Chapter 9

           ItwaslatenextmorningwhenOliverawoke,fromasound,longsleep.TherewasnootherpersonintheroombuttheoldJew,whowasboilingsomecoffeeinasaucepanforbreakfast,andwhistlingsoftlytohimselfashestirreditroundandround,withanironspoon.Hewouldstopeverynowandthentolistenwhentherewastheleastnoisebelow:andwhenhehadsatistifiedhimself,hewouldgoonwhistlingandstirringagain,asbefore.

           AlthoughOliverhadrousedhimselffromsleep,hewasnotthoroughlyawake.Thereisadrowsystate,betweensleepingandwaking,whenyoudreammoreinfiveminuteswithyoureyeshalfopen,andyourselfhalfconsciousofeverythingthatispassingaroundyou,thanyouwouldinfivenightswithyoureyesfastclosed,andyoursenseswraptinperfectunconsciousness.Atsuchtime,amortalknowsjustenoughofwhathismindisdoing,toformsomeglimmeringconceptionofitsmightypowers,itsboundingfromearthandspurningtimeandspace,whenfreedfromtherestraintofitscorporealassociate.

           Oliverwaspreciselyinthiscondition.HesawtheJewwithhishalf-closedeyes;heardhislowwhistling;andrecognisedthesoundofthespoongratingagainstthesaucepan’ssides:andyettheself-samesenseswerementallyengaged,atthesametime,inbusyactionwithalmosteverybodyhehadeverknown.

           Whenthecoffeewasdone,theJewdrewthesaucepantothehob.Standing,theninanirresoluteattitudeforafewminutes,asifhedidnotwellknowhowtoemployhimself,heturnedroundandlookedatOliver,andcalledhimbyhisname.Hedidnotanswer,andwastoallappearancesasleep.

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