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Liza did not get up all day. Tom came to inquire after her, and was told she was very ill. Liza plaintively asked whether anyone else had been, and sighed a little when her mother answered no. But she felt too ill to think much or trouble much about anything. LIZA DID NOT GET UP ALL DAY TOM CAME TO INQUIRE AFTER AND WAS TOLD SHE WAS VERY ILL ELIZA PLAINTIVELY ASKED WHETHER ANY ONE ELSE HAD BEEN AND SIGHED A LITTLE WHEN HER MOTHER ANSWERED NO BUT SHE FELT TOO ILL TO THINK MUCH OR TROUBLE MUCH ABOUT ANYTHING
shed, an' yer forehead--it is 'ot! Wot's the matter with yer, gal?' 'I dunno,' said Liza. 'I've been thet bad all night, I thought I was goin' ter die.' 'I know wot it is,' said Mrs. Kemp, shaking her head; 'the fact is, you ain't used ter drinkin', an' of course it's upset yer. Now me, why I'm as fresh as a disy. Tike my word, there ain't no good in teetotalism; it finds yer aht in the end, an' it's found you aht.' Mrs. Kemp considered it a judgment of Providence. She got up and mixed some whisky and water. ''Ere, drink this,' she said. 'When one's 'ad a drop too much at night, there's nothin' like havin' a drop more in the mornin' ter put one right. It just acts like magic.' 'Tike it awy,' said Liza, turning from it in disgust; 'the smell of it gives me the sick. I'll never touch spirits again.' 'Ah, thet's wot we all says sometime in our lives, but we does, an' wot's more we can't do withaht it. Why, me, the 'ard life I've 'ad--.' It is unnecessary to repeat Mrs. Kemp's repetitions. P ME BOB WHAT'S UP WITH YOU WHY YOUR CHEEKS IS FLUSHED AND YOUR FOREHEAD IT'S HOT WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH YOU GIRL I DUNNO SAID LIZA I'VE BEEN THAT BAD ALL NIGHT I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO DIE I KNOW WHAT IT IS SAID MISSUS KEMP SHAKING HER HEAD THE FACT IS YOU AIN'T USED TO DRINKING AND OF COURSE IT'S UPSET YOU NOW ME WHY I'M AS FRESH AS A DAISY TAKE MY WORD THERE AIN'T NO GOOD IN TEETOTALISM IT FINDS YOU'RE OUT IN THE END AND IT'S FOUND YOU OUT MISSUS KEMP CONSIDERED IT A JUDGMENT OF PROVIDENCE SHE GOT UP AND MIXED SOME WHISKY AND WATER HERE DRINK THIS SHE SAID WHEN ONE'S AT A DROP TOO MUCH AT NIGHT THERE'S NOTHING LIKE HAVING A DROP MORE IN THE MORNING TO PUT ONE RIGHT IT JUST ACTS LIKE MAGIC TAKE IT AWAY SAID ELIZA TURNING FROM IT IN DISGUST THE SMELL OF IT GIVES ME THE SICK I'LL NEVER TOUCH SPIRITS AGAIN AH THAT'S WHAT WE ALL SAYS SOME TIME IN OUR LIVES BUT WE DOES AND WHAT'S MORE WE CAN'T DO WITHOUT IT WHY ME THE ODD LIFE I'VE ADD IT IS UNNECESSARY TO REPEAT MISSUS KEMP'S REPETITIONS
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