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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.' 'Yus, I 'ave,' answered Mrs. Kemp; 'there's thet bottle as they gives me at the 'orspital. 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 YES I HAVE ANSWERED MISSUS GIM THERE'S THAT BOTTLE AS THEY GIVES ME AT THE HOSPITAL
ain throbbed through her head. If she could only forget! 'Na, I know you're not, but, bless your soul, thet won' 'urt yer. It'll do you no 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. E FELT DUMB AND MISERABLE AND A HEAVY PAIN THROBBED THROUGH HER HEAD IF SHE COULD ONLY FORGET NOW I KNOW YE'RE NOT BUT BLESS YOUR SOUL 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
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