[{"node":{"title":"Lingard145","Collections":"Chapter 15","Contributor":"Lingard Estate","Coverage":"1972","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Thursday, March 10, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"Lingard145","Item Description":"Manuscript","Keywords":"Son, Officer","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/lingard145","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/Lingard145_1.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"\ufeff137\n\nsomehow.\"\n\n\"It's not me that\u2019s excited. And when I find out what I'm supposed\nto be in then we can talk about getting out of it.\"\n\nKevin went down to the front room. Three soldiers stood there\nlooking large in the small space. A box laidwas lying on the table: it was\nthe box that had been under Brian Rafferty's bed. Kevin half closed\nhis eyes.\n\n\"You recognise it, I see?\" said the officer.\n\n\"You recognisesee nothing of the kind,\" said Mr McCoy.\n\n\"I'd prefer to speak to your son, Mr McCoy.\" The officer looked\nat Kevin. \"Do you know what's in this box?\"\n\nKevin swallowed. \"No.\"\n\nThe officer flipped it open so that they could see the gun and\nammunition.\n\n\"You didn't find that in this house,\" said Mr McCoy. \"And you're\nnot going to get away with pretending that you did.\"\n\n\"I haven't said that.\" The officer was keeping his eyes on Kevin's\nface. \"We found it in MaloneKelly's scrapyard.\"\n\n\"And what's that to do with us?\" demanded Mr McCoy.\n\n\"Your son works there.\"\n\n\"He hasn't been at work this past two weeks. He got beat up by a\ngang of thugs. Look at him!\"\n\n\"But you've got a key to the yard, haven't you?\" the officer\nasked Kevin.\n\n\"Yes.\"\n","Type":"Text"}}]