He
promised me faithful as he'd come 'ome to-night, and I thought--
it's only somethink as got into my 'ed to-day, Miss Snowdon.'
'But hasn't he been coming home since I saw you last?'
'He did just once, an' then it was all the old ways again. I did
what you told me; I did, as sure as I'm a-standin' 'ere! I made the
room so clean you wouldn't have believed; I scrubbed the floor an'
the table, an' I washed the winders--you can see they ain't dirty
yet. An' he'd never a' paid a bit o' notice if I hadn't told him, He
was jolly enough for one night, just like he can be when he likes.
But I knew as it wouldn't last, an' the next night he was off with a
lot o' fellers an' girls, same as ever. I didn't make no row when he
came 'ome; I wish I may die if I said a word to set his back up! An'
I've gone on just the same all the week; we haven't had not the
least bit of a row; so you see I kep' my promise. But it's no good;
he won't come 'ome; he's always got fellers an' girls to go round
with. He took his hoath as he'd come back to-night, an' then it come
into my 'ed as I'd put my best things on, just to--you know what I
mean, Miss Snowdon.
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