Liza of Lambeth by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham
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page 27 of 169 (15%)
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'An' 'ow does your lidyship ter-day?'
'Oh!'--with immense languor--'fust class; and is your royal 'ighness quite well?' 'I deeply regret,' answered Liza, 'but my royal 'ighness 'as got the collywobbles.' Sally was a small, thin girl, with sandy hair and blue eyes, and a very freckled complexion. She had an enormous mouth, with terrible, square teeth 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 bodice, green and grey and yellow with age; her sleeves were tucked up to the elbow, and she wore a singularly dirty apron, that had once been white. 'Wot 'ave you got yer 'air in them things for?' asked Liza, pointing to the curl-papers. 'Goin' aht with yer young man ter-day?' 'No, I'm going ter stay 'ere all day.' 'Wot for, then?' 'Why, 'Arry's going ter tike me ter Chingford ter-morrer.' 'Oh? In the "Red Lion" brake?' 'Yus. Are you goin'?' 'Na!' |
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