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Fagin, before he is hanged, speaking of his betraying Nancy to Bill :

FAGIN: Of all the crimes that have been committed under the cover of darkness within great London since night first hung over the city, was this really the worst? What of the workhouse? What about the children whose lives were crushed in the mines and in the factories. Was the mob and the law sent out after those responsible for those crimes? No! o, no! But it comes to the deeds of a common criminal like Bill Sikes then the likes of Lord Brownlow call for the police, the police will call for the newspapers, the newspapers will be sold in pubs and in the gutters and very soon a great mob will gather in the streets of London baying and screaming for blood, justice, truth and revenge - a mob, a riot, a pogrom even.

notes:
the mob: la foule
to bay for blood: réclamer la tête de quelqu'un

Oliver Twist / Dumb Waiter / Romeo and Juliet