<> Chapter 9 Lingard Estate 1972 Linen Hall Library Thursday, March 10, 2016 TIFF Lingard086 Manuscript Tinkers, Sadie English https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/lingard086 Linen Hall Library Linen Hall Library Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike CC BY-NC-SA https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/sites/default/files/Lingard086_1.jpg LHL Archive 79 laughed. '•I'm always out.# I hate being stuck in the house." "Me too." "Houses are too small," said Sadie. "I'd like to live in a tent in a field." "What about a caravan?" "We could be tinkers?" said Sadie."I'd quite fancy the life. Trotting along the roads with nobody to bother you. Are you any good with a horse?" "A horse? Sure I can handle them as smooth as silk." Kevin laughed. "As long as they're fifty years old and ready to be pensioned off." They stayed by the river until the last light faded from the sky and the air was cool. "It's been a lovely evening," sixghed Sadie. "When can I see you again, Sadie?" "When would you like to?" "Tomorrow?" She nodded. "Same place?" "Same place." They tun/red homewards. They agreeddecided they wouLd part before they came near their own areas. They agreed that it was only a borenuisance to have encounters like last night's. they agreed They stoppedSeveral streets away from Sadie's they stopped and sought refuge Text