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replied the captain, who had taken advantage of his position to put himself in first, and was still at the wicket. REPLIED THE CAPTAIN WHO HAD TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF HIS POSITION TO PUT HIMSELF IN FIRST AND WAS STILL AT THE WICKET
h Liza in an irreverent moment had smeared on with charcoal. The furniture consisted of a wash-hand stand and a little deal chest of drawers, which acted as sideboard to such pots and pans and crockery as could not find room in the grate; and besides the bed there was nothing but two kitchen chairs and a lamp. Liza looked at it all and felt perfectly satisfied; she put a pin into one corner of the noble Marquess to prevent him from falling, fiddled about with the ornaments a little, and then started washing herself. After putting on her clothes she ate some bread-and-butter, swallowed a dishful of cold tea, and went out into the street. She saw some boys playing cricket and went up to them. 'Let me ply,' she said. 'Arright, Liza,' cried half a dozen of them in delight; and the captain added: 'You go an' scout over by the lamp-post.' 'Go an' scout my eye!' said Liza, indignantly. 'When I ply cricket I does the battin'.' 'Na, you're not goin' ter bat all the time. 'Oo are you gettin' at? OMEWHAT LOSING IN DIGNITY BY A MOUSTACHE WHICH LIZA IN AN IRREVERENT MOMENT HAD SMEARED ON WITH CHARCOAL THE FURNITURE CONSISTED OF A WASHSTAND AND A LITTLE DEAL CHEST OF DRAWERS WHICH ACTED AS SIDEBOARD TO SUCH POTS AND PANS AND CROCKERY AS COULD NOT FIND ROOM IN THE GRATE AND BESIDES THE BED THERE WAS NOTHING BUT TWO KITCHEN CHAIRS AND A LAMP LIZA LOOKED AT IT ALL AND FELT PERFECTLY SATISFIED SHE PUT HER PIN INTO ONE CORNER OF THE NOBLE MARQUESS PREVENT HIM FROM FALLING FIDDLED ABOUT WITH THE ORNAMENTS A LITTLE AND THEN STARTED WASHING HERSELF AFTER PUTTING ON HER CLOTHES SHE ATE SOME BREAD AND BUTTER SWALLOWED A DISHFUL OF COLD TEA WENT OUT INTO THE STREET SHE SAW SOME BOYS PLAYING CRICKET AND WENT UP TO THEM LET ME PLAY SHE SAID ALL RIGHT LIZA CRIED HALF A DOZEN OF THEM IN DELIGHT AND THE CAPTAIN ADDED YOU GO AND SCOUT OVER BY THE LAMP POST GO AND SCOUT MY EYES SAID LIZA INDIGNANTLY WHEN I PLAY CRICKET I DOES THE BANG NAY YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BAT ALL THE TIME WHO WERE YOU GETTING AT
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