[{"node":{"title":"Hanna175","Collections":"Part Two","Contributor":"Linen Hall Library","Coverage":"1951","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Thursday, April 7, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"Hanna175","Item Description":"Manuscript","Keywords":"Echlin, Frank","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/hanna175","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/Hanna175_0.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"\ufeff169\n\nPentland had crossed over to the window and stood\nbeating the tips of his fingers on the table. Suddenly he\nturned to his cousin and shouted: \"That woman near killed\nme!  I was stooned for days after it!\"\n\nFrank laughed irritably. \"After what, man? Ye threw\nin your hand meekly enough. Your want for her wasna very\nbig if ye couldna take her as she was.\"\n\n\"as she was? wi' another man's wean in her belly?\"\n\nA shadow crossed Echlin's face at the coarseness and spite\nin the other's voice. Pentland turned again to the window,\ndrumming his fingers on the table, his head jerking ih\npeevish indignation, like a woman's.\n\nFrank seated himself again and idly probed the glowing\nturf with a twig. When he spoke his voice was low, with a\ndreaming note in it. \"D\u2019ye know what I think, Fergus? Its\nan ill thing for a man or woman to be aye looking behind them\nYesterday and the-morrow dont yoke over well at times.\"\n\n\"Aye, and its a worse thing to be standing betwixt them\nas I was,\" answered Pentland, as if he had caught a note of\ncriticism in Echlin's remark.\n\n\"All men stand betwixt them,\" said Frank rising and\ntaking his cap from behind the door.\n\nThe two men left the house and took the path towards\nthe beach. Fergus stopped when they came in sight of the\nwater. \"Answer me one question, Frank. Are ye free?\"\n\n\"As free as a swallow.\"\n\nPentland smiled slowly. \"I thought that. There's a\nsoiree at Ravara on Saturday's a week. D'ye think would\nye go?\"\n\n\"Like a swallow.\"\n\n\"I'll pull over to Purdy's rock at seven in the evening\nI'll see ye if you're there.\"\n\n\"I\u2019ll be there at seven, Fergus, if we're spared.\"\n\nPentland watched his cousin crunch over the shingly\nbeach. When Frank had pushed off, he turned and climbed\nleisurely back towards his house. At the top of the rise\n","Type":"Text"}}]