[{"node":{"title":"Lingard124","Collections":"Chapter 13","Contributor":"Lingard Estate","Coverage":"1972","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Thursday, March 10, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"Lingard124","Item Description":"Manuscript","Keywords":"Hendersons, Crucifix","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/lingard124","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/Lingard124_1.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"\ufeff116\n\n\"Not much peace, have you, Moira?\" said Mr Blake.\n\n\"No,\" she laug said, with a laugh.\n\nThey walked back home with her and the children. Deirdre put her\nhand into Sadie's and clung to it tightly. She looked up from time to time into Sadie's face. \"You seem to have made a new friend\", said Mr Blake. When they reached the\nHendersons' gate  a few doors along from Mr Blake's, she Moira asked if\nthem would like to come in for a cup of teacoffee.\n\n\"That would be nice, wouldn;t it, Sadie?\" said Mr Blake.\n\nSadie nodded.\n\nMoira'sHer sitting room was identical in size and shape to Mr Blake's,\nbut very differently furnished. It was modern and colourful, and\ninstead of photographs, paintings covered the walls.\n\n\"What lovely paintings!\" cried Sadie. They looked vivid and\nexciting to her: they were alive.\n\n\"Moira did them,\" said Mr Blake. \"She's a painter.\"\n\n\"Was, you mean!\" said Moira. \"I don't get time any more.\"\n\n\"You will again, one of these days.\"\n\n\"In five years time!\u201d By then I'll probably have forgotten how\nto hold a brush.\"\n\nSadie and Mr Blake stayed for an hour. \"That was good crack,\"\nsaid Sadie on the way homeback to his house. \"I like a good chat. And I liked Moira.\"\n\n\"I thought you would.\"\n\n\"I saw she'd a crucifix in the hall. Is she a Catholic then?\nShe didn't look all that like one.\"\n\nMr Blake laughedwas amused. \"Yes, she's a Catholic.\"\n\n\"I thought the place would have been smothered with holy pictures\n","Type":"Text"}}]