Despite Corney and Bumble's attempts to extort money from him, Monks gets the upper hand.
When 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble, for a second serving of gruel, he's hired out as an apprentice. Escaping that dismal fate, young Oliver falls in with the street urchin known as the Artful Dodger and his criminal mentor, Fagin. When kindly Mr. Brownlow takes Oliver in, Fagin's evil henchman Bill Sikes plots to kidnap the boy.
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Despite Corney and Bumble's attempts to extort money from him, Monks gets the upper hand.
Oliver is regaining strength. Still terrified for him, Nancy promises that she will get him back to the safety of the Brownlows'.
Sikes escapes back to London with a badly wounded Oliver. Nancy nurses him, determined to save his life.
Fagin is intrigued by Monks' hatred of Oliver and reasons that if Monks is prepared to pay to have him killed, someone else will pay to keep him safe.
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