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Dinnertime at the workhouse :

BEADLE: I hope the soup is not too thick, Mrs CORNEY?

CORNEY: It's thin, Sir, very thin. I makes a profit with my food allowance.

BEADLE: I makes a profit with me coffins. We must have profit.

(The boys weep from hunger.)

MRS CORNEY: The boys are crying again!

BEADLE: Crying is good for boys, Mrs Corney. It opens their lungs, washes their faces, and exercises their eyes. Oh there's a little soup left, I think I might, with your permission...

CORNEY: Oh it would be a pity to waste it, Mr Bumble.

Oliver Twist / Dumb Waiter / Romeo and Juliet