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'Go on, John,' said the wife. 'No, I ain't goin'; I shan't do no good, an' 'e'll only round on me.' 'Well, you are a bloomin' lot of cowards, thet's all I can say,' indignantly answered the wife. GO ON JOHN SAID THE WIFE NO I AIN'T GOING I SHA'N'T DO NO GOOD AND I'LL ONLY ROUND ON ME WELL YOU ARE A BLOOMIN LOT OF COWARDS THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY INDIGNANTLY ANSWERED THE WIFE
tairs to the first-floor front, where two men and two women were sitting at tea. 'Oh, come an' stop father!' she cried. ''E's killin' mother!' 'Why, wot's 'e doin'?' 'Oh, 'e's got 'er on the floor, an' 'e's bangin' 'er 'ead. 'E's payin' 'er aht for givin' Liza Kemp a 'idin'.' One of the women started up and said to her husband: 'Come on, John, you go an' stop it.' 'Don't you, John,' said the other man. 'When a man's givin' 'is wife socks it's best not ter interfere.' 'But 'e's killin' 'er,' repeated Polly, trembling with fright. 'Garn!' rejoined the man, 'she'll git over it; an' p'raps she deserves it, for all you know.' John sat undecided, looking now at Polly, now at his wife, and now at the other man. 'Oh, do be quick--for God's sike!' said Polly. At that moment a sound as of something smashing was heard upstairs, and a woman's shriek. Mrs. Blakeston, in an effort to tear herself away from her husband, had knocked up against the wash-hand stand, and the whole thing had crashed down.  BACK TAKE THAT POLLY RAN OUT OF THE ROOM DOWNSTAIRS TO THE FIRST FLOOR FRONT WHERE TWO MEN AND TWO WOMEN WERE SITTING AT TEA I'LL COME AND STOP FATHER SHE CRIED HE'S KILLING MOTHER WHY WHAT'S HE DOING OH HE'S GOT HER ON THE FLOOR AND HE'S BANGING HER HEAD HIS PAYING HER OUT FOR GIVING LIZA KEMP AND HIDING ONE OF THE WOMEN STARTED UP AND SAID TO HER HUSBAND COME ON JOHN YOU GO AND STOP IT DON'T YOU JOHN SAID THE OTHER MAN WHEN A MAN'S GIVEN HIS WIFE'S SOCKS IT'S BEST NOT TO INTERFERE BUT BUT HE'S KILLING HER REPEATED POLLY TREMBLING WITH FRIGHT GONE REJOINED THE MAN SHE'LL GET OVER IT AND PERHAPS SHE DESERVES IT TOO FOR ALL YOU KNOW JOHN SAT UNDECIDED LOOKING NOW AT POLLY NOW AT HIS WIFE AND NOW AT THE OTHER MAN I'LL DO BE QUICK FOR GOD'S SAKE SAID POLLY AT THAT MOMENT A SOUND AS OF SOMETHING SMASHING WAS HEARD UPSTAIRS AND A WOMAN'S SHRIEK MISSUS BLAKESTON IN AN EFFORT TO TEAR HERSELF AWAY FROM HER HUSBAND HAD KNOCKED UP AGAINST THE WASH HAND STAND AND THE WHOLE THING HAD CRASHED DOWN
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