Оливер Твист

Chapter 28

           Suddenly,hestartedbackatthereportoffirearms;thereroseintotheair,loudcriesandshouts;lightsgleamedbeforehiseyes;allwasnoiseandtumult,assomeunseenhandborehimhurriedlyaway.Throughalltheserapidvisions,thererananundefined,uneasyconsciousofpain,whichweariedandtormentedhimincessantly.

           Thushestaggeredon,creeping,almostmechanically,betweenthebarsofgates,orthroughhedge-gapsastheycameinhisway,untilhereachedaroad.Heretherainbegantofallsoheavily,thatitrousedhim.

           Helookedabout,andsawthatatnogreatdistancetherewasahouse,whichperhapshecouldreach.Pityinghiscondition,theymighthavecompassiononhim;andiftheydidnot,itwouldbebetter,hethought,todienearhumanbeings,thaninthelonelyopenfields.Hesummonedupallhisstrengthforonelasttrial,andbenthisfalteringstepstowardsit.

           Ashedrewnearertothishouse,afeelingcomeoverhimthathehadseenitbefore.Herememberednothingofitsdetails;buttheshapeandaspectofthebuildingseemedfamiliartohim.

           Thatgardenwall!Onthegrassinside,hehadfallenonhiskneeslastnight,andprayedthetwomen’smercy.Itwastheveryhousetheyhadattemptedtorob.

           Oliverfeltsuchfearcomeoverhimwhenherecognisedtheplace,that,fortheinstant,heforgottheagonyofhiswound,andthoughtonlyofflight.

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