Mr. Bumble has married Mrs. Corney, and has left his job as the beadle to become the master of the workhouse. He is quite unhappy with his new position and his new wife. Mrs. Bumble ridicules him in front of the workhouse paupers. He goes for a walk, and ends up in a bar, where a man questions if he used to be the beadle. Mr. Bumble answers yes, and the man offers to pay him for some information. He asks him to think back to Oliver's birth. The man is anxious to find the nurse that.....
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