... Oliver Twist
Charles Dickens
CHAPTER XIX
IN WHICH A NOTABLE PLAN IS DISCUSSED AND
DETERMINED ON
It ... involved in a maze of the mean and dirty streets which abound in
that close and densely-populated quarter.
The Jew was evidently too familiar with the ground he traversed to be at all
bewildered,
... Oliver Twist
Charles Dickens
CHAPTER XX
WHEREIN OLVER IS DELIVERED OVER TO MR.
WILLIAM SIKES
When Oliver ... meaning.
He could think of no bad object to be attained by sending him to Sikes,
which would not be equally well answered by his remaining with Fagin; and
after meditating for a long time, concluded ... by their own bad thoughts, to
such dreadful bloodshed as it made...
... Oliver Twist
Charles Dickens
CHAPTER XXVIII
LOOKS AFTER OLIVER, AND PROCEEDS
WITH HIS ADVENTURES
’Wolves ...
timourously over each other’s shoulders, beheld no more formidable object
than poor little Oliver Twist, speechless and exhausted, who raised his heavy
eyes, and mutely solicited their compassion. ... himself instantly to Chertsey: from which place, he was to
despatch...
... Oliver Twist
Charles Dickens
CHAPTER XXIX
HAS AN INTRODUCTORY ACCOUNT OF
THE INMATES OF THE HOUSE, TO ... which she sat, was not more upright than she. Dressed with
the utmost nicety and precision, in a quaint mixture of by-gone costume,
with some slight concessions to the prevailing taste, which ... attentively upon her young
companion.
The younger lady was in the lovely blo...
... Oliver Twist
Charles Dickens
CHAPTER XXXI
INVOLVES A CRITICAL POSITION
’Who’s that?’ inquired Brittles, ... robbery, is it?’
’All,’ replied the doctor.
’Now, what is this, about this here boy that the servants are a-talking on?’
said Blathers.
’Nothing at all,’ replied the doctor. ‘One of the frightened ... for secrecy and
solemnity, a consultation of great doctors on the kno...
... indignation;
then, twisting himself, dexterously, from the doctor’s grasp, growled forth a
volley of horrid oaths, and retired into the house. Before he could shut the
door, however, the doctor had ... coachman. Pull up here,’ cried the doctor. ‘What
of the house, my man; eh?’
’The thieves—the house they took me to!’ whispered Oliver.
’The devil it is!’ cried the doctor. ‘Hallo, there!...
... Oliver Twist
Charles Dickens
CHAPTER XXXIII
WHEREIN THE HAPPINESS OF OLIVER AND
HIS FRIENDS, EXPERIENCES ... compose yourself,’ said the doctor supporting her. ‘Be calm, my
dear ma’am, pray.’
’Let me go, in God’s name! My dear child! She is dead! She is dying!’
’No!’ cried the doctor, passionately. ‘As ... death lay stretched inside. Late that night, Mr.
Losberne arrived. ‘It is...
... Oliver Twist
Charles Dickens
CHAPTER XXIV
CONTAINS SOME INTRODUCTORY
PARTICULARS RELATIVE TO A YOUNG
GENTLEMAN ... as the horses were
’None at all, sir,’ replied Mr. Giles, with much gravity.
’Well,’ said the doctor, ‘I am sorry to hear it, because you do that sort of
thing admirably. Pray, how is Brittles?’ ... recovering his usual tone of
patronage; ‘and sends his respectful...
... Oliver Twist
Charles Dickens
CHAPTER XXXV
CONTAINING THE UNSATISFACTORY
RESULT OF OLIVER’S ADVENTURE; AND ... had pressed
the ground for hours before.
’This is strange!’ said Harry.
’Strange?’ echoed the doctor. ‘Blathers and Duff, themselves, could make
nothing of it.’
Notwithstanding the evidently ... market-town, in the hope of seeing or hearing something of the men
there;...
... Oliver Twist
Charles Dickens
CHAPTER XXXVI
IS A VERY SHORT ONE, AND MAY APPEAR
OF NO GREAT IMPORTANCE IN ... ARRIVES
’And so you are resolved to be my travelling companion this morning; eh?’
said the doctor, as Harry Maylie joined him and Oliver at the breakfast-table.
‘Why, you are not in the ... home when you and Mr.
Maylie went away, sir,’ rejoined Oliver.
’That’s a fine...