14 The end of the mystery 
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¡¡¡¡The next day O liver travelled with Mr Brown low £¬Dr Losberne£¬Mrs May lie and Rose back to his birthplace£®He had been told a little of his history£¬and knew that the re would be more explanations at the end of this journey£®He was anxious and uncertain£¬wondering what he would hear£® 
¡¡¡¡But towards the end of the journey£¬he began to recognize familiar places£¬and in great excitement pointed the m out to Rose£®The re was the path he had taken when he had run away£®The re£¬across the fields£¬was the 'baby farm'£®The n£¬as They drove into the town£¬he saw the house of Mr So wer berry the undertaker£¬and the workhouse that had been his prison£® 
¡¡¡¡They stopped at the biggest hotel in the town£¬and went in to their rooms£®During dinner Mr Brown low stayed in a separate room£¬and the older members of the group went in and out with serious faces£®Mrs May lie came back with her eyes red from crying£®All this made Rose and O liver£¬who had not been told any new secrets£¬very nervous and uncomfortable£® 
¡¡¡¡At nine o'clock Dr Losberne and Mr Brown low brought Monks into the room£®O liver was very surprised£»this was the same man he had bumped into once outside a pub£¬and seen another time with Fagin£¬looking in at him through the window of the country cottage£®O liver was told that Monks was his half-brother£¬and the boy stared at him in shock and amazement£®Monks looked back at him with hatred£® 
¡¡¡¡'We have the whole story here in the se papers£¬'said Mr Brown low £¬putting the m on the table£® 'All we need now is for you to sign the m£¬Monks£®And to tell O liver what happened£®' 
¡¡¡¡Monks started hesitantly£® 'My father had arrived in Italy to collect the money he had inherited£¬when suddenly he fell ill£®When he died£¬we found two papers in his desk£®One was a letter to his girl£»the other was a will£®' 
¡¡¡¡'What was the letter£¿'asked Mr Brown low £® 
¡¡¡¡'It was written when he was ill£¬telling the girl how ashamed he was that she was pregnant£®He asked her not to remember him as a bad man but as someone who had made a mistake£®He reminded her of the day he'd given her the locket and ring£®' 
¡¡¡¡O liver's tears fell fast as he listened to the story of his father£® 
¡¡¡¡'And what about the will£¿'asked Mr Brown low £® 
¡¡¡¡Monks was silent£® 
¡¡¡¡'The will£¬'continued Mr Brown low £¬speaking for him£¬ 'was in the same spirit as the letter£®He talked of the misery of his marriage to his wife£¬and the evil character of you£¬Monks£¬his only son£¬who had been brought up by your mother to hate him£®He left you and your mother an annual income of $800£®The rest of his property he left to his girl Agnes and to their child£¬if it were born alive£¬and if it showed itself to be of a good£¬kind character£®The money would only go to you£¬Monks£¬as the older son£¬if The younger turned out to be as evil as you£®' 
¡¡¡¡'My mother£¬'said Monks£¬ 'burnt this will£¬and never sent the letter£®The girl Agnes left her home in secret£¬so that her pregnancy would not bring shame on her family£®I swore to my mother£¬when she was dying£¬that if I ever found my half-brother£¬I would do him all the harm I could£®He would feel my hatred like a whip on his back£®I paid Fagin to trap O liver into a life of crime£®But the n he escaped£¬and that stupid£¬interfering girl Nancy talked to you£®If I'd had the chance£¬I would have finished what I'd begun£®'Monks stared at O liver£¬and his lips moved in a silent curse£® 
¡¡¡¡'And the locket and ring£¿'asked Mr Brown low £® 
¡¡¡¡'I bought the m from Mr and Mrs Bumble£¬who had stolen the m from the nurse£¬who had stolen the m from Agnes£¬the dead girl£®I've already told you how I threw the m into the river£® 
¡¡¡¡Mr Brown low turned to Rose£® 'I have one more thing to explain£¬'he said to the girl£® 
¡¡¡¡'I don't know if I have the strength to hear it now£¬'she murmured£¬ 'having heard so much already£®' 
¡¡¡¡Mr Brown low put his hand under her arm£® 'You have a great deal of courage£¬dear child£¬'he said kindly£®He turned to Monks£® 'Do you know this young lady£¬sir£¿' 
¡¡¡¡'Yes£®' 
¡¡¡¡'I don't know you£¬'said Rose faintly£® 
¡¡¡¡'The father of poor Agnes had two daughters£¬'said Mr Brown low £® 'What happened to the other one£¬who was only a young child at the time£¿' 
¡¡¡¡'When Agnes disappeared£¬'replied Monks£¬ 'her father changed his name and moved to a lonely place in Wales£¬where no one would know about the family shame£®He died very soon afterwards£¬and this young daughter was taken in by some poor people£®My mother hated Agnes and everybody connected with her£®She hunted for this young sister£¬and made sure that her life would be unhappy£®She told the poor people who had taken her in that the girl was illegitimate£¬and that she came from a bad family with an evil reputation£®So the child led a life of miserable poverty-until Mrs May lie saw her by chance£¬pitied her£¬and took her home£®' 
¡¡¡¡'And do you see this young sister now£¿'asked Mr Brown low £® 
¡¡¡¡'Yes£®Standing by your side£®' 
¡¡¡¡Rose could hardly speak£® 'So¡­O liver is my nephew£¿' 
¡¡¡¡'I can never call you aunt£¬'cried O liver£® 'You'll always be my own dear sister£¡' 
¡¡¡¡They ran into each other's arms£¬both of the m crying in their happiness£®A father£¬sister and mother had been lost and gained£¬and it was too much for one evening£®They stood for a long time in silence£¬and the others left the m alone£®The court was full of faces£»from every corner£¬all eyes were on one man-Fagin£®In front of him£¬behind£¬above£¬below -he seemed surrounded by staring eyes£®Not one of the faces showed any sympathy towards him£»all were determined that he should hang£®At last£¬the re was a cry of 'Silence£¡'£¬and everyone looked towards the door£®The jury returned£¬and passed close to Fagin£®He could tell nothing from their faces£»They could have been made of stone£®The n the re was complete stillness-not a whisper£¬not a breath¡­Guilty£®The whole court rang with a great shout£¬echoing through all the rooms as the crowd ran out of the building to tell all the people waiting outside£®The news was that he would die on Monday£® 
¡¡¡¡Fagin thought of nothing but death that night£®He began to remember all the people he had ever known who had been hung£®He could hardly count the m£®They might have sat in the same prison cell as he was sitting in now£®He thought about death by hanging-the rope£¬the cloth bag over the head£¬the sudden change from strong men to bundles of clothe s£¬hanging at the end of a rope£® 
¡¡¡¡As his last night came£¬despair seized Fagin's evil soul£®He could not sit still£¬and hurried up and down his small cell£¬gasping with terror£¬his eyes flashing with hate and anger£®The n he lay trembling on his stone bed and listened to the clock striking the hours£®Where would he be when those hours came round again£¿ 
¡¡¡¡In the middle of that Sunday night£¬Mr Brown low and O liver were allowed to enter the prison£®Several strong doors were unlocked£¬and eventually They entered Fagin's cell£®The old robber was sitting on the bed£¬whispering to himself£¬his face more like a trapped animal's than a human's£® 
¡¡¡¡'You have some papers£¬Fagin£¬'said Mr Brown low quietly£¬ 'which were given to you by Monks to look after£®' 
¡¡¡¡'It's a lie£¡'replied Fagin£¬not looking at him£® 'I haven't got any£®' 
¡¡¡¡'For the love of God£¬'said Mr Brown low £¬very seriously£¬ 'don't lie to us now£¬on the night before your death£®You know that Sikes is dead and Monks has confessed£®Where are the papers£¿' 
¡¡¡¡'I'll tell you£¬O liver£¬'said Fagin£® 'Come here£®'He whispered to him£® 'They're in a bag up the chimney in the front room at the top of the house£®But I want to talk to you£¬my dear£®' 
¡¡¡¡'Yes£¬'said O liver£® 'Will you pray with me£¿' 
¡¡¡¡'Outside£¬outside£¬'said Fagin£¬pushing the boy in front of him towards the door£® 'Say I've gone to sleep-They'll believe you£®You can take me out with you when you go£®'The old man's eyes shone with a mad light£® 
¡¡¡¡'It's no good£¬'said Mr Brown low £¬taking O liver's hand £® 'He's gone too far£¬and we can never reach him now£®' 
¡¡¡¡The cell door opened£¬and as the visitors left£¬Fagin started struggling and fighting with his guards£¬screaming so loudly that the prison walls rang with the sound£® 
¡¡¡¡They left the prison building in the grey light of dawn£®Outside in the street£¬huge crowds were already gathering£¬joking and laughing£¬and pushing to get the best places near the great black platform£¬where the rope hung ready for its morning's work£® 
¡¡¡¡Less than three months later£¬Rose married Harry May lie£®For her sake£¬Harry had abandoned his political ambitions£¬and had become a simple man of the church£®The re was no longer any mystery about Rose's birth£¬but even if the re had been£¬Harry would not have cared£®They lived next to the church in a peaceful village£®Mrs May lie went to live with the m£¬and spent the rest of her days in quiet contentment£® 
¡¡¡¡Mr Brown low adopted O liver as his son£®They moved to a house in the same quiet village£¬and were just as happy£®Dr Losberne discovered suddenly that the air in Chertsey did not suit him£®In less than three months he£¬too£¬had moved-to a cottage just outside the village£¬where he took up gardening and fishing with great energy and enthusiasm£® 
¡¡¡¡Mr Brown low suggested that half the remaining money from the will should be given to Monks and the other half to O liver£¬although by law it should all have gone to O liver alone£®O liver was glad to accept the suggestion£®Monks went off with his money to the other side of the world£¬where he spent it quickly and was soon in prison for another act of fraud£®In prison he became ill and died£®The remaining members of Fagin's gang died in similar ways in other distant countries£¬all except Charley Bates£¬who turned his back on his past life of crime and lived honestly£¬as a farmer£® 
¡¡¡¡Noah Claypole was given a free pardon for telling the police about Fagin£®He soon became employed as an informer for the police£¬spying on people and telling the police about anyone who had broken the law£®Mr and Mrs Bumble lost their jobs and became poorer and poorer£¬eventually living in poverty in the same workhouse that They had once managed£® 
¡¡¡¡In that quiet country village£¬Theyears passed peacefully£®Mr Brown low filled the mind of his adopted son with 
¡¡¡¡knowledge£¬and as he watched the boy grow up£¬he was reminded more and more of his old friend£¬O liver's father£®The two orphans£¬Rose and O liver£¬led lives that were truly happy£®The hardships that They had once suffered had left no bitterness in their gentle souls£¬and all their lives They showed the mercy and kindness to others that God himself shows to all things that breathe £® 
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