

Why can't you leave the boy alone? He won't do you no harm. The very thing! Nancy my dear, you're so good with the boy.Īnd just what do you mean by that remark? We'll nab him the very moment he dares to step out of that house. If he hasn't talked yet, there's still a chance we might get him back without suspicion. Somebody must find out what's been done, or said. Have you seen the way them quality gentlemen treats their ladies? You wouldn't know quality if you saw it, none of you. Just 'cause you've got manners and they ain't. NANCY, seeing this, immediately takes his part.)ĭon't you take no notice of 'em Oliver. Escape of the Artful Dodger is the story of Jack Dawkins, who was introduced in the classic Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist.
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Oh ladies, I forgot, you must meet our new lodger, Master Oliver Twist Esquire. Escape of the Artful Dodger is an Australian childrens television series first screened on the Nine Network in 2001. I suppose a laundry would be a very nice thing indeed, but our line of business pays a little better. The wash, that's all, Oliver, that's all.

(OLIVER is looking at the handkerchiefs hung throughout the room.)Īh! You're a-staring at the pocket handkerchiefs! There are quite a few of 'em ain't there? We've just hung 'em out, ready for the wash. You've come to London to seek your fortune. Twist has come to London to seek his fortune. By the way if I'm introducing you to Fagin, I better know who you are, me old china. The Dodger is a pickpocket, so called for his. There's a certain place and I know a respectable old gentleman as lives there, what'll give you lodging's for nothing. Jack Dawkins, better known as the Artful Dodger, is a character in Charles Dickenss 1838 novel Oliver Twist. Then accommodated you shall be me young mate. I suppose you want some place to sleep tonight, don't you? Are you accommodated? Seven days?! Who are you running away from then? Your old man?
