The Death of Bill Sikes

From Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
Pursued by a mob to Jacob's Island, Sikes accidentally hangs himself with his own rope while haunted by Nancy's eyes--a moral retribution scene of operatic intensity.
Chapter 50

Sikes on the rooftop, seeing Nancy's eyes, loses his footing and is hanged by the noose he meant for escape; Bull's-eye leaps after and dies.

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