[{"node":{"title":"Lingard008","Collections":"Chapter 2","Contributor":"Lingard Estate","Coverage":"1972","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Thursday, March 10, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"Lingard008","Item Description":"Manuscript","Keywords":"Jackson, Tommy","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/lingard008","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/Lingard008_1.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"\ufeff7\n\nCHAPTER TWO\n\nMrs Jackosn turnedflipped the bacon in the pan and lowered the gas so\nthat it would not frizzle.\n\n\"Tea ready yet, Ma? \" asked Tommy. \"I'm starved.\" He had changed\nout of his overalls and had washed off the grime of the shipyards.\nHe sat at the tab kitshen table with his knife and fork in front\nof him ready to devour the foord as soon as his mother set his plate\nin front of him\n\n\"It's ready, she said. \"I'm just wondering where that girl's\ngot to. You'd think I'd nothing else to do but stand here slaving\nover a hot stove waiting for her convenience. It'll be a different\nstory when it's her that's is standing over the a stove!\"\n\n\"I can't wait to see the day,\" said Tommy. \"But I think she's got other things\nin mind.\"\n\n\"Dear knows what she has in her mind.\" Mrs Jackson shook her head\nand wiped her hands down the sides of her wrap around overall. \"I\u2019ll be glad\nwhen I see her settled.\"\n\n\"Oh come on, Aggie, let's have our tea, for dears sake.\" Said Mr\nJackson. \"W I've to be at the Lodge meeting at for seven. We can't sit here waiting\non Sadie.\"\n\n\"You're right.\"  \n\nMrs Jackson turned   outoff the gas. It went out with a plop. She\ntook the plates that had been warming abover the cooker and served\nout the food, watched hungrily by the men. They began to eat at\nonce. She poured the thick strong tea from the old brown teapot\n","Type":"Text"}}]