"Threatenin' us to do right by you." He didn't add the 'as always'. Sikes knew fine well that Nancy would go off and do her own thing, to suit herself, but it never stopped him from threatening whoever showed up to go and keep an eye out for the 'stupid girl' as he put it.

"Reckons Fagin's workin' you too hard. He don't know 'bout that, neither."