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'Never you mind; nobody you know.' At that moment Jim's wife passed and looked at her with a scowl. Liza wished herself a hundred miles away, and blushed more violently than ever. 'Wot are yer blushin' abaht?' ingenuously asked one of the girls. And they all looked from her to Mrs. Blakeston and back again. NEVER YOU MIND NOBODY YOU KNOW AT THAT MOMENT JIM'S WIFE PASSED AND LOOKED AT HER WITH A SCOWL ELIZA WISHED HERSELF A HUNDRED MILES AWAY AND BLUSHED MORE VIOLENTLY THAN EVER WHAT YOU BLUSHIN ABOUT INGENUOUSLY ASKED ONE OF THE GIRLS AND THEY ALL LOOKED FROM HER TO MISSUS BLAKESTON AND BACK AGAIN
 all day; but next morning it was blacker than ever. She went to the factory with her hat over her eyes and her head bent down; she escaped observation, but on the way home she was not so lucky. The sharp eyes of some girls noticed it first. 'Wot's the matter with yer eye?' asked one of them. 'Me?' answered Liza, putting her hand up as if in ignorance. 'Nothin' thet I knows of.' Two or three young men were standing by, and hearing the girl, looked up. 'Why, yer've got a black eye, Liza!' 'Me? I ain't got no black eye!' 'Yus you 'ave; 'ow d'yer get it?' 'I dunno,' said Liza. 'I didn't know I 'ad one.' 'Garn! tell us another!' was the answer. 'One doesn't git a black eye without knowin' 'ow they got it.' 'Well, I did fall against the chest of drawers yesterday; I suppose I must 'ave got it then.' 'Oh yes, we believe thet, don't we?' 'I didn't know 'e was so 'andy with 'is dukes, did you, Ted?' asked one man of another. Liza felt herself grow red to the tips of her toes. 'Who?' she asked. E WAS TERRIFIED LEST PEOPLE SHOULD SEE IT AND KEPT INDOORS ALL DAY BUT NEXT MORNING IT WAS BLACKER THAN EVER SHE WENT TO THE FACTORY WITH A HAT OVER HER EYES AND HER HEAD BENT DOWN SHE ESCAPED OBSERVATION BUT ON THE WAY HOME SHE WAS NOT SO LUCKY THE SHARP EYES OF SOME OF THE GIRLS NOTICED AT FIRST WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH YOUR EYE ASKED ONE OF THEM ME ANSWERED LIZA PUTTING HER HAND UP AS IF IN IGNORANCE NOTHING THAT I KNOWS OF TWO OR THREE YOUNG MEN WERE STANDING BY AND HEARING THE GIRL LOOKED UP WHY YOU'VE GOT A BLACK EYE ELIZA ME I AIN'T GOT NO BLACK EYE YES YOU HAVE HOW'D YOU GET IT I DUNNO SAID LIZA I DIDN'T KNOW I HAD ONE GO ON TELL US ANOTHER WAS THE ANSWER ONE DOESN'T GET A BLACK EYE WITHOUT KNOWING HOW THEY GOT IT WELL IT DID FALL AGAINST THE CHEST OF DRAWERS YESTERDAY I SUPPOSE I MUST HAVE GOT YOU THEN OH YES WE BELIEVE THAT DON'T WE I DIDN'T KNOW HE WAS SO ANDY WITH HIS DUKES DID YOU TED ASKED AND ONE MAN OF ANOTHER LIZA FELT HERSELF GO RED TO THE TIPS OF HER TOES WHO SHE ASKED
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