Оливер Твист

Chapter 39

           Aftercompletelyexhaustingherself,shestoppedtotakebreath:and,asifsuddenlyrecollectingherself,anddeploringherinabilitytodosomethingshewasbentupon,wrungherhands,andburstintotears.

           Itmightbethathertearsrelievedher,orthatshefeltthefullhopelessnessofhercondition;butsheturnedback;andhurryingwithnearlyasgreatrapidityinthecontrarydirection;partlytorecoverlosttime,andpartlytokeeppacewiththeviolentcurrentofherownthoughts:soonreachedthedwellingwhereshehadleftthehousebreaker.

           Ifshebetrayedanyagitation,whenshepresentedherselftoMr.Sikes,hedidnotobserveit;formerelyinquiringifshehadbroughtthemoney,andreceivingareplyintheaffirmative,heutteredagrowlofsatisfaction,andreplacinghisheaduponthepillow,resumedtheslumberswhichherarrivalhadinterrupted.

           Itwasfortunateforherthatthepossessionofmoneyoccasionedhimsomuchemploymentnextdayinthewayofeatinganddrinking;andwithalhadsobeneficialaneffectinsmoothingdowntheasperitiesofhistemper;thathehadneithertimenorinclinationtobeverycriticaluponherbehaviouranddeportment.Thatshehadalltheabstractedandnervousmannerofonewhoisontheeveofsomeboldandhazardousstep,whichithasrequirednocommonstruggletoresolveupon,wouldhavebeenobvioustothelynx-eyedFagin,whowouldmostprobablyhavetakenthealarmatonce;butMr.

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