<> Chapter 4 Lingard Estate 1972 Linen Hall Library Thursday, March 10, 2016 TIFF Lingard032 Manuscript Prods, Jackson English https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/lingard032 Linen Hall Library Linen Hall Library Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike CC BY-NC-SA https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/sites/default/files/Lingard032_1.jpg LHL Archive 30 “How can you ever expect to have a decent life if you go on having all those numbers of kids? I don't know why the pPope has to make you do it." "You're talking rot." He was angry now. "The pPope doesn't make us. You Prods are all the same, you haven't the faintest idea what you're attalking about." They glared at one another across the table, then let their a eyes fall. They did not want to fight, as they once had. Sadie swallowed hard before she spoke. She always found it difficult to withdraw* "I'm sorry," she said. "I didn't really mean it like that." "That's all right." It was the first time they since their meeting that evening that there was any unease between them. Kevin's brow was creased and his eyes were dark. Sadie fiddled with the spoon in her saucer. "I wouldn't have nine kids myself, mind you," he said. "No?" "No. I couldn't feed them." He stood up. "Come on, I'll leave you home." "You don't have to." "I don't have to do anything. I never do anything I don't want to do. You should know w that about me, Sadie Jackson." She laughed and jumped up. "I know that. But it might be asking for trouble coming into my street." "I'll leave you at the endheadof it, I won't come to your door. I wouldn't want to give your mMa heart attack."I nearly did once Text