with his
own eyes,
that Sikes
had not
returned,
Mr. Fagin
again
turned his
face
homeward,
leaving
his young
friend
asleep,
with her
head upon
the table.
It was
within an
hour of
midnight.
The
weather
being
dark, and
piercing
cold, he
had no
great
temptation
to loiter.
The sharp
wind that
scoured
the
streets,
seemed to
have
cleared
them of
passengers,
as of dust
and mud,
for few
people
were
abroad,
and they
were to
all
