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'Well, I am sorry, mother; but I went aht just for a bit, an' didn't think you'd wike. An' besides, the fire wasn't alight.' WELL I AM SORRY MOTHER WHAT WENT OUT JUST FOR A BIT AND DIDN'T THINK YOU'D WAKE AND BESIDES THE FIRE WASN'T ALIGHT
ot see him, she said: 'I think I'll be off 'ome an' see 'ow mother's gettin' on.' And before Polly could say anything she had slipped away and entered her own house. Mother was not getting on at all well. 'You've come in at last, you ----, you!' snarled Mrs. Kemp, as Liza entered the room. 'Wot's the matter, mother?' 'Matter! I like thet--matter indeed! Go an' matter yerself an' be mattered! Nice way ter treat an old woman like me--an' yer own mother, too!' 'Wot's up now?' 'Don't talk ter me; I don't want ter listen ter you. Leavin' me all alone, me with my rheumatics, an' the neuralgy! I've 'ad the neuralgy all the mornin', and my 'ead's been simply splittin', so thet I thought the bones 'ud come apart and all my brains go streamin' on the floor. An' when I wake up there's no one ter git my tea for me, an' I lay there witin' an' witin', an' at last I 'ad ter git up and mike it myself. And, my 'ead simply cruel! Why, I might 'ave been burnt ter death with the fire alight an' me asleep.  OF SHAME CAME OVER HER CASTING DOWN HER HEAD SO THAT SHE MIGHT NOT SEE HIM SHE SAID I THINK I'LL BE OFF HOME AND SEE HOW MOTHER'S GETTING ON AND BEFORE POLLY COULD SAY ANYTHING SHE HAD SLIPPED AWAY AND ENTERED HER OWN HOUSE MOTHER WAS NOT GETTING ON AT ALL WELL YOU'VE COME IN AT LAST YOU YOU SNARLED MISSUS KEMP AS LIZA ENTERED THE ROOM WHAT'S THE MATTER MOTHER MATTER MA I LIKE THAT MATTER INDEED GO AND MAT YOURSELF AND BE MATED NICE WAY TO TREAT AN OLD WOMAN LIKE ME AND YOUR OWN MOTHER TOO WHAT'S UP NOW DON'T TALK TO ME I DON'T WANT TO LISTEN TO YOU LEAVIN ME ALL ALONE ME WITH MY RHEUMATICS AND THE NEURALGIE I'VE HAD THE NEURAL YI ALL MORNING MY HEAD'S BEEN SIMPLY SPLIT IN SO THAT I THOUGHT THE BONES UD COME APART AND ALL MY BRAINS GO STREAMING ON THE FLOOR AND WHEN I WAKE UP THERE'S NO ONE TO GET MY TEA FOR ME AND I LAY THERE WAITIN AN WAITIN AND AT LAST I HAD TO GET UP AND MAKE IT MYSELF AND MY HEAD'S SIMPLY CRUEL WHY AM I HAVE BEEN BURNED TO DEATH WITH THE FIRE ALIGHT AND ME ASLEEP
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