body and found nothing inside (which was very probable indeed),

and the latter of whom invariably swore whatever the parish

wanted; which was very self-devotional. Besides, the board made

periodical pilgrimages to the farm, and always sent the beadle

the day before, to say they were going. The children were neat

and clean to behold, when THEY went; and what more would the

It cannot be expected that this system of farming would produce

any very extraordinary or luxuriant crop. Oliver Twist's ninth