Оливер Твист

Chapter 15

           ‘That’stheonlywayofbringinghimtohissenses!’

           ‘Tobesure!’criedasleepy-facedcarpenter,castinganapprovinglookatthegarret-window.

           ‘It’lldohimgood!’saidthetwowomen.

           ‘Andheshallhaveit,too!’rejoinedtheman,administeringanotherblow,andseizingOliverbythecollar.‘Comeon,youyoungvillain!Here,Bull’s-eye,mindhim,boy!Mindhim!’

           Weakwithrecentillness;stupifiedbytheblowsandthesuddennessoftheattack;terrifiedbythefiercegrowlingofthedog,andthebrutalityoftheman;overpoweredbytheconvictionofthebystandersthathereallywasthehardenedlittlewretchhewasdescribedtobe;whatcouldonepoorchilddo!Darknesshadsetin;itwasalowneighborhood;nohelpwasnear;resistancewasuseless.Inanothermomenthewasdraggedintoalabyrinthofdarknarrowcourts,andwasforcedalongthematapacewhichrenderedthefewcrieshedaredtogiveutteranceto,unintelligible.Itwasoflittlemoment,indeed,whethertheywereintelligibleorno;fortherewasnobodytocareforthem,hadtheybeeneversoplain.

           Thegas-lampswerelighted;Mrs.Bedwinwaswaitinganxiouslyattheopendoor;theservanthadrunupthestreettwentytimestoseeiftherewereanytracesofOliver;andstillthetwooldgentlemensat,perseveringly,inthedarkparlour,withthewatchbetweenthem.

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