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'Yer know, Liza, you'd better tike Tom; 'e ain't a bad sort. She was quite patronizing. 'I'm goin' ter tike 'oo I like; an' it ain't nobody's business but mine. 'Arright, Liza, don't get shirty over it; I don't mean no offence. 'What d'yer say it for then? 'Well, I thought as seeing as yer'd gone aht with 'im yesterday thet yer meant ter after all. ''E wanted ter tike me; I didn't arsk 'im.
Whatever anticipation Ann Veronica had formed of this vanished in the reality. Presently she was going through a swaying, noisy crowd, whose faces grinned and stared pitilessly in the light of the electric standards. "Go it, miss!" cried one. "Kick aht at 'em!" though, indeed, she went now with Christian meekness, resenting only the thrusting policemen's hands.
'E's a single man, so they'll be able ter get married thet's somethin'. 'It ain't Tom, feebly said Liza. 'Not 'im; 'oo is it, then? Liza did not answer. 'Eh? repeated the mother, ''oo is it? Liza lay still without speaking. 'Never mind, Mrs. Kemp, said Mrs. Hodges, 'don't worry 'er now; you'll be able ter find aht all abaht it when she gits better.
'Good night, Tom, said Liza, holding out her hand. 'Good night, Liza, he answered, taking it, but looking very wistfully at her. She understood, and with a kindly smile lifted up her face to him. He bent down and, taking her in his arms, kissed her passionately. 'You do kiss nice, Liza, he said, making the others laugh. 'Thanks for tikin' me aht, old man, she said as they parted.
'An 'e'll git six month for this, the neighbours says; an' when he comes aht again, my Gord, won't 'e ketch it!" "You look capable of punishing him for it," I answered, and as I spoke, I shuddered; for I saw her expression was precisely the expression Mrs. Le Geyt's face had worn for a passing second when her husband accidentally trod on her dress as we left the dining-room. My witch moved away.
An' Joe, 'e's a peaceable man when 'e ain't a bit fresh; 'e's more like a friend to 'er than an 'usband, Joe is; but 'e lost 'is temper that time, as yer may say, by reason o' bein' fresh, an' 'e knocked 'er abaht a little, an' knocked 'er teeth aht. So we brought 'er to the orspital."
Dirk nodded. "There's a chance we may have to " "That's orl rite least said soonest mended." "Barraclough is a bit of a bear cat and if he's got the concession on him you can lay odds he'll fight." "If he's got the blinking thing don't see 'ow we're going to make much aht of it." "Wouldn't his own side pay a goodish cheque? And wouldn't old Van cash in to have it destroyed."
'Oh, 'e's got 'er on the floor, an' 'e's bangin' 'er 'ead. 'E's payin' 'er aht for givin' Liza Kemp a 'idin'. One of the women started up and said to her husband: 'Come on, John, you go an' stop it. 'Don't you, John, said the other man. 'When a man's givin' 'is wife socks it's best not ter interfere. 'But 'e's killin' 'er, repeated Polly, trembling with fright.
'I wonder if 'e see us, she said, when he had passed out of earshot. ''E's lookin' back, she added. 'Why, 'oo is it? asked Jim. 'It's a man aht of our street, she answered. 'I dunno 'im, but I know where 'e lodges. D'yer think 'e sees us? 'Na, 'e wouldn't know 'oo it was in the dark. 'But he looked round; all the street'll know it if he see us. 'Well, we ain't doin' no 'arm.
'Well, I ain't goin' ter stay 'ere all night; get aht of the light! He pushed aside the people who barred his way, and the one or two who growled a little at his roughness, looking at his angry face, were afraid to complain. 'Look at 'im! said his wife. ''E's afraid, 'e is. See 'im slinkin' awy like a bloomin' mongrel with 'is tail between 'is legs.
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