[{"node":{"title":"Hanna044","Collections":"Part One","Contributor":"Linen Hall Library","Coverage":"1951","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Thursday, April 7, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"Hanna044","Item Description":"Manuscript","Keywords":"Knitting, Voice","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/hanna044","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/Hanna044_0.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"39\n\nfamily at Rathard. Again, she was too old and wise in the ways of her\n\nneighbours to get caught up in any quarrel between the cousins. So she\n\ndrew in her lips, raised her knitting, and remained silent.\n\nBut Pentland also realised hi3 mistake and now he was intent on\n\njustifying his remarks. He came and oat down, drawing his chair closer\n\nso that he could look into Agnes\u2019s face. \"Tell me, Agnes, how would you\n\nfeel if ye had to sit, night after night, beside a man that\u2019s sneering\n\nand smirking at every word ye say?\"\n\n\"What makes ye think Frankie would be sneering at ye?\" asked the\n\nold woman coldly.\n\n\"God in Heaven! don't I see it on his face, every time I look at\n\nhim?\"\n\n\"For why?\"\n\nPentland relapsed back into his chair. \"I think he\u2019s carrying on\n\nwi\u2019 Sarah\" he said in a low hard voice.\n\nAgnes stirred uneasily. But she laid down her knitting and laughed.\n\n\"Ye sit there and tell me the girl favours ye and you\u2019re worrying about\n\nFrank Echlin girning and cracking his fingers at ye over the fire? D\u2019ye\n\nthink if he was prospering wi\u2019 her that ye\u2019d be let in sight o' the close\n\no\u2019 Rathard? If ye believe that you're no long frae your mother\u2019s teat!\u201d\n\n\"D'ye think there's nothing in it, then?\" asked Pentland unable to\n\nstifle the relief in his voice.\n\n\"I know there's nothing in it\" declared the woman stoutly. \"If ye\n\nwant the girl dont go footerin at her as if ye didna. And for Frankie's\n\nsneers, pay nae heed to him. Remember the ould saying that the bee leaves\n\na sting where he snooks nae honey.\"\n\n\"You\u2019re right, no doubt\" said Pentland springing up with a smile.\n","Type":"Text"}}]