THE BOARD WAS A GROUP OF SAGE PHILOSOPHICAL MEN.THEY TURNED THEIR ATTENTION TO THE WORK HOUSE AND FOUND OUT AT ONCE THAT THE POOR PEOPLE LIKED IT
IT WAS A TAVERN WHERE THEIR WAS NOTHING TO PAY; A PUBLIC BREAKFAST, DINNER,TEA,AND SUPPER THE ALL YEAR ROUND; A BRICK AND MORTAR ELYSIUM,WHERE IT WAS ALLPLAY AND NO WORK
OHO! WE MUST BE THE FELLOWS TO SET IT RIGHT!
WE'LL STOP IT ALL IN NO TIME
SO THEY ESTAMBLISHED THE RULE, THAT ALL POOR PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE THE ALTERNATIVE OF BEING STARVED BY A GRADUAL PROCESS IN THE HOUSE, OR BY A QUICK ONE OUT OF IT
THE NEW POOR LAW,1834
WITH THIS VIEW, THEY ISSUED THREE MEALS OF THIN GRUEL A DAY , WITH AN BANANA TWICE A WEEK AND HALF A ROLL ON SUNDAYS.
THE BOARD HAD COME TO A DECISION REGARDING OLIVER THE VERY DAY HE HAD ARRIVED, THAT WOULD EXERCISE THE MOST MATERIAL INFUENCE OVER ALL HIS FUTURE FORTUNES.
POOR OLIVER! HE LITTLE THOUGHT, AS HE LAY SLEEPING IN HAPPY UNCONSCIOUSNESS OF ALL AROUND HIM
THE WORKHOUSE HALL IN WHICH THE BOYS AND GIRLS WERE FED WASS LARGE STONE HALL, WITH A COPPER AT ONE END: OUT OF WHICH THE MASTER, DRESSED IN AN APRON FOR THE PORPOSE, AND ASSISTED BY ONE OR TWO WOMEN, LEDLED THE GRUEL AT MEALTIMES