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'Mornin'!' he said again, as she stopped and looked at him. 'Well, yer needn't look as if I was goin' ter eat yer up, 'cause I ain't,' he said. ''Oo are you? I'm not afeard of yer.' 'Wot are yer so bloomin' red abaht?' he asked pointedly. 'Well, I'm 'ot.' 'You ain't shirty 'cause I kissed yer last night?' 'I'm not shirty; but it was pretty cool, considerin' like as I didn't know yer.' 'Well, you run into my arms.' 'Thet I didn't; you run aht and caught me.' 'An' kissed yer before you could say "Jack Robinson".' He laughed at the thought. MORNING HE SAID AGAIN AS SHE STOPPED AND LOOKED AT HIM WELL YOU NEEDN'T LOOK AS IF I WAS GOIN TO EAT YER UP CAUSE I AIN'T HE SAID WHO ARE YEH I'M NOT AFRAID OF YER WHAT ARE YOU SO BLOOMIN RED ABOUT HE ASKED POINTEDLY WELL I'M LOT I AIN'T SURE CAUSE I KISSED YE LAST NIGHT I'M NOT SURE BUT IT WAS PRETTY COOL CONSIDERING LIZ I DIDN'T KNOW YER WELL YOU RAN INTO MY ARMS THAT I DIDN'T YOU RAN OUT AND CAUGHT ME AND KISSED YOU BEFORE YOU COULD SAY JACK ROBINSON HE LAUGHED AT THE THOUGHT
r company. 'Good old Liza,' they would say, as she left them, 'she's a rare good sort, ain't she?' She asked after the aches and pains of all the old people, and delicately inquired after the babies, past and future; the children hung on to her skirts and asked her to play with them, and she would hold one end of the rope while tiny little ragged girls skipped, invariably entangling themselves after two jumps. She had nearly reached home, when she heard a voice cry: 'Mornin'!' She looked round and recognized the man whom Tom had told her was called Jim Blakeston. He was sitting on a stool at the door of one of the houses, playing with two young children, to whom he was giving rides on his knee. She remembered his heavy brown beard from the day before, and she had also an impression of great size; she noticed this morning that he was, in fact, a big man, tall and broad, and she saw besides that he had large, masculine features and pleasant brown eyes. She supposed him to be about forty. R AND WAS GLAD TO HAVE HER COMPANY GOOD OLD LIZA THEY WOULD SAY AS IF SHE LEFT THEM SHE'S A RARE GOOD SOUL AIN'T SHE SHE ASKED AFTER THE ACHES AND PAINS OF ALL THE OLD PEOPLE AND DELICATELY INQUIRED AFTER THE BABIES PAST AND FUTURE THE CHILDREN HUNG ON TO HER SKIRTS AND ASKED HER TO PLAY WITH THEM AND SHE WOULD HOLD ONE END OF THE ROPE WHILE TINY LITTLE RAGGED GIRLS SKIPPED INVARIABLY ENTANGLING THEMSELVES AFTER TWO JUMPS SHE HAD VERY NEARLY REACHED HOME WHEN SHE HEARD A VOICE CRY MORNING SHE LOOKED ROUND AND RECOGNIZED THE MAN WHOM TOM HAD TOLD HER WAS CALLED JIM BLAKESTONE HE WAS SITTING ON A STOOL AT THE DOOR OF ONE OF THE HOUSES PLAYING WITH TWO YOUNG CHILDREN TO WHOM HE WAS GIVING RIDES ON HIS KNEE SHE REMEMBERED HIS HEAVY BROWN BEARD FROM THE DAY BEFORE AND SHE HAD ALSO AN IMPRESSION OF GREAT SIZE SHE NOTICED THIS MORNING THAT HE WAS IN FACT A BIG MAN TALL AND BROAD AND SHE SAW BESIDES THAT HE HAD LARGE MASCULINE FEATURES AND PLEASANT BROWN EYES SHE SUPPOSED HIM TO BE ABOUT FORTY
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