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The only comfort he ` ad got left was the Sydney gal 's photygraph , and he took that out and looked at it under nearly every lamp-post he passed . He went round the next night and ` ad an-other try to get ` is money , but it was no use ; and all the good he done was to make Mrs. Cook in such a temper that she ` ad to go to bed before he ` ad arf finished . It was no good talking to old Cook and Emma , because they dare n't do anything without ` er , and it was no good calling things up the stairs to her because she did n't answer . Three nights running Mrs. Cook went off to bed afore eight o'clock , for fear she should say something to ` im as she 'd be sorry for arterwards ; and for three nights Charlie made ` imself so disagreeable that Emma told ` im plain the sooner ' e went back to sea agin the better she should like it . The only one who seemed to enjoy it was George Smith , and ' e used to bring bits out o ' newspapers and read to 'em , showing ` ow silly people was done out of their money . On the fourth night Charlie dropped it and made ` imself so amiable that Mrs. Cook stayed up and made ` im a Welsh rare-bit for ` is supper , and made ` im drink two glasses o ' beer instead o ' one , while old Cook sat and drank three glasses o ' water just out of temper , and to show that ' e did n't mind . When she started on the chandler 's shop agin Charlie said he 'd think it over , and when ' e went away Mrs. Cook called ` im her sailor-boy and wished ` im pleasant dreams .