[{"node":{"title":"Hanna208","Collections":"Part Three","Contributor":"Linen Hall Library","Coverage":"1951","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Thursday, April 7, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"Hanna208","Item Description":"Manuscript","Keywords":"Pipe, Martha","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/hanna208","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/Hanna208_0.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"\ufeff201\n\na gap in the hedge. He hurried down to the road and\ncalled on the boy, but he did not look back and soon\ndisappeared from the schoolmaster's view.\n\nThat evening, after six-o'clock tea, Herriot put\non his hat and set out for Rathard. The soft still\nevening light lay gently on the fields and Herriot\nnoted with pleasure that the last of the corn was being\nmoved to the stackyards as he ascended and descended\nthe little hills on the white road.\n\nAs he turned up the loanen leading to Hathard he\nnoted the banks torn and stamped by the toothed wheels\nof the tractor, and that the new ruts in the loanen had\nbeen already metalled. He was curious to see the strange\nhousehold about which he had heard so many rumours.\nUnder his arm he carried Andrew's tattered school. bag.\nAs he approached the farm he heard the boy's voice call\n'wheet-wheet! wheet-wheet!' and saw the bobbing line of\nducks come at his bidding, but the boy himself was\nhidden by the rowans at the mouth of the close.\n\nHerriot slowed his pace so that he wouldn't over-\ntake the ducks, and following behind them, came suddenly\nface to face with Andrew. He saw the look of sullen\nfear that came on the boy's face but he smiled pleasantly\nas he handed over the schoolbag. \"There you are,\nAndrew, you forgot that in your hurry today.\" Then the\nschoolmaster pushed his tweed hat back on his head and\ntook out his pipe. He nodded across the loanen. \"Your\nducks'll be wandering again,\" he said. At that moment\nthe little girl Martha burst out of the house, followed\nby a dog. She stopped short when she saw Herriot, and\nstood with her finger to her mouth, eyeing him warily.\n\nHerriot welcomed the interruption. \"Hello, Martha\"\nhe called \"So this is where you live?7\" Attracted by\nthe sound of the strange voice Sarah appeared in the\n","Type":"Text"}}]