[{"node":{"title":"Lingard090","Collections":"Chapter 10","Contributor":"Lingard Estate","Coverage":"1972","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Thursday, March 10, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"Lingard090","Item Description":"Manuscript","Keywords":"Brede, Prospect","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/lingard090","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/Lingard090_1.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"\ufeff83\n\ndepartment storeshop. At the enquiry desk she asked which department\nSadie Jackson worked in.\n\n\"Hat department.\"\n\nHats were on the second floor. Brede woulddid not wait for the lift;\nshe ran up the stairs and arrived in the quiet hush of the hat depart-\nment with a stitch in hers side. There was no sign of Sadie. An\nmiddle-aged woman in a black dress was helping a customer try on a\nlarge yellow picture hat.\n\n\"Madam, it's absolutely perfect!\" decalared the saleswoman. \"It\nshows off your face beautifully.\"\n\nMadam did not seem so sure. She twisted this vay and that; looking\nat herself in the mirror from every angle. Brede circled round the\nhat stands, unable to imagine Sadie in such a settingplace.\n\n\"It really is your colour, madam.\" The saleswoman looked over her\nshoulder at Brede. She ran her eyes over Brede's rather shabby\nsummer dress and scuffed sandals and obviously did not consider her\nto be much of a prospect for the sale of a picture hat. Brede\nblushed a little but stood her ground.\n\n\"I don\u2019t know...\" The customer fingered her chin, and then suddenly\nmade up her mind. She whipped off the hat. \"No, I think I\u2019ll leave\nit for today, thank you.\"\n\n\"That's all right, madam,\" said the saleswoman, stiff-lipped.\nShe began to gather up the dozen or so hats that the customer had\nbeen trying on for the past half-hour.\n\nBrede approached her nervously. \"Excuse me...\"\n","Type":"Text"}}]