Оливер Твист

Chapter 44

           ‘Shewashangingaboutmeallday,andnighttoo,whenIwasstretchedonmyback;andyou,likeablackheartedwolfasyouare,keptyourselfaloof,’saidSikes.‘Wewaspoortoo,allthetime,andIthink,onewayorother,it’sworriedandfrettedher;andthatbeingshutupheresolonghasmadeherrestlesseh?’

           ‘That’sit,mydear,’repliedtheJewinawhisper.‘Hush!’

           Asheutteredthesewords,thegirlherselfappearedandresumedherformerseat.Hereyeswereswollenandred;sherockedherselftoandfro;tossedherhead;and,afteralittletime,burstoutlaughing.

           ‘Why,nowshe’sontheothertack!’exclaimedSikes,turningalookofexcessivesurpriseonhiscompanion.

           Faginnoddedtohimtotakenofurthernoticejustthen;and,inafewminutes,thegirlsubsidedintoheraccustomeddemeanour.WhisperingSikesthattherewasnofearofherrelapsing,Fagintookuphishatandbadehimgood-night.Hepausedwhenhereachedtheroom-door,andlookinground,askedifsomebodywouldlighthimdownthedarkstairs.

           ‘Lighthimdown,’saidSikes,whowasfillinghispipe.‘It’sapityheshouldbreakhisneckhimself,anddisappointthesight-seers.Showhimalight.

           Nancyfollowedtheoldmandownstairs,withacandle.Whentheyreachedthepassage,helaidhisfingeronhislip,anddrawingclosetothegirl,said,inawhisper.

           ‘Whatisit,Nancy,dear?’

           ‘Whatdoyoumean?’repliedthegirl,inthesametone.

           ‘Thereasonofallthis,’repliedFagin.

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