[{"node":{"title":"Lingard147","Collections":"Chapter 15","Contributor":"Lingard Estate","Coverage":"1972","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Thursday, March 10, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"Lingard147","Item Description":"Manuscript","Keywords":"Protect, Clock","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/lingard147","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/Lingard147_1.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"\ufeff139\n\n\"So it was,\" said Brede.\n\n\"How did you know?\"\n\n\"Instinct.\"\n\n\"She's got fine instinct,\" declared Mr McCoy. \"Just like her mother.\nSo that wee brat Kate MaloneKelly's been telling lies, has she?\"\n\n\"We have to decide if they're lies or not. She was reluctant to\nreveal your son's name - \" He broke off as Kevin laughed derisively.\n\"But she had to to protect her father. After all, the box was found\nin his yard and he could have been blamed for it.\"\n\n\"So it's her word against mine,\" aid Kevin. \"Well, I'll come down\nto the stationbarracks and you can bring her there and I'll face her with it.\nYou'll see then who's telling the truth.\"\n\n\"I don't know if that'll be xx possible. She was very upset.\"\n\n\"I bet she was,\" said Kevin sarcastixcally.\n\n\"You can prove nothing,\" said Mr/McCoy. \"And you can at wait on me.\nI'm coming too.\"\n\nBrede sat up all night with Uncle Albert waiting for them to come\nhome. The birds began to chirp, the first flushes of colour came\ninto the sky, and still there was no sign of her father and brother.\n\n\"They can prove nothing,\" Said Uncle Albert for the hundredth\ntime.\n\n\"I think I'll take a walk down and see what's going on,\" she\nsaid when the hands on the red and cream kitchen clock stood at seven.\n\n\"I'll come with you, Brede.\"\n","Type":"Text"}}]