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'Yus, I 'ave,' answered Mrs. Kemp; 'there's thet bottle as they gives me at the 'orspital. Just empty the medicine aht into the pile, an' wash it aht, an' I'll tike it round to the pub myself.' YES I HAVE ANSWERED MISSUS GIM THERE'S THAT BOTTLE AS THEY GIVES ME AT THE HOSPITAL JUST EMPTY THE MEDICINE OUT INTO THE PILE AND WASH IT OUT AND I'LL TAKE IT ROUND TO THE PUB MYSELF
end of good. Why, often when I've been feelin' thet done up thet I didn't know wot ter do with myself, I've just 'ad a little drop of whisky or gin--I'm not partic'ler wot spirit it is--an' it's pulled me up wonderful.' Liza took another sip, a slightly longer one; it burnt as it went down her throat, and sent through her a feeling of comfortable warmth. 'I really do think it's doin' me good,' she said, wiping her eyes and giving a sigh of relief as the crying ceased. 'I knew it would. Tike my word for it, if people took a little drop of spirits in time, there'd be much less sickness abaht.' They sat for a while in silence, then Mrs. Kemp remarked: 'Yer know, Liza, it strikes me as 'ow we could do with a drop more. You not bein' in the 'abit of tikin' anythin' I only brought just this little drop for me; an' it ain't took us long ter finish thet up. But as you're an invalid like we'll git a little more this time; it's sure ter turn aht useful.' 'But you ain't got nothin' ter put it in. OUL THAT WON HURT YER IT'LL DO YE NO END OF GOOD WHY OFTEN WHEN I'VE BEEN FEELING THAT DONE UP THAT I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO IT MYSELF I'VE JUST HAD A LITTLE DROP OF WHISKY OR GIN I'M NOT PARTICULAR WHAT SPIRIT IT IS AND IT'S PULLED ME UP WONDERFUL ELIZA TOOK ANOTHER SIP A SLIGHTLY LONGER ONE IT BURNT AS IT WENT DOWN HER THROAT AND SENT THROUGH HER A FEELING OF COMFORTABLE WARMTH I REALLY DO THINK IT'S DOING ME GOOD SHE SAID WIPING HER EYES AND GIVING A SIGH OF RELIEF AS THE CRYING CEASED I KNEW IT WOULD TAKE MY WORD FOR IT IF PEOPLE TOOK A LITTLE DROP OF SPIRITS IN TIME THERE'D BE MUCH LESS SICKNESS ABOUT THEY SAT FOR A WHILE IN SILENCE THEN MISSUS KEMP REMARKED YOU KNOW LIZA IT STRIKES ME AS HOUR WE COULD DO WITH A DROP MORE YOU NOT BEING IN THE HABIT OF TAKING ANYTHING I ON'Y JUST BOUGHT THIS LITTLE DROP FOR ME AND IT AIN'T TOOK US LONG TO FINISH THAT UP BUT AS YOU'RE AN INVALID LIKE WE'LL GET A LITTLE MORE THIS TIME IT'S SURE TO TURN OUT USEFUL BUT YOU AIN'T GOT NOTHIN TO PUT IT IN
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