[{"node":{"title":"Lingard141","Collections":"Chapter 15","Contributor":"Lingard Estate","Coverage":"1972","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Thursday, March 10, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"Lingard141","Item Description":"Manuscript","Keywords":"Eejits, Stab","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/lingard141","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/Lingard141_1.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"\ufeff133\n\nCHAPTER FIFTEEN\n\nMrs Rafferty, after her initail tirade, stood to one side and allowed\nthe soldiers to enter.\n\n\"If you want to waste your time that\u2019s up to you,\" she shouted\nafter them. \"Eejits!\"\n\nBrian came and stood on the pavement beside Kevin with his thumbs tucked into his belt. His jaw moved slackly from side to side, over a wad of chewing gum. He made no\nmove to cross the street ti join his fat mother. Kevin glanced side-\nways at him. He turned and looked at Kevin.\n\n\"Aren't you worried?\" asked Kevin.\n\n\"What have I to be worried about?\"\n\n\"You should know.\"\n\nBrian laughed softly.\n\nThe searchers were spending longer in the Raffertys' house than\nin any other that they had been in. It looked to Kevin as if they\nhad been tipped off.\n\n\"Can't trust anyone these days,\" said Brian, shaking his head. \"Boys, what a life! An informer would\nlook in you in the eye as easy as stab in you in the back.\"\n\n\"I hope you're not making any insinuationslooking at me,\" said Kevin quietly.\n\"I hate your guts but I wouldn't inform on you.\"\n\n\"Expect me to believe that?\" Brian stuck his hands in his pocketsBrian spat his chewing gun into the gutter.\n\n\"You can bBelieve whatever you like. I'm not interested in what\ncowards believe.\"\n\n\"Cowards?\" Brian swung round, eyes blazing.\n\n\"Yes, cowards. Anyone who has to bring two frhelpers to beat up\none person is yellow right to the middle.\"\n","Type":"Text"}}]