Оливер Твист

Chapter 53

           Aftersomeconsideration,hewentintobusinessasanInformer,inwhichcallingherealisesagenteelsubsistence.Hisplanis,towalkoutonceaweekduringchurchtimeattendedbyCharlotteinrespectableattire.Theladyfaintsawayatthedoorsofcharitablepublicans,andthegentlemanbeingaccommodatedwiththree-pennyworthofbrandytorestoreher,laysaninformationnextday,andpocketshalfthepenalty.SometimesMr.Claypolefaintshimself,buttheresultisthesame.

           Mr.andMrs.Bumble,deprivedoftheirsituations,weregraduallyreducedtogreatindigenceandmisery,andfinallybecamepaupersinthatverysameworkhouseinwhichtheyhadoncelordeditoverothers.Mr.Bumblehasbeenheardtosay,thatinthisreverseanddegradation,hehasnotevenspiritstobethankfulforbeingseparatedfromhiswife.

           AstoMr.GilesandBrittles,theystillremainintheiroldposts,althoughtheformerisbald,andthelast-namedboyquitegrey.Theysleepattheparsonage,butdividetheirattentionssoequallyamongitsinmates,andOliverandMr.Brownlow,andMr.Losberne,thattothisdaythevillagershaveneverbeenabletodiscovertowhichestablishmenttheyproperlybelong.

           MasterCharlesBates,appalledbySikes’scrime,fellintoatrainofreflectionwhetheranhonestlifewasnot,afterall,thebest.Arrivingattheconclusionthatitcertainlywas,heturnedhisbackuponthescenesofthepast,resolvedtoamenditinsomenewsphereofaction.

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