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Chapter 22

           Tobyacquiesced;andtheyhurriedthroughthemainstreetofthelittletown,whichatthatlatehourwaswhollydeserted.Adimlightshoneatintervalsfromsomebed-roomwindow;andthehoarsebarkingofdogsoccasionallybrokethesilenceofthenight.Buttherewasnobodyabroad.Theyhadclearedthetown,asthechurch-bellstrucktwo.

           Quickeningtheirpace,theyturneduparoaduponthelefthand.Afterwalkingaboutaquarterofamile,theystoppedbeforeadetachedhousesurroundedbyawall:tothetopofwhich,TobyCrackit,scarcelypausingtotakebreath,climbedinatwinkling.

           ‘Theboynext,’saidToby.‘Hoisthimup;I’llcatchholdofhim.

           BeforeOliverhadtimetolookround,Sikeshadcaughthimunderthearms;andinthreeorfoursecondsheandTobywerelyingonthegrassontheotherside.Sikesfolloweddirectly.Andtheystolecautiouslytowardsthehouse.

           Andnow,forthefirsttime,Oliver,well-nighmadwithgriefandterror,sawthathousebreakingandrobbery,ifnotmurder,weretheobjectsoftheexpedition.Heclaspedhishandstogether,andinvoluntarilyutteredasubduedexclamationofhorror.Amistcamebeforehiseyes;thecoldsweatstooduponhisashyface;hislimbsfailedhim;andhesankuponhisknees.

           ‘Getup!’murmuredSikes,tremblingwithrage,anddrawingthepistolfromhispocket;‘Getup,orI’llstrewyourbrainsuponthegrass.

           ‘Oh!forGod’ssakeletmego!’criedOliver;‘letmerunawayanddieinthefields.

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