... among squalid crowds, and in the midst of noise and brawling, seemed
buoyed him up, and sustained him, under many of his recent trials; and now,
the idea that they should have gone so far, and ... but would go and inquire. She presently returned,
and said, that Mr. Brownlow had sold off his goods, and gone to the West
Indies, six weeks before. Oliver clasped his hands, and...
... forgot the agony of his wound, and thought only of flight.
Flight! He could scarcely stand: and if he were in full possession of all the
best powers of his slight and youthful frame, whither could ... helpless and unconscious, on his bed of clay.
At length, a low cry of pain broke the stillness that prevailed; and uttering it,
the boy awoke. His left arm, rudely bandaged in a sh...
... and plotting away, every hour that I have laid shivering and
burning here; and Bill was to do this; and Bill was to do that; and Bill was to
do it all, dirt cheap, as soon as he got well: and ... the same quarter of the town, and was situated at no great distance from
his former lodgings. It was not, in appearance, so desirable a habitation as
his old quarters: being a mean...
... honourably. He drew back the bolts with a
trembling hand, and opened the door.
For a second or two, Oliver glanced up the street, and down the street, and
over the way: impressed with the belief that ... no loved and well-remembered face sank heavily into
his heart.
But his heart was heavy, notwithstanding; and he wished, as he crept into his
narrow bed, that that were his cof...
... and let him out
by the job. But the father gets lagged; and then the Juvenile Delinquent
Society comes, and takes the boy away from a trade where he was arning
money, teaches him to read and ...
anxiety, and sadness, and the closeness of his prison, that he looked like
death; not death as it shows in shroud and coffin, but in the guise it wears
when life has just departed;...
... to and fro; caught her throat; and, uttering a gurgling
sound, gasped for breath.
’Nancy!’ cried Oliver, ‘What is it?’
The girl beat her hands upon her knees, and her feet upon the ground; and, ... cried, starting up, and catching sight of a figure standing
by the door. ‘Who’s there?’
’Me. Only me,’ replied a tremulous voice.
Oliver raised the candle above his head: and looked...
... side-board and the breakfast-table; and, with his body drawn up
to its full height, his head thrown back, and inclined the merest trifle on one
side, his left leg advanced, and his right hand thrust ... her
deep blue eye, and was stamped upon her noble head, seemed scarcely of her
age, or of the world; and yet the changing expression of sweetness and good
humour, the thousan...
... passage and looked out at the window; and
afterwards went round by way of the lawn, and looked in at the window; and
after that, had a candle handed out to inspect the shutter with; and after ... went to see cock-fighting, and badger-drawing, and that; and a
they returned to the house, and, being shown into a parlour, took off their
great-coats and hats, and showed li...
... how young and good she is, and what pleasure and comfort she
gives to all about her. I am sure—certain—quite certain—that, for your sake,
who are so good yourself; and for her own; and for the ... brightly as if it looked upon no
misery or care; and, with every leaf and flower in full bloom about her; with
life, and health, and sounds and sights of joy, surrounding her...
... life,
beyond her; and if you oppose me in this great stake, you take my peace and
happiness in your hands, and cast them to the wind. Mother, think better of
this, and of me, and do not disregard ... nature, and their fellow-
men, and cry that all is dark and gloomy, are in the right; but the sombre
colours are reflections from their own jaundiced eyes and hearts. The re...