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Chapter 15

           Thefactisallweneedcareforhere;andthefactis,thatshesuddenlycheckedherself,andwithseveralgracioussmilesuponMr.Sikes,turnedtheconversationtoothermatters.Inabouttenminutes’time,Mr.Faginwasseizedwithafitofcoughing;uponwhichNancypulledhershawloverhershoulders,anddeclareditwastimetogo.Mr.Sikes,findingthathewaswalkingashortpartofherwayhimself,expressedhisintentionofaccompanyingher;theywentawaytogether,followed,atalittledistant,bythedog,whoslunkoutofaback-yardassoonashismasterwasoutofsight.

           TheJewthrusthisheadoutoftheroomdoorwhenSikeshadleftit;lookedafterhimaswewalkedupthedarkpassage;shookhisclenchedfist;mutteredadeepcurse;andthen,withahorriblegrin,reseatedhimselfatthetable;wherehewassoondeeplyabsorbedintheinterestingpagesoftheHue-and–Cry.

           Meanwhile,OliverTwist,littledreamingthathewaswithinsoveryshortadistanceofthemerryoldgentleman,wasonhiswaytothebook-stall.WhenhegotintoClerkenwell,heaccidentlyturneddownaby-streetwhichwasnotexactlyinhisway;butnotdiscoveringhismistakeuntilhehadgothalf-waydownit,andknowingitmustleadintherightdirection,hedidnotthinkitworthwhiletoturnback;andsomarchedon,asquicklyashecould,withthebooksunderhisarm.

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