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She smiled to herself and took a long breath; then, slipping back the sleeves of her nightdress, she looked at her own thin arms, just two pieces of bone with not a muscle on them, but very white and showing distinctly the interlacement of blue veins: she did not notice that her hands were rough, and red and dirty with the nails broken, and bitten to the quick. SHE SMILED TO HERSELF AND TOOK A LONG DEEP BREATH THEN SLIPPING BACK THE SHEETS OF HER NIGHT DRESS SHE LOOKED DOWN AT HER OWN THIN ARMS JUST TWO PIECES OF BONE WITH NOT A MUSCLE ON THEM BUT VERY WHITE AND SHOWING DISTINCTLY THE INTERLACEMENT OF BLUE VEINS SHE DID NOT NOTICE THAT HER HANDS WERE ROUGH AND RED AND DIRTY WITH THE NAILS BROKEN AND BITTEN TO THE QUICK
n her fist. He looked at her a moment, and she, ceasing to thump his hand, looked up at him with half-opened mouth. Suddenly he shook himself, and closing his fist gave her a violent, swinging blow in the belly. 'Come on.' he said. And together they slid down into the darkness of the passage. 8 Mrs. Kemp was in the habit of slumbering somewhat heavily on Sunday mornings, or Liza would not have been allowed to go on sleeping as she did. When she woke, she rubbed her eyes to gather her senses together and gradually she remembered having gone to the theatre on the previous evening; then suddenly everything came back to her. She stretched out her legs and gave a long sigh of delight. Her heart was full; she thought of Jim, and the delicious sensation of love came over her. Closing her eyes, she imagined his warm kisses, and she lifted up her arms as if to put them round his neck and draw him down to her; she almost felt the rough beard on her face, and the strong heavy arms round her body.  CHAPTER EIGHT OF LIZA OF LAMBETH BY W SOMERSET MORN THIS LIVER BOX RECORDING IS IN THE PUBLIC D'AMAY CORDING BY HAPPEN FORTY THREE ROGUE DE LA CAEN'S END OT WORD PRESS STOCK CO MISSUS KEMP WAS IN THE HABIT OF SLUMBERING SOMEWHAT HEAVILY ON SUNDAY MORNINGS ELIZA WOULD HAVE NOT BEEN ALLOWED TO GO ON SLEEPING AS SHE DID WHEN SHE WOKE SHE RUBBED HER EYES TO GATHER HER SENSES TOGETHER AND GRADUALLY SHE REMEMBERED HAVING GONE TO THE THEATRE ON THE PREVIOUS EVENING THEN SUDDENLY EVERYTHING CAME BACK TO HER SHE STRETCHED OUT HER LEGS AND GAVE A LONG SIGH OF DELIGHT HER HEART WAS FULL SHE THOUGHT OF JIM AND THE DELICIOUS SENSATION OF LOVE CAME OVER HER CLOSING HER EYES SHE IMAGINED HIS WARM KISSES AND SHE LIFTED UP HER ARMS AS IF TO PUT THEM ROUND HIS NECK AND DRAW HIM DOWN TO HER SHE ALMOST FELT THE ROUGH BEARD ON HER FACE AND THE STRONG HEAVY ARMS ROUND HER BODY
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