[{"node":{"title":"Hanna141","Collections":"Part Two","Contributor":"Linen Hall Library","Coverage":"1951","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Thursday, April 7, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"Hanna141","Item Description":"Manuscript","Keywords":"Distress, Wife","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/hanna141","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/Hanna141_0.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"\ufeff135\n\n\n\nMr Sorleyson sat at his study table. He pushed away the books\nbefore him and one fell unheeded on the floor, spilling loose sheets\nof paper over the carpet. His open hands, twitching a little, were\nlaid on the space that he had cleared. He stared unseeingly at\nMadame  Lebrun and her Daughter on the opposite wall. Slowly a\nchange came over his whole appearance. He drew himself upright in\nhis chair, his body rigid and erect. Unexpected lines and ridges\nmarred the curve of his smooth pleasant cheeks. His habitual\nexpression of kindliness and irresolution gave way to one of turmoil\nand distress.He pressed his hands on the table until the polished\nmahogany around his fingers misted with sweat. He sat like that for\na long time then suddenly be slumped back in hia chair, and on his face\nthere was the look, of a man who had awakened from a long and restless\nsleep. He had come to a decision. For a moment a faint moisture of\nself-pity rose in his eyes, he plucked his spectacles off, wiped\nthem, and forced then on again, springing the legs painfully behind\nhis ears in exasparation.\n\nHe rose and went down to the sitting-room. His wife, her pretty\nfeet drawn under her chair, sat at the fire, knitting. As he entered\nshe laid her knitting in her lap, and smiled up him with tired\nsweetness. \"I was Just longing for a cup of tea, dear, will you stay\nand have one with me?\"\n\n\"Yes,\" he replied, sitting down. opposite her.\n","Type":"Text"}}]