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The ale had warmed his blood and quickened his wits. He began to feel pleased with himself. He had done well in the fray had not young Harden praised him? and surly Wat had owned that the salvage of so many beasts was Sim's doing. "Man, Sim, ye wrocht michtily at the burnside," he had said. "The heids crackit like nits when ye garred your staff sing.
'Am I, Fagin? 'A very clever fellow, my dear, said Fagin, patting him on the shoulder, and winking to his other pupils. 'And Mr. Crackit is a heavy swell; an't he, Fagin? asked Tom. 'No doubt at all of that, my dear. 'And it is a creditable thing to have his acquaintance; an't it, Fagin? pursued Tom. 'Very much so, indeed, my dear. They're only jealous, Tom, because he won't give it to them.
Anybody that's in the old house now that wants to come to eat dinner with us, can come. I'm going to cook the best dinner I ever cooked and make a milkpail full of gravy." "I know," said the good old soul, shaking her head, "that them two old maids I sold out to have half starved them boys. We ought to be able to stand even Fred Crackit, and Mr. Peebles, one day in the year."
There was a short silence, after which Toby Crackit, seeming to abandon as hopeless any further effort to maintain his usual devil-may-care swagger, turned to Chitling and said, 'When was Fagin took then? 'Just at dinner-time two o'clock this afternoon.
'Double-locked and chained, replied Crackit, who, with the other two men, still remained quite helpless and bewildered. 'The panels are they strong? 'Lined with sheet-iron. 'And the windows too? 'Yes, and the windows. 'Damn you! cried the desperate ruffian, throwing up the sash and menacing the crowd. 'Do your worst! I'll cheat you yet!
'No; not even by flash Toby Crackit, replied Sikes. 'He says he's worn sham whiskers, and a canary waistcoat, the whole blessed time he's been loitering down there, and it's all of no use. 'He should have tried mustachios and a pair of military trousers, my dear, said the Jew. 'So he did, rejoined Sikes, 'and they warn't of no more use than the other plant.
I was almost afraid you'd given it up: in which case I should have made a personal wentur. Hallo! Uttering this exclamation in a tone of great surprise, as his eyes rested on Oliver, Mr. Toby Crackit brought himself into a sitting posture, and demanded who that was. 'The boy. Only the boy! replied Sikes, drawing a chair towards the fire.
They slept, or appeared to sleep, for some time; nobody stirring but Barney, who rose once or twice to throw coals on the fire. Oliver fell into a heavy doze: imagining himself straying along the gloomy lanes, or wandering about the dark churchyard, or retracing some one or other of the scenes of the past day: when he was roused by Toby Crackit jumping up and declaring it was half-past one.
There wasn't one of them, from Crackit down the line, who could not easily remember some special kindness that marked the old lady's intercourse with him. As soon as the fact was announced that the boarding house had changed hands, the boarders were up in arms. There was a wild gabble of voices, over the supper table that night. Crackit led the chorus. "It's a mean trick.
Crackit stopped to take a draught of spirits and water, and to declare that the gin was excellent; then placing his feet against the low mantelpiece, so as to bring his boots to about the level of his eye, he quietly resumed. 'First and foremost, Faguey, said the housebreaker, 'how's Bill? 'What! screamed the Jew, starting from his seat. 'Why, you don't mean to say began Toby, turning pale.
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