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Which part of this excerpt from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens hints that Oliver was not expected to live very long?
It cannot be expected that this system of farming would produce any very extraordinary or luxuriant crop Oliver Twist's ninth birthday found him a pale thin
child, somewhat diminutive in stature, and decidedly small in circumference. But nature or inheritance had implanted a good sturdy spirit in Oliver's breast.
It had had plenty of room to expand, thanks to the spare diet of the establishment; and perhaps to this circumstance may be attributed his having any ninth
birth-day at all. Be this as it may, however, it was his ninth birthday; and he was keeping it in the coal-cellar with a select party of two other young
gentleman, who, after participating with him in a sound thrashing, had been locked up for atrociously presuming to be hungry, when Mrs. Mann, the good
lady of the house, was unexpectedly startled by the apparition of Mr. Bumble, the beadle, striving to undo the wicket of the garden-gate.



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In the excerpt from "Oliver Twist" by Charles Dickens, the part that hints that Oliver was not expected to live very long is when it mentions: "Oliver Twist's ninth birthday found him a pale thin child, somewhat diminutive in stature, and decidedly small in circumference." This description of Oliver being pale, thin, and small suggests that he was not in good health, which could indicate that he was not expected to live very long. Additionally, the mention of his spare diet and the fact that he was keeping his ninth birthday in a coal-cellar with other hungry boys further emphasizes the harsh conditions he was living in, contributing to the hint that his life expectancy might be low.