Оливер Твист

Chapter 38

           Itwasacollectionofmerehovels:some,hastilybuiltwithloosebricks:others,ofoldworm-eatenship-timber:jumbledtogetherwithoutanyattemptatorderorarrangement,andplanted,forthemostpart,withinafewfeetoftheriver’sbank.Afewleakyboatsdrawnuponthemud,andmadefasttothedwarfwallwhichskirtedit:andhereandthereanoarorcoilofrope:appeared,atfirst,toindicatethattheinhabitantsofthesemiserablecottagespursuedsomeavocationontheriver;butaglanceattheshatteredanduselessconditionofthearticlesthusdisplayed,wouldhaveledapasser-by,withoutmuchdifficulty,totheconjecturethattheyweredisposedthere,ratherforthepreservationofappearances,thanwithanyviewtotheirbeingactuallyemployed.

           Intheheartofthisclusterofhuts;andskirtingtheriver,whichitsupperstoriesoverhung;stoodalargebuilding,formerlyusedasamanufactoryofsomekind.Ithad,initsday,probablyfurnishedemploymenttotheinhabitantsofthesurroundingtenements.Butithadlongsincegonetoruin.Therat,theworm,andtheactionofthedamp,hadweakenedandrottedthepilesonwhichitstood;andaconsiderableportionofthebuildinghadalreadysunkdownintothewater;whiletheremainder,totteringandbendingoverthedarkstream,seemedtowaitafavourableopportunityoffollowingitsoldcompanion,andinvolvingitselfinthesamefate.

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