[{"node":{"title":"Hanna147","Collections":"Part Two","Contributor":"Linen Hall Library","Coverage":"1951","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Thursday, April 7, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"Hanna147","Item Description":"Manuscript","Keywords":"Martha, Economy","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/hanna147","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/Hanna147_0.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"\ufeff141\n\n\"a man maun ask his wife\u2019s leave to thrive then the Echlins would do\nrightly with Martha Gomartin\u2019s girl.\n\nWhile the neighbours greatly exaggerated Sarah\u2019s position in\nRathard, there was no doubt that a subtle change in relationship had\ncome about between the men and the woman. Sarah was indeed, as she\nhad told Sorleyson, behaving with strict impartiality to the brothers,\nand because of this she had unobtrusively taken control of the house.\nYet, she had not done it designedly.\n\nHamilton and Frank, for different reasons, encouraged her towards\nthis end. For all the different, even antagonistic traits in their\ncharacters, they were both men of a fibre who did not willingly repudiate\na deed whether it proved to be profitable or otherwise. Now that the\nchild was born and the brothers realised the disrepute into which they\nhad fallen, they felt the necessity to achieve some unity among themselves.\nFor that an equilibrium was necessary so they accepted Sarah\u2019s manage-\nment of the economy of the farm.\n\nIt would have been unatural if the woman had not felt some triumph\nat this turn of circumstance. But soon it became a matter of acceptance.\nIt is the man and woman who are unsure of themselves who are for ever\ntriumphing over their work. But Sarah stood above, and accomplished\nevery task with ease. She had the prudence, the physical persistence,\nthe etrnal patience of the peasant. With hamilton, she felt a deep\nfeeling of understanding, of being cherished, but with Frank she knew\nthat the truce was only temporary, She shared herself between them both,\nin body and in mind, and so disarmed the younger brother.\n","Type":"Text"}}]