[{"node":{"title":"Lingard064","Collections":"Chapter 7","Contributor":"Lingard Estate","Coverage":"1972","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Thursday, March 10, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"Lingard064","Item Description":"Manuscript","Keywords":"Rat, Streets","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/lingard064","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/Lingard064_1.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"\ufeff60\n\ndarkening b sand. They ran to a shelter and once inside,stood\nthere panting, looking at one another. Sadie\u2019s hair hung in long\nwet strands to her waist.\n\n\"Get your towel out and dry yourself,\" he said, and she did so.\nShe took off her anorak andhe shook it vigorously. He looked angry\nyet, his eyes were black, and there was no hint of a smile. He\nmust hate her, she thought.\n\n\"Did you want to catch your death out there?\" he demanded.\n\nShe shook her head. She swallowed deeply and then she said, \"I'm sorry.\"\n\nHsi His mouth softened. \"That's all right. I'm sorry too.\"\n\n\"No, no, it was ray fault. I have a terrible tongue on me at times,\nmy mother's always telling me.\"\n\nHe laughed, put out his xxxxx hand and smoothed her hair. \"It\nwas all silly anyway.\"\n\nShe nodded.\"I'm glad you came back for me.\"\n\nThere was a time when he would have been too proud to go back but when he had returned and seen her crouching on the wet beach he knew he could not walk away.\n\n\"Did you think I'd leave s you sitting there all alone on the\nsands?\"\n\nHe helped her put her anorak back on and then putlaid his hands on her shoulders. \"You look like a drowned rat,\" he said, and then\nhe kissed her.\n\nShe moved closernearer to him. She linked her hands round the back of\nhis neck and rested her cheek against his sweater. Outside the rain\nbeat down, hissing on the pavement, drumming on the roof of their shelter. They stayed there until it\nceased, holding one another close. It was time then to go for the\nlast bus home. They walked through the wet streets, arms around\n","Type":"Text"}}]