'Alf the fools in
our street was standing in front of the 'ouse, 'umming like bees, but I
took no notice. I held my 'ead up and walked through them with that
woman trailing arter me.
I was in such a state of mind that I went on like a man in a dream. If
it had ha' been a dream I should ha' pushed 'er under an omnibus, but you
can't do things like that in real life.
"Penny for your thoughts, Bill," she ses. I didn't answer her.
"Why don't you speak to me?" she ses.
"You don't know wot you're asking for," I ses.
I was hungry and sleepy, and 'ow I was going to get through the day I
couldn't think. I went into a pub and 'ad a couple o' pints o' stout and
a crust o' bread and cheese for brekfuss. I don't know wot she 'ad, but
when the barman tried to take for it out o' my money, I surprised 'im.
We walked about till I was ready to drop. Then we got to Victoria Park,
and I 'ad no sooner got on to the grass than I laid down and went
straight off to sleep. It was two o'clock when I woke, and, arter a
couple o' pork-pies and a pint or two, I sat on a seat in the Park
smoking, while she kep' dabbing 'er eyes agin and asking me to come 'ome.
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