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'Na, not as I knows of,' he replied, looking very unhappy. 'You don't ever come my way now,' she said. NA NOT AS I KNOWS OF HE REPLIED LOOKING VERY UNHAPPY YOU DON'T EVER COME MY WAY NOW SHE SAID
rom what it had been three months before. Tom, the humble adorer, had quite disappeared from her life. One day, three or four weeks after the August Bank Holiday, she saw him dawdling along the pavement, and it suddenly struck her that she had not seen him for a long time; but she had been so full of her happiness that she had been unable to think of anyone but Jim. She wondered at his absence, since before wherever she had been there was he certain to be also. She passed him, but to her astonishment he did not speak to her. She thought by some wonder he had not seen her, but she felt his gaze resting upon her. She turned back, and suddenly he dropped his eyes and looked down, walking on as if he had not seen her, but blushing furiously. 'Tom,' she said, 'why don't yer speak ter me.' He started and blushed more than ever. 'I didn't know yer was there,' he stuttered. 'Don't tell me,' she said, 'wot's up?' 'Nothin' as I knows of,' he answered uneasily. 'I ain't offended yer, 'ave I, Tom? T THE STREET SEEMED QUITE DIFFERENT TO ELIZA FROM WHAT IT HAD BEEN THREE MONTHS BEFORE TOM THE HUMBLE ADORA HAD QUITE DISAPPEARED FROM HER LIFE ONE DAY THREE OR FOUR WEEKS AFTER THE AUGUST BANK HOLIDAY SHE SAW HIM DAWDLING ALONG THE PAVEMENT AND IT SUDDENLY STRUCK HER THAT SHE HAD NOT SEEN HIM FOR A LONG TIME BUT SHE HAD BEEN SO FULL OF HER HAPPINESS THAT SHE HAD BEEN UNABLE TO THINK OF ANY ONE BUT JIM SHE WONDERED AT HIS ABSENCE SINCE BEFORE WHEREVER SHE HAD BEEN THERE WAS HE CERTAIN TO BE ALSO SHE PASSED HIM BUT TO HER ASTONISHMENT HE DID NOT SPEAK TO HER SHE THOUGHT BY SOME WONDER HE HAD NOT SEEN HER BUT SHE FELT HIS GAZE RESTING UPON HER SHE TURNED BACK AND SUDDENLY HE DROPPED HIS EYES AND LOOKED DOWN WALKING ON AS IF HE HAD NOT SEEN HER BUT BLUSHING FURIOUSLY TOM SHE SAID WHY DON'T YOU SPEAK TO ME HE STARTED AND BLUSHED MORE THAN EVER I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WAS THERE HE STUTTERED DON'T TELL ME SHE SAID WHAT'S UP NOTHING AS I KNOWS OF HE ANSWERED UNEASILY I AIN'T OFFENDED YET HAVE I TOM
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