[{"node":{"title":"Lingard071","Collections":"Chapter 8","Contributor":"Lingard Estate","Coverage":"1972","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Thursday, March 10, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"Lingard071","Item Description":"Manuscript","Keywords":"Killed, Soldiers","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/lingard071","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/Lingard071_1.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"\ufeff67 \n\non the road.\u201d He launched into a description of the expiring of\nthe car until he was cut off by the soldier.\n\n\"And where have you been?\u201d\n\n\"Bangor. I went to see a man about a greyhound.\u201d\n\n\u201dO.K. then, on you go.\u201d\n\n\"Trouble, son?\u201d\n\n\"Army car blown up on one of the side roads,\u201d said the soldier\nshortly. \"Landmines.\u201d\n\nUncle Albert tutted. \u2019\u2019Nobody hurt I hope?\u201d\n\n\"The driver was killed.\u201d\n\nSadie, Kevin and Uncle Albert walked on in/silence for a way. And\nthen Uncle Albert said,\"Well, if they will come over here they have\nto expect trouble.\u201d\n\n\"But,\u201d began Sadiie, and then stopped as Kevin dug her in the ribs\nShe knew he was right: there was no point in arguing with Uncle a\nAlbert.\n\n\"It\u2019s not that I'm for gettin xxx people getting killed,\u201d said\nUncle Albert. \"And some of them soldiers are just boys.\" He sighed.\n\"I don't know why we can't get a bit of peace.\"\n\nThey did not sing any more. They walked more briskly, eating\nup the miles, until they saw the lights of Belfast ahead. They\ntramped through the quiet sleeping suburbs, their feet ringing out\nin the silencequietnessAnd thenAfter the suburbs they came to the\narea of the rows and rows of streets of little red-brick terraced\nhouses, running parallel, each one almost identical. They walked closer together, their eyes shifting from side to side watching for signs of trouble.\n+(over)\n\n","Type":"Text"}}]