charles does Not participate in the rag trade, not past occasionally selling clothes he can snatch off clotheslines that wouldn't benefit him.

he doesn't usually steal from people's homes, but he is an avid, and rather skilled pickpocket ! he thinks taking from people's coats or off their street carts is much less risky than taking from their homes, as there's more places to run, and less of a chance of getting caught and arrested.

he would NOT go into a full life of crime, as doing one information trade for some shillings when he was younger between rival street gangs left him with a broken rib! he thinks staying [somewhat] within the law is best for him, especially since he Does have fairly reliable work, and is very distrusting and choleric, too much so to work with a group of wrong'uns !