Chapter 30

           Withmanyloquaciousassurancesthattheywouldbeagreeablysurprisedintheaspectofthecriminal,thedoctordrewtheyounglady’sarmthroughoneofhim;andofferinghisdisengagedhandtoMrs.Maylie,ledthem,withmuchceremonyandstateliness,upstairs.

           ‘Now,’saidthedoctor,inawhisper,ashesoftlyturnedthehandleofabedroom-door,‘letushearwhatyouthinkofhim.Hehasnotbeenshavedveryrecently,buthedon’tlookatallferociousnotwithstanding.Stop,though!Letmefirstseethatheisinvisitingorder.

           Steppingbeforethem,helookedintotheroom.Motioningthemtoadvance,heclosedthedoorwhentheyhadentered;andgentlydrewbackthecurtainsofthebed.Uponit,inlieuofthedogged,black-visagedruffiantheyhadexpectedtobehold,therelayamerechild:wornwithpainandexhaustion,andsunkintoadeepsleep.Hiswoundedarm,boundandsplinteredup,wascrosseduponhisbreast;hisheadreclinedupontheotherarm,whichwashalfhiddenbyhislonghair,asitstreamedoverthepillow.

           Thehonestgentlemanheldthecurtaininhishand,andlookedon,foraminuteorso,insilence.Whilsthewaswatchingthepatientthus,theyoungerladyglidedsoftlypast,andseatingherselfinachairbythebedside,gatheredOliver’shairfromhisface.Asshestoopedoverhim,hertearsfelluponhisforehead.

           Theboystirred,andsmiledinhissleep,asthoughthesemarksofpityandcompassionhadawakenedsomepleasantdreamofaloveandaffectionhehadneverknown.

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