Oliver Twist

»CHILD AS HE WAS, HE WAS DESPERATE WITH HUNGER, AND RECKLESS WITH MISERY. HE ROSE FROM THE TABLE, AND ADVANCING TO THE MASTER, BASIN AND SPOON IN HAND, SAID, SOMEWHAT ALARMED AT HIS OWN TEMERITY: 'PLEASE, SIR, I WANT SOME MORE. THE MASTER GAZED IN STUPEFIED ASTONISHMENT ON THE SMALL REBEL. 'WHAT!' SAID THE MASTER AT LENGTH.» DICKENS' WELL-LOVED STORY OF A WORKHOUSE ORPHAN.