[{"node":{"title":"Hanna138","Collections":"Part Two","Contributor":"Linen Hall Library","Coverage":"1951","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Thursday, April 7, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"Hanna138","Item Description":"Manuscript","Keywords":"Mahogany, Doctor","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/hanna138","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/Hanna138_0.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"\ufeff132\n\naround the large dark room peering at paper-littered chairs, scratching\nat documents impaled on wire hooks hanging feom the walls abd advancing\nand retreating between tables and cabinets with irritated grunts. He\nwas a short, stout, baldheaded nan, dressed in a tweed jacket and shooting\nbreechs, and on the wall behind his desk hung a tweed hat tufted with\ntrout files.\n\nwhen Sarah entered ho retreated to a swivel ohuir and sat down with\nhis back to her, and then with s flick of his foot, swung round until she\nsaw his red bulbous profile. This tine there was a note of interrogation\nin his grunt. \"I. want to put down a child\u2019s name, said Sarah.\n\n\"Sit down, then,\" said the doctor, spurning the floor again and\nbeing carried round to his desk, a tall mahogany affair with mirrors and\nbrasswork, which, when he slid back the lid revealed a tangled bank of\npapers reaching up to overflowing pigeon-holes. He pushed some of the\npapers aside, drew out a book and opened it on the leaf of the desk. He\ndipped his pen, adjusted his spectacles, and without looking at Sarah began\nto question her.\n\n\"And what\u2019s your name - full name?\"\n\n\"Sarah Gomartin.\u2019\n\n\"Your husband\u2019s name?\"\n\nSarah, seated on the edge of the chair, remained silent, the doctor\nlooked up. Although her head was averted she flushed and touched her lips\nnervously with her fingers. Furphy raised his brows encouragingly and\nsmilled, \"The father\u2019s name?\"\n\n\"I dont know.\u201d\n\nA change came over the Doctor. HIs glance which had been kind,\n","Type":"Text"}}]