[{"node":{"title":"Hanna116","Collections":"Part Two","Contributor":"Linen Hall Library","Coverage":"1951","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Thursday, April 7, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"Hanna116","Item Description":"Manuscript","Keywords":"Parentage, Secret","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/hanna116","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/Hanna116_0.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"\ufeff110\n\n\"Tell me,\" he put the question delicately, in a low voice, \"tell\nme, is the parentage of your poor child uncertain?\"\n\nShe lo ked at him, not understanding.\n\n\"Do you know who the father of the - eh - child is?\"\n\n\"No.\"\n\n\"Oh, Sarah, Sarah, what darkness has fallen on this house*\" he cried\nbitterly. And then because she was silent, he said \"which of the men\nwill you marry?\"\n\n\"I\u2019ll marry noan of them,\" she returned, looking at him in sudden\nanger.\n\n\"Oh!\" exclaimed Mr Sorleyson springing up in amazement. \"But, Sarah,\nthis is inconceivable! Think of your good name!\"\n\n\"What ails my name?\" demanded the girl, thoroughly aroused.\n\n\"Ails your name!\" he repeated, wheeling on her. \"It - \" But his\nwords were checked by the baby\u2019s cry, which carao in protest to their\nshouting.   |\n\nThe interruption gave them time to collect their thoughts. As\nSorleyson watched her soothing the child, his arguments became completely\nunreal for a moment. What detail in the picture of this mother crooning\nover her child was evil? Was this not the very thing that he himself had\npictured in his most secret thoughts? Ah, no, life was not so simple as\nthat. One had obligations to God and one\u2019s fellow-men. Of what avail was\nvirtue if lust and irresponsibility were to be crowned with contentment?\n\nThe child made signs that it wanted to be fed, and Sarah looked\nquestioningly at the minister. Sorleyson started back uneasily, feeling\nthat insome way he was being cheated.\n","Type":"Text"}}]