'"Well, my dears", said Fagin, "I hope you have been at work this morning. What have you got, Dawkins?"
"Two purses," said Dawkins, and he gave them to Fagin.
"Not very heavy," said the old man," but well made. He is good at his work, isn't lie, Oliver?"
"Very good, " said Oliver.
"And what have you got?"said Fagin to Charley.
"Handkerchiefs," replied Master Bates, producing four.
"Well," said Fagin. looking at them carefully. "They are good ones but they are marked, Charley, So we must take out the marks with a needle. Oliver will learn how to do it"
"Yes, sir," said Oliver.
Charley Bates started laughing." He is innocent, isn't he?