[{"node":{"title":"Lingard035","Collections":"Chapter 5","Contributor":"Lingard Estate","Coverage":"1972","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Thursday, March 10, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"Lingard035","Item Description":"Manuscript","Keywords":"Kids, Seventeen","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/lingard035","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/Lingard035_1.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"\ufeff33\n\nher shoes. \"That's better.\"\n\nMrs Jackson eyed her suspiciously. Mrs M She had either come to\ngossip, or to borrow. A quarter pound of tea here, and a couple of\neggs there. She lived off the street, Mrs Jackson had often remarked\nto her husband; it was no wonder she could forever be affording to\nbuy herself new clothes for herself and Linda. She came often\nthese days to talk about Tommy and Linda. She liked Tommy, thought\nhe was a nice steady lad, and was hoping for a match. Mrs Jackson\nwas hoping that Tommy would have more sense.\n\n\"Tommy\u2019s out with Linda tonight then,\" said Mrs Mullet. Mrs\nJackson was not looking at her: she was watching the moving figures\non the screen. \u2019\"They seem right fond of hereach other.\u201d\n\n\"They're very young.\"\n\n\"Kids are getting married younger all the time.\"\n\nMrs Jackson looked at her now. \"More fool theythem!\"\n\n\"Oh,come now, Mrs Jackson, what a thing to say.\u2019 Why shouldn\u2019t\nthey if that's what they want.\u201d\n\n\"They want to see a bit of life first instead of getting tied down to\na wife and a couple of kids.\u201d\n\nMrs Mullet pursed her lips. \"I married at seventeen and I can't\nsay I've ever regretted it.\u201d\n\n\"Are you wanting a cup of tea?\u201d asked Mrs Jackson, determined\nnot to have no more of the subject.\n\n\"Wouldn't say no.\u201d\n\nMrs Jackson put on the kettle and laid out a few biscuits on\n","Type":"Text"}}]