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They drank each other's health. Everything was getting blurred to Liza, she was losing her head. 'Yus,' went on Mrs. Kemp, 'I've 'ad thirteen children an' I'm proud of it. As your poor dear father used ter sy, it shows as 'ow one's got the blood of a Briton in one. THEY DRANK EACH OTHER'S HEALTH EVERYTHING WAS GETTING BLURRED TO LIZA SHE WAS LOSING HER HEAD YES WENT ON MISSUS KEMP I'VE HAD THIRTEEN CHILDREN AND I'M PROUD OF IT AS YOUR POOR DEAR FATHER USED TO SAY IT SHOWS AS HOW ONE GETS THE BLOOD OF A BRITON IN ONE
ay is this--it's good stuff, I say, an' it don't 'urt yer.' 'Buck up, old gal!' said Liza, filling the glasses, 'no 'eel-taps. I feel like a new woman now. I was thet dahn in the dumps--well, I shouldn't 'ave cared if I'd been at the bottom of the river, an' thet's the truth.' 'You don't sy so,' replied her affectionate mother. 'Yus, I do, an' I mean it too, but I don't feel like thet now. You're right, mother, when you're in trouble there's nothin' like a bit of spirits.' 'Well, if I don't know, I dunno 'oo does, for the trouble I've 'ad, it 'ud be enough to kill many women. Well, I've 'ad thirteen children, an' you can think wot thet was; everyone I 'ad I used ter sy I wouldn't 'ave no more--but one does, yer know. You'll 'ave a family some day, Liza, an' I shouldn't wonder if you didn't 'ave as many as me. We come from a very prodigal family, we do, we've all gone in ter double figures, except your Aunt Mary, who only 'ad three--but then she wasn't married, so it didn't count, like. CIDENTS WILL OCCUR EVEN IN THE BEST REGULATED OF FAMILIES BUT WHAT I SAY IS THIS IT'S GOOD STUFF I SAY AND IT DON'T ERR BUCK UP OLD GAL SAID LIZA FILLING THE GLASSES NO ILL TAPS I FEEL LIKE A NEW WOMAN NOW I WAS THAT DOWN IN THE DUMPS WELL I SHOULDN'T HAVE CARED IF I'D BEEN AT THE BOTTOM OF THE RIVER AND THAT'S THE TRUTH YOU DON'T SAY SO REPLIED HER AFFECTIONATE MOTHER YES I DO AND I MEAN IT TOO BUT I DON'T FEEL LIKE THAT NOW YOU'RE RIGHT MOTHER WHEN YOU'RE IN TROUBLE IT'S NOTHING LIKE A BIT OF SPIRIT WELL IF I DON'T KNOW I DUNNO WHO DOES FOR THE TROUBLE I'VE HAD IT'D BE ENOUGH TO KILL MANY WOMEN WELL I'VE HAD THIRTEEN CHILDREN AND YOU CAN THINK WHAT THAT WAS EVERY ONE I HAD I USED TO SAY I WOULDN'T HAVE NO MORE BUT ONE DOES YOU KNOW YOU'LL HAVE A FAMILY SOME DAY LIZA I SHOULDN'T WONDER IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE AS MANY AS ME WE COME FROM A VERY PRODIGAL FAMILY WE DO WE'VE ALL GONE INTO DOUBLE FIGURES EXCEPT YOUR AUNT MARY WHO ONLY HAD THREE BUT THEN SHE WASN'T MARRIED SO IT DIDN'T COUNT LIKE
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