Chapter 25 Summary

Fagin, Charley, Dodger and a character named Tom Chitling are playing cards, and discussing Tom's love life, when Toby Crackit comes to visit. Toby asks Fagin about Bill- and Fagin starts, as he thinks that Toby knows about them. Fagin has no idea what has happened to Sikes and Oliver, and Toby tells him that Oliver was shot, and left lying in a ditch, for dead, after the failed robbery attempt. Fagin runs out of the house.

Chapter 25 Analysis

Fagin is startled to learn that Toby has no knowledge of the whereabouts of Sikes or Oliver, and he is immediately concerned about Oliver's condition.