[Thyrza by George Gissing]@TWC D-Link bookThyrza CHAPTER XVIII 9/27
But isn't it nice to have sunshine? How that child must be enjoying herself, to be sure! She was almost crazy yesterday morning before she got off; I'm certain she didn't sleep not two hours in the night.
It's very kind of that lady to keep her, isn't it? But everybody is kind to Thyrza, they can't help being.' 'No more they can, Lyddy; no more they can.
But there's somebody else as I want to see enjoying herself a little.
When 'll your turn come for a bit of a holiday, my dear? You work year in year out, and you're so quiet over it any one 'ud forget as you wanted a rest just like other people.' 'We shall see, grandad.
Wait till the summer comes, and Thyrza's well settled down, and then who knows but you and me may run away together for a day at the seaside! I'm going to be rich, because they won't let me pay anything for my room.
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