Оливер Твист

Chapter 28

           Encouragingeachotherwithsuchconverseasthis;but,keepingveryclosetogether,notwithstanding,andlookingapprehensivelyround,wheneverafreshgustrattledthroughtheboughs;thethreemenhurriedbacktoatree,behindwhichtheyhadlefttheirlantern,lestitslightshouldinformthethievesinwhatdirectiontofire.Catchingupthelight,theymadethebestoftheirwayhome,atagoodroundtrot;andlongaftertheirduskyformshadceasedtobediscernible,thelightmighthavebeenseentwinklinganddancinginthedistance,likesomeexhalationofthedampandgloomyatmospherethroughwhichitwasswiftlyborne.

           Theairgrewcolder,asdaycameslowlyon;andthemistrolledalongthegroundlikeadensecloudofsmoke.Thegrasswaswet;thepathways,andlowplaces,wereallmireandwater;thedampbreathofanunwholesomewindwentlanguidlyby,withahollowmoaning.Still,OliverlaymotionlessandinsensibleonthespotwhereSikeshadlefthim.

           Morningdrewonapace.Theairbecomemoresharpandpiercing,asitsfirstdullhuethedeathofnight,ratherthanthebirthofdayglimmeredfaintlyinthesky.Theobjectswhichhadlookeddimandterribleinthedarkness,grewmoreandmoredefined,andgraduallyresolvedintotheirfamiliarshapes.Theraincamedown,thickandfast,andpatterednoisilyamongtheleaflessbushes.But,Oliverfeltitnot,asitbeatagainsthim;forhestilllaystretched,helplessandunconscious,onhisbedofclay.

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