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'Well, I can't 'elp thet, can I? Anyone can come in 'ere and tike the money.' 'If it's 'idden awy, they can't, can they, mother?' said Liza. Mrs. Kemp shook her fist. WELL I CAN'T HELP THAT CAN I ANY ONE CAN COME IN HERE AND TAKE THE MONEY IF IT'S IN THE WAY THEY CAN'T CAN THEY MOTHER SAID ELIZA MISSUS KEMP SHOOK HER FIST
d 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. 'Where it'll be safe.' 'Where's that?' Liza was driven into a corner. 'Why d'you want ter know?' she asked. 'Why shouldn't I know; d'you think I want ter steal it from yer?' 'Na, not thet.' 'Well, why won't you tell me?' 'Oh, a thing's sifer when only one person knows where it is.' This was a very discreet remark, but it set Mrs. Kemp in a whirlwind of passion. She raised herself and sat up in the bed, flourishing her clenched fist at her daughter. 'I know wot yer mean, you ---- you!' Her language was emphatic, her epithets picturesque, but too forcible for reproduction. 'You think I'd steal it,' she went on. 'I know yer! D'yer think I'd go an' tike yer dirty money?' 'Well, mother,' said Liza, 'when I've told yer before, the money's perspired like.' 'Wot d'yer mean?' 'It got less. S ONLY WHAT YOU OUGHT TO DO CONSIDERING ALL THE TROUBLE YOU'VE BEEN TO ME WHEN YOU WAS YOUNG AND CONSIDERING THAT WHEN YOU WAS BORN THE DOCTOR THOUGHT NEVER GET THROUGH IT WHAT'YE DONE WITH A WEEK'S MONEY LIZA I'LL OF PUT HER WAY ANSWERED LIZA QUIETLY WHERE ASKED HER MOTHER WHERE'LL BE SAFE WHERE'S THAT ELIZA WAS DRIVEN INTO A CORNER WHY DO YOU WANT TO KNOW SHE ASKED WHY SHOULDN'T I KNOW SHOULD THINK I WANT TO STEAL IT FROM YOU NA NOT THAT WELL WHY WON'T YOU TELL ME OH THINGS SAFER WHEN ONLY ONE PERSON KNOWS WHERE IT IS THIS WAS A VERY DISCREET REMARK BUT IT SET MISSUS KEMP IN A WHIRLWIND OF PASSION SHE RAISED HERSELF AND SAT UP IN THE BED FLOURISHING HER CLENCHED FIST AT HER DAUGHTER I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN YOU YOU HER LANGUAGE WAS EMPHATIC HER EPITHETS PICTURESQUE BUT TOO FORCIBLE FOR REPRODUCTION YOU THINK I'D STEAL IT SHE WENT ON I KNOW YER D'Y YOU THINK I'D GO AND TAKE YOUR DIRTY MONEY WELL MOTHER SAID LIZA AND I'VE TOLD YOU BEFORE THE MONEY'S PERSPIRED LIKE WHAT YOU MEAN IT GOT LESS
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