‘Come in, d’ye hear?’ growled this engaging ruffian. A white shaggy dog, with his face scratched and torn in twenty different places, skulked into the room. ‘Why didn’t you come in afore?’ said the man. ‘You’re getting too proud to own me afore company, are you? Lie down!’ This command was accompanied with a kick, which sent the animal to the other end of the room. He appeared well used to it, however; for he coiled himself up in a corner very quietly, without uttering a sound, and winking his very ill-looking eyes twenty times in a minute, appeared to occupy himself in taking a survey of the
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Bill Sikes
- dominating - speaks to everyone the same, talks to Fagin like he speaks to his dog
- faithful to Fagin, like his dog is faithful to him, despite maltreatment
- chains around his legs - looks like he should be in prison - brutalised character - face & clothing
