[{"node":{"title":"Lingard134","Collections":"Chapter 14","Contributor":"Lingard Estate","Coverage":"1972","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Thursday, March 10, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"Lingard134","Item Description":"Manuscript","Keywords":"Blackmailed, Wetting","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/lingard134","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/Lingard134_1.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"\ufeff126\n\n\"Can I help it?\"he demanded.\n\n\"No.\" But it might not do you any good.\"\n\n\"If you're suggesting I keep in with her because of my job you\nshould know better than that! MaloneKelly employs me because I work hard\nnot because his daughter\u2019s after me.\" He sat down at the table and straightened his sore leg. His\nlegIt still ached if he walked too much.\n\nBrede hesitated. \"She can cause trouble, Kate, if she has a mindwants\nto.\"\n\n\"Let her. I\u2019ll not be blackmailed.\"\n\n\"I've seen her around with Brian Rafferty quite a bit.\"\n\n\"Maybe they\u2019d suit one another.\"\n\n\"You sound bittersour tonight.\"\n\n\"I'd just like to be left alone for a while.\"\n\nBrede turned down the gas under the pot on the stove and began\nsetting the table. \"Were you out seeing Sadie?\" Kevin did not answer.\n\"Be careful, Kevin, won't you? It's all right, you know you can\ntrust me.\"\n\n\"Yes, I know that. You're about the only one I can. Apart from\nSadie.\" And Mr Blake and Moira Henderson. They were to be trusted\ntoo.\n\nBrede raised her eyes to his. \"So you are seeing her? Well, I\nsuppose I knew it. You're keen on her, Kevin, aren't you?\"\n\n\"Would I see her if I weren't?\"\n\nTheir father came in then. He was in a jovial mood. He had been\nin the pub 'wetting the baby's head'. It was a tradition to celebrate\nthe birth of a new child by buying your friends a few drinks. By\n","Type":"Text"}}]