 Extrait 7
When Fagin tries to beat Oliver back from Lord Brownlow's, Nancy protects the boy:
NANCY: (Grabs stick) Don't beat him, Bill. Not the stick, Bill, he's too young.
BILL: Stand off me, or I'll split your skull against the wall!
NANCY: I don't care, Bill, I don't care what you do to me! Kill me, but not the child!
BILL: I'll do the both of you! (Throws Nancy to the floor and takes up stick as FAGIN and DODGER return with OLIVER who they have caught with ease, playing with him as if in a game - cat and mouse).
FAGIN: What's the matter here?
BILL: The girl's gone mad!
NANCY: (Shaking with rage). No she hasn't Fagin, don't you believe it!
FAGIN: (to OLIVER) So you wanted to get away, my dear, did you? Called for the police, did you? Well, we'll soon cure you of that. (Taking stick from BILL with deference)
NANCY: I won't stand by and see it done, Fagin. You've got the boy, what more do you want. Let him be, or I shall go to the precious police, I shall put the mark on some of you even if it leads me to hang!
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