Оливер Твист

Chapter 7

           sotherewasagreatdealofmeeknessandself-devotioninhervoluntarilyremainingunderMr.Bumble’sheavyaccusation.Ofwhich,todoherjustice,shewaswhollyinnocent,inthought,word,ordeed.

           ‘Ah!’saidMr.Bumble,whentheladybroughthereyesdowntoearthagain;‘theonlythingthatcanbedonenow,thatIknowof,istoleavehiminthecellarforadayorso,tillhe’salittlestarveddown;andthentotakehimout,andkeephimongruelallthroughtheapprenticeship.Hecomesofabadfamily.Excitablenatures,Mrs.Sowerberry!Boththenurseanddoctorsaid,thatthatmotherofhismadeherwayhere,againstdifficultiesandpainthatwouldhavekilledanywell-disposedwoman,weeksbefore.

           AtthispointofMr.Bumble’sdiscourse,Oliver,justhearingenoughtoknowthatsomeallusionwasbeingmadetohismother,recommencedkicking,withaviolencethatrenderedeveryothersoundinaudible.Sowerberryreturnedatthisjuncture.Oliver’soffencehavingbeenexplainedtohim,withsuchexaggerationsastheladiesthoughtbestcalculatedtorousehisire,heunlockedthecellar-doorinatwinkling,anddraggedhisrebelliousapprenticeout,bythecollar.

           Oliver’sclotheshadbeentorninthebeatinghehadreceived;hisfacewasbruisedandscratched;andhishairscatteredoverhisforehead.Theangryflushhadnotdisappeared,however;andwhenhewaspulledoutofhisprison,hescowledboldlyonNoah,andlookedquiteundismayed.

           ‘Now,youareaniceyoungfellow,ain’tyou?’saidSowerberry;givingOliverashake,andaboxontheear.

           ‘Hecalledmymothernames,’repliedOliver.

           ‘Well,andwhatifhedid,youlittleungratefulwretch?’saidMrs.Sowerberry.‘Shedeservedwhathesaid,andworse.

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