No!" said Oliver in a brave voice.
Mr. Bumble was very surprised by this answer. He stood back from the door and looked at the other.
"Oh, Mr. Bumble,he must be must, said Mrs. Sowerberry,"No boy speaks to you like that."
"He isn't mad," said Mr. Bumble after a few moments" deep thought, "The trouble is - meat!"
"What?" said Mrs. Sowerberry
"Meat, Mrs. Sowerberry, meat, said Mr. Bumble "If you fed him only on soup, at we do in the workhouse, he wouldn't behave like this"
"Oh!" said Mrs Sowerberry" This it the result of my kindness"
"Leave him in there for a day to two" said Mr. Bumble, Give him soup and nothing the in future, Mrs Sowerberry, He comes from a bad family."