[{"node":{"title":"Lingard132","Collections":"Chapter 14","Contributor":"Lingard Estate","Coverage":"1972","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Thursday, March 10, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"Lingard132","Item Description":"Manuscript","Keywords":"Kicked, Rafferty","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/lingard132","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/Lingard132_1.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"\ufeff124\n\ntricks, partly enjoying the exercise of outwitting possible shadowers.\nThere was a bit of him that enjoyed exciteemntment, even danger. Sadie\nunderstood it, shared it. It added spice to their meetings, made them\nlaugh together.\n\nWhen he was coming home at tea-time that day he met Kate. She\nhailed him as he was coming off the bus. He stood and waited for her\nreluctantly.\n\n\"Your mother's had her baby,\" said Kate. \"A wee girl. They were\nlooking all over for you this afternoon and they couldn't find you\nanywhere. They had to get Brede from the nursery to look after the\nwee ones.\"\n\n\"I must be getting home then.\" He lengthened his step.\n\n\"Hey, wait for us,\" said Kate. \"It's a bit late to be running now.\nWhat do you do with yourself all day?\"\n\n\"Nothing much.\"\n\n\"You must do something.\"\n\nHe shrugged. He slowed his step to let Kate walk beside him. She\nwould run if he did not. She could hang on like a dog with its teeth\non a bone.\n\n\"You don't seem to have much time for your old friends now.\"\n\n\"Some of them are no longer my friends.\" Kevin pointed to his headtouched his bandagde\n\"I don't like getting kicked in the head.\"\n\n\"It wouldn't be friends that did that.\"\n\n\"Kate, I know who did it.\"\n\n\"You're thinking it's Brian Rafferty, aren't you? He says you've\nbeen going round blackening his nameslandering him. He's not pleased.\"\n","Type":"Text"}}]