Chapter 10

           Formanydays,OliverremainedintheJew’sroom,pickingthemarksoutofthepocket-handkerchief,(ofwhichagreatnumberwerebroughthome,)andsometimestakingpartinthegamealreadydescribed:whichthetwoboysandtheJewplayed,regularly,everymorning.Atlength,hebegantolanguishforfreshair,andtookmanyoccasionsofearnestlyentreatingtheoldgentlemantoallowhimtogoouttoworkwithhistwocompanions.

           Oliverwasrenderedthemoreanxioustobeactivelyemployed,bywhathehadseenofthesternmoralityoftheoldgentleman’scharacter.WhenevertheDodgerorCharleyBatescamehomeatnight,empty-handed,hewouldexpatiatewithgreatvehemenceonthemiseryofidleandlazyhabits;andwouldenforceuponthemthenecessityofanactivelife,bysendingthemsupperlesstobed.Ononeoccasion,indeed,heevenwentsofarastoknockthembothdownaflightofstairs;butthiswascarryingouthisvirtuouspreceptstoanunusualextent.

           Atlength,onemorning,Oliverobtainedthepermissionhehadsoeagerlysought.Therehadbeennohandkerchiefstoworkupon,fortwoorthreedays,andthedinnershadbeenrathermeagre.Perhapsthesewerereasonsfortheoldgentleman’sgivinghisassent;but,whethertheywereorno,hetoldOliverhemightgo,andplacedhimunderthejointguardianshipofCharleyBates,andhisfriendtheDodger.

           Thethreeboyssalliedout;theDodgerwithhiscoat-sleevestuckedup,andhishatcocked,asusual;MasterBatessaunteringalongwithhishandsinhispockets;andOliverbetweenthem,wonderingwheretheyweregoing,andwhatbranchofmanufacturehewouldbeinstructedin,first.

           Thepaceatwhichtheywent,wassuchaverylazy,ill-lookingsaunter,thatOliversoonbegantothinkhiscompanionsweregoingtodeceivetheoldgentleman,bynotgoingtoworkatall.

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