","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/Hanna007_0.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"6\n\nwomen, their hands rolled in their aprons, peered through\n\nthe twigs of a thornbush.\n\nTheir scrutiny was short-lived. Mr Sorleyson was seen\n\nnodding energetically to a remark of Mr Echlin\u2019s, the sexton\n\nflew; into the church-house and returned with the minister\u2019s\n\novercoat into which he helped him after removing his Geneva\n\nstrings and billowing gown. The pound-note still being warm\n\non his thigh, the sexton, shielding the gesture from the\n\ndistant observers, endeavoured to shake hands with the party.\n\nHe secured Sarah\u2019s fingertips, touched the closed hand of\n\nHamilton, and found that Andrew had mounted the trap and was\n\nnow drawing up the reins. The others followed, and the whip\n\nbeing rattled in its cup, the vehicle moved away. The peasants\n\ncame running towards the sexton who stood cracking- his knuckles\n\nin glee, his face wreathed in smiles.\n\nThe trap stopped about a quarter-of-a-mile from the\n\nchurch at the mouth of a loanen, more dignified than that\n\nwhich led to a farm because of its bevel-clipped hedges.\n\nHere Sorleyson dismounted after shaking hands with the occupants\n\nof the trap. Ho held the young man\u2019s hand in his for a\n\nsecond and spoke clearly and loudly. \u201cwhy don\u2019t you come down\n\nsome evening and see us, Andrew?\" For a moment the strained\n\nlook left the other's face. He nodded. \"I\u2019ll try - some evening\"\n\nThe manse which the Sorleysons occupied was visible a\n\nshort distance along the loanen. It was a pleasant, two-\n\nstoried, whitewashed building, seen through the scattered\n","Type":"Text"}}]