[{"node":{"title":"Lingard129","Collections":"Chapter 14","Contributor":"Lingard Estate","Coverage":"1972","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Thursday, March 10, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"Lingard129","Item Description":"Manuscript","Keywords":"Tyrone, Protestant","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/lingard129","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/Lingard129_1.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"\ufeff121\n\nCHAPTER FOURTEEN\n\nKevin was not allowed to go back to work for another two weeks. His\njob involved too much heavy lifting, the doctor said. The days were\nlong for Kevin. The house was too small; the street, in the daytime\nhours, was the prerogative of the womena nd young children. The\nwomen gossiped in their doorways, aims folded, their eyes sharp for\nany speck of interest. When he came by they called out to him,\nwilling him to stop, but he seldom did. He talked less to anyone in\nthe district now than he ever had.\n\n\"There's a real change come over your Kevin,\" said Mrs MaloneKelly to\nMrs McCoy when she called to see her. \"He used to be a right cheery\nboy, always ready for a bit of a crack.\"\n\n\"He got quite a beating up, you know.He got a right ebating up, you know.\"\n\nMrs McCoy lifted another shirt from the wash basket and carried\non ironing. She was hot, even though the back door stood wide\nopen to let in the air, or what air there was in the small spaces\nbetween the houses. She thought of t the green f ield s of County\nTyrone and thought she must try to take the baby there for a week\nor two after he was born so that his lungs could fill with fresh\ncountry air.\n\n\"There's some that say he was asking g for it.\"\n\nMrs McCoy xxxx lifted her head and looked Mrs MaloneKelly straight\nin the eye. \"And what are you meaning by that?\"\n\nMrs MaloneKelly shrugged, looked away. \"Well... you know.\"\n\n\"Because he went out a couple of times with a Protestant girl?\n\nIt might have been silly of him but it's not a crime,\" said Mrs\n","Type":"Text"}}]