[{"node":{"title":"Lingard032","Collections":"Chapter 4","Contributor":"Lingard Estate","Coverage":"1972","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Thursday, March 10, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"Lingard032","Item Description":"Manuscript","Keywords":"Prods, Jackson","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/lingard032","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/Lingard032_1.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"\ufeff30\n\n\u201cHow can you ever expect to have a decent life if you go on having\nall those numbers of kids? I don't know why the pPope has to make\nyou do it.\"\n\n\"You're talking rot.\" He was angry now. \"The pPope doesn't make\nus. You Prods are all the same, you haven't the faintest idea what\nyou're attalking about.\"\n\nThey glared at one another across the table, then let their a eyes\nfall. They did not want to fight, as they once had. Sadie swallowed\nhard before she spoke. She always found it difficult to withdraw*\n\n\"I'm sorry,\" she said. \"I didn't really mean it like that.\"\n\n\"That's all right.\"\n\nIt was the first time they since their meeting that evening that\nthere was any unease between them. Kevin's brow was creased and\nhis eyes were dark. Sadie fiddled with the spoon in her saucer.\n\n\"I wouldn't have nine kids myself, mind you,\" he said.\n\n\"No?\"\n\n\"No. I couldn't feed them.\" He stood up. \"Come on, I'll leave\nyou home.\"\n\n\"You don't have to.\"\n\n\"I don't have to do anything. I never do anything I don't want to\ndo. You should know w that about me, Sadie Jackson.\"\n\nShe laughed and jumped up. \"I know that. But it might be asking\nfor trouble coming into my street.\"\n\n\"I'll leave you at the endheadof it, I won't come to your door. I\nwouldn't want to give your mMa heart attack.\"I nearly did once\n","Type":"Text"}}]