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The doctor came. 'D'you think she's bad, doctor?' asked Mrs. Hodges. 'I'm afraid she is rather,' he answered. 'I'll come in again this evening.' 'Oh, doctor,' said Mrs. Kemp, as he was going, 'could yer give me somethin' for my rheumatics? I'm a martyr to rheumatism, an' these cold days I 'ardly knows wot ter do with myself. THE DOCTOR CAME DO YOU THINK SHE'S BAD DOCTOR ASKED MISSUS HODGERS I'M AFRAID SHE IS RATHER HE ANSWERED I'LL COME IN AGAIN THIS EVENING OH DOCTOR SAID MISSUS KEMP AS HE WAS GOING COULD YOU GIVE ME SOMETHING FOR MY RHEUMATICS I'M A MARTYR TO RHEUMATISM AND THESE COLD DAYS HARDLY KNOWS WHAT TO DO WITH MYSELF
e said, when she had settled down. 'I go aht nursin', yer know, so I know all abaht it.' 'Well, you surprise me,' said Mrs. Kemp. 'I didn't know as Liza was thet way. She never told me nothin' abaht it.' 'D'yer know 'oo it is 'as done it?' 'Now you ask me somethin' I don't know,' replied Mrs. Kemp. 'But now I come ter think of it, it must be thet there Tom. 'E's been keepin' company with Liza. 'E's a single man, so they'll be able ter get married--thet's somethin'.' 'It ain't Tom,' feebly said Liza. 'Not 'im; 'oo is it, then?' Liza did not answer. 'Eh?' repeated the mother, ''oo is it?' Liza lay still without speaking. 'Never mind, Mrs. Kemp,' said Mrs. Hodges, 'don't worry 'er now; you'll be able ter find aht all abaht it when she gits better.' For a while the two women sat still, waiting the doctor's coming, and Liza lay gazing vacantly at the wall, panting for breath. Sometimes Jim crossed her mind, and she opened her mouth to call for him, but in her despair she restrained herself. TRONG ARMED HER NAME WAS MISSUS HODGES IT'S LUCKY IT CAME TO ME SHE SAID WHEN SHE HAD SETTLED DOWN A GALLANT NURSING YOU KNOW SO I KNOW ALL ABOUT IT WELL YOU SURPRISE ME SAID MISSUS KEMP I DIDN'T KNOW AS LIZA WAS THAT WAY SHE NEVER TOLD ME NOTHIN ABOUT IT YOU KNOW WHO IT IS DONE IT NOW YOU ASK ME SOMETHING I DON'T KNOW REPLIED MISSUS KEMP BUT NOW I COME TO THINK OF IT IT MUST BE THAT THERE TOM HE'S BEEN KEEPING COMPANY WITH LIZA HE'S A SINGLE MAN SO THEY'LL BE ABLE TO GET MARRIED THAT'S SOMETHING IT AIN'T TOM FEEBLY SAID LIZA NOT HIM WHO IS IT THEN LIZA DID NOT ANSWER EH REPEATED THE MOTHER WHO IS IT LIZA LAY STILL WITHOUT SPEAKING NEVER MIND MISSUS KEMP SAID MISSUS ODDERS DON'T WORRY HER NOW YOU'LL BE ABLE TO FIND OUT ALL ABOUT IT WHEN SHE GETS BETTER FOR A WHILE THE TWO WOMEN SAT STILL WAITING THE DOCTOR'S COMING AND LIZA LAY GAZING VACANTLY AT THE WALL PANTING FOR BREATH SOMETIMES JIM CROSSED HER MIND AND SHE OPENED HER MOUTH TO CALL FOR HIM BUT IN HER DESPAIR SHE RESTRAINED HERSELF
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