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Sally did not appear and she repeated her call. The men imitated her, and half a dozen took it up, so that there was enough noise to wake the seven sleepers. ''I! 'I! 'I! Sally! A head was put out of a top window, and Liza, taking off her hat, waved it, crying: 'Come on dahn, Sally! 'Arright, old gal! shouted the other. 'I'm comin'! 'So's Christmas! was Liza's repartee.
'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.
'Arright, Liza, I won't stay where I'm not wanted. And turning on his heel he marched off, striking through the underwood into the midst of the forest. He felt extremely unhappy as he wandered on, and there was a choky feeling in his throat as he thought of Liza: she was very unkind and ungrateful, and he wished he had never come to Chingford.
'Oh, I 'ave got sich a 'ead on me this mornin'! she remarked, turning round a pale face: heavily lined under the eyes. 'I don't feel too chirpy neither, said Liza, sympathetically. 'I wish I 'adn't drunk so much beer, added Sally, as a pang shot through her head. 'Oh, you'll be arright in a bit, said Liza.
So another donkey was procured, this time with a man's saddle, and putting her foot in the stirrup, she cocked her leg over and took her seat triumphantly. Neither modesty nor bashfulness was to be reckoned among Liza's faults, and in this position she felt quite at ease. 'I'll git along arright now, Tom, she said; 'you garn and git yerself a moke, and come an' jine in.
Tom did not want to part from Liza, but she broke in with: 'Yus, go on, Tom. Sally an' me'll git along arright, an' you ain't got too much time. 'Yus, good night, 'Arry, said Sally to settle the matter. 'Good night, old gal, he answered, 'give us another slobber. And she, not at all unwilling, surrendered herself to him, while he imprinted two sounding kisses on her cheeks.
'Arright, mother, you stay where you are, an' I'll do everythin' for yer. 'Well, it's only wot yer ought to do, considerin' all the trouble you've been ter me when you was young, and considerin' thet when you was born the doctor thought I never should get through it. Wot 'ave you done with your week's money, Liza? 'Oh, I've put it awy, answered Liza quietly. 'Where? asked her mother.
'You'd better go dahn the Road and by the church an' git into Vere Street the other end, an' I'll go through the passage, so thet no one shouldn't see us comin' together, she spoke almost in a whisper. 'Arright, Liza, he answered, 'I'll do just as you tell me.
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