[{"node":{"title":"Hanna247","Collections":"Part Three","Contributor":"Linen Hall Library","Coverage":"1951","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Thursday, April 7, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"Hanna247","Item Description":"Manuscript","Keywords":"Martha, Statement","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/hanna247","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/Hanna247_0.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"\ufeff240\n\nasked, looking down into Martha\u2019s face. She laughed\ntimidly and withdrew from his arm. \u2019\u2019I mean, d\u2019ye\nthink your mother\u2019ll let me come up again?\u201d\n\n\u201dOh? Well, why shouldn't she, she\u2019s nothing\nagainst ye.\"\n\n\"Do you want me to come up again?\u201d He had to\nbend his head to catch her low-voiced answer. As he\nlooked down at the young figure beside him a sudden\nwave of tenderness overcame him. \"Martha,\u201d he said\nin a husky uncertain voice \u201dI want very dearly to\nmarry you.\"\n\nShe raised her face to look at him. \"But Joe, I\ndont know you.\" Then as she lowered her head she added\n\"And you dont know anything about me.\u201d\n\nHe placed his fingers gently under her chin and\nraised her face again. \"The way I feel about you has\nnothing to do with knowing - or maybe it goes far\nbeyond that. But you went to know about me? Ah,\nthat's a different thing! Look at me.\u201d He moved her\nround until they looked into each other's eyes. After\na long grave unwinking moment she was trembling on the\nverge of laughter. \"Well, now you\u2019ve seen me. There\u2019s\nnothing more about me to know. You\u2019ve seen me as I'll\nalways be, in youth and age, fair weather and foul.\"\n\nAnd it seemed to Martha that this absurd statement was\nthe truest thing she had ever heard. The light shining\nin his eyes transfigured the small nondescript face of\nthe youth. She put her arms around his neck and pressed\nher fresh young mouth to his.\n","Type":"Text"}}]