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She listened for a minute and then knocked: there was a little flurry inside, and someone called out: ''Oo's there?' SHE LISTENED FOR A MINUTE AND THEN KNOCKED THERE WAS A LITTLE FLURRY INSIDE AND SOME ONE CALLED OUT WHO'S THERE
m standin' on my 'ead or on my 'eels.' But alas! it did not last too long. Sally was not so full of joy when next Liza met her, and one day her eyes looked very much as if she had been crying. 'Wot's the matter?' asked Liza, looking at her. 'Wot 'ave yer been blubberin' abaht?' 'Me?' said Sally, getting very red. 'Oh, I've got a bit of a toothache, an'--well, I'm rather a fool like, an' it 'urt so much that I couldn't 'elp cryin'.' Liza was not satisfied, but could get nothing further out of her. Then one day it came out. It was a Saturday night, the time when women in Vere Street weep. Liza went up into Sally's room for a few minutes on her way to the Westminster Bridge Road, where she was to meet Jim. Harry had taken the top back room, and Liza, climbing up the second flight of stairs, called out as usual. 'Wot ho, Sally!' The door remained shut, although Liza could see that there was a light in the room; but on getting to the door she stood still, for she heard the sound of sobbing. WELL I'M THAT HAPPY I SIMPLY DUNNO IF I'M STANDING ON MY HEAD OR ON MY EARS BUT ALAS IT DID NOT LAST TOO LONG SALLIE WAS NOT SO FULL OF JOY WHEN NEXT LIZA MET HER AND ONE DAY HER EYES LOOKED VERY MUCH AS IF SHE HAD BEEN CRYING WHAT'S THE MATTER ASKED LIZA LOOKING AT HER WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN BLUBBERING ABOUT ME SAID SALLIE GETTING VERY RED OH I'VE GOT BIT OF A TOOTHACHE AND WELL I'M RATHER A FOOL LIKE AND IT HURTS SO MUCH THAT I COULDN'T HELP CRYING LIZA WAS NOT SATISFIED BUT COULD GET NOTHING FURTHER OUT OF HER THEN ONE DAY IT CAME OUT IT WAS A SATURDAY NIGHT THE TIME WHEN WOMEN IN BEER STREET WEEP ELIZA WENT UP INTO SALLIE'S ROOM FOR A FEW MINUTES ON HER WAY TO THE WESTMINSTER BRIDGE ROAD WHERE SHE WAS TO MEET JIM HARRY HAD TAKEN THE TOP BACK ROOM AND LIZA CLIMBING UP THE SECOND FLIGHT OF STAIRS CALLED OUT AS USUAL WHAT HO SALLIE THE DOOR REMAINED SHUT ALTHOUGH LIZA COULD SEE THAT THERE WAS A LIGHT IN THE ROOM BUT ON GETTING TO THE DOOR SHE STOOD STILL FOR SHE HEARD THE SOUND OF SOBBING
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