But in no one face—not even among the women, of whom there were many there—could he [Fagin] read the faintest sympathy with himself, or any feeling but one of all-absorbing interest that he should be condemned. [...]
He looked up into the gallery again. Some of the people were eating, and some fanning themselves [...]
There has never been a day so sunny, do you remember those words? I sure do, they are from Oliver!, the musical, one of my favorites movies from childhood.
Do you remember the set? Oliver wakes up in Mr Brownlow’s home, restored from sickness. Charmed by the love showed in the whiteness, the cleanness, the magnificent [...]
Continue reading about Oliver Twist lives (2): Who will buy this wonderful morning?
And let me tell you why:
In fact, if it had not been for a good-hearted turnpike-man, and a benevolent old lady, Oliver’s troubles would have been shortened by the very same process which had put an end to his mother’s; in other words, he would most assuredly have fallen dead upon the king’s highway. But [...]
