[{"node":{"title":"Lingard012","Collections":"Chapter 2","Contributor":"Lingard Estate","Coverage":"1972","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Thursday, March 10, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"Lingard012","Item Description":"Manuscript","Keywords":"Catholic, Jim","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/lingard012","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/Lingard012_1.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"\ufeff11\n\nTommy's face closed tightly. He went to the window and stood\nlooking into the small back yard. A patch of sunlight touched the\ndustbin but the rest was in shadow.\n\n\"Linda dear,\u201d said Mrs Jackson, \"now if there's anything you\nthink we should know you must tell us.\u201d\n\nTLinda looked at Tommy's back. bnx \u00b1He did not move.\n\n\"That's right, Linda,\u201d said Mr Jackson. \"Your father wouldn't like it if you didn't\n\n\"I suppose I'll have to, won't I?\u201d Linda kept her eyes on Tommy.\n\"I mean to say, what else can I do?\u201d She paused. \"She was with that\nCatholic boy Kevin McCoy.\u201d\n\nTommy wheeled round. \"Kevin?\"\n\n\"A Catholic boy?\u201d said Mrs Jackson in a stunned voice.\n\n\"Yes, the one Sadie and Tommy got mixed with three summers ago,\nthe one whose sister got hurt.\u201d\n\n\"Brede,\u201d said Tommy softlys.\n\n\"That's the one,\u201d said Linda, not liking the look in Tommy's eye.\n\nMrs Jackson eased herself into a seat by the table. She gripped\nthe edge of the wood with her red, house-worn hands. \"What's she\ndoing with him?\n\n\"How should I know? I just saw the two of them together waiting\nfor a bus.\u201d\n\n\"Jim!\u201d Mrs Jackson appealed to her husband, who had been scratching\nhis head and looking bewildered.\n\n\"What do you know about this, Tommy?\u201d he demanded.\n\n\"Nothing...\" Tommy lifted his jacket. \"I'm going to the pictures.\nYou can come if you want to, Linda.\u201d\n","Type":"Text"}}]