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'Never mind, old chap!' Liza would answer, herself half crying, 'it can't be 'elped, so we must jolly well lump it.' But notwithstanding all their precautions people in Vere Street appeared to know. NEVER MIND OLD CHAP LIZA WOULD ANSWER HERSELF HALF CRYING IT CAN'T BE HELPED SO WE MUST JOLLY WELL LUMP IT BUT NOTWITHSTANDING ALL THEIR PRECAUTIONS PEOPLE IN VERER STREET APPEARED TO KNOW
ly gave a little laugh of pleasure and delight. They hardly spoke at all through these evenings, for what had they to say to one another? Often without exchanging a word they would sit for an hour with their faces touching, the one feeling on his cheek the hot breath from the other's mouth; while at the end of the time the only motion was an upraising of Liza's lips, a bending down of Jim's, so that they might meet and kiss. Sometimes Liza fell into a light doze, and Jim would sit very still for fear of waking her, and when she roused herself she would smile, while he bent down again and kissed her. They were very happy. But the hours passed by so quickly, that Big Ben striking twelve came upon them as a surprise, and unwillingly they got up and made their way homewards; their partings were never ending--each evening Jim refused to let her go from his arms, and tears stood in his eyes at the thought of the separation. 'I'd give somethin',' he would say, 'if we could be togither always. ESSED VERY CLOSE TO HIM AND OCCASIONALLY GAVE A LITTLE LAUGH OF PLEASURE AND DELIGHT THEY HARDLY SPOKE AT ALL THROUGH THESE EVENINGS FOR WHAT HAD THEY TO SAY TO ONE ANOTHER OFTEN WITHOUT EXCHANGING A WORD THEY WOULD SIT FOR AN HOUR THEIR FACES TOUCHING THE ONE FEELING ON HIS CHEEK THE HOT BREATH FROM THE OTHER'S MOUTH WHILE AT THE END OF THE TIME THE ONLY MOTION WAS AN UPRAISING OF LIZA'S LIPS A BENDING DOWN OF GINS SO THAT THEY MIGHT MEET AND KISS SOMETIMES LIZA FELL INTO A LIGHT DOZE AND JIM WOULD SIT VERY STILL FOR FEAR OF WAKING HER AND WHEN SHE ROUSED HERSELF SHE WOULD SMILE WHILE HE BENT DOWN AGAIN AND KISSED HER THEY WERE VERY HAPPY THE HOURS PASSED BY SO QUICKLY THAT BIG BENS STRIKING TWELVE CAME UPON THEM AS A SURPRISE AND UNWILLINGLY THEY GOT UP AND MADE THEIR WAY HOMEWARDS THEIR PARTINGS WERE NEVER ENDING EACH EVENING JIM REFUSED TO LET HER GO FROM HIS ARMS AND TEARS STOOD IN HIS EYES AT THE THOUGHT OF SEPARATION I'D GIVE SOMETHING HE WOULD SAY IF WE COULD BE TOGETHER ALWAYS
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