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An' now in my old age, when I've worked myself ter the bone, yer leaves me to starve and burn to death.' AND NOW IN MY OLD AGE WHEN I'VE WORKED MYSELF TO THE BONE IT LEAVES ME TO STARVE AND BURN TO DEATH
ter yerself an' be mattered! Nice way ter treat an old woman like me--an' yer own mother, too!' 'Wot's up now?' 'Don't talk ter me; I don't want ter listen ter you. Leavin' me all alone, me with my rheumatics, an' the neuralgy! I've 'ad the neuralgy all the mornin', and my 'ead's been simply splittin', so thet I thought the bones 'ud come apart and all my brains go streamin' on the floor. An' when I wake up there's no one ter git my tea for me, an' I lay there witin' an' witin', an' at last I 'ad ter git up and mike it myself. And, my 'ead simply cruel! Why, I might 'ave been burnt ter death with the fire alight an' me asleep.' 'Well, I am sorry, mother; but I went aht just for a bit, an' didn't think you'd wike. An' besides, the fire wasn't alight.' 'Garn with yer! I didn't treat my mother like thet. Oh, you've been a bad daughter ter me--an' I 'ad more illness carryin' you than with all the other children put togither. You was a cross at yer birth, an' you've been a cross ever since.  THE MATTER MOTHER MATTER MA I LIKE THAT MATTER INDEED GO AND MAT YOURSELF AND BE MATED NICE WAY TO TREAT AN OLD WOMAN LIKE ME AND YOUR OWN MOTHER TOO WHAT'S UP NOW DON'T TALK TO ME I DON'T WANT TO LISTEN TO YOU LEAVIN ME ALL ALONE ME WITH MY RHEUMATICS AND THE NEURALGIE I'VE HAD THE NEURAL YI ALL MORNING MY HEAD'S BEEN SIMPLY SPLIT IN SO THAT I THOUGHT THE BONES UD COME APART AND ALL MY BRAINS GO STREAMING ON THE FLOOR AND WHEN I WAKE UP THERE'S NO ONE TO GET MY TEA FOR ME AND I LAY THERE WAITIN AN WAITIN AND AT LAST I HAD TO GET UP AND MAKE IT MYSELF AND MY HEAD'S SIMPLY CRUEL WHY AM I HAVE BEEN BURNED TO DEATH WITH THE FIRE ALIGHT AND ME ASLEEP WELL I AM SORRY MOTHER WHAT WENT OUT JUST FOR A BIT AND DIDN'T THINK YOU'D WAKE AND BESIDES THE FIRE WASN'T ALIGHT GO ON WITH YO I DIDN'T TREAT MY MOTHER LIKE THAT OH YOU'D BEEN A BAD DAUGHTER TO ME AND I HAD MORE ILLNESS CARRYING YOU THAN WITH ALL THE OTHER CHILDREN PUT TOGETHER YOU WAS ACROSS AT YOUR BERTH AND YOU'VE BEEN A CROSS EVER SINCE
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