[{"node":{"title":"Hanna263","Collections":"Part Three","Contributor":"Linen Hall Library","Coverage":"1951","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Thursday, April 7, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"Hanna263","Item Description":"Manuscript","Keywords":"Tea, Gomartin","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/hanna263","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/Hanna263_0.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"\ufeff256\n\nBut a day or two later, the matter was made clear\nto her. a small blue car swept into the close, scattering\nthe hens before it like foam, and the Reverend Mr.\nSorleyson climbed out and came up to the house. \"How are\nyou all?\" he said, smiling in at Sarah and Martha from\nthe door. Sarah returned his smile, indeed, there was\nsomething so honest and pleasant about it, that it\nwould have been difficult to resist. \"Come in, Mr.\nSorleyson. Would ye like a bite o' dinner - or maybe\nye wanted to see Mr Echlin?\"\n\n\"No, no. I wanted to see you, and I\u2019ll take a cup\nof tea with you, if you\u2019ll be so kind.\" He turned to the\ngirl and put his hand on her shoulder. \"Run away out,\nMartha, and come back in fifteen minutes, will you?\" he\nsmiled as he said it, but the hand that urged the girl\nforward was not to be contradicted.\n\nSorleyson took the cup of tea, stirred it, sipped\nit, and nodded his approval to Sarah. But his face was\ngrave when he spoke. \"Miss Gomartin\" he began, and\nSarah looked up sharply at the strange title, \"I\u2019ve\nsomething to tell you, and I want to say it as briefly\nand - honestly, as I can contrive. You know, of course,\nthat Joe Skillen and your daughter have completed their\nnew home in Belfast, and all that remains to be done is\nget married?\" Sarah nodded, and the minister continued:\n\"Right. Has it not seemed strange to you that there\u2019s\nbeen no headway made in the arrangements for the wedding?\"\n\n\"I was wondering that myself, the other day, but\nwhen I asked Joe he said something about having another\nmatter to redd up.\"\n\n\"Aye. Well, I csn tell you what that other matter\nis - its you.\" Sorleyson set his cup and saucer on the\nfloor and leaned back in his chair to watch the women\non the other side of the hearth.\n","Type":"Text"}}]