And if you 'ave to give it to 'er, you send at once for me.

If you don't send,' 'e says, 'I won't be 'eld responsible for the consequences.' With that 'e goes, and pore mother she seemed to take a turn, and all that day and the next she seemed to drowse like and not take much notice o' things.

The neighbours come in and look at 'er, but she didn't seem to know.

We 'ad two quiet nights with 'er, and then all of a sudden in the middle of the afternoon she started screamin' and writhin.' Oh, lor, Miss Olga, you never see the like.

It was just as if she were bein' tortured over a slow fire.