[{"node":{"title":"Hanna119","Collections":"Part Two","Contributor":"Linen Hall Library","Coverage":"1951","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Thursday, April 7, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"Hanna119","Item Description":"Manuscript","Keywords":"Collar, Scratching","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/hanna119","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/Hanna119_0.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"\ufeff113\n\nwere the simple people he had known so long. He stood looking silently\nat Echlin.\n\n\"Hamilton,\" he said at last, \"this is a sad day for me to come to\nRathard.\"\n\n\"Is it?\u201d asked the other stolidly. Then, as if ashamed, he\nlowered his head. \"Aye,\u201d he added.\n\n\"Tell me, Hamilton, what do you intend to do about Sarah\nGomartin?\"\n\n\"Do about her?\" repeated Echlin in a puzzled tone.\n\n\"Surely you must see that the girl will have to marry either one\nof you,\" said Sorleyson wearily. \"Will you not marry her?\"\n\nEchlin looked him up and down with a cunning expression in his\neyes. He examined his round hat, his questioning face, his spotless\ncollar, his slightly protuding vest, his black mud-smeared boots. \"To\ntell ye the God\u2019s truth, Mr Sorleyson,\" he exclaimed looking up suddenly\nand frankly, \"I\u2019d marry her flying. But she wont have me.\u201d\n\n\"H\u2019m,\" grunted the minister, breaking a twig from the hedge. \"What\nabout Frank, then?\"\n\nThe other man made a gesture of impatience. \"Frank\u2019ll no settle\ndown to marry anyone.\" He stood looking at the ground for a moment.\n\n\"But she\u2019ll no marry me,\" he repeated.\n\n\"But what hope is there for her otherwise?\" demanded Sorleyson.\n\n\"If she doesn\u2019t marry one of you, where else can she go?\"\n\nEchlin stood scratching his nose and looking at the minister. A\nfrown gathered on his face. \"Who's talking about her going anywhere?\nShe'll bide here, this is her home now.\"\n","Type":"Text"}}]