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Chapter 37

           Themanlookedfixedlyathimwhenhehadgiventhisinformation,andalthoughhedidnotwithdrawhiseyesforsometimeafterwards,hisgazegraduallybecamevacantandabstracted,andheseemedlostinthought.Forsometime,heappeareddoubtfulwhetherheoughttoberelievedordisappointedbytheintelligence;butatlengthhebreathedmorefreely;andwithdrawinghiseyes,observedthatitwasnogreatmatter.Withthatherose,asiftodepart.

           ButMr.Bumblewascunningenough;andheatoncesawthatanopportunitywasopened,forthelucrativedisposalofsomesecretinthepossessionofhisbetterhalf.HewellrememberedthenightofoldSally’sdeath,whichtheoccurrencesofthatdayhadgivenhimgoodreasontorecollect,astheoccasiononwhichhehadproposedtoMrs.Corney;andalthoughthatladyhadneverconfidedtohimthedisclosureofwhichshehadbeenthesolitarywitness,hehadheardenoughtoknowthatitrelatedtosomethingthathadoccurredintheoldwoman’sattendance,asworkhousenurse,upontheyoungmotherofOliverTwist.Hastilycallingthiscircumstancetomind,heinformedthestranger,withanairofmystery,thatonewomanhadbeenclosetedwiththeoldharridanshortlybeforeshedied;andthatshecould,ashehadreasontobelieve,throwsomelightonthesubjectofhisinquiry.

           ‘HowcanIfindher?’saidthestranger,thrownoffhisguard;andplainlyshowingthatallhisfears(whatevertheywere)werearousedafreshbytheintelligence.

           ‘Onlythroughme,’rejoinedMr.Bumble

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