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says 'e. "Na," says I, "I don't." "Well," says 'e, "You can't miss 'er when you see 'er." An' right enough I didn't.' 'Mother says I'm all father, an' there ain't nothin' of 'er in me. Dad says it's lucky it ain't the other wy abaht, or e'd 'ave got a divorce.' They both laughed. SAYS HE NA SAYS I I DON'T WELL SAYS HE YOU CAN'T MISS HER WHEN YOU SEE HER AND RIGHT ENOUGH I DIDN'T MOTHER SAYS I'M ALL FATHER AND THERE AIN'T NOTHIN OF HER IN ME DAD SAYS IT'S LUCKY IT AIN'T THE OTHER WAY ABOUT OR HE'D HAVE GOT THE DIVORCE THEY BOTH LAUGHED
didn't want ter force myself on, yer, Liza.' 'Garn! You are a bloomin' cuckoo. I'm blowed!' 'I thought yer didn't like me 'angin' round yer; so I kep' awy.' 'Why, yer talks as if I didn't like yer. Yer don't think I'd 'ave come aht beanfeastin' with yer if I 'adn't liked yer?' Liza was really very dishonest, but she felt so happy this morning that she loved the whole world, and of course Tom came in with the others. She looked very kindly at him, and he was so affected that a great lump came in his throat and he could not speak. Liza's eyes turned to Jim's house, and she saw coming out of the door a girl of about her own age; she fancied she saw in her some likeness to Jim. 'Say, Tom,' she asked, 'thet ain't Blakeston's daughter, is it?' 'Yus thet's it.' 'I'll go an' speak to 'er,' said Liza, leaving Tom and going over the road. 'You're Polly Blakeston, ain't yer?' she said. 'Thet's me!' said the girl. 'I thought you was. Your dad, 'e says ter me, "You dunno my daughter, Polly, do yer?  YOU MIGHT HAVE COME UP AND SAID GOOD MORNING WHEN YOU DID SEE ME I DIDN'T WANT TO FORCE MYSELF ON YOU ELIZA GO ON YOU'RE A BLOOMIN CUCKOO I'M BLOWED I THOUGHT YOU DIDN'T LIKE ME HANGING ROUND YO SO I KEPT AWAY WHY YOU TALKS AS IF I DIDN'T LIKE YER YOU DON'T THINK I'D HAVE COME OUT BEING FASTEN WITH YOU IF I HADN'T LIKED YEA WAS REALLY VERY DISHONEST BUT SHE FELT SO HAPPY THIS MORNING THAT SHE LOVED THE WHOLE WORLD AND OF COURSE TOM CAME IN WITH THE OTHERS SHE LOOKED VERY KINDLY AT HIM AND HE WAS SO AFFECTED THAT A GREAT LUMP CAME IN HIS THROAT AND HE COULD NOT SPEAK LIZA'S EYES TURNED TO JIM'S HOUSE AND SHE SAW COMING OUT OF THE DOOR A GIRL OF ABOUT HER OWN AGE SHE FANCIED SHE SAW IN HER SON LIKENESS TO JIM SAY TOM SHE ASKED THAT AIN'T BLAKESTON'S DOOR IS IT YES THAT'S IT I'LL GO AND SPEAK TO HER SAID LIZA LEAVING TOM AND GOING OVER THE ROAD YOU'RE POLLY BLAKESTON AIN'T YOU SHE SAID THAT'S ME SAID THE GIRL I THOUGHT YOU WAS YOU DAD HE SAYS TO ME YOU DON'T KNOW MY DAUGHTER POLLY DO YOU
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