large/11252/lizaoflambeth_1704_librivox_64kb_mp3/lizaoflambeth_08_maugham_64kb_53
large/11252/lizaoflambeth_1704_librivox_64kb_mp3/lizaoflambeth_08_maugham_64kb
English
11252
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.' 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
mixture of red and white ice-cream. On the way back, looking up the street, Polly cried: 'There's father!' Liza's heart beat rapidly and she turned red; but suddenly a sense of shame came over her, and casting down her head so that she might not 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. ED DOWN SIXPENCE AND HAD HER BASIN FILLED WITH A POISONOUS LOOKING MIXTURE OF RED AND WHITE ICE CREAM ON THE WAY BACK LOOKING UP THE STREET POLLY CRIED THERE'S FATHER LIZA'S HEART BEAT RAPIDLY AND SHE TURNED RED BUT SUDDENLY A SENSE 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
large/11252/lizaoflambeth_1704_librivox_64kb_mp3/lizaoflambeth_08_maugham_64kb
file
download/librilight/large/11252/lizaoflambeth_1704_librivox_64kb_mp3/lizaoflambeth_08_maugham_64kb.flac