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Chapter 10

           Theoldgentlemanwasaveryrespectable-lookingpersonage,withapowderedheadandgoldspectacles.Hewasdressedinabottle-greencoatwithablackvelvetcollar;worewhitetrousers;andcarriedasmartbamboocaneunderhisarm.Hehadtakenupabookfromthestall,andtherehestood,readingaway,ashardasifhewereinhiselbow-chair,inhisownstudy.Itisverypossiblethathefanciedhimselfthere,indeed;foritwasplain,fromhisabstraction,thathesawnotthebook-stall,northestreet,northeboys,nor,inshort,anythingbutthebookitself:whichhewasreadingstraightthrough:turningovertheleafwhenhegottothebottomofapage,beginningatthetoplineofthenextone,andgoingregularlyon,withthegreatestinterestandeagerness.

           WhatwasOliver’shorrorandalarmashestoodafewpacesoff,lookingonwithhiseyelidsaswideopenastheywouldpossiblygo,toseetheDodgerplungehishandintotheoldgentleman’spocket,anddrawfromthenceahandkerchief!ToseehimhandthesametoCharleyBates;andfinallytobeholdthem,bothrunningawayroundthecorneratfullspeed!

           Inaninstantthewholemysteryofthehankerchiefs,andthewatches,andthejewels,andtheJew,rushedupontheboy’smind.

           Hestood,foramoment,withthebloodsotinglingthroughallhisveinsfromterror,thathefeltasifhewereinaburningfire;then,confusedandfrightened,hetooktohisheels;and,notknowingwhathedid,madeoffasfastashecouldlayhisfeettotheground.

           Thiswasalldoneinaminute’sspace.IntheveryinstantwhenOliverbegantorun,theoldgentleman,puttinghishandtohispocket,andmissinghishandkerchief,turnedsharpround.

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