[{"node":{"title":"Hanna068","Collections":"Part One","Contributor":"Linen Hall Library","Coverage":"1951","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Thursday, April 7, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"Hanna068","Item Description":"Manuscript","Keywords":"Mother, Cottage","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/hanna068","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/Hanna068_0.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"63\n\nthis country girl demanded from him such a pondering and weighing of\n\nwords. with a bland, slightly unreal smile he looked at her. \"Can\n\nyou spare me a moment? \u00bb, ill you sit down, please?\"\n\nShe turned a chair slowly out from under the table and sat down\n\non the edge of it. The reassuring smile deepened a trifle on Mr.\n\nSorlsyson\u2019s face. He nodded his head gently, hung his hat on his knee,\n\nand placed the tips of his fingers together. ''I believe your mother\n\nhas left Rathard. Is that so?\" and he nodded again, so winningly, as\n\nif ail he sought was kindly confidence.\n\nBut all this, far from calming the girl, made her more hostile\n\nand fearful. She nodded stiffly in reply, \"She is,\" she said.\n\n\"Does she intend to stay away for long?\" queried Mr Sorleyson\n\nleaning forward, his fingers outstretched on the crown of his hat.\n\n\"She's gone for good. Did she send ye here?\"\n\n\"No, no' said Mr Sorleyson hastily. \"No: Mr Burke told me that\n\nyour mother had occupied his cottage again. I was surprised to hear\n\nthat she\u2019d gone back alone,\" he added looking at Sarah closely.\n\n\"What\u2019s surprising about that?\" She demanded, \"Isn\u2019t it her own\n\nhome?\"\n\n\"And yours?\"\n\n\"And mine too, if ye want to know, Mr Sorleyson. But poor folk\n\nhave tae work - and the breaking up of poor folks\u2019 homes is a small\n\nmatter.\" What\u2019s a lie at this time and day, thought Sarah.\n\nBut it seemed to have convinced Mr Sorleyson. \"Well, I see by\n\nyour remarks that you accept the responsibility of your mother. I\u2019m\n\nsure she\u2019ll come to no want.\"\n\n\"Of course she\u2019ll come to no want!\u201d said the girl sharply.\n","Type":"Text"}}]