Оливер Твист

Chapter 16

           MasterBates,apparentlymuchdelightedwithhiscommission,tookthecleftstick:andledOliverintoanadjacentkitchen,wherethereweretwoorthreeofthebedsonwhichhehadsleptbefore;andhere,withmanyuncontrollableburstsoflaughter,heproducedtheidenticaloldsuitofclotheswhichOliverhadsomuchcongratulatedhimselfuponleavingoffatMr.Brownlow’s;andtheaccidentaldisplayofwhich,toFagin,bytheJewwhopurchasedthem,hadbeentheveryfirstcluereceived,ofhiswhereabout.

           ‘Putoffthesmartones,’saidCharley,‘andI’llgive’emtoFagintotakecareof.Whatfunitis!’

           PoorOliverunwillinglycomplied.MasterBatesrollingupthenewclothesunderhisarm,departedfromtheroom,leavingOliverinthedark,andlockingthedoorbehindhim.

           ThenoiseofCharley’slaughter,andthevoiceofMissBetsy,whoopportunelyarrivedtothrowwateroverherfriend,andperformotherfeminineofficesforthepromotionofherrecovery,mighthavekeptmanypeopleawakeundermorehappycircumstancesthanthoseinwhichOliverwasplaced.Buthewassickandweary;andhesoonfellsoundasleep.

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