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Chapter 5

           ‘Yes,sir,’repliedOliver,whohadcarefullykepthimselfoutofsight,duringtheinterview;andwhowasshakingfromheadtofootatthemererecollectionofthesoundofMr.Bumble’svoice.

           Heneedn’thaventakenthetroubletoshrinkfromMr.Bumble’sglance,however;forthatfunctionary,onwhomthepredictionofthegentlemaninthewhitewaistcoathadmadeaverystrongimpression,thoughtthatnowtheundertakerhadgotOliverupontrialthesubjectwasbetteravoided,untilsuchtimeasheshouldbefirmlyboundforsevenyears,andalldangerofhisbeingreturneduponthehandsoftheparishshouldbethuseffectuallyandlegallyovercome.

           ‘Well,’saidMr.Sowerberry,takinguphishat.‘thesoonerthisjobisdone,thebetter.Noah,lookaftertheshop.Oliver,putonyourcap,andcomewithme.Oliverobeyed,andfollowedhismasteronhisprofessionalmission.

           Theywalkedon,forsometime,throughthemostcrowdedanddenselyinhabitedpartofthetown;andthen,strikingdownanarrowstreetmoredirtyandmiserablethananytheyhadyetpassedthrough,pausedtolookforthehousewhichwastheobjectoftheirsearch.Thehousesoneithersidewerehighandlarge,butveryold,andtenantedbypeopleofthepoorestclass:astheirneglectedappearancewouldhavesufficientlydentoed,withouttheconcurrenttestimonyaffordedbythesqualidlooksofthefewmenandwomenwho,withfoldedarmsandbodieshalfdoubled,occasionallyskulkedalong.Agreatmanyofthetenementshadshop-fronts;butthesewerefastclosed,andmoulderingaway;onlytheupperroomsbeinginhabited.Somehouseswhichhadbecomeinsecurefromageanddecay,werepreventedfromfallingintothestreet,byhugebeamsofwoodrearedagainstthewalls,andfirmlyplantedintheroad;

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