Oliver Twist and all that, part 4

"...and creeping along the little street, crept into a small public house, whose scanty lights had guided them to the spot."
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"There was a fire in the tap-room, and some labourers were drinking before it. they made room for the stranger, but he sat down in the farthest corner..." On the other side of this fireplace is a broader fireplace which would serve the context better but I could not photo it due to people near it.

Clearly the pub is somewhat smarter than it was in Dickens's day. There has been some rebuilding of the street and the tall yellow section is a later addition to the 'small public house'.