[{"node":{"title":"Hanna117","Collections":"Part Two","Contributor":"Linen Hall Library","Coverage":"1951","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Thursday, April 7, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"Hanna117","Item Description":"Manuscript","Keywords":"Townland, Minister","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/hanna117","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/Hanna117_0.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"\ufeff111\n\n\"Can't you put the child somewhere, until we\u2019ve finished talking?\"\nhe asked irritably,\n\n\u2019\u2019No,\" she answered. \"It's past his feeding time anyway.\"\n\nIn his annoyance, Sorleyson said something that he had already\nconsidered and rejected, as being contemptible and cruel.\n\n\"Sarah, tell me, what do you think your mother would have felt\nabout this?\"\n\nHe saw her wince and immediately regretted his question. The young\nmother looked at him calmly for a moment. \" Well, you said you came as a\nfriend, Mr Sorleyson. I hope you're satisfied now. What you've said to\nme is no different from what the people of the townland would say. You're\na man who's supposed to know better. Everything should be a kind of a\nway for you, to be right. Nothing ever is. It was the same when - \"\n\n\"When what?\" asked Sorleyson, leaning forward.\n\n\"When Andrew died. I dont know how ye did it, but ye stole some-\nthing away from that too!\"\n\n\"Surely, surely I didn't!\" cried Sorleyson.\n\n\"Yes, ye did!\" cried the woman springing up in passion. \"I told ye\nhe left go of the boat for us, and ye said something about a sacrifice\nthat should teach us something. It was like as if he had done nothing\nmore than threw a pound-note on the collection plate. He gave his life\nfor his sons and me, and all the time you were thinking how it could be\nmade to prove something else, \"My God, Mr Sorleyson, things happen to\npeople!\"\n\n\"Yes, Sarah,\" answered the minister, \"but there is a guidance that\nhelps us to combat the temptations of life, and a Divine help which\nsupports us in those evil hours that none of us can avoid. Have you\n","Type":"Text"}}]