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of work: unskilled and uninteresting
- He could think of no bad object to be attained by sending him to Sikes, which would not be equally well answered by his remaining with Fagin; and after meditating for a long time, concluded that he had been selected to perform some ordinary menial offices for the housebreaker, until another boy, better suited for his purpose could be engaged.Chapter 20 — Wherein Oliver is Delivered Over to Mr. William Sikes (21% in)
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