Oliver is found again (4)

 

'Go home ,you horrible child,' said another woman.

 

'Yes-go back to your aprents,' said a third.

 

'But I haven't got any!' repliedoliver , greatly alarmed.' Ihaven't got a sister, either. I'm an orphan. I live in Pentonville.'

 

'Listen to him! Make him come home,' the young woman said to the crowd, 'or he'll kill his dear mother and father , and break my heart.'

 

Suddenly Oliver recognized the woman he had seen in Fagin's house. 'It's Nancy!' he said , without thinking.

 

'You see?' cried Nancy to the crowd. 'He knows me !'

 

Just then a big man ran out of a beer shop, followed by a white dog. 'What's this?' Young Oliver! Come home to your poor mother, you young devil! And what books are these?You've stolen them, haven't you? Give them to me . The man, who was Bill Sikes, seized Oliver with one strong hand and hit him on the head with the other.