[{"node":{"title":"Lingard152","Collections":"Chapter 16","Contributor":"Lingard Estate","Coverage":"1972","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Thursday, March 10, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"Lingard152","Item Description":"Manuscript","Keywords":"Jack, Blood","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/lingard152","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/Lingard152_1.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"\ufeffCHAPTER SIXTEEN\n\n\u201cYou have been warned\". Mr Blake read the last words of the\nletter and shook his head. \"Do you hear that, Jack?\u201d he said. \"I\nhave been warned.\u201d Jack got to his feet on hearing his name and\nwagged his tail. \"Nobody will tell me what to do, Jack. There's\nonly one thing to be done with anonymous letters. Burn them. We'll\nburn them all, Jack.\"\n\nMr Blake clicked on his lighter and held the flame to the edge of\nthe paper. The page curled slowly, then burst into fire about half\nway up. He dropped it on to the grate. The writing on this letter\nwas different to the one that had come the day before. He took the\nhearth brush and shovel and swept up the ashes in case Sadie should\nsuspect anything. She was very sharp, and he did not want her to\nbe worried.\n\nHe was tipping the ashes into the bucket in the kitchen when the\nfront door bell rang. He looked at his watch. It was a bit early\nyet for Sadie.\n\nHe went to saw through the fosted glass the shape of a man. He\nopened the door and Kevin half fell into the hall. Mr Blake supported\nhim. There was blood on Kevin's shitt.\n\n\"Sorry,\u201d said Kevin. \"I seem to be making a habit of it. Collapsing\non you.\"\n\nMr Blake took him in to the sitting room and sat him on the settee.\n\n\"I'm all right really,\u201d said Kevin. \"It looks worse than it is.\u201d\n\n\u201dBut you've blood on you. Where's it coming from?\"\n","Type":"Text"}}]