08. After the robbery(7)

　While the se events were happening in the workhouse, the Artful Dodger and Charley Bates were playing cards in Fagin's house. The Dodger, as usual, was winning easily; somehow, he always seemed to know exactly what cards the other players had in their hand s. Suddenly the re was a faint ring on the bell downstairs, and Toby came in-the man who had gone with Bill Sikes and O liver to rob the house in Chertsey. Fagin jumped to his feet.
　　'Where are They ' he screamed. 'Sikes and the boy! Where are They hiding '
　　'We failed, ' said the robber.
　　' What happened '
　　'They fired and hit the boy. We ran away with O liver between us, and They chased us with dogs. '
　　'And the boy
 What about the boy 'gasped Fagin.
'His head was hanging down, and he was cold. We needed to go faster so we left him in a field, alive or dead That's all I know about him. '
在这些事发生于济贫院里时，插翅神偷和查理•贝茨正在费金的家里打着牌。和往常一样，神偷轻松地赢了对家。不知怎么回事，好像他每次都确切地知道对家手里有什么牌似的。突然，楼下传来一阵轻轻的门铃声，走进来的是托比——是和比尔•赛克斯、奥利弗一起去切特赛那所房子盗窃的那个人。费金跳了起来。
　　“他们呢？”他尖叫着，“赛克斯和那个孩子！他们躲在哪儿？”
　　“我们没得手，”窃贼说。
　　“出了什么差错？”
　　“他们开枪打伤了那孩子，我们俩架着奥利弗拼命逃了出来。他们带着狗追我们。”
　　“那孩子怎么样了？他现在在哪儿？”费金喘着气问。
　　“他耷拉着头，浑身发冷，因为我们得赶紧逃离那儿，所以不得不将他丢下，不管是死是活。关于这孩子我只知道这些。”