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Chapter 53

           Monks,stillbearingthatassumedname,retiredwithhisportiontoadistantpartoftheNewWorld;where,havingquicklysquanderedit,heoncemorefellintohisoldcourses,and,afterundergoingalongconfinementforsomefreshactoffraudandknavery,atlengthsunkunderanattackofhisolddisorder,anddiedinprison.Asfarfromhome,diedthechiefremainingmembersofhisfriendFagin’sgang.

           Mr.BrownlowadoptedOliverashisson.Removingwithhimandtheoldhousekeepertowithinamileoftheparsonage-house,wherehisdearfriendsresided,hegratifiedtheonlyremainingwishofOliver’swarmandearnestheart,andthuslinkedtogetheralittlesociety,whoseconditionapproachedasnearlytooneofperfecthappinessascaneverbeknowninthischangingworld.

           Soonafterthemarriageoftheyoungpeople,theworthydoctorreturnedtoChertsey,where,bereftofthepresenceofhisoldfriends,hewouldhavebeendiscontentedifhistemperamenthadadmittedofsuchafeeling;andwouldhaveturnedquitepeevishifhehadknownhow.Fortwoorthreemonths,hecontentedhimselfwithhintingthathefearedtheairbegantodisagreewithhim;then,findingthattheplacereallynolongerwas,tohim,whatithadbeen,hesettledhisbusinessonhisassistant,tookabachelor’scottageoutsidethevillageofwhichhisyoungfriendwaspastor,andinstantaneouslyrecovered.Herehetooktogardening,planting,fishing,carpentering,andvariousotherpursuitsofasimilarkind:allundertakenwithhischaracteristicimpetuosity.

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