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原文 Oliver Twist Charles Dickens Comprising Further Particulars of Oliver’s Stay at Mr. Brownkow’s, with the Remarkable Prediction Which One Mr. Grimwig Uttered Concerning Him，When He Went out on an Errand. Oliver soon recovering from the fainting-fit into which Mr. Brownlow’s abrupt exclamation had thrown him, the subject of the picture was carefully avoided, both by the old gentleman and Mrs. Bedwin，in the conversation that ensued: which indeed bore no reference to Oliver’s history or prospects，but was confined to such topics as might amuse without exciting him. He was still too weak to get up to breakfast; but， when he came down into the housekeeper’s room next day, his first act was to cast an eager glance at the wall，in the hope of again looking on the face of the beautiful lady. His expectations were disappointed，however, for the picture had been removed. Ah!’ said the housekeeper，watching the direction of Oliver’s eyes. It is gone, you see/ ?I see it is ma’am，’ replied Oliver. ’Why have they taken it away?’ ?It has been taken down, child, because Mr. Brownlow said，that as it seemed to worry you，perhaps it might prevent you getting well, you know，’ rejoined the old lady. ?Oh，not indeed. It didn’t worry me，maam/ said Oliver. ’I liked to see it. I quite loved it? Well, well!’ said the old lady, good-humouredly; ’you get well as fast as ever you can, dear, and it shall be hung up again. There! I promise you that! Now, let us talk about something else/ This was all the information Oliver could obtain about the picture at that time. As the old lady had been so kind to him in his illness，he endeavoured to think no more of the subject just then; so he listened attentively to a great many stories she told him，about an amiable and handsome daughter of hers，who was married to an amiable and handsome man，and lived in the country; and about a son，who was clerk to a merchant in the West Indies; and who was, also，such a good young man, and wrote such dutiful letters home fou