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I don't care wot other people sy, but wot I says is, there's nothin' like marriage. Never a cross word passes his lips, an' mother 'as all 'er meals with us an' 'e says all the better. Well I'm thet 'appy I simply dunno if I'm standin' on my 'ead or on my 'eels.' But alas! it did not last too long. I DON'T CARE WHAT OTHER PEOPLE SAY BUT WHAT I SAYS IS THERE'S NOTHING LIKE MARRIAGE NEVER A CROSS WORD PASSES HIS LIPS AND MOTHER HAS ALL HER MEALS WITH US AND HE SAYS ALL THE BETTER 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
d him so cordially, but she was too proud to go to him herself and beg him to forgive her--and then how could he forgive her? She had lost Sally too, for on her marriage Harry had made her give up the factory; he was a young man with principles worthy of a Member of Parliament, and he had said: 'A woman's plice is 'er 'ome, an' if 'er old man can't afford ter keep 'er without 'er workin' in a factory--well, all I can say is thet 'e'd better go an' git single.' 'Quite right, too,' agreed his mother-in-law; 'an' wot's more, she'll 'ave a baby ter look after soon, an' thet'll tike 'er all 'er time, an' there's no one as knows thet better than me, for I've 'ad twelve, ter sy nothin' of two stills an' one miss.' Liza quite envied Sally her happiness, for the bride was brimming over with song and laughter; her happiness overwhelmed her. 'I am 'appy,' she said to Liza one day a few weeks after her marriage. 'You dunno wot a good sort 'Arry is. 'E's just a darlin', an' there's no mistikin' it. ADE SOME ADVANCE SHE WOULD HAVE WELCOMED HIM SO CORDIALLY BUT SHE WAS TOO PROUD TO GO TO HIM HERSELF AND BEG HIM TO FORGIVE HER AND THEN HOW COULD HE FORGIVE HER SHE HAD LOST SALLIE TOO FOR ON HER MARRIAGE HARRY HAD MADE HER GIVE UP THE FACTORY HE WAS A YOUNG MAN WITH PRINCIPLES WORTHY OF A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT AND HE HAD SAID A WOMAN'S PLACE IS HER OWN AND IF HER OLD MAN CAN'T AFFORD TO KEEP HER WITHOUT MY WORKIN IN A FACTORY WELL ALL I CAN SAY IS THAT YOU DON'T GO AND GET SINGLE QUITE RIGHT TOO AGREED HIS MOTHER IN LAW AND WHAT'S MORE SHE'LL HAVE A BABY TO LOOK AFTER SOON AND THAT WILL TAKE HER ALL HER TIME AND THERE'S NO ONE AS KNOWS THAT BETTER THAN ME FOR I'VE HAD TWELVE TO SAY NOTHIN OF TWO STILLS AND ONE MISS LIZA QUITE ENVIED SALLIE HER HAPPINESS FOR THE BRIDE WAS BRIMMING OVER WITH SONG AND LAUGHTER HER HAPPINESS OVERWHELMED HER I AM HAPPY SHE SAID TO LIZA ONE DAY A FEW WEEKS AFTER HER MARRIAGE YOU DUNNO WHAT A GOOD SORT AIRY IS HE'S JUST A DARLING AND THERE'S NO MISTAKE IN IT
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