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'I wouldn't come before, 'cause I thought there'd be people abaht. Kiss us!' And again he pressed his lips to hers, and Liza nearly fainted with the delight of it. 'Let's go for a walk, shall we?' he said. 'Arright!' I WOULDN'T COME BEFORE CAUSE I THOUGHT THERE'D BE PEOPLE ABOUT KISS US AND AGAIN HE PRESSED HIS LIPS TO HERS AND LIZA NEARLY FAINTED WITH THE DELIGHT OF IT LET'S GO FOR A WALK SHALL WE HE SAID ALL RIGHT
 day, and she had so much to say to him. Then, wondering whether he was about, she went to the window and looked out; but there was nobody there. She closed the window again and sat just beside it; the time went on, and she wondered whether he would come, asking herself whether he had been thinking of her as she of him; gradually her thoughts grew vague, and a kind of mist came over them. She nodded. Suddenly she roused herself with a start, fancying she had heard something; she listened again, and in a moment the sound was repeated, three or four gentle taps on the window. She opened it quickly and whispered: 'Jim.' 'Thet's me,' he answered, 'come aht.' Closing the window, she went into the passage and opened the street door; it was hardly unlocked before Jim had pushed his way in; partly shutting it behind him, he took her in his arms and hugged her to his breast. She kissed him passionately. 'I thought yer'd come ter-night, Jim; summat in my 'eart told me so. But you 'ave been long.  SEEMED VERY LONG AGO SHE HAD NOT SPOKEN TO JIM ALL DAY AND SHE HAD SO MUCH TO SAY TO HIM THEN WONDERING WHETHER HE WAS ABOUT SHE WENT TO THE WINDOW AND LOOKED OUT BUT THERE WAS NOBODY THERE SHE CLOSED THE WINDOW AGAIN AND SAT JUST BESIDE IT THE TIME WENT ON SHE WONDERED WHETHER HE WOULD COME ASKING HERSELF WHETHER HE HAD BEEN THINKING OF HER AS SHE OF HIM GRADUALLY HER THOUGHTS GREW VAGUE AND A KIND OF MIST CAME OVER THEM SHE NODDED SUDDENLY SHE ROUSED HERSELF WITH A START FANCYING SHE HAD HEARD SOMETHING SHE LISTENED AGAIN AND IN A MOMENT THE SOUND WAS REPEATED THREE OR FOUR GENTLE TAPS ON THE WINDOW SHE OPENED IT QUICKLY AND WHISPERED JIM THAT'S ME HE ANSWERED COME OUT CLOSING THE WINDOW SHE WENT INTO THE PASSAGE AND OPENED THE STREET DOOR WAS HARDLY UNLOCKED BEFORE JIM HAD PUSHED HIS WAY IN PARTLY SHUTTING IT BEHIND HER HE TOOK HER IN HIS ARMS AND HUGGED HER TO HIS BREAST SHE KISSED HIM PASSIONATELY I THOUGHT YOU'D COME TO NIGHT JIM SOMEHOW MY AUNT TOLD ME SO BUT YOU HAVE BEEN LONG
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