Before the Artful Dodger

So guys. I have been thinking about this since yesterday. You all know me. mrsgeorgecubbins only ever writes about Lockwood & Co, right? Wrong! I am really into Oliver Twist, and yesterday I was at my friend's house, and, childish as it sounds, we were playing a game. She likes Oliver! too, so it was obviously about that. I decided that if we were to do this properly, I would have to come up with my favourite character's back story. Who's my fave? Well, this is one of his awesome lines:

"Wod'ya mean ain't got no manners?! We're all regula' gen'lemen 'round 'ear, we're all QUALI'Y.

My, what a lot of apostrophes! Obviously, my favourite is Jack Dawkins, better known among his more intimate friends, as the Artful Dodger. I came up with story whilst pacing around my friend's bedroom yesterday. And now, I'm writing it down.