Oliver Twist — Chapter 20 in French
By Charles Dickens
Olivier est livré à M. Guillaume Sikes. Wherein Oliver is delivered over to Mr. William Sikes.
Le matin, à son réveil, Olivier ne fut pas peu surpris de trouver au pied de son lit, au lieu de ses vieilles chaussures, une paire de souliers neufs, garnis de bonnes grosses semelles. When Oliver awoke in the morning he was a good deal surprised to find that a new pair of shoes with strong thick soles had been placed at his bedside, and that his old ones had been removed. Au moment du déjeuner, comme il se trouvait seul avec le juif, celui-ci lui dit, d’un ton et d’un air qui ne firent qu’augmenter ses craintes, que le soir même on viendrait le prendre pour le mener à la demeure de Guillaume Sikes. At first he was pleased with the discovery, hoping that it might be the forerunner of his release; but such thoughts were quickly dispelled on his sitting down to breakfast alone with the Jew, who told him, in a tone and manner which increased his alarm, that he was to be taken to the residence of Bill Sikes that night.
« C’est pour… pour y rester, monsieur ? "To—to—stop there, sir?" demanda Olivier avec anxiété. asked Oliver, anxiously.
— Non, non, mon ami, pas pour y rester, répondit le juif ; nous ne voudrions pas te perdre. "No, no, my dear, not to stop there," replied the Jew. nous ne voudrions pas te perdre. "We shouldn't like to lose you. N’aie pas peur, Olivier, tu nous reviendras. Don't be afraid, Oliver, you shall come back to us again. Ha ! Ha! ha ! ha! ha! nous n’aurions pas la cruauté de te renvoyer, mon cher ; oh ! We won't be so cruel as to send you away, my dear. que non. » Oh no, no!"