Оливер Твист

Chapter 41

           ‘Good!’rejoinedMr.Brownlow.‘AndasIseeonthefacesaboutme,adispositiontoinquirehowithappenedthatIwasnotinthewaytocorroborateOliver’stale,andhadsosuddenlyleftthekingdom,letmestipulatethatIshallbeaskednoquestionsuntilsuchtimeasImaydeemitexpedienttoforestallthembytellingmyownstory.Believeme,Imakethisrequestwithgoodreason,forImightotherwiseexcitehopesdestinednevertoberealised,andonlyincreasedifficultiesanddisappointmentsalreadyquitenumerousenough.Come!Supperhasbeenannounced,andyoungOliver,whoisallaloneinthenextroom,willhavebeguntothink,bythistime,thatwehaveweariedofhiscompany,andenteredintosomedarkconspiracytothrusthimforthupontheworld.

           Withthesewords,theoldgentlemangavehishandtoMrs.Maylie,andescortedherintothesupper-room.Mr.Losbernefollowed,leadingRose;andthecouncilwas,forthepresent,effectuallybrokenup.

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