{"nodes":[{"node":{"title":"Lingard101","Collections":"Chapter 11","Contributor":"Lingard Estate","Coverage":"1972","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Thursday, March 10, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"Lingard101","Item Description":"Manuscript","Keywords":"Kevin, Brede","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/lingard101","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/Lingard101_1.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"\ufeff93\n\nCHAPTER ELEVEN\n\nKevin walked stiffly along the path beside the river. His head\nthrobbed, and from time to time he had to stop to rest. He carried\nhis left arm in a sling; his shoulder had been badly bruised. At\nthe hospital they had said it was lucky he was such aso strong and\nwell-built. He had come out of it allremarkably well. But still he\nwas shaken, and he had never before felt such weakness in his body.\nHe would not be able to work for a week or two and he knew that Mr\nMaloneKelly would not be able to pay him when he wasn't working. Sickness\nbenefit wouldn not make up his pay. Another worry for his mother,\nwho was full enough of worries already.\n\nShe had been worried when he had come out this evening. \"You\ncan't go out, Kevin,\" she had said, but he had told her he must. He\ncould not let Sadie down, leave her standing waiting for him wonder-\ning what why he had not come. And he had no way of sending her a\nmessage, no one he could have asked to go to her house and explain.\nBrede might have been willing but he would not have asked her to\ntake the risk for him.\n\nSeven struckA clock sounded the half hour. He limped the last few yards to the spot where\nthey had arranged to meet. She was not there yet. He sighed with\nrelief. He leaned against a tree and took a few deep breaths. He\nhad made it, even though he had had to walk like an old man! He\ngrinned to himself. It was cooler tonight than it had been the evening\nbefore, or perhaps it was just he that was feeling the cold. Rest\nin bed for a week, they had told him. Lie in bed for a weekl It\n","Type":"Text","Author":"Joan Lingard","Updated date":"Tuesday, September 6, 2016 - 10:51","Nid":"946"}},{"node":{"title":"Lingard102","Collections":"Chapter 11","Contributor":"Lingard Estate","Coverage":"1972","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Thursday, March 10, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"Lingard102","Item Description":"Manuscript","Keywords":"Black eye, District","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/lingard102","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/Lingard102_1.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"\ufeff94\n\nwould be like lying in prison.\n\nThere were not so many people around tonight either. Of course it waws adel> Monday night. Sundays\nnights brought out the young couples. One or two passed him, glancing\nat him as they passed. He knew he must be a fine looking sight for\nsore eyes: head bandaged, a black eye, arm in a sling.\n\nHe looked back along the path searching for any sign of Brian\nRafferty in case he had been followed. But he was sure that he had\nnot. He had sent out Gerald earlier to see what Rafferty was up to,\nand Gerald had come back to say he had seen Rafferty and his friends\nheading out towards another district. His family knew who had\nbeaten him up but they also knew as he did, it was better not to tell\nthe police. When they had questioned him at the hospital he had\nsaid that he had no idea who had jumped him. He would be jumped\nagain if he had told: that was a certainty.\n\nAn elderly man came along with his dog. He was throwing a stick\nfor the dog and when the dog brought it back his owner clapped\nhim and said, \u2019\u2019Good boy, Jack. ' They looked happy, the man and\nhis dog. As he drew level with Kevin, the man stopped.\n\n\"Are you all right, son?\" he asked, coming closer.\n\n\"Yes. Thanks.\"\n\n\"Are you sure? YouDo you want me to help you along the path ?\"\nNo, no, Kevin assured him, he was all right, he would not pass\nout. The dog stood panting between himbeside them, the stick between his\nteeth, waiting to be praised.\n\n\"All right, Jack, all right,\" said the man.\n","Type":"Text","Author":"Joan Lingard","Updated date":"Tuesday, September 6, 2016 - 10:51","Nid":"947"}},{"node":{"title":"Lingard103","Collections":"Chapter 11","Contributor":"Lingard Estate","Coverage":"1972","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Thursday, March 10, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"Lingard103","Item Description":"Manuscript","Keywords":"Accident, Watch","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/lingard103","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/Lingard103_1.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"\ufeff95\n\nThe man's face swam out of focus as if it was drifting under water.\nKevin blinked, took another deep breath and steadied himself against\nthe tree. The man put his handdel> arms round him.\n\n\"You're not all right, are you? Come on, I'm going to take you\nhome.\"\n\n\"No.2\"\n\n\"Where do you live? I have a car just along the street.\"\n\nKevin shook his head. \"Let me sit down,\" he said weakly.\n\nHe slid down to the ground and sat with his head resting against\nthe bark of the tree. He felt a bit better now. He could see the\nman's face clearly again: concernedvery bright blue eyes looking at him with concern, creased forehead,\na neat little moustache. The man was crouching beside him, and the\ndog was still waiting patiently with the stick.\n\n\"I think you need a doctor.\"\n\n\"I'm just weak. I had an accident, you see, last night.\"\n\n\"I don't like leaving you here like this.\" The man shook his head.\n\n\"I'm waiting for someone. What time is it?\"\n\nThe man looked at his swatch. \"Twenty past sevenTen to eight\"\n\n\"Twenty past?Ten to eight?\"\n\n\"Is she late then?\" The man smiled a little.\n\nKevin nodded.\n\n\"Maybe she won't come.\"\n\n\"She'll come.\"\n\n\"You sound pretty sure.\"\n\n\"Well, I know her.\"\n","Type":"Text","Author":"Joan Lingard","Updated date":"Tuesday, September 6, 2016 - 10:51","Nid":"948"}},{"node":{"title":"Lingard104","Collections":"Chapter 11","Contributor":"Lingard Estate","Coverage":"1972","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Thursday, March 10, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"Lingard104","Item Description":"Manuscript","Keywords":"Family, Protestant","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/lingard104","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/Lingard104_1.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"\ufeff96\n\n\"I should hope so.\"\n\nKevin tried to smile but the wound in his head hurt when he did.\nThe man sat down beside him.\n\n\"I'll wait with you till she comes.\"\n\n\"No, don't bother. You don't need to.\"\n\n\"But if she doesn't come...\"\n\n\"She will.\"\n\n\"I tell you what. I'll walk the dog along the rest of the path\nand come back this way. If she's not comehere by then I'll take you\nhome. All right?\"\n\nKevin agreed. But Sadie would come. Unless of course her family\nwas keeping her in the house... It would take a lot to restrain\nSadie. Ke knew she had dropped out of her bedroom window before now.\nHe watched the man and his dog go out of sight. A clock chimed the\nhalf hour.\n\nShe was not going to come. Of course she would come. She must\ncome. She would not let him down. Why should she come? She was\na pretty girl, she could find plenty of boys, Protestant boys,to\ntake her out. Safe boys. But Sadie never played safe. Why should she want him? His head was confused.\nHe put his hand to it.\n\nIf she did not come by the time the man returned then he would\ngo. He was not capable of waitnging any longer.\n\nHe heard the man's voice before he saw him. \"Oood boy, Jackl\"\nAnd then the dog came running, the stick firmyl betw in his jaw, to\nstop beside Kevin's feet.\n","Type":"Text","Author":"Joan Lingard","Updated date":"Tuesday, September 6, 2016 - 10:51","Nid":"949"}},{"node":{"title":"Lingard105","Collections":"Chapter 11","Contributor":"Lingard Estate","Coverage":"1972","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Thursday, March 10, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"Lingard105","Item Description":"Manuscript","Keywords":"Barricades, Catholic","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/lingard105","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/Lingard105_1.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"\ufeff97\n\nKevin look up at the man.\n\n\"I think I should take you now, don't you?\"\n\nKevin nodded, tried to rise, collapsed at the knees. The man\nput his armshands under his armpits and helped him on to his feet.\n\n\"Now lean on me and take it easy, and you'll be all right.\"\n\nThey moved slowly along the path. Kevin's legs felt like candles\nbeneath him.\n\n\"Where do you live, boy?\"\n\nKevin hesitated. He knew the man was a Protestant: one could always\ntell How? Really? Unexplainable when you had been brought up to tellknow the difference at a distance\nof fifty yards. The man might not want to bring his car into Kevin's\nstreet, past barricades and army patrols.\n\n\"I'm a Catholic,\" he said.\n\n\"And I'm not,\" said the man. \"But if you think that means I'm\ngoing to drop you by the side of the river you've another think coming'\n\n\"But I live in a troubled area. You don't have to take me right\ninto it.\"\n\n\"Well, we'll see about that when we get there,\" said the man\ncheerfully. He looked back at his dog and whistled to him. \"What's\nyour name, boy?\"\n\n\"Kevin.\"\n\n\"Pight, Kevin, a few more yards, and we'll be there.\"\n\n\"Kevin! Kevin!\" Sadie's voice reached Kevin; it was, loud, almost frantic.\n\nKevin stopped. She had come!\n\n\"She's come,\" he said\n","Type":"Text","Author":"Joan Lingard","Updated date":"Tuesday, September 6, 2016 - 10:51","Nid":"950"}},{"node":{"title":"Lingard106","Collections":"Chapter 11","Contributor":"Lingard Estate","Coverage":"1972","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Thursday, March 10, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"Lingard106","Item Description":"Manuscript","Keywords":"Jackson, Blake","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/lingard106","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/Lingard106_1.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"\ufeff98\n\nSadie was running, her feet flying along the path scarcely\ntouching it, her hair streaming Qut behind her. They waited for her\nthe man, the dog and Kevin.\n\n\"Why,it\u2019s Sadie Jackson,\" said the man. \"Fancy that!\"\n\n\"Oh, Kevin!\" she cried, when she reached them. Her breath came\nin loud gulps. She put her hand under her ribs.\n\nKevin smiled at her in spite of the throb in his head. He had\nknown all along that she would come. He had had no cause to doubt\nher.\n\n\"I nearly missed you,\" she gasped.\n\n\"3ut you didn\u2019t, Sadie,\" said the man, \"and that\u2019s the main thing.\"\n\nSadie turned to him. \"It's- \" she paused \"- Mr Blake.\" She\nhad almost called him Twinkle Blake. That had been his nickname\nat school. Twinkle, because of his eyes.\n\n\"Haven't seen you since you left school. But I recognised you\nat once.\" He chuckled. \"You could always run fast.\"\n\n\"Do you know one another then?\" asked Kevin.\n\n\"I taught her at school. Come on, Sadie, let's get this boy into\nthe car. He's going to keel over in a minute.\"\n\nBetween them they supported Kevin to the car and eased him on\nto the front seat. Blood was seeping through the bandage on his head\nnow. Sadie got into the back of the car with the dog.\n\n\"Are you going home with Kevin?\" asked Mr Blake, then he added,\n\"But you can't very well, can you?\"\n\n\"No.\"\n","Type":"Text","Author":"Joan Lingard","Updated date":"Tuesday, September 6, 2016 - 10:51","Nid":"951"}},{"node":{"title":"Lingard107","Collections":"Chapter 11","Contributor":"Lingard Estate","Coverage":"1972","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Thursday, March 10, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"Lingard107","Item Description":"Manuscript","Keywords":"Summer, Suburbs","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/lingard107","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/Lingard107_1.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"\ufeff99\n\n\"Could you drop us off somewhere?\" asked Kevin.\n\n\"We need to go some place quiet to talk,\" said Sadie.\n\n\"O.K.\", said Mr Blake. \"I know just the place.\"\n\nKevin slumped back in his seat, eyes closed. Sadie and Mr Blake\ntalked of old pupils and teachers at the school exchanging pieces of\nnews, and he told her that he had retired the previous summer. He\nwas driving them out to one of the suburbs. The houses changed\nfrom terraced to small semi-detached with no gardens, and then to\nslightly larger ones with gardens and hedges and gates.\n\nMr Blake turned off the main road and stopped in a quiet street.\n\n\"This is my house,\" he said, indicating one with a white gate and\na laburnum tree overhanging the pavement. \"You can come in and sit\nin peace.\"\n\n\"That's greatSmashing!\" said Sadie.\n\nThey helped Kevin indoors and laid him on the settee in the sitting\nroom. It was a comfortable, tidy room, with family photographs on\nthe mantlepice and piano.\n\n\"I'm a widower,\" said Mr Blake. \"My wife died two years ago and\nmy family's grown up.\"\n\n\"So you live alone?\" said Sadie.\n\n\"Yes. Sit down, Sdaie, I'm going to make you both a cup of coffee\nand then I'm going to ring my doctor and ask if he'd mind having a\nlook at Kevin's head. He's an old friend of mine and he'll oblige\nme, I'm sure.\"\n\nKevin tried to protest but found he was too tired. Sadie sat\n","Type":"Text","Author":"Joan Lingard","Updated date":"Tuesday, September 6, 2016 - 10:51","Nid":"952"}},{"node":{"title":"Lingard108","Collections":"Chapter 11","Contributor":"Lingard Estate","Coverage":"1972","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Thursday, March 10, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"Lingard108","Item Description":"Manuscript","Keywords":"Blake, Sadie","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/lingard108","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/Lingard108_1.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"\ufeff99 ( cont)\n\non the edge of the settee and took hold of Kevin\u2019s hand.\n\n\"I\u2019m sorry I was late, Kevin. You see, Brede came to see me - \"\n\n\u201dBrede?\u201d\n\n\"She told me what had happened.\"\n\n\"She asked you not to come, didn't she?\"\n\n\"Yes. Yor your sake. She was worried about you and I didn\u2019t\nknow what to do. But I couldn't bear the thought of you waiting.\"\n\n\"I'm glad you couldn't.\" His hand tightened round hers.\n\nMr Blake came in carrying a tray. Sadie jumped up to help him.\n","Type":"Text","Author":"Joan Lingard","Updated date":"Tuesday, September 6, 2016 - 10:51","Nid":"953"}},{"node":{"title":"Lingard109","Collections":"Chapter 11","Contributor":"Lingard Estate","Coverage":"1972","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Thursday, March 10, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"Lingard109","Item Description":"Manuscript","Keywords":"Fainting, Bleeding","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/lingard109","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/Lingard109_1.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"\ufeff100\n\n\"The coffee won't be up to much, I'm afraid, \" he said. \"I'm not\nvery handy in the kitchen. Still, I do my best. I've foundgot hold of the\ndoctor and he's on his way.\" \n\nAs Kevin drank histhe coffee, colour returned to his cheeks. His\nface, normally so brown and healthy, had looked waxy and yellow.\nWhen they were finishing their coffeeWhen the doctor bustled inarrived Sadie\nand Mr Blake went throughretired to the kitchen to wash up the dishes.\n\n\"I'll wash,\" said Sadie.\n\n\"And I'll dry,\" said Mr Blake. He stood with the tea towel in\nhis hand waiting for her to start. \"I told the doctor a little bit\nof what had happened so that he wouldn't ask Kevin too many questions.\nGoodness knows, he must be sick of questions! Poor lad. But he's\na brave one, Sadie, he wouldn't give in. He was sitting there waiting\nfor you and all the time he was on the verge of fainting. You're\nlucky to have such a nice boy.\"\n\n\"I know.\" Sadie's face was serious. \"But it's not easy.\"\n\nThe doctor joined them in the kitchen. He washed his hands at the sink. \"Nothing serious, \" he said.\n\"At least,no more than it was before. But the stitches hadn't\nburst. The wound was bleeding, that was all. I've changed the\ndressing and made him more comfortable. Of course he Should never\nhave been out walking about at all.\"\n\n\"I'll see he gets home safely,\" promised Mr Blake.\n\n\"Good.\"\n\nThe doctor went off swinging his black bag.\n\n\"You go on through and talk to Kevin now, Sadie,\" said Mr Blake.\n","Type":"Text","Author":"Joan Lingard","Updated date":"Tuesday, September 6, 2016 - 10:51","Nid":"954"}},{"node":{"title":"Lingard110","Collections":"Chapter 11","Contributor":"Lingard Estate","Coverage":"1972","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Thursday, March 10, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"Lingard110","Item Description":"Manuscript","Keywords":"Grinned","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/lingard110","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/Lingard110_1.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"\ufeff101\n\n\"And in a wee while I'll run him home. He needs to get to his bed\nsoon. \"\n\nSadie found Kevin sitting up with his back against a cushion.\nHe looked much better. He even grinned at her, and then winced.\n\n\"Ouch!\"\n\n\"All right, you,Serve you right\" said Sadie,\"you can lay off the grinningNo grinning for you for\na while.\" She smiled at him.\n\n\"Come and sit beside me and tell me something nice.\" He patted\nthe edge of the settee.\n\nShe sat down. \"I want to talk to you but I don't know if it's going\nto be nice. You see, I decided I'd come to see you tonight, but I\ndecided it would have to be the last time.\"\n","Type":"Text","Author":"Joan Lingard","Updated date":"Tuesday, September 6, 2016 - 10:51","Nid":"955"}}]}