... paid, Becky?’
unwashed, unshaven, squalid, and dirty figues constantly running to and fro,
and bursting in and out of the throng; rendered it a stunning and bewildering
scene, which quite ... off. And here, the cart stopped.
Sikes dismounted with great precipitation, holding Oliver by the hand all the
while; and lifting him down directly, bestowed a furious look upon him, a...
... ‘that you had
friends to care for and keep you in your childhood, and that you were never
in the midst of cold and hunger, and riot and drunkenness, and and
was struck with Fagin, that if ... perpetually. And more. When he spoke of you and the other lady, and
said it seemed contrived by Heaven, or the devil, against him, that Oliver
should come into your hands, he laughed...
... other, and a watch in his waistcoat pocket, with a
guard-chain round his neck, and sticking a mock diamond pin in his shirt:
buttoned his coat tight round him, and putting his spectacle-case and ... breakfast, and whistling softly to himself as he
stirred it round and round, with an iron spoon. He would stop every now and
then to listen when there was the least noise below:...
... rousing
up the dogs, and astonishing the fowls: and streets, squares, and courts, re-
echo with the sound.
’Stop thief! Stop thief!’ The cry is taken up by a hundred voices, and the
crowd accumulate ... possibly go, to see the Dodger
plunge his hand into the old gentleman’s pocket, and draw from thence a
handkerchief! To see him hand the same to Charley Bates; and finally to...
... office!’
The mandate was obeyed; and the indignant Mr. Brownlow was conveyed
out, with the book in one hand, and the bamboo cane in the other: in a
perfect phrenzy of rage and defiance. He ... striped waistcoat, who was
standing by the bar. He bent over Oliver, and repeated the inquiry; but
finding him really incapable of understanding the question; and knowing
that his not re...
... Oh! as you
love me, and know that I have never felt the want of parents in your
goodness and affection, but that I might have done so, and might have been
equally helpless and unprotected with ... pockets, and took several turns up and
down the room; often stopping, and balancing himself on his toes, and
frowning frightfully. After various exclamations of ‘I’ve got it now...
... of maxim and theory: and, by a very neat and pretty
compliment to her exalted wisdom and understanding, putting entirely out of
sight any considerations of heart, or generous impulse and feeling. ... friends. The sun rose and sank, and rose and sank again, and many
times after that; and still the boy lay stretched on his uneasy bed, dwindling
away beneath the dry and...
... its being adopted. This was, that the
Dodger, and Charley Bates, and Fagin, and Mr. William Sikes, happened,
one and all, to entertain a violent and deeply- rooted antipathy to going near
a ...
striped waistcoat; and with the most piteous wailings and lamentations,
rendered more piteous by a prompt and efficient use of the street-door key
and the little basket, demanded...
... noise of fire-arms,
and the shouts of men, and the sensation of being carried over uneven
ground at a rapid pace. And then, the noises grew confused in the distance;
and a cold deadly feeling ... under the arms;
and in three or four seconds he and Toby were lying on the grass on the
other side. Sikes followed directly. And they stole cautiously towards the
house.
And now, f...
... an amiable and handsome daughter of hers,
who was married to an amiable and handsome man, and lived in the country;
and about a son, who was clerk to a merchant in the West Indies; and who
was, ... him, and asked her to sell them to a Jew, and keep the money for herself.
This she very readily did; and, as Oliver looked out of the parlour window,
and saw the Jew roll them u...