Nancy makes a visit (1)

 

On the evening after the Bumbles' little business meeting ,Mr  Bill Sikes, waking from a sleep, called out to ask the time.

 

The room he was lying in was very small and dirty. It was a different room from the one he had occupied before the Chertsey expedition, but it was in the same poor part of London. There were so few possessions or comforts in the room that it was clear Mr Sikes had met hard times . He himself was thin and pale from illness, and was lying on the bed, wrapped in an old coat. The white dog lay on the floor next to him.