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"' ''Usbands is cautions, 'owever good they are,' said Mrs. Kemp, aphoristically. 'But I mustn't stay aht 'ere in the night air.' HUSBANDS IS CAUTIONS HOWEVER GOOD THEY ARE SAID MISSUS KEMP APHORISTICALLY BUT I MUSTN'T STAY OUT IN THE NIGHT AIR
', Mrs. Stanley,' she said, politely. 'The sime ter you, Mrs. Kemp.' replied that lady, with equal courtesy. 'An' 'ow is your poor 'ead?' asked Liza's mother, with sympathy. 'Oh, it's been achin' cruel. I've hardly known wot ter do with myself.' 'I'm sure 'e ought ter be ashimed of 'imself for treatin' yer like thet.' 'Oh, it wasn't 'is blows I minded so much, Mrs. Kemp,' replied Mrs. Stanley, 'an' don't you think it. It was wot 'e said ter me. I can stand a blow as well as any woman. I don't mind thet, an' when 'e don't tike a mean advantage of me I can stand up for myself an' give as good as I tike; an' many's the time I give my fust husband a black eye. But the language 'e used, an' the things 'e called me! It made me blush to the roots of my 'air; I'm not used ter bein' spoken ter like thet. I was in good circumstances when my fust 'usband was alive, 'e earned between two an' three pound a week, 'e did. As I said to 'im this mornin', "'Ow a gentleman can use sich language, I dunno. T MOMENT ELIZA'S MOTHER APPEARED ON THE SCENE GOOD EVENING MISSUS STANLEY SHE SAID POLITELY THE SAME TO YOU MISSUS KEMP REPLIED THAT LADY WITH EQUAL COURTESY NOW IS YOUR POOR ED ASKED LIZA'S MOTHER WITH SYMPATHY OH IT'S BEEN ACHE AND CRUEL I'VE HARDLY KNOWN WHAT TO DO WITH MYSELF I'M SURE WE OUGHT TO BE ASHAMED OF HIMSELF FOR TREATING YOU LIKE THAT OH IT WASN'T BLOWS I MINDED SO MUCH MISSUS KEMP REPLIED MISSUS STANLEY AND ONLY THINK IT IT WAS WHAT HE SAID TO ME I CAN STAND A BLOW AS WELL AS ANY WOMAN I DON'T MIND THAT AND WHEN HE DON'T TAKE A MEAN ADVANTAGE OF ME I CAN STAND UP FOR MYSELF AND GIVE AS GOOD AS I TAKE AND MANY'S A TIME I GAVE MY FIRST HUSBAND A BLACK EYE BUT THE LANGUAGE HE USED AND THE THINGS HE CALLED ME IT MADE ME BLUSH TO THE ROOTS OF MY HAIR I'M NOT USED TO BEIN SPOKEN TO LIKE THAT I WAS IN GOOD CIRCUMSTANCES WHEN MY FIRST HUSBAND WAS ALIVE HE EARNED BETWEEN TWO AND THREE POUNDS A WEEK HE DID AS I SAID TO HIM THIS MORNING HOW A GENTLEMAN CAN USE SUCH LANGUAGE I DUNNO
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