[{"node":{"title":"Lingard046","Collections":"Chapter 6","Contributor":"Lingard Estate","Coverage":"1972","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Thursday, March 10, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"Lingard046","Item Description":"Manuscript","Keywords":"Republican Army, Provisionals","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/lingard046","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/Lingard046_1.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"\ufeff44\n\nCHAPTER SIX\n\nKevin opened the kitchen door briefly, announced that he was back\nand closed it before his mother and father could ask him where he\nhad been. He went upstairs quietly for all the children would be\nin bed, most of them fast asleep. He heard one or two grunts and\nheavy breathing as he reached the top step.\n\n\"You're late.\"\n\nBrede was standing on the landing in her pyjamas.\n\n\"Not that late,\" Kevin whispered back. \"I've been later.\"\n\n\"You didn't come in for your tea. Ma was worried.\"\n\nHe sighed, wishing that his mother could stop worrying about him.\nHe was nearly eighteen after all and she had seven younger than him\nto concern herself with. But then he knew that all mothers in theis\npart of Belfast worried about their sonds when they came home late.\nThey often had cause to.\n\n\"Shall I tell youWhat to know where I've been?\"\n\n\"Where, Kevin?\" asked Brede swiftly.\n\n\"Oh,nowhere dangerous. TDo you think I've been holed up in a\nProvisionalProvo hide-out or something?\"\n\n\"Of course nowt,\" she said, but there was a slight trace of doubt\nin her voice. It was always a possibility that a boy of his age\nwould get involved i either by desire or accident with the Irish\nRepublican Army or its splinter group, the Provionals. \"Is it\na secret?\"\n","Type":"Text"}}]