Оливер Твист

Chapter 31

           ‘Alwaysinterrupting,youare,partner!ThishereConkeyChickweed,miss,keptapublic-houseoverBattlebridgeway,andhehadacellar,whereagoodmanyyounglordswenttoseecock-fighting,andbadger-drawing,andthat;andaweryintellecturalmannerthesportswasconductedin,forI’veseen’emoff’en.Hewarn’toneofthefamily,atthattime;andonenighthewasrobbedofthreehundredandtwenty-sevenguineasinacanvasbag,thatwasstoleoutofhisbedrrominthedeadofnight,byatallmanwithablackpatchoverhiseye,whohadconcealedhimselfunderthebed,andaftercommittingtherobbery,jumpedslapoutofwindow:whichwasonlyastoryhigh.

           Hewasweryquickaboutit.ButConkeywasquick,too;forhefiredablunderbussarterhim,androusedtheneighbourhood.Theysetupahue-and-cry,directly,andwhentheycametolookabout’em,foundthatConkeyhadhittherobber;fortherewastracesofblood,allthewaytosomepalingsagooddistanceoff;andtheretheylost’em.However,hehadmadeoffwiththeblunt;and,consequently,thenameofMr.Chickweed,licensedwitler,appearedintheGazetteamongtheotherbankrupts;andallmannerofbenefitsandsubscriptions,andIdon’tknowwhatall,wasgotupforthepoorman,whowasinawerylowstateofmindabouthisloss,andwentupanddownthestreets,forthreeorfourdays,apullinghishairoffinsuchadesperatemannerthatmanypeoplewasafraidhemightbegoingtomakeawaywithhimself.

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