Oliver Twist ends up under the care of the people he was supposed to rob: Miss Rose and her guardian Mrs Maylie. The mysterious man Monks plots with Fagin to destroy Oliver's reputation. Monks denounces Fagin's failure to turn Oliver into a criminal, and the two of them agree on a plan to make sure he does not find out about his past. Monks is apparently related to Oliver in some way. Back in Oliver's hometown, Mr Bumble has married Mrs Corney, the matron of the workhouse where the story first began, only to find himself in an unhappy marriage, constantly arguing
Workhouse that it should therefore be rewarded with no more than the workers' maintenance, otherwise there would be no incentive for them to seek work elsewhere. The "dramatic possibilities" of the workhouse provided the inspiration for several artists including Charles West Cope, whose "Board Day Application for Bread" (1841), depicting a young widow pleading for bread for her four children, was painted following his visit to a meeting of the Staines Board of Guardians. The "quintessential workhouse yarn" is "Oliver Twist" (1838) by Charles Dickens, which contains the well-known request from Oliver to the master of the workhouse: "Please, sir, I