The robbery  (5)

 

After that evening he was rarely on his own again. He spent a oft of time with the Dodger and Charley, and often played the handkerchief game with them. At other times Fagin would tell them all about robberies he had committed in his younger days, telling the stories so well and putting in so many funny details that Oliver could not stop laughing , even though he knew it was wrong.

 

Fagin knew what he was dong . He had made wure that Oliver was so lonely and miserable that he would be desperate for any friends, however criminal . Slowly and deliberately, Fagin was trying to poison the young boy's mind.