The Works of Charles Dickens, With Introductions, General Essay, And Notes
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Mr. Fagin laid great stress on the fact of his having taken Oliver in, and cherished him, when, without his timely aid, he might have perished with hunger; and he related the dismal and affecting history of a young lad whom, in his philanthropy, he had succoured under parallel circumstances, but who, proving unworthy of his confidence and evincing a desire to communicate with the police, had unfortunately come to be hanged at the Old Bailey one morning. Mr, Fagin did not seek to conceal his sha...re in the catastrophe, but lamented with tears in his eyes that the wrong-headed and treacherous behaviour of the young person in question, had rendered it necessary that he should become the victim of certain evidence for the crown : which, if it were not precisely true, was in- dispensably necessary for the safety of him (Mr. Fagin) and a few select friends. Mr. Fagin concluded bv drawing a 158 OLIVER TWIST. rather disagreeable picture of the discomforts of hanging; and, with great friendhness and politeness of manner, ex- pressed his anxious hopes that he might never be obliged to submit Oliver "Twist to that unpleasant operation.
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