[{"node":{"title":"Hanna139","Collections":"Part Two","Contributor":"Linen Hall Library","Coverage":"1951","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Thursday, April 7, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"Hanna139","Item Description":"Manuscript","Keywords":"Furphy, Certificate","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/hanna139","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/Hanna139_0.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"\ufeff133\n\nencouraging, slightly condescending, narrowed into a stare of curiosity.\nHe noted her decent Sabbath clothes, her well\u2014gloved hands, and her\nface, which although darkened now with shame and embarrasment, bore the\nhabitual traces of firmness, independence and even'arrogance. With a\nfeeling of surprise he recalled the sound of wheels in the square and\nthe clear voice of the woman. How could this decent prosperous young\nwoman be a libertine?\n\nBut suddenly, as though it flowed into the room, he saw the\nplacid dimpled trout-stream waiting for him three miles away. He\ngrunted impatiently and drew his pen through the column that should\nhave shewn the father\u2019s name.\n\n\"Is it a boy or a girl?\u201d\n\n\"A boy.\"\n\n\"What name do you wish to call him?\"\n\n\"Andrew.\u201d\n\nThe doctor looked up again. \"You realise that, legally, his name\nwill be Andrew Gomartin?\"\n\nSarah nodded.\n\nFurphy\u2019s pen scratched on until he had filled in all the details.\n\"Do you want a certificate?\u201d\n\n\"How much is that?\"\n\n\"Two shillings and sevenpence.\"\n\nShe sat considering this, then took the money from her purse and\nlaid it on the desk.\n\nWhen he had completed the certificate, ho folded it neatly, handed\nit to her, and then held the door open as she went out. \"Good day to\nyou,\" he said.\n","Type":"Text"}}]