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I've often heerd owd John say as he'd a been glad to ha given the butty back a shillin ov is pay to be let off the drink. An Willum, that's my usband, he wor allus at it too an the doctor towd me one day, as Willum lay a-dyin, as it ran in the blood an Jamie heard im I know he did for I fouu im on the stairs listenin."
"'I'm a great believer in early rising, says my lady; 'in the morning, one is always fresher for one's work; my 'usband and the younger children breakfast at 'arf past seven; myself and my eldest daughter 'ave our breakfest in bed at eight. 'That'll be all right, ma'am, says Emma. "'And I 'ope, says the lady, 'you are of an amiable disposition.
It goes at the rate of over sixty miles an hour, an' ain't just quite the train for people as is narvish though my 'usband do say it ain't more dangerous than other trains not s'much so, indeed, wich I believe myself, for there ain't nothink 'appened to my John all the eight years he have drove it." "Is sixty miles an hour very much faster than the rate of ordinary trains?" asked Emma.
He was always saying things about the floor. She hated the floor. 'I swear I'll wed the first as comes! she cried 'the very first! 'And last, put in Abel. 'What'll you swear by? 'By God's Little Mountain. 'Well, said Abel contentedly, 'now you've sworn that oath, you're bound to keep it, and so now I know that if ever an 'usband does come forrard you canna play the fool.
She needn't drown herself, then, he wasn't tired of her. "An' who told yer I wasn't 'appy an' comfortable?" she inquired, "'cause yer can go an' tell 'em it's only a rumour. An' while ye're about it, yous can tell 'em I've got a good 'ome, a good 'usband, an' everythin' I want." Here she looked round the dingy room as if daring it to contradict her.
He let the word loiter on his tongue. He pulled it out like so much molasses candy. "I killed him sure. Was in ze way. What else could I do?" "You've put a barrier between us. We're of a different brand, a different calibre. Don't you see?" "Ees no way for pliz you. If I do not kill ze 'usband, ees all wrong. If I do kill ze 'usband, ees all wrong.
'I've been dreamin' about Shepherd Toller all night. I believe as summat's gone wrong wi' him. Make me a cup o' strong tea, and I'll go and see what's up. "When my 'usband got to the hut the first thing he sees were Shepherd Toller lyin' all of a heap on the floor wi' his clothes half burnt off him and his left arm lyin' right on the top o' where the fire had been.
She had signed the register as Marie Dubois. "It is my real name," she explained, "but you couldn't have a good time with a name like that voyons! Only one 'usband and 'eaps of babies." She was much nearer the end than he had supposed possible. The last month had to be paid for.
'Whose Voice is that I hear? 'Voice, miss? 'Who is shouting and singing? asked Miss Rodney, in a disinterested tone. 'I'm sorry if it disturbs you, miss. You'll hear no more. 'Mrs. Turpin, I asked who it was. 'My 'usband, miss. But 'Thank you. Good night, Mrs. Turpin. There was quiet for an hour or more.
He were takkin' on terrible, ye know," she explained, "thinkin' Robert 'ud be crowin' ower him at not bein' able to walk. He's allus agate o' saucin our mester is yon he reckons he's th' owdest member o' th' Club, an' my 'usband he's turned seventy, an' he's walked fifty-two times. Ah, fifty-two times it were last Club Day, weren't it, Martin?"
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