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'I shall be tight,' said Liza. 'Thet don't matter,' answered Jim, laughing. 'You ain't got ter go ter work in the mornin' an' you can sleep it aht.' 'Arright, I don't mind if I do then, in for a penny, in for a pound.' I SHALL BE TIGHT SAID LIZA THAT DON'T MATTER ANSWERED JIM LAUGHING YOU AIN'T GOT TO GO TO WORK IN THE MORNING AND YOU CAN SLEEP AIR ALL RIGHT I DON'T MIND IF I DO THEN IN FOR A PENNY IN FOR A POUND
 pressing herself quite close to Jim; 'you are a good sort ter tike me--Jim.' He gave her a little hug, and it struck her that she was sitting just as Sally had done, and, like Sally, she found it 'jam'. The _entr'actes_ were short and the curtain was soon up again, and the comic man raised customary laughter by undressing and exposing his nether garments to the public view; then more tragedy, and the final act with its darkened room, its casting lots, and its explosion. When it was all over and they had got outside Jim smacked his lips and said: 'I could do with a gargle; let's go onto thet pub there.' 'I'm as dry as bone,' said Liza; and so they went. When they got in they discovered they were hungry, and seeing some appetising sausage-rolls, ate of them, and washed them down with a couple of pots of beer; then Jim lit his pipe and they strolled off. They had got quite near the Westminster Bridge Road when Jim suggested that they should go and have one more drink before closing time. IF THEY LIKED IT I AM ENJOYING MYSELF SAID ELIZA PRESSING HERSELF QUITE CLOSE TO JIM YOU ARE A GOOD SORT TO TAKE ME JIM HE GAVE HER A LITTLE HUG AND IT STRUCK HER THAT SHE WAS SITTING JUST AS SALLIE HAD DONE AND LIKE SALLIE SHE FOUND IT JAM THE ENTRETE WAS SHORT AND THE CURTAIN WAS SOON UP AND THE COMIC MAN RAISED CUSTOMARY LAUGHTER BY UNDRESSING AND EXPOSING HIS NETHER GARMENTS TO THE PUBLIC VIEW THEN MORE TRAGEDY AND THE FINAL ACT WITH ITS DARKENED ROOM ITS CASTING LOTS AND ITS EXPLOSION WHEN IT WAS ALL OVER AND THEY HAD GOT OUTSIDE JIM SMACKED HIS LIPS AND SAID I COULD DO WITH A GARGLE LET'S GO INTO THAT PUB THERE I'M AS DRY AS A BONE SAID LIZA AND SO THEY WENT WHEN THEY GOT IN THEY DISCOVERED THEY WERE HUNGRY AND SEEING SOME APPETIZING SAUSAGE ROLLS ATE OF THEM AND WASHED THEM DOWN WITH A COUPLE OF POTS OF BEER THEN JIM LIT HIS PIPE AND THEY STROLLED OFF THEY HAD GOT QUITE NEAR THE WESTMINSTER BRIDGE ROAD WHEN JIM SUGGESTED THEY SHOULD GO AND HAVE ONE MORE DRINK BEFORE CLOSING TIME
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