tag:https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/node/%25/atom 2026-04-24T02:46:41+01:00 admin niwa@bt48.com 979 Tuesday, September 6, 2016 - 10:51 Chapter 14 Lingard Estate 1972 Linen Hall Library Thursday, March 10, 2016 TIFF Lingard134 Manuscript Blackmailed, Wetting English https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/lingard134 Linen Hall Library Linen Hall Library Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike CC BY-NC-SA https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/sites/default/files/Lingard134_1.jpg LHL Archive 126 "Can I help it?"he demanded. "No." But it might not do you any good." "If you're suggesting I keep in with her because of my job you should know better than that! MaloneKelly employs me because I work hard not because his daughter’s after me." He sat down at the table and straightened his sore leg. His legIt still ached if he walked too much. Brede hesitated. "She can cause trouble, Kate, if she has a mindwants to." "Let her. I’ll not be blackmailed." "I've seen her around with Brian Rafferty quite a bit." "Maybe they’d suit one another." "You sound bittersour tonight." "I'd just like to be left alone for a while." Brede turned down the gas under the pot on the stove and began setting the table. "Were you out seeing Sadie?" Kevin did not answer. "Be careful, Kevin, won't you? It's all right, you know you can trust me." "Yes, I know that. You're about the only one I can. Apart from Sadie." And Mr Blake and Moira Henderson. They were to be trusted too. Brede raised her eyes to his. "So you are seeing her? Well, I suppose I knew it. You're keen on her, Kevin, aren't you?" "Would I see her if I weren't?" Their father came in then. He was in a jovial mood. He had been in the pub 'wetting the baby's head'. It was a tradition to celebrate the birth of a new child by buying your friends a few drinks. By Text Tuesday, September 6, 2016 - 10:51