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'Mornin'!' he said again, as she stopped and looked at him. 'Well, yer needn't look as if I was goin' ter eat yer up, 'cause I ain't,' he said. MORNING HE SAID AGAIN AS SHE STOPPED AND LOOKED AT HIM WELL YOU NEEDN'T LOOK AS IF I WAS GOIN TO EAT YER UP CAUSE I AIN'T HE SAID
r company. 'Good old Liza,' they would say, as she left them, 'she's a rare good sort, ain't she?' She asked after the aches and pains of all the old people, and delicately inquired after the babies, past and future; the children hung on to her skirts and asked her to play with them, and she would hold one end of the rope while tiny little ragged girls skipped, invariably entangling themselves after two jumps. She had nearly reached home, when she heard a voice cry: 'Mornin'!' She looked round and recognized the man whom Tom had told her was called Jim Blakeston. He was sitting on a stool at the door of one of the houses, playing with two young children, to whom he was giving rides on his knee. She remembered his heavy brown beard from the day before, and she had also an impression of great size; she noticed this morning that he was, in fact, a big man, tall and broad, and she saw besides that he had large, masculine features and pleasant brown eyes. She supposed him to be about forty. R AND WAS GLAD TO HAVE HER COMPANY GOOD OLD LIZA THEY WOULD SAY AS IF SHE LEFT THEM SHE'S A RARE GOOD SOUL AIN'T SHE SHE ASKED AFTER THE ACHES AND PAINS OF ALL THE OLD PEOPLE AND DELICATELY INQUIRED AFTER THE BABIES PAST AND FUTURE THE CHILDREN HUNG ON TO HER SKIRTS AND ASKED HER TO PLAY WITH THEM AND SHE WOULD HOLD ONE END OF THE ROPE WHILE TINY LITTLE RAGGED GIRLS SKIPPED INVARIABLY ENTANGLING THEMSELVES AFTER TWO JUMPS SHE HAD VERY NEARLY REACHED HOME WHEN SHE HEARD A VOICE CRY MORNING SHE LOOKED ROUND AND RECOGNIZED THE MAN WHOM TOM HAD TOLD HER WAS CALLED JIM BLAKESTONE HE WAS SITTING ON A STOOL AT THE DOOR OF ONE OF THE HOUSES PLAYING WITH TWO YOUNG CHILDREN TO WHOM HE WAS GIVING RIDES ON HIS KNEE SHE REMEMBERED HIS HEAVY BROWN BEARD FROM THE DAY BEFORE AND SHE HAD ALSO AN IMPRESSION OF GREAT SIZE SHE NOTICED THIS MORNING THAT HE WAS IN FACT A BIG MAN TALL AND BROAD AND SHE SAW BESIDES THAT HE HAD LARGE MASCULINE FEATURES AND PLEASANT BROWN EYES SHE SUPPOSED HIM TO BE ABOUT FORTY
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