Оливер Твист

Chapter 50

           Arriving,atlength,instreetsremoterandless-frequentedthanthosethroughwhichhehaspassed,hewalksbeneathtotteringhouse-frontsprojectingoverthepavement,dismantledwallsthatseemtototterashepasses,chimneyshalfcrushedhalfhesitatingtofall,windowsguardedbyrustyironbarsthattimeanddirthavealmosteatenaway,everyimaginablesignofdesolationandneglect.

           Insuchaneighborhood,beyondDockheadintheBoroughofSouthwark,standsJacob’sIsland,surroundedbyamuddyditch,sixoreightfeetdeepandfifteenortwentywidewhenthetideisin,oncecalledMillPond,butknowninthedaysofthisstoryasFollyDitch.ItisacreekorinletfromtheThames,andcanalwaysbefilledathighwaterbyopeningthesluicesattheLeadMillsfromwhichittookitsoldname.Atsuchtimes,astranger,lookingfromoneofthewoodenbridgesthrownacrossitatMillLane,willseetheinhabitantsofthehousesoneithersideloweringfromtheirbackdoorsandwindows,buckets,pails,domesticutensilsofallkinds,inwhichtohaulthewaterup;andwhenhiseyeisturnedfromtheseoperationstothehousesthemselves,hisutmostastonishmentwillbeexcitedbythescenebeforehim.

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