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He pressed her hand without speaking. HE PRESSED HER HAND WITHOUT SPEAKING
said: 'Come in,' and he followed her to her room. Here she sank on to a chair, and gave herself up to her tears. Tom wetted the end of a towel and began wiping her face, grimy with blood and tears. She let him do it, just moaning amid her sobs: 'You are good ter me, Tom.' 'Cheer up, old gal,' he said kindly, 'it's all over now.' After a while the excess of crying brought its cessation. She drank some water, and then taking up a broken handglass she looked at herself, saying: 'I am a sight!' and proceeded to wind up her hair. 'You 'ave been good ter me, Tom,' she repeated, her voice still broken with sobs; and as he sat down beside her she took his hand. 'Na, I ain't,' he answered; 'it's only wot anybody 'ud 'ave done.' 'Yer know, Tom,' she said, after a little silence, 'I'm so sorry I spoke cross like when I met yer in the street; you ain't spoke ter me since.' 'Oh, thet's all over now, old lidy, we needn't think of thet.' 'Oh, but I 'ave treated yer bad. I'm a regular wrong 'un, I am. HEN HER TEARS PERMITTED I DO LOVE HIM SO WHEN THEY GOT TO THE DOOR SHE PLAINTIVELY SAID COME IN AND HE FOLLOWED HER TO A ROOM HERE SHE SANK ON TO A CHAIR AND GAVE HERSELF UP TO HER TEARS TOM WETTED THE END OF A TOWEL AND BEGAN WIPING HER FACE GRIMY WITH BLOOD AND TEARS SHE LET HIM DO IT JUST MOANING AMID HER SOBS YOU ARE GOOD TO ME TOM CHEER UP OLD GIRL HE SAID KINDLY IT'S ALL OVER NOW AFTER A WHILE THE EXCESS OF CRYING BROUGHT ITS CESSATION SHE DRANK SOME WATER AND THEN TAKING UP A BROKEN HAND GLASS SHE LOOKED AT HERSELF SAYING I AM A SIGHT AND PROCEEDED TO WIND UP HER HAIR YOU HAVE BEEN GOOD TO ME TOM SHE REPEATED HER VOICE STILL BROKEN WITH SOBS AND AS HE SAT DOWN BESIDE HER SHE TOOK HIS HAND NAY AIN'T HE SAID IT'S ONLY WHAT ANYBODY UD HAVE DONE YOU KNOW TOM SHE SAID AFTER A LITTLE SILENCE I'M SO SORRY I SPOKE CROSS LIKE WHEN I MET YOU IN THE STREET YOU AIN'T SPOKE TO ME SINCE OH THAT'S ALL OVER NOW LADY WE NEEDN'T THINK OF THAT OH BUT I HAVE TREATED YOU BAD I'M A REGULAR WRONG I AM
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