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'It's too bloomin' slow,' she said again; 'it gives me the sick. Let's 'ave somethin' a bit more lively than this 'ere waltz. You stand over there, Sally, an' we'll show 'em 'ow ter skirt dance.' They all stopped waltzing. 'Talk of the ballet at the Canterbury and South London. You just wite till you see the ballet at Vere Street, Lambeth  we'll knock 'em!' IT'S TOO BLOOMIN SLOW SHE SAID AGAIN IT GIVES ME THE SICK LET'S HAVE SOMETHING A BIT MORE LIVELY THAN THIS HERE WALTZ YOU STAND OVER THERE SALLY AND WE'LL SHOW HIM OUT OF SKIRT TARTS THEY ALL STOPPED WALTZING TALK OF THE BALLET AT THE CANTERBURNE SOUTH LONDON YOU JUST WAIT TILL YOU SEE THE BALLET AT VERE STREET LAMBETH WE'LL KNOCK EM
fore; but Liza outdid them all; if the others were as stately as queens, she was as stately as an empress; the gravity and dignity with which she waltzed were something appalling, you felt that the minuet was a frolic in comparison; it would have been a fitting measure to tread round the grave of a _première danseuse_, or at the funeral of a professional humorist. And the graces she put on, the languor of the eyes, the contemptuous curl of the lips, the exquisite turn of the hand, the dainty arching of the foot! You felt there could be no questioning her right to the tyranny of Vere Street. Suddenly she stopped short, and disengaged herself from her companion. 'Oh, I sy,' she said, 'this is too bloomin' slow; it gives me the sick.' That is not precisely what she said, but it is impossible always to give the exact unexpurgated words of Liza and the other personages of the story, the reader is therefore entreated with his thoughts to piece out the necessary imperfections of the dialogue. ND WITH THE SAME SOLEMNITY AS BEFORE BUT LIZA OUTDID THE MORE IF THE OTHERS WERE AS STATELY AS QUEENS SHE WAS AS STATELY AS AN EMPRESS THE GRAVITY AND DIGNITY WITH WHICH SHE WALTZ WERE SOMETHING APPALLING YOU FELT THAT THE MINUET WAS A FROLIC IN COMPARISON IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A FITTING MEASURE TO TREAD ROUND THE GRAVE OF HER PREMIER DANCEURS OR AT THE FUNERAL OF A PROFESSIONAL HUMORIST AND THE GRACES SHE PUT ON THE LANGUOR OF THE EYES THE CONTEMPTUOUS CURL OF THE LIPS THE EXQUISITE TURN OF THE HAND THE DAINTY ARCHING OF THE FOOT HE FELT THERE COULD BE NO QUESTIONING HER RIGHT TO THE TYRANNY OF VERE STREET SUDDENLY SHE STOPPED SHORT AND DISENGAGED HERSELF FROM HER COMPANION WHO I SAY SHE SAID THIS IS TO BLOOMIN SLOW IT GIVES ME THE SICK THAT IS NOT PRECISELY WHAT SHE SAID BUT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE ALWAYS TO GIVE THE EXACT UNEXPURGATED WORDS OF LIZA AND THE OTHER PERSONAGES OF THE STORY THE READER IS THEREFORE ENTREATED WITH HIS THOUGHTS TO PIECE OUT THE NECESSARY IMPERFECTIONS OF THE DIALOGUE
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