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If I give the missus so much a week aht of my screw, she'll sign a piper ter give up all clime ter me, an' then we can get spliced. One of the men as I works with done thet, an' it was arright.' Liza shook her head. 'Na, yer can't do thet now; it's bigamy, an' the cop tikes yer, an' yer gits twelve months' 'ard for it.' IF I GIVE THE MISSIS SO MUCH A WEEK OUT OF MY SCREW SHE'LL SIGN A PAPER TO GIVE UP ALL CLAIM TO ME AND THEN WE CAN GET SPLICE ONE OF THE MEN AS I WORKS WITH DONE THAT AND IT WAS ALL RIGHT LIZA SHOOK HER HEAD NOW YOU CAN DO THAT NOW IT'S BIG O ME AND THE COPSE TAKES YE AN HE GETS TWELVE MONTHS HARD FOR IT
ning. Liza and Jim had remained for an hour in perfect silence, filled with a gloomy unhappiness, as of a great weight on their brains. Liza was sitting forward, with her elbows on her knees, resting her face on her hands. 'I wish I was straight,' she said at last, not looking up. 'Well, why won't yer come along of me altogether, an' you'll be arright then?' he answered. 'Na, that's no go; I can't do thet.' He had often asked her to live with him entirely, but she had always refused. 'You can come along of me, an' I'll tike a room in a lodgin' 'ouse in 'Olloway, an' we can live there as if we was married.' 'Wot abaht yer work?' 'I can get work over the other side as well as I can 'ere. I'm abaht sick of the wy things is goin' on.' 'So am I; but I can't leave mother.' 'She can come, too.' 'Not when I'm not married. I shouldn't like 'er ter know as I'd--as I'd gone wrong.' 'Well, I'll marry yer. Swop me bob, I wants ter badly enough.' 'Yer can't; yer married already.' 'Thet don't matter! THE LAST TRAIN BUT ONE OR TWO PORTERS WERE STANDING ABOUT YAWNING LIZA AND JIM HAD REMAINED FOR AN HOUR IN PERFECT SILENCE FILLED WITH A GLOOMY UNHAPPINESS AS OF A GREAT WEIGHT ON THEIR BRAIN LIZA WAS SITTING FORWARD WITH HER ELBOWS ON HER KNEES RESTING HER FACE ON HER HANDS I WISH I WAS STRAIGHT SHE SAID AT LAST NOT LOOKING UP WELL WHY WON'T YOU COME ALONG OF ME ALTOGETHER AND YOU'LL BE ALL RIGHT THEN HE ANSWERED NA THAT'S NO GO I CAN'T DO THAT HE HAD OFTEN ASKED HER TO LIVE WITH HIM ENTIRELY BUT SHE HAD ALWAYS REFUSED YOU CAN COME ALONG WITH ME AND I'LL TAKE A ROOM IN A LODGIN HOUSE IN OLLOWAY AND WE CAN LIVE THERE AS IF WE WAS MARRIED WHAT ABOUT YOUR WORK I CAN GET WORK OVER THE OTHER SIDE AS WELL AS I CAN ERE I'M ABOUT SICK OF THE WAY THINGS IS GOING ON SO AM I I CAN'T LEAVE MOTHER SHE CAN COME TOO NOT WHEN I'M NOT MARRIED I SHOULDN'T LIKE HER TO KNOW AS I'D AS I'D DONE WRONG WELL I'LL MARRY HER SWAT ME BOB I WANTS HER BADLY ENOUGH YOU CAN'T YOU'RE MARRIED ALREADY THAT DON'T MATTER
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