Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress • Paragraph 2910
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‘Lady,’ cried the girl, sinking on her knees, ‘dear, sweet, angel lady, you _are_ the first that ever blessed me with such words as these, and if I had heard them years ago, they might have turned me from a life of sin and sorrow; but it is too late, it is too late!’