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Wysłany: Czw 4:35, 17 Lut 2011 Temat postu: he said.
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warm now?"
Why do you bother yourself?
Idon'tbothermyself―doyoufollowhimbecauseyoulikehim?
He
put it very timidly. He wanted to know.
Idon't―Iwishhewasdeadthiswithbittercontempt.Thendog-
gedly; But he's my husband.
He gave a short laugh.
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he said.
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Againafter a while: "Have you been married long?"
Four years.
Four years―whyhow old are you?
Twenty-three.
Are you turned twenty-three?
Last May.
Thenyou'refourmontholderthanme.
Hemusedoverit.Theywere
only two voices in the pitch-black night. It was eerie silence again.
And do you just tramp about?
he asked.
Hereckonshe'slookingforajob.Buthedoesn'tlikeworkinany
shapeorform.HewasastablemanwhenImarriedhimatGreenhalgh's
thehorse-dealersatChesterfieldwhereIwashousemaid.Heleftthat
jobwhenthebabywasonlytwomonthandI'vebeenbadgeredabout
from pillar to post ever sin'. They say a rolling stone gathers no moss…
An' where's the baby?
It died when it was ten month old.
Nowthesilencewasclinchedbetweenthem.Itwasquitealongtime
beforeGeoffreyventuredtosaysympathetically:"Youhaven'tmuchto
look forward to."
I'vewishedmanyascoretimewhenI'vestartedshiverin'an'shakin'
atnightsasIwastakenbadfordeath.Butwe'renotthathandyat
dying.
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