tag:https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/node/%25/atom 2026-05-25T01:02:35+01:00 admin niwa@bt48.com 912 Tuesday, September 6, 2016 - 10:49 Chapter 8 Lingard Estate 1972 Linen Hall Library Thursday, March 10, 2016 TIFF Lingard067 Manuscript Bangor, Greyhound English https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/lingard067 Linen Hall Library Linen Hall Library Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike CC BY-NC-SA https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/sites/default/files/Lingard067_1.jpg LHL Archive 63 "Looks like you'll need a push." Kevin untied the string and climbed out. He went round to theback of the car and pushed. They moved off by inches, gradually gathering a little more speed, and then with a splutter the car sprang to life again. Uncle Albert slackened speed so that Kevin could catch them up. He got in to the car panting. "We'll be all right now," said Uncle Albert. "Once it gets going there's nothing to worry about." They chugged along slowly., being overtaken by anything else that was on the road. "There's life in the ould thing yet, Kevin.. I always get there in the end." "Been in Bangor, Uncle Albert?" "I was seeing a man about a greyhound. Fine beast. I was tempted. But the missus'd have given me hell if I'd brought it back." Kevin laughed, imagining the torrent of words Uncle Albert's wife would have poured out if he had returned with a dog. "Haven't seen you before, have I x Sadie?" Uncle Albert half tunred to have another look at Sadie. In the darkness. The car swerved slightly. "Keep your eyes on the road, for dear sake, Uncle Albert. You nearly had us in the ditch." "Have you been keeping her hidden, Kevin? You're a right lad! Where do you live then, Sadie?" "Not far from Kevin,» said Sadie, smiling to herself in the dim lightdarkness. "Funny I've never seen you before. I'd have remembered a girl Text Tuesday, September 6, 2016 - 10:49