[{"node":{"title":"Hanna255","Collections":"Part Three","Contributor":"Linen Hall Library","Coverage":"1951","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Thursday, April 7, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"Hanna255","Item Description":"Manuscript","Keywords":"Sarah, Joyful","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/hanna255","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/Hanna255_0.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"\ufeff248\n\nChapter Ten\n\nThey would have cleared the loft over the potato-\nhouse and put a bed in it for Joe, for though by some\ncontriving room could have been made for him in the\nhouse, there was a reluctance among the older people\nto admit him so abruptly into the inner circle of their\ndomestic life. Joe, quite unwittingly, saved them from\nembarrasment by going to live with an aunt, a sister\nof his mother in the towniand of Darragh, only seven\nmiles away. He hired an ass and cart and continued his\ndealing round the countryside, applying himself with\neven greater industry to the adding to the hundred and\neighty pounds lying in the bank in Ardpatrick. In the\nevenings he cycled over to Ravara to see Martha and to\nlend a hand in the conversion of the old cottage on\nKnocknadreemally.\n\nThe new shop had been Sarah\u2019s idea; the money\nventured in the scheme had been her's also, so it was\nonly proper that she should choose which of the men\nshould supervise the re-building. Her choice fell on\nFrank. There were a number of reasons for this, some\ndeliberate, others of which she was only dimly aware.\nFrank was in many ways a better workman than Hamilton,\nhe had that gift of craftsmanship, of seeing the task\nin its entirety, and working towards that end. In some\nways also, Sarah felt that she was compensating the\ncrippled man. She realised that he was excited and\njoyful over the task, and for the first time for many\nyears she did not have to probe behind his joy, seeking\nfor some motive working against herself.\n","Type":"Text"}}]