drive towards Bethnal Green. He dismissed him within some quarter

of a mile of Mr. Sikes's residence, and performed the short

remainder of the distance, on foot.

'Now,' muttered the Jew, as he knocked at the door, 'if there is

any deep play here, I shall have it out of you, my girl, cunning

She was in her room, the woman said. Fagin crept softly

upstairs, and entered it without any previous ceremony. The girl

was alone; lying with her head upon the table, and her hair