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Well, I've 'ad thirteen children, an' you can think wot thet was; everyone I 'ad I used ter sy I wouldn't 'ave no more  but one does, yer know. You'll 'ave a family some day, Liza, an' I shouldn't wonder if you didn't 'ave as many as me. WELL I'VE HAD THIRTEEN CHILDREN AND YOU CAN THINK WHAT THAT WAS EVERY ONE I HAD I USED TO SAY I WOULDN'T HAVE NO MORE BUT ONE DOES YOU KNOW YOU'LL HAVE A FAMILY SOME DAY LIZA I SHOULDN'T WONDER IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE AS MANY AS ME
filled it and Liza's. 'Ah, Liza,' she remarked, 'you're a chip of the old block. Ter see you settin' there an' 'avin' your little drop, it mikes me feel as if I was livin' a better life. Yer used ter be rather 'ard on me, Liza, 'cause I took a little drop on Saturday nights. An', mind, I don't sy I didn't tike a little drop too much sometimes--accidents will occur even in the best regulated of families, but wot I say is this--it's good stuff, I say, an' it don't 'urt yer.' 'Buck up, old gal!' said Liza, filling the glasses, 'no 'eel-taps. I feel like a new woman now. I was thet dahn in the dumps--well, I shouldn't 'ave cared if I'd been at the bottom of the river, an' thet's the truth.' 'You don't sy so,' replied her affectionate mother. 'Yus, I do, an' I mean it too, but I don't feel like thet now. You're right, mother, when you're in trouble there's nothin' like a bit of spirits.' 'Well, if I don't know, I dunno 'oo does, for the trouble I've 'ad, it 'ud be enough to kill many women. H SO JUST LOOK AT SHE BRANDISHED HER GLASS AND THAT REMINDING HER SHE REFILLED IT AND LIZA'S AH ELIZA SHE REMARKED YOU'LL CHIP OFF THE OLD BLOCK TO SEE YOU SETTIN THERE AND HAVE ANY LITTLE DROP IT MAKES ME FEEL AS IF I WAS LIVING A BETTER LIFE YOU USED TO BE RATHER ODD ON ME LIZA CAUSE I TOOK A LITTLE DROP ON SATURDAY NIGHTS AND MIND I DON'T SAY I DIDN'T TAKE A LITTLE DROP TOO MUCH SOMETIMES ACCIDENTS WILL OCCUR EVEN IN THE BEST REGULATED OF FAMILIES BUT WHAT I SAY IS THIS IT'S GOOD STUFF I SAY AND IT DON'T ERR BUCK UP OLD GAL SAID LIZA FILLING THE GLASSES NO ILL TAPS I FEEL LIKE A NEW WOMAN NOW I WAS THAT DOWN IN THE DUMPS WELL I SHOULDN'T HAVE CARED IF I'D BEEN AT THE BOTTOM OF THE RIVER AND THAT'S THE TRUTH YOU DON'T SAY SO REPLIED HER AFFECTIONATE MOTHER YES I DO AND I MEAN IT TOO BUT I DON'T FEEL LIKE THAT NOW YOU'RE RIGHT MOTHER WHEN YOU'RE IN TROUBLE IT'S NOTHING LIKE A BIT OF SPIRIT WELL IF I DON'T KNOW I DUNNO WHO DOES FOR THE TROUBLE I'VE HAD IT'D BE ENOUGH TO KILL MANY WOMEN
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