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The
room
was
illuminated
by
two
gas-lights
;
the
glare
of
which
was
prevented
by
the
barred
shutters
,
and
closely-drawn
curtains
of
faded
red
,
from
being
visible
outside
.
The
ceiling
was
blackened
,
to
prevent
its
colour
from
being
injured
by
the
flaring
of
the
lamps
;
and
the
place
was
so
full
of
dense
tobacco
smoke
,
that
at
first
it
was
scarcely
possible
to
discern
anything
more
.
By
degrees
,
however
,
as
some
of
it
cleared
away
through
the
open
door
,
an
assemblage
of
heads
,
as
confused
as
the
noises
that
greeted
the
ear
,
might
be
made
out
;
and
as
the
eye
grew
more
accustomed
to
the
scene
,
the
spectator
gradually
became
aware
of
the
presence
of
a
numerous
company
,
male
and
female
,
crowded
round
a
long
table
:
at
the
upper
end
of
which
,
sat
a
chairman
with
a
hammer
of
office
in
his
hand
;
while
a
professional
gentleman
with
a
bluish
nose
,
and
his
face
tied
up
for
the
benefit
of
a
toothache
,
presided
at
a
jingling
piano
in
a
remote
corner
.
As
Fagin
stepped
softly
in
,
the
professional
gentleman
,
running
over
the
keys
by
way
of
prelude
,
occasioned
a
general
cry
of
order
for
a
song
;
which
having
subsided
,
a
young
lady
proceeded
to
entertain
the
company
with
a
ballad
in
four
verses
,
between
each
of
which
the
accompanyist
played
the
melody
all
through
,
as
loud
as
he
could
.
When
this
was
over
,
the
chairman
gave
a
sentiment
,
after
which
,
the
professional
gentleman
on
the
chairman
's
right
and
left
volunteered
a
duet
,
and
sang
it
,
with
great
applause
.
It
was
curious
to
observe
some
faces
which
stood
out
prominently
from
among
the
group
.
There
was
the
chairman
himself
,
(
the
landlord
of
the
house
,
)
a
coarse
,
rough
,
heavy
built
fellow
,
who
,
while
the
songs
were
proceeding
,
rolled
his
eyes
hither
and
thither
,
and
,
seeming
to
give
himself
up
to
joviality
,
had
an
eye
for
everything
that
was
done
,
and
an
ear
for
everything
that
was
said
--
and
sharp
ones
,
too
.
Near
him
were
the
singers
:
receiving
,
with
professional
indifference
,
the
compliments
of
the
company
,
and
applying
themselves
,
in
turn
,
to
a
dozen
proffered
glasses
of
spirits
and
water
,
tendered
by
their
more
boisterous
admirers
;
whose
countenances
,
expressive
of
almost
every
vice
in
almost
every
grade
,
irresistibly
attracted
the
attention
,
by
their
very
repulsiveness
.
Cunning
,
ferocity
,
and
drunkeness
in
all
its
stages
,
were
there
,
in
their
strongest
aspect
;
and
women
:
some
with
the
last
lingering
tinge
of
their
early
freshness
almost
fading
as
you
looked
:
others
with
every
mark
and
stamp
of
their
sex
utterly
beaten
out
,
and
presenting
but
one
loathsome
blank
of
profligacy
and
crime
;
some
mere
girls
,
others
but
young
women
,
and
none
past
the
prime
of
life
;
formed
the
darkest
and
saddest
portion
of
this
dreary
picture
.
Fagin
,
troubled
by
no
grave
emotions
,
looked
eagerly
from
face
to
face
while
these
proceedings
were
in
progress
;
but
apparently
without
meeting
that
of
which
he
was
in
search
.
Succeeding
,
at
length
,
in
catching
the
eye
of
the
man
who
occupied
the
chair
,
he
beckoned
to
him
slightly
,
and
left
the
room
,
as
quietly
as
he
had
entered
it
.
'
What
can
I
do
for
you
,
Mr.
Fagin
?
'
inquired
the
man
,
as
he
followed
him
out
to
the
landing
.
'
Wo
n't
you
join
us
?
They
'll
be
delighted
,
every
one
of
'em
.
'
The
Jew
shook
his
head
impatiently
,
and
said
in
a
whisper
,
'
Is
HE
here
?
'
'
No
,
'
replied
the
man
.
