Оливер Твист

Chapter 10

           TheDodgerhadaviciouspropensity,too,ofpullingthecapsfromtheheadsofsmallboysandtossingthemdownareas;whileCharleyBatesexhibitedsomeveryloosenotionsconcerningtherightsofproperty,bypilferingdiversapplesandonionsfromthestallsatthekennelsides,andthrustingthemintopocketswhichweresosurprisinglycapacious,thattheyseemedtounderminehiswholesuitofclothesineverydirection.Thesethingslookedsobad,thatOliverwasonthepointofdeclaringhisintentionofseekinghiswayback,inthebestwayhecould;whenhisthoughtsweresuddenlydirectedintoanotherchannel,byaverymysteriouschangeofbehaviouronthepartoftheDodger.

           TheywerejustemergingfromanarrowcourtnotfarfromtheopensquareinClerkenwell,whichisyetcalled,bysomestrangeperversionofterms,‘TheGreen’:whentheDodgermadeasuddenstop;and,layinghisfingeronhislip,drewhiscompanionsbackagain,withthegreatestcautionandcircumspection.

           ‘What’sthematter?’demandedOliver.

           ‘Hush!’repliedtheDodger.‘Doyouseethatoldcoveatthebook-stall?’

           ‘Theoldgentlemanovertheway?’saidOliver.‘Yes,Iseehim.

           ‘He’lldo,’saidtheDoger.

           ‘Aprimeplant,’observedMasterCharleyBates.

           Oliverlookedfromonetotheother,withthegreatestsurprise;buthewasnotpermittedtomakeanyinquiries;forthetwoboyswalkedstealthilyacrosstheroad,andslunkclosebehindtheoldgentlemantowardswhomhisattentionhadbeendirected.Oliverwalkedafewpacesafterthem;and,notknowingwhethertoadvanceorretire,stoodlookingoninsilentamazement.

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