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Chapter 18

           LittleOliver’sbloodrancold,ashelistenedtotheJew’swords,andimperfectlycomprehendedthedarkthreatsconveyedinthem.Thatitwaspossibleevenforjusticeitselftoconfoundtheinnocentwiththeguiltywhentheywereinaccidentalcompanionship,heknewalready;andthatdeeply-laidplansforthedestructionofinconvenientlyknowingorover-communicativepersons,hadbeenreallydevisedandcarriedoutbytheJewonmoreoccasionsthanone,hethoughtbynomeansunlikely,whenherecollectedthegeneralnatureofthealtercationsbetweenthatgentlemanandMr.Sikes:whichseemedtobearreferencetosomeforegoneconspiracyofthekind.Asheglancedtimidlyup,andmettheJew’ssearchinglook,hefeltthathispalefaceandtremblinglimbswereneitherunnoticednorunrelishedbythatwaryoldgentleman.

           TheJew,smilinghideously,pattedOliveronthehead,andsaid,thatifhekepthimselfquiet,andappliedhimselftobusiness,hesawtheywouldbeverygoodfriendsyet.Then,takinghishat,andcoveringhimselfwithanoldpatchedgreat-coat,hewentout,andlockedtheroom-doorbehindhim.

           AndsoOliverremainedallthatday,andforthegreaterpartofmanysubsequentdays,seeingnobody,betweenearlymorningandmidnight,andleftduringthelonghourstocommunewithhisownthoughts.Which,neverfailingtoreverttohiskindfriends,andtheopiniontheymustlongagohaveformedofhim,weresadindeed.

           Afterthelapseofaweekorso,theJewlefttheroom-doorunlocked;andhewasatlibertytowanderaboutthehouse.

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