04. Oliver in London(5)

　　'Don't worry， my dear，' Fagin said， putting down the knife and becoming once again the kind old gentleman． He laughed． 'I only tried to frighten you，my dear. You're a brave boy，O liver！ And did you see any of the pretty things？'
　　'Yes， sir. '
　　'Ah，' said Fagin， turning rather pale． 'They-They're mine， O liver．All I have，in my old age．'
　　O liver wondered why the old man lived in such an old， dirty place，when he had so many watches， but the n he thought that it must cost Fagin a lot of money to look after the Dodger and the other boys．So he said nothing，and got up and washed．When he turned towards Fagin， the box had disappeared．
　　Soon the Dodger entered with a cheerful young man named Charley Bates．
　　'Have you been at work this morning？'Fagin asked the Dodger．
　　'Hard at work，'answered the Dodger．
　　'Good boys，good boys！'said Fagin． 'What have you got？'
　　'A couple of pocket－books and some handkerchieves．'
　　'Good workers， aren't They， O liver？' said the old man．
'Very good，' said O liver． The others all started laughing，though O liver saw nothing funny in his answer. Fagin inspected the handkerchieves and told the two boys that They were extremely well made and that he was very pleased with their work.
“别担心，亲爱的。”费金说着，放下手里的刀，又成了原来那个善良的老先生了。他大笑着说：“我只是想吓唬吓唬你，亲爱的。你是个勇敢的孩子，奥利弗！你看见那些漂亮的东西了吗？”
　　“是的，先生。”
　　“噢！”费金应着，脸变得相当白了，“那——那是我自己的东西，奥利弗。是我这老头子全部的家当。”
　　奥利弗很纳闷，这老头有那么多金表，他为什么还住在这么陈旧、破烂的地方；不过，然后他又想，他养活神偷和其他的孩子们肯定也得花去许多钱。因此他什么也没说，就起身去洗脸了，当他再转身看费金时，那只盒子已经不见了。
　　不一会儿，神偷和一个叫查理•贝茨的乐呵呵的年轻人走了进来。
　　“今儿上午你们工作了吗？”费金问神偷。
　　“干得很卖劲。”神偷回答说。
　　“好孩子，好孩子！”费金说，“你们都弄到什么了？”
　　“几个皮夹子和几条手帕。”
　　“他们是好工人，对不对，奥利弗？”老头说。
　　“非常好。”奥利弗说。别人都笑了，可奥利弗并不觉得他的回答有什么好笑的。费金查看过手帕，告诉两个孩子这些手帕做工精美，并表示对他们的工作感到高兴。