[{"node":{"title":"Lingard126","Collections":"Chapter 13","Contributor":"Lingard Estate","Coverage":"1972","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Thursday, March 10, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"Lingard126","Item Description":"Manuscript","Keywords":"Children, Housework","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/lingard126","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/Lingard126_1.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"\ufeff118\n\nSadie sat down. \"Linda Mullet? What's she been saying now?\"\n\n\"She told us you'd got the sack.\" said Mr Jackson.\n\n\"Is that all?\"\n\n\"What do you mean - is that all?\" demanded Mrs Jackson. She pursed\nher mouth. \"What else could she have told us?\"\n\n\"Nothing. jixatxdiExxfcaxH&xxirazgfcixkaEkxiHfcaxkErxHKiiiEEis Anyway,\nI've got another job.\" Sadie told them about Mr Blake and his villa,\nhow she had washed the floor and cooked the dinner.\n\n\"You're joking,\" said her mother. \"You doing domestic work? SI\ndon't believe it.\"\n\n\"Well, you'll have to,\"said Sadie,\" for it's true.\"\n\nNext morning she cleaned Mr Blake's windows, inside and out.\nShe rubbed till her elbow was tired and the glass glistened. Then\nshe stepped back to admire the shine, reaching out here and there to\nobliterate any final traces of a smear.\n\n\"Does it give you a glow of satisfaction?\"\n\nSadie looked round to see Moira Henderson at the gate, with her\npram three children.\n\n\"Yes,\" she said,\" it does.\"\n\n\"Good.\" Moira laughed.\n\nSadie went down the path, polish in one hand, rag in the other,\nand leant on the gate to talk to Moira.\n\n\"I wish I could get a glow of satisfaction out of housework,\"\nsaid Moira. \"Maybe I don't do it well enough.\"\n","Type":"Text"}}]