[{"node":{"title":"Lingard102","Collections":"Chapter 11","Contributor":"Lingard Estate","Coverage":"1972","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Thursday, March 10, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"Lingard102","Item Description":"Manuscript","Keywords":"Black eye, District","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/lingard102","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/Lingard102_1.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"\ufeff94\n\nwould be like lying in prison.\n\nThere were not so many people around tonight either. Of course it waws adel> Monday night. Sundays\nnights brought out the young couples. One or two passed him, glancing\nat him as they passed. He knew he must be a fine looking sight for\nsore eyes: head bandaged, a black eye, arm in a sling.\n\nHe looked back along the path searching for any sign of Brian\nRafferty in case he had been followed. But he was sure that he had\nnot. He had sent out Gerald earlier to see what Rafferty was up to,\nand Gerald had come back to say he had seen Rafferty and his friends\nheading out towards another district. His family knew who had\nbeaten him up but they also knew as he did, it was better not to tell\nthe police. When they had questioned him at the hospital he had\nsaid that he had no idea who had jumped him. He would be jumped\nagain if he had told: that was a certainty.\n\nAn elderly man came along with his dog. He was throwing a stick\nfor the dog and when the dog brought it back his owner clapped\nhim and said, \u2019\u2019Good boy, Jack. ' They looked happy, the man and\nhis dog. As he drew level with Kevin, the man stopped.\n\n\"Are you all right, son?\" he asked, coming closer.\n\n\"Yes. Thanks.\"\n\n\"Are you sure? YouDo you want me to help you along the path ?\"\nNo, no, Kevin assured him, he was all right, he would not pass\nout. The dog stood panting between himbeside them, the stick between his\nteeth, waiting to be praised.\n\n\"All right, Jack, all right,\" said the man.\n","Type":"Text"}}]