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'Well, mother,' said Liza, 'your rheumatics was all right yesterday.' 'I know wot you was doin'; you was showin' off thet new dress of yours. Pretty waste of money thet is, instead of givin' it me ter sive up. An' for the matter of thet, I wanted a new dress far worse than you did. But, of course, I don't matter.' WELL MOTHER SAID LIZA YOUR RHEUMATICS WAS ALL RIGHT YESTERDAY I KNOW WHAT YOU WAS DOING YOU WAS SHOWING OFF THAT NEW DRESS OF YOURS PRETTY WASTE OF MONEY THAT IS INSTEAD OF GIVING IT TO ME TO SAVE UP AND FOR THE MATTER OF THAT I WANTED A NEW DRESS FAR WORSE THAN YOU DID BUT OF COURSE I DON'T MATTER
rey hair brushed tight back over her forehead. She had been a widow for many years, and since her husband's death had lived with Liza in the ground-floor front room in which they were now sitting. Her husband had been a soldier, and from a grateful country she received a pension large enough to keep her from starvation, and by charring and doing such odd jobs as she could get she earned a little extra to supply herself with liquor. Liza was able to make her own living by working at a factory. Mrs. Kemp was rather sulky this evening. 'Wot was yer doin' this afternoon, Liza?' she asked. 'I was in the street.' 'You're always in the street when I want yer.' 'I didn't know as 'ow yer wanted me, mother,' answered Liza. 'Well, yer might 'ave come ter see! I might 'ave been dead, for all you knew.' Liza said nothing. 'My rheumatics was thet bad to-dy, thet I didn't know wot ter do with myself. The doctor said I was to be rubbed with that stuff 'e give me, but yer won't never do nothin' for me. D RATHER STOUT WITH A RED FACE AND GREY HAIR BRUSHED TIGHT BACK OVER HER FOREHEAD SHE HAD BEEN A WIDOW FOR MANY YEARS AND SINCE HER HUSBAND'S DEATH HAD LIVED WITH LIZA IN THE GRAND FLOOR FRONT ROOM IN WHICH THEY WERE NOW SITTING HER HUSBAND HAD BEEN A SOLDIER AND FROM A GRATEFUL COUNTRY SHE RECEIVED A PENSION LARGE ENOUGH TO KEEP HER FROM STARVATION AND BY CHARING AND DOING SUCH ODD JOBS AS SHE COULD GET SHE EARNED A LITTLE EXTRA TO SUPPLY HERSELF WITH LIQUOR LIZA WAS ABLE TO MAKE HER OWN LIVING BY WORKING AT A FACTORY MISSUS KEMP WAS RATHER SULKY THIS EVENING WHAT WAS HE DOING THIS AFTERNOON LIZA SHE ASKED I WAS IN THE STREET YOU'RE ALWAYS IN THE STREET WHEN I WANT YOU I DIDN'T KNOW AS HOW YOU WANTED ME MOTHER ANSWERED LIZA WELL YOU MIGHT COME TO SEE ME I MIGHT HAVE BEEN DEAD FOR ALL YOU KNEW LIZA SAID NOTHING MY RHEUMATICS WAS THAT BAD TO DAY THOUGH I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH MYSELF THE DOCTOR SAID I WAS TO BE ROBBED WITH THAT STUFF YOU GIVE ME BUT YOU WON'T NEVER DO NOTHING FOR ME
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