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'Thet's true, she ain't been wot yer might call a good mother ter me  but some'ow she's my mother, an' I don't like ter leave 'er on 'er own, now she's so old  an' she can't do much with the rheumatics. An' besides, Jim dear, it ain't only mother, but there's yer own kids, yer can't leave them.' THAT'S TRUE SHE AIN'T BEEN WHAT YOU MIGHT CALL A GOOD MOTHER TO ME BUT SOMEHOW SHE'S MY MOTHER AND I DON'T LIKE TO LEAVE HER ON HER OWN NOW SHE'S SO OLD AND SHE CAN'T DO MUCH WITH THE RHEUMATICS AND BESIDES JIM DEAR EH ONLY MOTHER BUT THERE'S YOUR OWN KIDS YOU CAN'T LEAVE THEM
.' 'But swop me bob, Liza, I can't go on like this. Yer knows the missus--well, there ain't no bloomin' doubt abaht it, she knows as you an' me are carryin' on, an' she mikes no bones abaht lettin' me see it.' 'She don't do thet?' 'Well, she don't exactly sy it, but she sulks an' won't speak, an' then when I says anythin' she rounds on me an' calls me all the nimes she can think of. I'd give 'er a good 'idin', but some'ow I don't like ter! She mikes the plice a 'ell ter me, an' I'm not goin' ter stand it no longer!' 'You'll ave ter sit it, then; yer can't chuck it.' 'Yus I can, an' I would if you'd come along of me. I don't believe you like me at all, Liza, or you'd come.' She turned towards him and put her arms round his neck. 'Yer know I do, old cock,' she said. 'I like yer better than anyone else in the world; but I can't go awy an' leave mother.' 'Bli'me me if I see why; she's never been much ter you. She mikes yer slave awy ter pay the rent, an' all the money she earns she boozes.  ME AND THE COPSE TAKES YE AN HE GETS TWELVE MONTHS HARD FOR IT BUT SWEP ME BOB LIZA I CAN'T GO ON LIKE THIS YOU KNOWS THE MISSES WELL THERE AIN'T NO BLOOMIN DOUBT ABOUT IT SHE KNOWS AS YOU AN ME ARE CARRYIN ON AND SHE MAKES NO BONES ABOUT LETTIN MI SEE IT SHE DON'T DO THAT WELL SHE DON'T EXACTLY SAY IT BUT SHE SULKS AND WON'T SPEAK AND THEN WHEN I SAYS ANYTHING SHE ROUNDS ON ME AND CALLS ME ALL THE NAMES SHE CAN THINK OF I'D GIVE HER A GOOD ITEM BUT SOMEHOW I DON'T LIKE TER SHE MAKES THE PLACE A HAIL TO ME AND I'M NOT GOING TO STAND IT NO LONGER YOU'LL HAVE TO SIT IT THEN YOU CAN'T CHUCK IT YES I CAN AND I WOULD IF YOU'D COME ALONG OF ME I DON'T BELIEVE YOU'D LIKE ME AT ALL LIZA OR YOU'D COME SHE TURNED TOWARDS HIM AND PUT HER ARMS ROUND HIS NECK YOU KNOW I DO OLD COCK SHE SAID I LIKE YOU BETTER THAN ANY ONE ELSE IN THE WORLD BUT I CAN'T GO AWAY AND LEAVE MOTHER BELIE ME IF I SEE WHY SHE'S NEVER BEEN MUCH DEAR SHE MAKES SLAVE AWAY TO PAY THE RENT AND ALL THE MONEY SHE EARNS SHE BOOZES
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