Оливер Твист

Chapter 20

           Exceptwhenit’sblowingup;andthentheylengthensitout.Andnowthathe’sthoroughlyuptoit,let’shavesomesupper,andgetasnoozebeforestarting.

           Inpursuanceofthisrequest,Nancyquicklylaidthecloth;disappearingforafewminutes,shepresentlyreturnedwithapotofporterandadishofsheep’sheads:whichgaveoccasiontoseveralpleasantwitticismsonthepartofMr.Sikes,foundeduponthesingularcoincidenceof‘jemmies’beingacanname,commontothem,andalsotoaningeniousimplementmuchusedinhisprofession.Indeed,theworthygentleman,stimulatedperhapsbytheimmediateprospectofbeingonactiveservice,wasingreatspiritsandgoodhumour;inproofwhereof,itmaybehereremarked,thathehumourouslydrankallthebeeratadraught,anddidnotutter,onaroughcalculation,morethanfour-scoreoathsduringthewholeprogressofthemeal.

           SupperbeingendeditmaybeeasilyconceivedthatOliverhadnogreatappetiteforitMr.Sikesdisposedofacoupleofglassesofspiritsandwater,andthrewhimselfonthebed;orderingNancy,withmanyimprecationsincaseoffailure,tocallhimatfiveprecisely.Oliverstretchedhimselfinhisclothes,bycommandofthesameauthority,onamattressuponthefloor;andthegirl,mendingthefire,satbeforeit,inreadinesstorousethemattheappointedtime

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