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hetherhehasbeenforyearsoverlooked,
oralwaysdesignedlyheldprisoner.Itwouldbeworsethanuseless
nowtomakeanyinquiries,becauseitwouldbedangerous.Better
nottomentionthesubject,anywhereorinanyway,andtoremove
himforawhileatalleventsoutofFrance.EvenI,safeasan
Englishman,andevenTellson’s,importantastheyaretoFrench
credit,avoidallnamingofthematter.Icarryaboutme,nota
scrapofwritingopenlyreferringtoit.Thisisasecretservice
altogether.Mycredentials,entries,andmemoranda,areall
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comprehendedintheoneline,‘RecalledtoLife’whichmaymean
anything.Butwhatisthematter!Shedoesn’tnoticeaword!Miss
Manette!”
Perfectlystillandsilent,andnotevenfallenbackinherchair,
shesatunderhishand,utterlyinsensiblewithhereyesopenand
fixeduponhim,andwiththatlastexpressionlookingasifitwere
carvedorbrandedintoherforehead.Soclosewasherholdupon
hisarm,thathefearedtodetachhimselflestheshouldhurther
thereforehecalledoutloudlyforassistancewithoutmoving.
Awild-lookingwoman,whomeveninhisagitation,Mr.Lorry
observedtobeallofaredcolour,andtohaveredhair,andtobe
dressedinsomeextraordinarytight-fittingfashion,andtohaveon
herheadamostwonderfulbonnetlikeaGrenadierwooden
measure,andgoodmeasuretoo,oragreatStiltoncheese,came
runningintotheroominadvanceoftheinnservants,andsoon