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And so she sat between them till they reached the 'Red Lion' in the Westminster Bridge Road, and Tom said to himself: 'I believe she does care for me after all.' AND SO SHE SAT BETWEEN THEM TILL THEY REACHED THE RED LINE IN THE WESTMINSTER BRIDGE ROAD AND TOM SAID TO HIMSELF I BELIEVE SHE DOES CARE FOR ME AFTER ALL
inst one another, slumbering quite peacefully. The night was beautiful, the sky still blue, very dark, scattered over with countless brilliant stars, and Liza, as she looked up at the heavens, felt a certain emotion, as if she wished to be taken in someone's arms, or feel some strong man's caress; and there was in her heart a strange sensation as though it were growing big. She stopped speaking, and all four were silent. Then slowly she felt Tom's arm steal round her waist, cautiously, as though it were afraid of being there; this time both she and Tom were happy. But suddenly there was a movement on the other side of her, a hand was advanced along her leg, and her hand was grasped and gently pressed. It was Jim Blakeston. She started a little and began trembling so that Tom noticed it, and whispered: 'You're cold, Liza.' 'Na, I'm not, Tom; it's only a sort of shiver thet went through me.' His arm gave her waist a squeeze, and at the same time the big rough hand pressed her little one. D HER YOUNG MAN WERE LEANING UP AGAINST ONE ANOTHER SLUMBERING QUITE PEACEFULLY THE NIGHT WAS BEAUTIFUL THE SKY STILL BLUE VERY DARK SCATTERED OVER WITH COUNTLESS BRILLIANT STARS AND LIZA AS SHE LOOKED UP AT THE HEAVENS FELT A CERTAIN EMOTION AS IF SHE WISHED TO BE TAKEN IN SOMEONE'S ARMS OR FEEL SOME STRONG MAN'S CARESS AND THERE WAS IN HER HEART A STRANGE SENSATION AS THOUGH IT WERE GROWING BIG SHE STOPPED SPEAKING AND ALL FOUR WERE SILENT THEN SLOWLY SHE FELT TOM'S ARM STEAL ROUND HER WAIST CAUTIOUSLY AS THOUGH IT WERE AFRAID OF BEING THERE THIS TIME BOTH SHE AND TOM WERE HAPPY BUT SUDDENLY THERE WAS A MOVEMENT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF HER A HAND WAS ADVANCED ALONG HER LEG AND HER HAND WAS GRASPED AND GENTLY PRESSED IT WAS JIM BLAKESTON SHE STARTED A LITTLE AND BEGAN TREMBLING SO THAT TOM NOTICED IT AND WHISPERED YOU'RE COLD LIZA NOW I'M NOT TOM IT'S ONLY A SORT OF SHIVER THAT WENT THROUGH ME HIS ARM GAVE HER WAIST A SQUEEZE AND AT THE SAME TIME THE BIG ROUGH HAND PRESSED HER LITTLE ONE
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