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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.' 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
s a cross at yer birth, an' you've been a cross ever since. An' now in my old age, when I've worked myself ter the bone, yer leaves me to starve and burn to death.' Here she began to cry, and the rest of her utterances was lost in sobs. * * * * * The dusk had darkened into night, and Mrs. Kemp had retired to rest with the dicky-birds. Liza was thinking of many things; she wondered why she had been unwilling to meet Jim in the morning. 'I was a bally fool,' she said to herself. It really seemed an age since the previous night, and all that had happened 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, 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. TH ALL THE OTHER CHILDREN PUT TOGETHER YOU WAS ACROSS AT YOUR BERTH AND YOU'VE BEEN A CROSS EVER SINCE AND NOW IN MY OLD AGE WHEN I'VE WORKED MYSELF TO THE BONE IT LEAVES ME TO STARVE AND BURN TO DEATH HERE SHE BEGAN TO CRY AND THE REST OF HER UTTERANCES WAS LOST IN SOBS THE DUSK HAD DARKENED INTO NIGHT AND MISSUS KEMP HAD RETIRED TO REST WITH THE DICKY BIRDS ELIZA WAS THINKING OF MANY THINGS SHE WONDERED WHY SHE'D BEEN UNWILLING TO MEET JIM IN THE MORNING I WAS A BALLY FOOL SHE SAID TO HERSELF IT REALLY SEEMED AN AGE SINCE THE PREVIOUS NIGHT AND ALL THAT HAD HAPPENED 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
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