[{"node":{"title":"Hanna123","Collections":"Part Two","Contributor":"Linen Hall Library","Coverage":"1951","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Thursday, April 7, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"Hanna123","Item Description":"Manuscript","Keywords":"Startled, Sarah","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/hanna123","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/Hanna123_0.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"\ufeff117\n\nwent to the door. She saw the woman shaking her wet hands and staring at\nthe house, then, before Sarah\u2019s eyes, she crossed herself. Sarah threw\nthe towel across the halfdoor. \"Ye may dry your hands on that,\" She said\nloudly. The woman looked at her with startled suspicious eyes. \"Thank\nye,\" she said.\n\nThen, as Sarah set their plates before them she saw Bridie flush and\ngaze at her curiously. Her sensitive conscience rankled. There could\nonly be one reason why the woman stared at her like that. The others    / *\nstarted to eat hungrily but Bridie sat with her hands in her lap, and as\nSarah stole a glance at her she saw her look pleadingly at Agnes. The old\nwoman understood in a moment what was wrong. She lifted the bacon from\nBridie\u2019s plate and put it on Hamilton\u2019s, then she drained the gravy off\nand set it before.her again. \"What ails ye?\" asked Hamilton, looking at\nthe woman.\n\n\"Nothing ava,\" she replied, smiling and glad to be at her meal.\n\n\"The day\u2019s a Friday,\" explained Agnes,\n\nHamilton struck the table, \"It is indeed. I\u2019m right and sorry,\n\nMrs Dineen. Sarah, is there anything else in the house?\"\n\n\"There\u2019s a bit o\u2019 ling, \u2019 answered Sarah, without raising her head.\n\nAn awkward silence fell on the table, broken only by Bridie\u2019s assurance\nthat she was content.\n\n\"Well, if there\u2019s fish in the house get up and cook the woman a bit\"\"\nsaid Hamilton loudly and angrily.\n\nSarah sprang from her chair, and rushing round the table snatched the\nplate from before the embarrassed woman. \"I\u2019ll get ye'a clean plate, too,\"\nshe said, girning in fury at her.\n","Type":"Text"}}]