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'Me?' answered Liza, putting her hand up as if in ignorance. 'Nothin' thet I knows of.' Two or three young men were standing by, and hearing the girl, looked up. ME ANSWERED LIZA PUTTING HER HAND UP AS IF IN IGNORANCE NOTHING THAT I KNOWS OF TWO OR THREE YOUNG MEN WERE STANDING BY AND HEARING THE GIRL LOOKED UP
nother bloomin' row with the missus ter-night, an' then when I didn't find you 'ere, an' I kept witin' an' witin'--well, I fair downright lost my 'air. An' I 'ad two or three pints of four 'alf, an'--well, I dunno--' 'Never mind, old cock. I can stand more than thet as long as yer loves me.' He kissed her and they were quite friends again. But the little quarrel had another effect which was worse for Liza. When she woke up next morning she noticed a slight soreness over the ridge of bone under the left eye, and on looking in the glass saw that it was black and blue and green. She bathed it, but it remained, and seemed to get more marked. She was terrified lest people should see it, and kept indoors all day; but next morning it was blacker than ever. She went to the factory with her hat over her eyes and her head bent down; she escaped observation, but on the way home she was not so lucky. The sharp eyes of some girls noticed it first. 'Wot's the matter with yer eye?' asked one of them. OT HUMBLE HIMSELF ENOUGH I HAD ANOTHER BLOOMIN ROW WITH THE MISSES TO NIGHT THEN WHEN I DIDN'T FIND YOU HERE AND I KEPT WAITIN AND WAITIN WELL I FARED DOWNRIGHT LOST MY AIR THE TWO OR THREE PINTS ARE FOUR OFF AND WELL I DUNNO NEVER MIND OLD COCK I CAN STAND MORE THAN THAT AS LONG AS HE LOVES ME HE KISSED HER AND THEY WERE QUITE FRIENDS AGAIN BUT THE LITTLE QUARREL HAD ANOTHER EFFECT WHICH WAS WORSE FOR LIZA WHEN SHE WOKE UP THE NEXT MORNING SHE NOTICED A SLIGHT SORENESS OVER THE RIDGE OF THE BONE UNDER THE LEFT EYE AND ON LOOKING IN THE GLASS SAW THAT IT WAS BLACK AND BLUE AND GREEN SHE BATHED IT BUT IT REMAINED AND SEEMED TO GET MORE MARKED SHE WAS TERRIFIED LEST PEOPLE SHOULD SEE IT AND KEPT INDOORS ALL DAY BUT NEXT MORNING IT WAS BLACKER THAN EVER SHE WENT TO THE FACTORY WITH A HAT OVER HER EYES AND HER HEAD BENT DOWN SHE ESCAPED OBSERVATION BUT ON THE WAY HOME SHE WAS NOT SO LUCKY THE SHARP EYES OF SOME OF THE GIRLS NOTICED AT FIRST WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH YOUR EYE ASKED ONE OF THEM
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