[{"node":{"title":"Hanna169","Collections":"Part Two","Contributor":"Linen Hall Library","Coverage":"1951","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Thursday, April 7, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"Hanna169","Item Description":"Manuscript","Keywords":"Andrew, Kitchen","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/hanna169","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/Hanna169_0.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"\ufeff163\n\nwean?\" she crooned, taking him on her lap. Realising that the boy was\nnot hurt she looked up at Hamilton, and like Andrew was startled at what\nshe saw there. \"What\u2019s wrong, Hami?\" she demanded sharply.\n\n\"I heard him calling himsel a bastard. Where did he hear that word?\nWho learned him to call himself that?\"\n\nSarah raised the boy\u2019s head from her shoulder. \"Son, what was it\nye said?\"\n\nIn a voice broken by sobs, Andrew repeated the words to his mother.\nHamilton knelt before him as he sat in Sarah\u2019s lap. \"Andra, who telt ye\nthat? What body did ye hear saying that?\"\n\nEncouraged by his mother, the boy pointed out of the window in the\ndirection of the road. \"A man down there. He raid I had no Da.\" The man\nand the women gazed at each other dumbly. Slowly Hamilton rose to his feet\nand rested his arms and head against the mantelshelf. He spoke over his\nshoulder to Sarah. \"Tell him those are bad words. He mauna use them.\"\nWithout looking at Sarah and the boy again, he turned and left the kitchen,\ndragging his feet like an old man.\n","Type":"Text"}}]