Олівер Твіст

Chapter 28

           Atlength,alowcryofpainbrokethestillnessthatprevailed;andutteringit,theboyawoke.Hisleftarm,rudelybandagedinashawl,hungheavyanduselessathisside;thebandagewassaturatedwithblood.Hewassoweak,thathecouldscarcelyraisehimselfintoasittingposture;whenhehaddoneso,helookedfeeblyroundforhelp,andgroanedwithpain.Tremblingineveryjoint,fromcoldandexhaustion,hemadeanefforttostandupright;but,shudderingfromheadtofoot,fellprostrateontheground.

           Afterashortreturnofthestuporinwhichhehadbeensolongplunged,Oliver:urgedbyacreepingsicknessathisheart,whichseemedtowarnhimthatifhelaythere,hemustsurelydie:gotuponhisfeet,andessayedtowalk.Hisheadwasdizzy,andhestaggeredtoandfromlikeadrunkenman.Buthekeptup,nevertheless,and,withhisheaddroopinglanguidlyonhisbreast,wentstumblingonward,heknewnotwhither.

           Andnow,hostsofbewilderingandconfusedideascamecrowdingonhismind.HeseemedtobestillwalkingbetweenSikesandCrackit,whowereangrilydisputingfortheverywordstheysaid,soundedinhisears;andwhenhecaughthisownattention,asitwere,bymakingsomeviolentefforttosavehimselffromfalling,hefoundthathewastalkingtothem.Then,hewasalonewithSikes,ploddingonasonthepreviousday;andasshadowypeoplepassedthem,hefelttherobber’sgraspuponhiswrist.

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