[{"node":{"title":"Hanna137","Collections":"Part Two","Contributor":"Linen Hall Library","Coverage":"1951","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Thursday, April 7, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"Hanna137","Item Description":"Manuscript","Keywords":"Pony, Registrar","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/hanna137","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/Hanna137_0.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"\ufeff131\n\ngeese he disturbed in their warm dust-beds. Except for the geese and two\nold women nodding in the sun at the watering\u2014troughs and a mn leaning against\na sunny wall, the Square aesiasti was deserted. Aa Sarah came up to the\nman she brought the pony to a standstill.\n\nHe was occupied in squirting long silvers of tobacco-juice in the\nshape of a fan on the flags, an occupation which promised some hours of\namusement, as the aim always dried up the first one or two spittles by\nthe time the design was completed,\n\n\"My good man,\" said Sarah, leaning out of the trap, \"would ye\nkindly move a weethin 'til I read that board behind ye?\"\n\n\"There\u2019s no call for me to move,\" responded the man raising his\neyes from the pavement. \"The board says \u2019Ardpatrick Registry of Births,\nMarriages and Deaths - Registrar, Dr. P 0. Furphy - In attendance 10\ntill 11 an\u2019 3 till 5.\u2019 And the ould boy is in there, himself, bating\nabout like a hen in nettles.\"\n\nSarah glanced at the church clock at the bottom of the Square,\nThe hands pointed to a quarter to eleven. Nodding to the man, she\nurged the pony towards the market cross. There she dismounted, eased\nthe bit, and fastened the reins to one of the sunken stone posts around\nthe cross. When she left him the pony moved towards the troughs,\nblowing on the surface of the water till his thick black lips quivered.\n\nThe Registrar\u2019s office was situated in what had once been the\nparlour of a dwelling-house, and although it was but a few feet along\nthe hall from the frontdoor, Sarah had to go up and down several steps\nbefore she reached it. The lounger\u2019s description of Dr, Furphy suited\nthat gentleman admirably. When Sarah entered he was moving aimlessly\n","Type":"Text"}}]