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She put up her hands to cover her face and turned her head away, while Mrs. Blakeston kept on hitting mercilessly. SHE PUT UP HER HANDS TO COVER HER FACE AND TURNED HER HEAD AWAY WHILE MISSUS BLAKESTON KEPT ON HITTING MERCILESSLY
like thet.' 'I'll fight 'er, I don't mind!' shouted Mrs. Blakeston, tucking up her sleeves and savagely glaring at her opponent. Liza stood in front of her, pale and trembling; as she looked at her enemy, and saw the long red marks of her nails, with blood coming from one or two of them, she shrank back. 'I don't want ter fight,' she said hoarsely. 'Na, I don't suppose yer do,' hissed the other, 'but yer'll damn well 'ave ter!' 'She's ever so much bigger than me; I've got no chanst,' added Liza tearfully. 'You should 'ave thought of thet before. Come on!' and with these words Mrs. Blakeston rushed upon her. She hit her with both fists one after the other. Liza did not try to guard herself, but imitating the woman's motion, hit out with her own fists; and for a minute or two they continued thus, raining blows on one another with the same windmill motion of the arms. But Liza could not stand against the other woman's weight; the blows came down heavy and rapid all over her face and head.  AND SQUARE DON'T GO SCRATCHIN AND MAWLING LIKE THAT I'LL FIGHT HER I DON'T MIND SHOUTED MISSUS BLAKESTON TUCKING UP HER SLEEVES AND SAVAGELY GLARING AT HER OPPONENT ELIZA STOOD IN FRONT OF HER PALE AND TREMBLING AS SHE LOOKED AT HER ENEMY AND SAW THE LONG RED MARKS OF HER NAILS WITH BLOOD COMING FROM ONE OR TWO OF THEM SHE SHRANK BACK I DON'T WANT TO FIGHT SHE SAID HOARSELY NO I DON'T S'POSE YOU DO HISSED THE OTHER BUT YOU'RE DAMN WELL AFTER SHE'S EVER SO MUCH BIGGER THAN ME I'VE GOT NO CHANCE ADDED ELIZA TEARFULLY YOU SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT OF THAT BEFORE COME ON AND WITH THESE WORDS MISSUS BLAKESTON RUSHED UPON HER SHE HIT HER WITH BOTH FISTS ONE AFTER THE OTHER LIZA DID NOT TRY TO GUARD HERSELF BUT IMITATING THE WOMAN'S MOTION HID OUT WITH HER OWN FISTS AND FOR A MINUTE OR TWO THEY CONTINUED THUS RAINING BLOWS ON ONE ANOTHER WITH THE SAME WINDMILL MOTION OF THE ARMS BUT LIZA COULD NOT STAND AGAINST THE OTHER WOMAN'S WEIGHT THE BLOWS CAME DOWN HEAVY AND RAPID ALL OVER HER FACE AND HEAD
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