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'I was in the street.' 'You're always in the street when I want yer.' 'I didn't know as 'ow yer wanted me, mother,' answered Liza. 'Well, yer might 'ave come ter see! I might 'ave been dead, for all you knew.' Liza said nothing. I WAS IN THE STREET YOU'RE ALWAYS IN THE STREET WHEN I WANT YOU I DIDN'T KNOW AS HOW YOU WANTED ME MOTHER ANSWERED LIZA WELL YOU MIGHT COME TO SEE ME I MIGHT HAVE BEEN DEAD FOR ALL YOU KNEW LIZA SAID NOTHING
 in chase of her, and Liza, looking up, saw a big, bearded man whom she had never seen before. She blushed to the very roots of her hair, quickly extricated herself from his arms, and, amid the jeers and laughter of everyone, slid into the door of the nearest house and was lost to view. 2 Liza and her mother were having supper. Mrs. Kemp was an elderly woman, short, and rather stout, with a red face, and grey hair brushed tight back over her forehead. She had been a widow for many years, and since her husband's death had lived with Liza in the ground-floor front room in which they were now sitting. Her husband had been a soldier, and from a grateful country she received a pension large enough to keep her from starvation, and by charring and doing such odd jobs as she could get she earned a little extra to supply herself with liquor. Liza was able to make her own living by working at a factory. Mrs. Kemp was rather sulky this evening. 'Wot was yer doin' this afternoon, Liza?' she asked.  CHAPTER TWO OF LIZA OF LAMBETH BY W SOMERSET MAURN THIS LIVERY BOX RECORDING IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN RECORDING BY HAT AND FORTY THREE BLOBE DE LA CAZEN GOT WORD PRESS DOT CON ELIZA AND HER MOTHER WERE HAVING SUPPER MISSUS KEMP WAS AN ELDERLY WOMAN SHORT AND RATHER STOUT WITH A RED FACE AND GREY HAIR BRUSHED TIGHT BACK OVER HER FOREHEAD SHE HAD BEEN A WIDOW FOR MANY YEARS AND SINCE HER HUSBAND'S DEATH HAD LIVED WITH LIZA IN THE GRAND FLOOR FRONT ROOM IN WHICH THEY WERE NOW SITTING HER HUSBAND HAD BEEN A SOLDIER AND FROM A GRATEFUL COUNTRY SHE RECEIVED A PENSION LARGE ENOUGH TO KEEP HER FROM STARVATION AND BY CHARING AND DOING SUCH ODD JOBS AS SHE COULD GET SHE EARNED A LITTLE EXTRA TO SUPPLY HERSELF WITH LIQUOR LIZA WAS ABLE TO MAKE HER OWN LIVING BY WORKING AT A FACTORY MISSUS KEMP WAS RATHER SULKY THIS EVENING WHAT WAS HE DOING THIS AFTERNOON LIZA SHE ASKED
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