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The
next
morning
,
the
public
were
once
informed
that
Oliver
Twist
was
again
To
Let
,
and
that
five
pounds
would
be
paid
to
anybody
who
would
take
possession
of
him
.
In
great
families
,
when
an
advantageous
place
can
not
be
obtained
,
either
in
possession
,
reversion
,
remainder
,
or
expectancy
,
for
the
young
man
who
is
growing
up
,
it
is
a
very
general
custom
to
send
him
to
sea
.
The
board
,
in
imitation
of
so
wise
and
salutary
an
example
,
took
counsel
together
on
the
expediency
of
shipping
off
Oliver
Twist
,
in
some
small
trading
vessel
bound
to
a
good
unhealthy
port
.
This
suggested
itself
as
the
very
best
thing
that
could
possibly
be
done
with
him
:
the
probability
being
,
that
the
skipper
would
flog
him
to
death
,
in
a
playful
mood
,
some
day
after
dinner
,
or
would
knock
his
brains
out
with
an
iron
bar
;
both
pastimes
being
,
as
is
pretty
generally
known
,
very
favourite
and
common
recreations
among
gentleman
of
that
class
.
The
more
the
case
presented
itself
to
the
board
,
in
this
point
of
view
,
the
more
manifold
the
advantages
of
the
step
appeared
;
so
,
they
came
to
the
conclusion
that
the
only
way
of
providing
for
Oliver
effectually
,
was
to
send
him
to
sea
without
delay
.
Mr.
Bumble
had
been
despatched
to
make
various
preliminary
inquiries
,
with
the
view
of
finding
out
some
captain
or
other
who
wanted
a
cabin-boy
without
any
friends
;
and
was
returning
to
the
workhouse
to
communicate
the
result
of
his
mission
;
when
he
encountered
at
the
gate
,
no
less
a
person
than
Mr.
Sowerberry
,
the
parochial
undertaker
.
Mr.
Sowerberry
was
a
tall
gaunt
,
large-jointed
man
,
attired
in
a
suit
of
threadbare
black
,
with
darned
cotton
stockings
of
the
same
colour
,
and
shoes
to
answer
.
His
features
were
not
naturally
intended
to
wear
a
smiling
aspect
,
but
he
was
in
general
rather
given
to
professional
jocosity
.
His
step
was
elastic
,
and
his
face
betokened
inward
pleasantry
,
as
he
advanced
to
Mr.
Bumble
,
and
shook
him
cordially
by
the
hand
.
'
I
have
taken
the
measure
of
the
two
women
that
died
last
night
,
Mr.
Bumble
,
'
said
the
undertaker
.
'
You
'll
make
your
fortune
,
Mr.
Sowerberry
,
'
said
the
beadle
,
as
he
thrust
his
thumb
and
forefinger
into
the
proferred
snuff-box
of
the
undertaker
:
which
was
an
ingenious
little
model
of
a
patent
coffin
.
'
I
say
you
'll
make
your
fortune
,
Mr.
Sowerberry
,
'
repeated
Mr.
Bumble
,
tapping
the
undertaker
on
the
shoulder
,
in
a
friendly
manner
,
with
his
cane
.
'
Think
so
?
'
said
the
undertaker
in
a
tone
which
half
admitted
and
half
disputed
the
probability
of
the
event
.
'
The
prices
allowed
by
the
board
are
very
small
,
Mr.
Bumble
.
'
'
So
are
the
coffins
,
'
replied
the
beadle
:
with
precisely
as
near
an
approach
to
a
laugh
as
a
great
official
ought
to
indulge
in
.
Mr.
Sowerberry
was
much
tickled
at
this
:
as
of
course
he
ought
to
be
;
and
laughed
a
long
time
without
cessation
.
'
Well
,
well
,
Mr.
Bumble
,
'
he
said
at
length
,
'
there
's
no
denying
that
,
since
the
new
system
of
feeding
has
come
in
,
the
coffins
are
something
narrower
and
more
shallow
than
they
used
to
be
;
but
we
must
have
some
profit
,
Mr.
Bumble
.
Well-seasoned
timber
is
an
expensive
article
,
sir
;
and
all
the
iron
handles
come
,
by
canal
,
from
Birmingham
.
'
'
Well
,
well
,
'
said
Mr.
Bumble
,
'
every
trade
has
its
drawbacks
.
A
fair
profit
is
,
of
course
,
allowable
.
'
