Оливер Твист

Chapter 51

           Theydrovestraighttothedoorofthechiefhotel(whichOliverusedtostareupat,withawe,andthinkamightypalace,butwhichhadsomehowfallenoffingrandeurandsize);andherewasMr.Grimwigallreadytoreceivethem,kissingtheyounglady,andtheoldonetoo,whentheygotoutofthecoach,asifhewerethegrandfatherofthewholeparty,allsmilesandkindness,andnotofferingtoeathisheadno,notonce;notevenwhenhecontradictedaveryoldpostboyaboutthenearestroadtoLondon,andmaintainedheknewitbest,thoughhehadonlycomethatwayonce,andthattimefastasleep.Therewasdinnerprepared,andtherewerebedroomsready,andeverythingwasarrangedasifbymagic.

           Notwithstandingallthis,whenthehurryofthefirsthalf-hourwasover,thesamesilenceandconstraintprevailedthathadmarkedtheirjourneydown.Mr.Brownlowdidnotjointhematdinner,butremainedinaseparateroom.Thetwoothergentlemenhurriedinandoutwithanxiousfaces,and,duringtheshortintervalswhentheywerepresent,conversedapart.Once,Mrs.Mayliewascalledaway,andafterbeingabsentfornearlyanhour,returnedwitheyesswollenwithweeping.AllthesethingsmadeRoseandOliver,whowerenotinanynewsecrets,nervousanduncomfortable.Theysatwondering,insilence;or,iftheyexchangedafewwords,spokeinwhispers,asiftheywereafraidtohearthesoundoftheirownvoices.

           Atlength,whennineo’clockhadcome,andtheybegantothinktheyweretohearnomorethatnight,Mr.LosberneandMr.

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