Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens Chapter 49 Page 18

‘By me,’ said Mr. Brownlow. ‘I told you I should interest you before long. I say by me — I see that your cunning associate suppressed my name, although for ought he knew, it would be quite strange to your ears. When he was rescued by me, then, and lay recovering from sickness in my house, his strong resemblance to this picture I have spoken of, struck me with astonishment. Even when I first saw him in all his dirt and misery, there was a lingering expression in his face that came upon me like a glimpse of some old friend flashing on one in a vivid dream. I need not tell you he was snared away before I knew his history — ‘

‘Why not?’ asked Monks hastily.

‘Because you know it well.’

‘I!’