Liza of Lambeth

shed she had reserved her new dress, and had still before her the sensation of a first appearance in it. With a sigh she put on her ordinary everyday working dress, and p

. 'I've got the neuralgy again, wot shall I do? I dunno 'ow it is, but it always com

go to the 'ors

baht, and lookin' at yer, and then they tells yer ter leave off beer and spirrits. Well, wot I say

ready and doin' all the 'ouse-work, and goin' aht charring besides-well, I says, if I don't

read-and-butter a

he grate a cleanin', an' my boots'd do with a bit of polishin

silent for a

Liza. My rheumatics is bad. You can put

ay where you are, an' I'

r me when you was young, and considerin' thet when you was born the doctor thoug

t awy,' answere

asked h

it'll b

e's t

riven into

ant ter know

; d'you think I want

not t

won't you

when only one perso

a whirlwind of passion. She raised herself and sat up i

s picturesque, but too forcible for reproduction. 'You think I'd steal it

'when I've told yer before,

d'yer

got

can I? Anyone can come i

they can't, can the

p shook

ght ter give it me every week instead of savin' it up and spendin' it on

little bit saved up, we should be rath

Tuesday, and Liza had to keep thin

Saturday when I come 'ome with my wiges, I give it 'er every farthin'. That's wot a daughter ought ter do. I can say this for myself, I be'

eration; she held her to

p to in the street with all those men. No good, I'll be bound

dy began to cry, and Liza slipped o

of the opposite house was

as she saw him. 'Wot

you ter come aht,

ed at hi

yer ter-day, if thet's

n' yer, Liza-after wot yo

tle sad, and she fe

ak ter me, didn't yer, To

ay off ter-morr

liday. Y

from the "Red Lion" that's goin' down t

' she

at her d

regular beeno; there's only goin' t

I c

y n

-I ain't got

n't yer com

yer; I can't d

ll, Liza; it wou

come aht with yer, and then mean nothin'

y,' he said, ve

company with you-after

y it a bit wit

se, Tom. You'll do w

of her friend Sally. Having arrived in front of it, she

I! 'I!

llows standing

I! 'I!

Liza, looking

men imitated her, and half a dozen took it up, so th

I! 'I!

window, and Liza, taking o

n dahn,

!' shouted the ot

mas!' was Li

the passage, threw herself on to her friend. They began foolin

kissing her and pressing her, wi

et!' replied Sal

s your lidys

-'fust class; and is your

Liza, 'but my royal 'ighne

h set wide apart, which looked as if they could masticate an iron bar. She was dressed like Liza, in a shortish black skirt and an old-fashioned b

for?' asked Liza, pointing to the curl-pap

ng ter stay

for,

ter tike me ter Ch

e "Red Lio

re you

N

round Tom? 'E'll tike yer, a

go with 'im, b

e bob-w

eping compa

e gone with 'i

oin' with 'Ar

us

e goin' to

ht a

go with Tom, and t

you are

he went slowly, for she knew every dweller in the street, and as she passed the groups sitting at their doors, as on the previous evening, but this time mostly engaged in peeling potatoes or

t and future; the children hung on to her skirts and asked her to play with them, and she would hold one

ched home, when sh

rni

hildren, to whom he was giving rides on his knee. She remembered his heavy brown beard from the day before, and she had also an impression of great size; she noticed this m

again, as she stopp

if I was goin' ter eat yer

? I'm not af

oomin' red abaht?'

, I'm

y 'cause I kisse

s pretty cool, considerin'

u run int

; you run aht

ght. 'Well, Liza,' he went on, 'seein' as 'ow I kissed yer against yer will,

g at him, open-mouthed.

or the riding, which had been d

your kids?

em's two

y 'ave y

the next one 'oo's a boy's twelve, an

got enough f

or me-and m

, laughing, 'thet's

m good morning,

ound her and beg her to join them in their game of cricket. They

ng to disengage herself. 'I'

small boy. 'Why, they always co

id Liza, somewhat inelegan

nd the neck they dragged her down, and all three struggled on the ground, rolling over and over; the other boys thr

g the boys with it, using all the time the most lively expressions. Then, having clea