[{"node":{"title":"Lingard106","Collections":"Chapter 11","Contributor":"Lingard Estate","Coverage":"1972","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Thursday, March 10, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"Lingard106","Item Description":"Manuscript","Keywords":"Jackson, Blake","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/lingard106","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/Lingard106_1.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"\ufeff98\n\nSadie was running, her feet flying along the path scarcely\ntouching it, her hair streaming Qut behind her. They waited for her\nthe man, the dog and Kevin.\n\n\"Why,it\u2019s Sadie Jackson,\" said the man. \"Fancy that!\"\n\n\"Oh, Kevin!\" she cried, when she reached them. Her breath came\nin loud gulps. She put her hand under her ribs.\n\nKevin smiled at her in spite of the throb in his head. He had\nknown all along that she would come. He had had no cause to doubt\nher.\n\n\"I nearly missed you,\" she gasped.\n\n\"3ut you didn\u2019t, Sadie,\" said the man, \"and that\u2019s the main thing.\"\n\nSadie turned to him. \"It's- \" she paused \"- Mr Blake.\" She\nhad almost called him Twinkle Blake. That had been his nickname\nat school. Twinkle, because of his eyes.\n\n\"Haven't seen you since you left school. But I recognised you\nat once.\" He chuckled. \"You could always run fast.\"\n\n\"Do you know one another then?\" asked Kevin.\n\n\"I taught her at school. Come on, Sadie, let's get this boy into\nthe car. He's going to keel over in a minute.\"\n\nBetween them they supported Kevin to the car and eased him on\nto the front seat. Blood was seeping through the bandage on his head\nnow. Sadie got into the back of the car with the dog.\n\n\"Are you going home with Kevin?\" asked Mr Blake, then he added,\n\"But you can't very well, can you?\"\n\n\"No.\"\n","Type":"Text"}}]