[{"node":{"title":"Lingard066","Collections":"Chapter 8","Contributor":"Lingard Estate","Coverage":"1972","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Thursday, March 10, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"Lingard066","Item Description":"Manuscript","Keywords":"Albert","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/lingard066","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/Lingard066_1.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"\ufeff62\n\nCHAPTER EIGHT\n\nUncle Albert peered back. \"Is that you Kevin ladboy?\"\n\n\"It is?\"\n\n\"What are you doing out here at this time of the night?\"\n\n\"Looking for a lift.\"\n\nThe engine shuddered and died. \"DratBlast it,\" said Uncle Albert, \"I've always the devil of a job getting it goingThis is a pig to start once it stops.\"\n\n\"I know that!\" said Kevin. \"Uncle Albert, I've a friend here with\nme. This is Sadie. Sadie, this is my fatner's brother.\"\n\nUncle Albert leaned over to take Sadie's hand. \"Pleased to meet\nyou, Sadie.\"\n\n\"How do you/do, Mr McCoy?\"\n\n\"Are you getting in then, the two of you?\"\n\n\"We'll get in the back,\" said Kevin.\n\n\"And then you can have a wee cuddle, eh?\" Uncle Albert chuckled.\n\nSadie giggled. She thought Uncle Albert might well be to her\nliking. Kevin tugged open the back door and they slid on to the\nback seat. They sank into the middle of it. The springs had gone a long time ago.\n\n\"You'll need to tie up the doorhandle, Kevin, said Ucnle Albert. \"tThe\ndoor's inclined to fly opencatch is busted. I wouldn't be wanting you to fall out\non a corner.\"\n\nKevin tied up the handle with the piece of string dangling from it,\nand settled back with his arm round Sadie.\n\n\"Right, we're off!\" Uncle Albert pulled the starter. Nothing\nhappened. He cursed, tried again.\n","Type":"Text"}}]