02. Oliver's first job(3)

　O liver tore the meat to pieces with his teeth as if he were a wild animal. Mrs Sowerberry watched him in silent horror，already thinking about her future food bills，then took him upstairs to the shop．
　　'You'll sleep here， among the coffins，'she said.
　　O liver stared around the dark，airless shop at the coffins，some finished，some only half-made．He trembled at the thought of ghosts．His bed was a small hole in the floor，and looked very like a grave．
　　But it was not only the room that depressed O liver．He felt very lonely，with no friends and no one to care for him． As he lay on the bed，he found himself wishing that it really was his grave.
　　The next morning he was woken up by someone kicking at the shop door．
　　'Open the door，will you？'shouted a voice through the keyhole．
　　'Yes，sir.'
　　'I suppose you're the new boy，'said the voice through the keyhole． 'How old are you？'
　　'Ten， sir.'
　　'The n I'll hit you when I get in，'said the voice．
O liver was experienced enough to know that the promise was probably true． He opened the door with a shaking hand，the n looked up and down the street．All he could see was a large boy wearing the uniform of one of the charity schools，where the children of the very poor used to go．
奥利弗像野兽一样用牙撕啃着肉。索尔贝里太太目瞪口呆地看着他，心里已经在想着她往后的伙食负担了。过后，她又把他带到楼上的铺面里。
　　“你就睡在这些棺材中间。”她说。
　　奥利弗呆呆地环顾四周。原来这是一间黑暗、闷气的作坊，里面放着一些做好了和正在做着的棺材。看着这些，他满脑子都是鬼怪，不由得毛骨悚然。他睡在地板上一个狭小的洞里，看上去真像个墓穴。
　　使奥利弗沮丧的不仅仅是这个住处。他感到非常孤独，没有朋友，没人关心他。他躺在床上时，发现自己真希望就是躺在墓穴里了。
　　第二天一大早，他被店门口一阵踢门声惊醒。
　　“开开门，好吗？”有人透过钥匙孔喊道。
　　“就来，先生。”
　　“你大概就是新来的学徒吧？”从钥匙孔里传进来的声音问道，“你多大了？”
　　“十岁了，先生。”
　　“那么我进去就揍你一顿。”那声音接着说。
　　奥利弗很有经验，认为他很可能真的说到做到。他用颤抖的手打开了门，然后，来回扫视了一下街面，只看见一个穿着一家慈善学校制服的大个子男孩。慈善学校是穷人家孩子上的学校。