After the robbery(6)

 

Nancy was alone upstairs in her room, her head on the table.

 

'She's been drinking again,' thought Fagin . As he closed the door,she woke up. He told her what had happened during the robbery;  shw said nothing and her head retruned to the table. 'And where do you think the boy is now , my dear?' Fagin asked her, trying hard to see her face. 'Poor little child! Left alone like htat.'

 

Nancy looked up. 'I hope hte child's dead. Then he'd he happier than any of us.'

 

'What!' said Fagin, in amazement.

 

'It's better like that. The sight of the boy turns me against myself, and all of you.'

 

'You're drunk.' Fagin suddenly lost his temper. 'The boy's worth a fortune to me - and now a drunken gang has lost him . And id Sikes doesn't return that boy to me , dead or alive, I'll tell th e police about him and I'll get Sikes hanged Just remember that!'

 

When Fagin left her ,Nancy was already back in a drunken sleep, her head lying on the table once more . Fagin went out into the blackness of the night and walked home. He had reached the corner of his street and was searching in his pocketfor his key , when a dark figure came out of the shadows and crossed the road towards hin .