Chapter 5

           Oiver,beinglefttohimselfintheundertaker’sshop,setthelampdownonaworkman’sbench,andgazedtimidlyabouthimwithafeelingofaweanddread,whichmanypeopleagooddealolderthanhewillbeatnolosstounderstand.Anunfinishedcoffinonblacktressels,whichstoodinthemiddleoftheshop,lookedsogloomyanddeath-likethatacoldtremblecameoverhim,everytimehiseyeswanderedinthedirectionofthedismalobject:fromwhichhealmostexpectedtoseesomefrightfulformslowlyrearitshead,todrivehimmadwithterror.Againstthewallwereranged,inregulararray,alongrowofelmboardscutinthesameshape:lookinginthedimlight,likehigh-shoulderedghostswiththeirhandsintheirbreechespockets.Coffin-plates,elm-chips,bright-headednails,andshredsofblackcloth,layscatteredonthefloor;andthewallbehindthecounterwasornamentedwithalivelyrepresentationoftwomutesinverystiffneckcloths,ondutyatalargeprivatedoor,withahearsedrawnbyfourblacksteeds,approachinginthedistance.Theshopwascloseandhot.Theatmosphereseemedtaintedwiththesmellofcoffins.Therecessbeneaththecounterinwhichhisflockmattresswasthrust,lookedlikeagrave.

           NorwerethesetheonlydismalfeelingswhichdepressedOliver.Hewasaloneinastrangeplace;andweallknowhowchilledanddesolatethebestofuswillsometimesfeelinsuchasituation.Theboyhadnofriendstocarefor,ortocareforhim.Theregretofnorecentseparationwasfreshinhismind;theabsenceofnolovedandwell-rememberedfacesankheavilyintohisheart.

           Buthisheartwasheavy,notwithstanding;andhewished,ashecreptintohisnarrowbed,thatthatwerehiscoffin,andthathecouldbelaininacalmandlastingsleepinthechurchyardground,withthetallgrasswavinggentlyabovehishead,andthesoundoftheolddeepbelltosoothehiminhissleep.

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