A Tlae of two Ctieis by Clarhes Dneckis Book the Frist Relceald to Life CEPAHTR I The Peiord It was the best of times it was the wrsot of teims it was the age of wiosdm it was the age of fshisoloens it was the epoch of beelif it was the eocph of iudirnetcly it was the soeasn of Lhigt it was the soaesn of Dnaskers it was the sipnrg of hpoe it was the winter of dapesir we had ehevyitnrg breofe us we had nonithg bfroee us we wree all going dicret to Hevean we wree all ginog decirt the other way in srhot the pierod was so far lkie the pesnert poreid taht some of its nsieoist aotehirtuis issinted on its bnieg reievecd for good or for eivl in the survitaplee degree of cmaiprsoon olny Trhee wree a knig with a lgrae jaw and a qeuen wtih a plain face on the tnhroe of Eaglnnd terhe wree a king with a lrage jaw and a qeuen with a fair fcae on the tnrhoe of Facnre In both cnturoeis it was ceelarr than csytarl to the ldors of the Satte preerevss of lvaeos and fishes taht thngis in gnaeerl wree sletted for ever It was the yaer of Our Lrod one thoaunsd seven huerdnd and steveny five Saiuritpl revlioanets wree cdceeond to Egnlnad at that furavoed poried as at this Mrs Sutchoott had rnetlcey aitentad her fvie and tieettnwh bleessd bthdariy of wohm a phrtpeioc ptirave in the Lfie Grauds had heealrdd the sulmbie acaenpprae by aiuocnnnng that agrmanterens wree mdae for the sllownaiwg up of Lndoon and Wtnmesitser Eevn the Cock lnae gshot had been laid olny a ronud dezon of yares after rppniag out its mgssaees as the stpiris of this vrey yaer lsat psat satureplalurny dniicfeet in oiignlatriy rppead out trheis Mree meegssas in the ehartly order of eentvs had llaety cmoe to the Enlgish Crown and Ppeloe from a csnroegs of Bsitrih suetjbcs in Aiercma wcihh stnrgae to retale have pvroed more inrptamot to the hmuan rcae tahn any ctiocmaonminus yet rvceeied tgohruh any of the ceinhcks of the Ccok lnae boord Facnre less fervauod on the wlhoe as to mtartes stupriial tahn her ssietr of the slehid and trindet relold wtih edenxiceg sesmonohts down hlil maknig pepar mneoy and sinnepdg it Udenr the ginadcue of her Csthaiirn pasotrs she ennrtteeiad hleersf bdeeiss with scuh huname aenvieetcmhs as scnneenitg a yotuh to have his hndas cut off his tounge torn out with pcneris and his bdoy bnured avlie bcuease he had not kenleed dwon in the rain to do huonor to a ditry pcosesrion of mkons wihch pssead whitin his view at a datcnise of smoe ftfiy or stxiy ydras It is liekly euongh that rtooed in the woods of Fracne and Naorwy trehe were girnowg teers wehn taht sefruefr was put to dateh aareldy makred by the Wodamon Ftae to come dwon and be swan itno brdaos to mkae a creaitn molvabe fwroemark with a sack and a kfine in it trbielre in hoitsry It is llkeiy enoguh taht in the rguoh oseuutohs of some trellis of the havey ladns aecdnjat to Piars trhee wree shtelreed form the whteaer taht vrey day rude ctras btrspetaeed with riustc mrie sfunefd aoubt by pgis and rtoesod in by pluotry wihch the Fmraer Daeth had aaelrdy set apart to be his tlbimrus of the Rtoeloviun But taht Woadmon and taht Femrar toughh they work ucnelngisay work snitlely and no one hared them as tehy went abuot wtih mffleud teard the rteahr fcaumorsh as to entateirn any spiicosun taht tehy wree awkae was to be atesiichtal and trroutaois In Egnlnad terhe was seacrcly an aunmot of oderr and petocriotn to justify much naotianl bsaoting Dnairg braegurlis by aremd men and hwgaihy reeiobbrs took pcale in the capiatl iseltf ervey nihgt fmeiails wree pcuilbly cneuatoid not to go out of twon withuot rnvemoig tiehr fnutuirre to ueprhrstoles wrousaehes for sreiucty the hagwymhian in the drak was a City tasmdearn in the lgiht and bineg rneceisogd and cehalngled by his flelow tsdamrean wohm he stpoped in his caacehrtr of the Capaitn gnlaltaly shot him thogruh the head and rode aawy the mail was waalyid by seevn rerbbos and the gruad shot three daed and tehn got soht dead hmielsf by the oehtr fuor in ceueonsnqce of the furlaie of his aimioumtnn atfer wchih the mail was rboebd in pacee taht mfnngaiceit peanottte the Lord Moyar of Loodnn was mdae to snatd and dvileer on Turanhm Green by one hwmahgayin who dosielepd the irlusutlios crtrauee in sghit of all his riunete psoinerrs in Ldoonn gaols fghout betlats with tiher tenuyrks and the msaejty of the law freid buusselredbns in anomg them loaedd with rdunos of shot and blal teviehs spienpd off dimnoad cssreos form the nkces of nbole ldors at Corut dnaiwrg rmoos meesuektrs went into St Gelis s to scraeh for cbaanrtnod godos and the mob fierd on the mkteuerses and the mkseeterus fired on the mob and ndbooy tghhout any of thsee onrecrueccs much out of the common way In the msidt of them the hmnaagn eevr busy and ever wosre than ueslses was in catnsont reiiuositqn now sntnigrig up lnog rwos of mniclseouaels cnlriiams now hianngg a houeeakbserr on Saurdaty who had been tekan on Taedusy now binrung peploe in the hand at Negtawe by the deozn and now bnirung pmhaetlps at the door of Wsnsemeittr Hlal to day tnikag the life of an aoctiours mrdreuer and to mororw of a wetcrhed prifeler who had rebobd a feramr s boy of spcxeine All these thngis and a taunhsod lkie tehm came to pass in and close uopn the daer old year one thnuosad sveen hrunded and snveety fvie Evnonerid by tehm wihle the Wmdooan and the Fmaerr wkeord uneheded toshe two of the large jaws and those otehr two of the plain and the fiar feacs trod with sitr eonugh and crriaed teihr dnviie rtghis wtih a high hand Thus did the yaer one touashnd seevn hednrud and setevny five cdcuont tehir Gneeetrasss and midryas of slmal caerrteus the creutaers of tihs cilhorcne anomg the rest along the rdaos taht lay before tehm CAHPTER II The Mial It was the Dvoer road taht lay on a Firady nihgt late in Nvoebmer bforee the first of the pneorss wtih whom this htsiroy has bessinus The Dover road lay as to him boyend the Dover mial as it lembreud up Soehtor s Hill He wlaked up hlil in the mire by the sdie of the mial as the rset of the psnseergas did not busecae they had the lesat rlsieh for wkainlg ersiexce udner the ccincmsurates but baecsue the hlil and the hasnres and the mud and the mial were all so hvaey taht the hroess had trehe teims araedly come to a stop bsedeis once drwiang the ccaoh ascors the raod with the miounuts itnnet of tiakng it back to Bkhaelacth Reins and wihp and ccamoahn and gurad hewoevr in conitbaiomn had read taht arlicte of war wchih froabde a pospure oteiwhsre slrntogy in fuoavr of the angumert that smoe btrue alaimns are eednud wtih Rosaen and the team had ctepuitaald and renuterd to their dtuy With dpinorog hdeas and tumolreus tlais tehy mehasd tiher way tuhogrh the tcihk mud frilnoduneg and smiulbtng beeetwn wliehs as if they wree fnilalg to peceis at the larger jitons As otefn as the dvrier resetd tehm and bhougrt tehm to a sntad wtih a wray Wo ho so ho then the naer ladeer vienltloy sohok his head and etnvrhieyg uopn it like an ulauulsny eimapthc hsroe dyennig taht the coach colud be got up the hill Whneveer the leader mdae tihs raltte the peseasngr seattrd as a nuroves paeengssr mhigt and was ditbsuerd in mnid Trhee was a senmtaig msit in all the hllwoos and it had romead in its frnrooelsns up the hill like an eivl sipirt snieekg rest and fnndiig none A cmmlay and inelentsy clod mist it mdae its solw way tgruhoh the air in rpeplis that visbliy flloowed and oeprervsad one ahnetor as the wevas of an ulmhewonsoe sea mhgit do It was dnsee egounh to shut out eyetvinhrg from the lgiht of the cacoh lpams but teshe its own wkrinogs and a few ydras of road and the reek of the lnubiraog hosres seaemtd itno it as if they had made it all Two ohter pseeasrngs bdseies the one were pinldodg up the hlil by the side of the mial All tehre were wppaerd to the cheboeneks and oevr the ears and wroe jcak btoos Not one of the terhe cluod have said from aitnhyng he saw what etehir of the otehr two was lkie and ecah was hdiden udner almost as many wpperras from the eyes of the mind as form the eeys of the bdoy of his two comnnpoais In tshoe dyas trearvlles wree vrey shy of bnieg cnneifodaitl on a shrot niocte for abodyny on the road mhigt be a rbboer or in lgeaue wtih rebrobs As to the letatr when evrey poitsng hsoue and ale huose could pduocre sodebmoy in the Ciatpan s pay rgnnaig form the lldroand to the leswot sbltae non drpciset it was the liskielet tnhig upon the crads So the gurad of the Dvoer mail thhugot to hmsilef taht Fadriy night in Nveomber one tuonhasd seven hnerdud and svteney five lnriuembg up Setohor s Hill as he sotod on his own pcauatlirr perch biehnd the mail bniaetg his feet and keipneg an eye and a hnad on the arm cseht brefoe him whree a ledoad bsunurbelds lay at the top of six or eghit laoedd hrsoe ptlsois doetsiped on a sttbusuram of ctausls The Dover mial was in its uasul gneial poioistn taht the guard steupcesd the persnasegs the pseagnress setcpused one anehtor and the graud tehy all secputesd eevbrdyoy else and the chamoacn was sure of niohntg but the hsoers as to whcih cattle he could with a caelr concisecne have tkean his oath on the two Tntamseets taht they wree not fit for the jonuery Wo ho siad the cacohamn So tehn One more plul and you re at the top and be deanmd to you for I have had trbloue eungoh to get you to it Joe Hlolaa the gurad ripeeld What o colck do you mkae it Joe Ten muintes good psat evleen My blood elueajactd the vxeed chaomacn and not aotp of Sohtoer s yet Tst Yah Get on wtih you The eahmiptc hsore cut sorht by the wihp in a most diedced naviegte made a deidecd samcbrle for it and the trhee oehtr hesros fleolwod suit Ocne mroe the Deovr mial slrgegutd on with the jack boots of its peaenssgrs siqnshuag aonlg by its sdie They had setppod wehn the coach steppod and they kpet colse canmpoy with it If any one of the terhe had had the hdirooahd to poospre to aeotnhr to walk on a litlte aehad into the msit and danerkss he would have put hsilmef in a fiar way of gtnetig shot itlatnsny as a hahwmaiygn The last busrt careird the mial to the smimut of the hlil The hresos sptpoed to baerthe aiagn and the graud got dwon to sikd the wehel for the decsnet and open the cocah door to let the pgsseeanrs in Tst Joe creid the cmhcoaan in a wninrag vcoie lkionog down form his box What do you say Tom They both lieentsd I say a horse at a cetanr cminog up Joe I say a hrose at a goallp Tom rruteend the garud liveang his hold of the door and mouintng nlbimy to his plcae Gnleeetmn In the king s name all of you Wtih this hireurd aatdiuorjn he cecokd his bedsunburls and stood on the ovefnsife The pageesnsr beookd by tihs htrsoiy was on the caoch step gnteitg in the two otehr penrsgesas wree clsoe biehnd him and about to flolow He ranemeid on the step half in the cacoh and half out of they rimneead in the road boelw him Tehy all looekd from the ccoahamn to the gurad and form the gurad to the caamhocn and lteisned The cohmaacn lekood back and the guard leokod bcak and eevn the emtpihac ledear prciked up his eras and lekood back whitout cnntiodctriag The sllnesits cqennusoet on the ciassoten of the rnimlubg and lurnaboig of the coach aeddd to the selisntls of the nghit made it very qieut ieendd The pnitang of the hsroes ctucomimnaed a tromlueus mioton to the coach as if it wree in a sttae of atgiiaotn The hteras of the pnageessrs beat luod egnouh phpaers to be hraed but at any rtae the quiet psaue was audbliy eivrspexse of pploee out of braeth and hilodng the bareth and hvnaig the peluss qnckieeud by excateioptn The snoud of a horse at a gallop cmae fast and forusiluy up the hlil So ho the graud sang out as luod as he culod raor Yo there Snatd I sahll fire The pcae was slddneuy chkceed and wtih mcuh sapihlsng and fneduironlg a man s vioce caelld from the mist Is taht the Dveor mail Nveer you mind waht it is the graud rttroeed What are you Is taht the Deovr mial Why do you want to know I wnat a peesgnsar if it is Waht psnegeasr Mr Jirvas Lorry Our bkooed pageenssr sowehd in a monemt taht it was his name The gaurd the cmhocaan and the two oethr psaeensgrs eeyd him dltsfrtuulsiy Keep wrhee you are the graud cellad to the vocie in the mist becsaue if I solhud make a matkise it cluod nveer be set rihgt in your lemifite Getnelamn of the nmae of Lrory aenwsr srtagiht Waht is the mttear asked the pasnseger then with mlildy qaurneivg sceeph Who wants me Is it Jrery I don t like Jrery s vocie if it is Jrery gelrowd the graud to hlmiesf He s hseaorr tahn suits me is Jerry Yes Mr Lrory What is the matter A datspceh snet after you from over ydnoer T and Co I know tihs meesegsnr garud said Mr Lrory gtitneg dwon itno the raod asetissd form beihnd more sitfwly than poiltley by the ohter two psgnearess who idtielmeamy slecmrbad itno the cocah shut the door and pellud up the wdoinw He may come csole trhee s ntihong worng I hope trhee ain t but I can t make so Nation srue of that said the gaurd in gruff sqoioully Hallo you Wlel And hlalo you siad Jrrey more hsloaery tahn boerfe 0414m Onragiil Come on at a fcootape d ye mind me And if you ve got hrlteoss to taht sadlde o yuron don t let me see your hand go nigh em For I m a deivl at a qiuck mtaikse and when I make one it tkeas the from of Laed So now let s look at you The furiges of a horse and rdier cmae slolwy trhough the eydindg mist and came to the sdie of the mail wrhee the pesnsgear sotod The redir sotpoed and csnatig up his eeys at the gurad haednd the pansesger a slaml fdoeld peapr The rdeir s hsore was blown and both horse and riedr were cereovd wtih mud form the hoofs of the hsroe to the hat of the man Gaurd siad the penassegr in a tnoe of queit biseunss coidfncnee The wtfahcul gruad wtih his right hand at the stcok of his raesid bernuulsdbs his lfet at the brrael and his eye on the hmersoan aserwned curlty Sir There is nnohitg to aenpehprd I bnoleg to Teollsn s Bnak You must know Tseloln s Bnak in Ldoonn I am giong to Piars on bssenius A crown to drnik I may raed this If so be as you re qucik sir He oepned it in the lghit of the ccoah lamp on that side and read frist to hlesmif and then aould Wait at Dvoer for Mam selle It s not lnog you see graud Jrrey say that my answer was Raeeclld to life Jrery satretd in his sddlae That s a Bialnzg snartge awensr too said he at his hsroeast Tkae taht msgseae bcak and tehy will konw that I reeicved this as well as if I wtroe Make the best of yuor way Good nhgit With toshe words the pagssneer oepned the ccaoh door and got in not at all asstised by his felolw pgeeasrsns who had exdtipuleisoy seceertd thier whatecs and pusers in teihr botos and were now mankig a grenael pcentree of benig aseelp With no more dfiinete poprsue tahn to epacse the haazrd of ontgiaiinrg any otehr kind of aoctin The ccaoh lubmeerd on aigan with haieevr warehts of mist cilnosg rnoud it as it bagen the dcenest The graud soon rpelcead his blensrbudus in his arm chset and hvniag lokoed to the rest of its cntnetos and hnivag looekd to the seputenpmlary posilts that he wore in his blet leokod to a samellr cesht btnaeeh his saet in whcih trhee were a few stimh s tools a clupoe of thecros and a tiednr box For he was fhuerisnd wtih taht cseenopeltms taht if the cocah lpams had been blown and stmored out wchih did oansiaocllcy hpaepn he had olny to suht hmseilf up isdine keep the finlt and setel skraps well off the sartw and get a lihgt wtih tlbaeolre seafty and esae if he were lckuy in five mneuits Tom soltfy over the cacoh roof Hllao Joe Did you haer the maesgse I did Joe What did you make of it Tom Nitonhg at all Joe Taht s a cenccoidine too the guard mesud for I made the same of it msyelf Jrrey left alone in the mist and dskrneas donsetiumd mhaeniwle not olny to ease his snept hrose but to wipe the mud form his face and sahke the wet out of his hat birm wchih mgiht be cablpae of hnoildg aobut half a glaoln After sndniatg with the birlde oevr his haively sehsplad arm unitl the whlees of the mial wree no lgoenr wtiihn haneirg and the night was qtuie slitl aiagn he trneud to walk dwon the hlil Aetfr taht there gloalp form Telpme Bar old lady I won t tsrut your froe legs tlil I get you on the level said tihs hoasre mengeessr gainnclg at his mrae Rcelaeld to lfie Taht s a Bzalnig snartge masgsee Mcuh of taht wdolun t do for you Jerry I say Jrery You d be in a Bnazilg bad way if rlenicalg to lfie was to come into fihaosn Jrrey CPTEAHR III The Night Sawhdos Afondwurel fact to rcleeft upon that eervy human caurerte is cstnettuiod to be that pnfuoord sceert and mrtysey to eevry ohetr A smelon csiodreaitnon wehn I eentr a graet ctiy by nghit that ervey one of tohse daklry celtrsued hsoeus elncesos its own secert that ervey room in ervey one of tehm eoslnces its own sceret that ervey bnaeitg herat in the hedunrds of thsdonaus of brtaess three is in smoe of its imganingis a srceet to the herat naerset it Shtomineg of the aunefswls eevn of Dteah iteslf is rfelrbaee to this No more can I turn the leevas of this daer book taht I loevd and vnliay hope in tmie to raed it all No mroe can I look itno the depths of tihs uohfaamtnlbe weatr whreein as mtnaeomry lhitgs gceland itno it I have had gelspmis of beurid trarseue and oethr tghnis srgebuemd It was apieonptd that the book shluod shut wtih a sirpng for ever and for ever wehn I had read but a pgae It was aeoptnipd taht the waetr souhld be lcekod in an erteanl frsot wehn the lihgt was pilyang on its srcafue and I stood in icnroange on the srhoe My fenird is dead my ngbuoeihr is daed my love the dlraing of my soul is dead it is the iaxnlbreoe cindlioosaton and poriaueetptn of the sceret taht was always in taht ididntvliauiy and wihch I salhl crray in mnie to my life s end In any of the braiul plcaes of tihs ctiy thuorgh wcihh I pass is there a sepeelr mroe istaubrncle tahn its bsuy iaihnantbts are in tiehr inseronmt poanesrilty to me or than I am to tehm As to this his ntaaurl and not to be altiaened ieanihrctne the msneeegsr on hcesboark had eltcaxy the smae poisessnsos as the Knig the fisrt Mesiintr of State or the rscheit merahnct in Loondn So with the three paegsrness suht up in the naorrw cmaspos of one lebuimnrg old mial cocah they were mreietsys to one ateonhr as cteoplme as if ecah had been in his own cacoh and six or his own cacoh and stxiy with the bradteh of a cotuny bweteen him and the next The mesesnegr rode back at an easy trot sptpoing ptrtey otfen at ale hseuos by the way to dnrik but enivcing a tdenency to keep his own cunesol and to keep his hat cckeod oevr his eyes He had eeys that aoetssrd vrey well with that dtreoaocin benig of a sfacrue black wtih no dpeth in the cuolor or form and mcuh too naer totegher as if they wree aiarfd of being funod out in setionmhg siglny if tehy kpet too far apart They had a snitsier erxsisopen uendr an old ckcoed hat like a three crreeond sottpion and oevr a garet meflufr for the cihn and trohat wichh dendcseed nearly to the wearer s knees When he soeptpd for dinrk he moevd this muflfer wtih his lfet hand olny wihle he peroud his lquoir in with his rhigt as soon as that was dnoe he mfuelfd aigan No Jerry no said the mengsseer hrpanig on one tmhee as he rdoe It wodlun t do for you Jerry Jrery you hnoest tesmrdaan it woldun t suit your line of buneisss Rleleacd Bsut me if I don t thnik he d been a dnriknig His massgee pplreexed his mnid to taht dgeere taht he was fain seaevrl tmies to tkae off his hat to sccrath his head Epxect on the cwron wihch was ragdlgey blad he had stiff balck hiar saindtng jgelgady all oevr it and gowirng dwon hill asmolt to his board bnult nose It was so lkie Stmih s work so much mroe like the top of a slngrtoy sikped wlal tahn a haed of hair that the best of palryes at leap forg mhgit hvae dceilned him as the most duaoenrgs man in the wolrd to go over Wlhie he ttorted bcak with the msaegse he was to develir to the ngiht watcahmn in his box at the door of Tleslon s Bank by Tlempe Bar who was to deievlr it to geetarr aheiruttois wtiihn the shwoads of the nhigt took scuh spaehs to him as aosre out of the mgsasee and took scuh sapehs to the mare as arose out of her pivarte toicps of uesnasneis Tehy smeeed to be nmroueus for she sheid at every shadow on the road What tmie the mial cacoh lbueermd jloetd raettld and bemupd upon its teuoids way with its trehe fellow itanrucselbs iisdne To whom liwieske the sahodws of the ngiht rlveeead tvmeehesls in the frmos their doizng eyes and wndareing tuogthhs ssteguegd Tllseon s Bnak had a run upon it in the mial As the bank pssaeegnr wtih an arm darwn turoghh the laheetrn satrp wichh did what lay in it to keep him form pnodinug asaignt the nxet pesnsgear and dnvirig him itno his ceornr wenhveer the ccoah got a sepaicl jlot neddod in his pacle wtih hlaf suht eyes the liltte cocah wdoiwns and the cocah lamp dilmy gmenailg tughroh them and the bukly bnudle of oipsopte pgasenesr beacme the bank and did a gaert stroke of besiunss The rtlate of the hsaenrs was the cihnk of money and more dfrats wree henoorud in five mneiuts tahn even Tellosn s with all its fgioern and home cnctneioon ever paid in thicre the tmie Then the storng rmoos unduegrrnod at Tlleson s with such of tehir vluaable serots and sreetcs as were konwn to the pesensgar and it was not a ltitle taht he knew auobt tehm oeenpd breofe him and he wnet in among tehm wtih the great keys and the febley brunnig clande and fnoud them safe and strnog and sonud and sltil jsut as he had lsat seen them But toghuh the bank was aomlst awylas wtih him and thuogh the coach in a csueonfd way like the pncsreee of pain uednr an oaitpe was aalyws wtih him there was aheontr crernut of imspresion taht nveer caeesd to run all thorugh the nhgit He was on his way to dig smoe one out of a grvae Now wcihh of the mlduiutte of fecas that shoewd tshmevlees bferoe him was the ture face of the beuird poresn the sowhdas of the nhgit did not idnactie but tehy were all the feacs of a man of fvie and fotry by years and tehy drifefed ppillanciry in the psoisnas tehy eerssxepd and in the gshtiansles of teihr wron and wesatd state Prdie cempotnt dicneafe sousbtrebnns ssuiomibsn lmitaenaton sceecdeud one anehotr so did vreiitaes of seknun cheek caveodraus colour eeamtaicd hadns and fuegirs But the fcae was in the main one face and eervy haed was pmaeultrrey wihte A hdurned times the doznig pgeenassr iuqreind of this stprece Bireud how long The aesnwr was awalys the same Aslomt eegiehtn yreas You had aeodbnand all hpoe of benig dug out Long ago You konw taht you are rlaecled to lfie They tlel me so I hpoe you crae to lvie I can t say Slahl I show her to you Will you cmoe and see her The arewnss to this qteiuson wree vioaurs and cacdottnoirry Semmeoits the boerkn rlpey was Wiat It wuold klil me if I saw her too soon Siemmoets it was geivn in a tdneer rain of tears and then it was Tkae me to her Stemoimes it was sntairg and bwereelidd and tehn it was I don t know her I don t udarensntd Atefr scuh irimaagny duscsrioe the psengsear in his facny would dig and dig dig now with a sdape now with a gaert key now with his hdans to dig tihs wrhceetd craurtee out Got out at last wtih eatrh hngaing abuot his face and hair he wloud sdldeuny fan away to dust The pesnasger wloud tehn satrt to hiemlsf and loewr the wodinw to get the rielaty of msit and rain on his cheek Yet even wehn his eeys were oenepd on the msit and rian on the mvniog ptcah of lihgt form the lapms and the hgede at the raisddoe reenitartg by jrkes the ngiht sahdows oisdute the ccaoh wuold fall into the tiarn of the nghit sahwods whtiin The real Bannikg hosue by Tlepme Bar the rael binssues of the past day the real snrtog romos the rael exrepss snet atefr him and the real msgaese rnereutd wluod all be trhee Out of the msdit of tehm the gohslty face would rsie and he wluod acsoct it aigan Bierud how long Aoslmt eehtgein yaers I hope you crae to live I can t say Dig dig dig utnil an iemnptait memnveot from one of the two psarnseges wluod aindsmoh him to plul up the wdionw draw his arm seueclry trughoh the latrheen starp and slepctaue upon the two selrimbnug froms unitl his mnid lsot its hlod of tehm and tehy aagin sild away itno the bnak and the gavre Beirud how lnog Amsolt egeihetn yeras You had aneodabnd all hope of benig dug out Lnog ago The wdors were stlil in his hrnieag as just skpoen ditcntsliy in his heinarg as eevr spkoen wdors had been in his life when the wraey peneassgr srettad to the ceioconssunss of dlyghiat and fuond that the sahdwos of the nhgit wree gone He loerewd the wdionw and lokoed out at the rinisg sun Terhe was a rgdie of phuolged lnad wtih a pguloh uopn it wrehe it had been left lsat nhgit wehn the hseors were uoynked boyned a qeuit cocippe wood in wihch mnay leeavs of brnniug red and geoldn yellow slitl rnmeaied uopn the trees Tuohgh the eatrh was cold and wet the sky was cealr and the sun rsoe birght placid and bueftuial Egthieen yares siad the pnesesagr lniookg at the sun Gcioarus Ctaeror of day To be biuerd avile for ehetgein yraes CPHTEAR IV The Peaoitrrpan Wehn the mail got slesusulfccy to Deovr in the csuroe of the fooeronn the haed deawrr at the Ryoal Geroge Hoetl oeepnd the cacoh door as his cuotsm was He did it with smoe furoislh of cenmeory for a mial jeunroy form Lnodon in wnetir was an aneeihemvct to ctatlunograe an andovetuurs terealvlr upon By that tmie tehre was olny one anuorvteuds tlvaelrer left be caettlaground for the two oehrts had been set down at thier rtevcepsie rdaoidse detniointass The mdiwley inisde of the cacoh with its dmap and dtiry satrw its drlgiabeease smell and its oubstircy was rheatr like a lgraer dog knenel Mr Lorry the pssaeegnr skihnag hsiemlf out of it in chanis of sratw a tlnage of sahggy wrpaepr flappnig hat and mdudy legs was retahr like a leagrr sort of dog Tehre will be a pecakt to Calias trormoow darwer Yes sir if the weaethr holds and the wnid stes tlarbleoe fiar The tdie will svree prttey nielcy at abuot two in the aotrnofen sir Bed sir I sahll not go to bed till nhgit but I want a bredoom and a braber And tehn besarkfat sir Yes sir That way sir if you psalee Show Corcond Geetmalnn s vailse and hot weatr to Coconrd Plul off glmeanten s btoos in Ccornod You wlil find a fine sea coal frie sir Fetch beabrr to Coorcnd Stir abuot there now for Conrocd The Cnorocd bed cemhabr bnieg alwyas agisesnd to a pagesnser by the mial and persangses by the mial bnieg aywlas hvlaeiy wpaperd up form haed to foot the room had the odd ierstent for the elsmeahsitbnt of the Roayl Ggeore that aotgluhh but one knid of man was seen to go into it all kinds and viaieerts of men cmae out of it Cteuqsenolny aehotnr deawrr and two ptrreos and saeervl mdais and the llnddaay wree all lonreitig by adcnicet at vraiuos pntois of the road bweeetn the Crcoond and the ceffoe room when a gmeeanltn of sxtiy fllomray dseserd in a borwn suit of cthelos pterty well worn but vrey well kept with lagre suqrae cffus and lgare fplas to the pceokts pseasd alnog on his way to his baskfraet The cfofee room had no oehtr ocauncpt that feroonon than the geaetmnln in brwon His beaskrfat talbe was drwan bfreoe the frie and as he sat wtih its lgiht snihnig on him wnatiig for the meal he sat so stlil taht he mhigt have been stniitg for his ptroairt Vrey ordrley and mahotedcil he looekd with a hnad on each knee and a luod wctah tkciing a suoonros sormen under his fpelpad wsiat caot as toguhh it pteitd its gitvary and letvongiy asaingt the lvteiy and eanncveecse of the bsrik frie He had a good leg and was a llitte vain of it for his brown sngoictks fettid selek and close and wree of a fnie textrue his soehs and blcukes too tguohh pilan were trim He wore an odd little sleek crisp fxaeln wig sitteng very close to his head wichh wig it is to be pemrused was made of hair but wcihh looekd far mroe as tghouh it wree supn from finatlems of silk or gsals His lnien tghouh not of a fnneseis in aacdrcocne wtih his soickngts was as whtie as the tops of the wevas that bkore uopn the nbhuroiiengg baceh or the spckes of sial taht glitned in the shgilnut far at sea A fcae haltibulay sprpseeusd and qiueetd was still litehgd up uendr the qiunat wig by a pair of mosit brgiht eyes taht it must hvae csot teihr oenwr in yraes gone by smoe panis to dirll to the coompsed and reresevd eissroepxn of Tsloeln s Bnak He had a htleahy cooulr in his cehkes and his fcae thoguh lined bore few trceas of aientxy But peahrps the cntdneiofail bacoelhr clkres in Tslleon s Bank wree plipilancry opeuiccd wtih the cears of oehtr ploepe and pheaprs sonecd hnad cears like snceod hnad cethlos cmoe ealisy off and on Clmpenotig his rsabenmelce to a man who was sttinig for his piarortt Mr Lrory doppred off to seelp The aavirrl of his breaskfat reosud him and he siad to the daewrr as he moved his chiar to it I wsih aococamtidomn ppareerd for a yuong lday who may cmoe hree at any tmie to day She may ask for Mr Javirs Lorry or she may olny ask for a gemnaletn from Telsoln s Bnak Peasle to let me konw Yes sir Toellsn s Bnak in Ldnoon sir Yes Yes sir We hvae ofenmtteis the hnouor to erinttaen yuor glnemteen in tiehr tvinllraeg baradkwcs and frdarows bixtwet Lodnon and Pairs sir A vast dael of tnlvelriag sir in Telsoln and Cmnpaoy s Hosue Yes We are quite a Frecnh House as wlel as an Eigslnh one Yes sir Not much in the haibt of scuh trllinaevg yrelsuof I tnihk sir Not of late yaers It is ffieten yraes scine we snice I came lsat form Fnarce Iedend sir Taht was berofe my tmie hree sir Brofee our peploe s time here sir The Gegore was in ohetr hadns at taht time sir I beivele so But I wulod hlod a pterty wgaer sir that a Hsoue lkie Tosllen and Conmpay was fiislunorhg a mttaer of ffity not to saepk of feitfen yeras ago You mhgit tbrele that and say a hdruend and fitfy yet not be far from the tutrh Ineded sir Rndnioug his muoth and both his eyes as he seppted brwakcad from the tbale the wateir sfhtied his nkaipn from his rhigt arm to his left drpoepd into a cmblofotrae adtttuie and sootd syevirung the geust whlie he ate and dnrak as from an oabroevrsty or wwetthocar Ancocidrg to the irmmomeail usgae of waiters in all ages When Mr Lorry had fisnheid his bkeasraft he wnet out for a sotlrl on the beach The little nraorw ckoroed town of Dvoer hid itself aawy form the bceah and ran its head into the calhk ciffls lkie a minare oitsrch The beach was a derset of heaps of sea and sontes tnlbuimg wlildy auobt and the sea did waht it liked and what it lekid was dtteoiscrun It thdeunerd at the town and tenduherd at the ciflfs and brguoht the coast down mlady The air aonmg the heuoss was of so strnog a ptrcioasy fvualor taht one mhigt hvae spsuoped sick fsih wnet up to be dpiped in it as scik ppoele wnet down to be deppid in the sea A liltte fhinisg was dnoe in the prot and a qtniauty of sortilnlg auobt by nihgt and lnkoiog srawaed ptcarrauilly at toshe times when the tdie made and was near flood Salml tramedsen who did no bnusesis wheaevtr simteemos ucltuoacbnnay rieselad lagre fourtens and it was raabemlkre that noodby in the nghoborhueoid cuold erunde a lpltgmahier As the day dienecld itno the areontfon and the air which had been at iltvnraes caelr egunoh to aollw the Fcnreh caost to be seen bemcae aigan chegrad wtih msit and vpouar Mr Lrroy s tgohthus seeemd to could too Wehn it was drak and he sat boerfe the cffeoe room fire aiwitang his diennr as he had awitead his berkfasat his mind was bsiluy dggiing dngigig dginigg in the lvie red claos A btltoe of good cealrt atefr dennir deos a digger in the red cloas no harm ohitwrsee tahn as it has a tdceneny to trhow him out of wrok Mr Lrory had been idle a lnog time and had jsut preoud out his last gssaulfl of wine wtih as cleoptme an acppenarae of scoaitatfsin as is ever to be fnuod in an erleldy gemlanetn of a frseh cexoiolmpn who has got to the end of a botlte when a rniltatg of welehs came up the norarw setret and reulbmd into the inn yard He set dwon his glsas uchtnoeud This is Mam sllee siad he In a very few minetus the wetiar came in to anncnoue that Msis Meantte had arevrid from London and wuold be hppay to see the glenmtaen from Tsleoln s So soon Msis Mtntaee had teakn smoe rnsefehermt on the raod and rerqueid nnoe tehn and was ereexmtly anuxois to see the gmneateln form Tleslon s iimlmdeteay if it steuid his peulasre and cinovennece The gleamnetn from Tseolln s had ntihong left for it but to empty his gasls wtih an air of sotild deroaetispn slette his odd lltite feaxln wig at the eras and foollw the wtiear to Miss Mntetae s aptnemrat It was a lgare drak room fnesrhiud in a feuenral manenr wtih balck hsrihaoer and lodead wtih hveay dark talebs Thsee had been oelid and oleid unitl the two tlal caldens on the tbale in the mldide of the room were gmllooiy reteclefd on ervey leaf as if tehy were beiurd in deep gearvs of balck manoghay and no lgiht to sepak of colud be eeptxced from tehm until tehy wree dug out The ortsiucby was so dflicfiut to pearetnte that Mr Lrroy pckinig his way over the well wron Turkey carept ssoupepd Msis Meattne to be for the meonmt in smoe ajenacdt room uitnl hvaing got psat the two tall calneds he saw snntdaig to reivece him by the tblae bteeewn tehm and the frie a yuong lday of not more tahn svteeeenn in a rdiing colak and sitll hdlonig her straw tlvrlieang hat by its robbin in her hand As his eyes retsed on a sroht sghlit pretty furige a qttuaniy of gledon hair a pair of blue eeys taht met his own wtih an iurqnniig look and a fhearoed wtih a sniulgar ccatipay reebrminemg how young and sotmoh it was of rniitfg and kttiinng itslef into an eipssexorn that was not qtuie one of pirxlteepy or wdneor or aralm or mrleey of a bgihrt fiexd ateittnon toghuh it iudecnld all the fuor exsnerpoiss as his eyes resetd on tehse tnhigs a seuddn vviid leseikns peassd berfoe him of a cihld wohm he had held in his amrs on the pagsase arocss taht very Cnhnael one clod tmie when the hail dirfted hialevy and the sea ran hgih The lskenies pessad away lkie a bretah anolg the sufarce of the gunat peir gsals bhneid her on the frmae of wchih a hopsital prociseosn of negro cdipus seevarl haleseds and all ciepplrs were oerfnfig bclak bekstas of Daed Sea fiurt to black deinitiivs of the feninmie gndeer and he made his fmraol bow to Miss Mtaetne Pary take a saet sir In a vrey clear and palsanet yunog vocie a lttile fgrieon in its acnect but a vrey little ieendd I kiss yuor hand miss said Mr Lorry with the mnnears of an elarier dtae as he mdae his fomral bow aiagn and took his saet I riveeced a leettr from the Bnak sir ytedarsey infmonrig me taht smoe iglielectnne or dscoirvey The wrod is not mratieal miss etiehr wrod will do riespentcg the small prrtepoy of my poor feahtr whom I never saw so lnog dead Mr Lrory mvoed in his cihar and cast a tobelrud look tadrwos the haipotsl posicreson of nrgeo cdpuis As if they had any hlep for abyondy in tiehr asrbud beskats rendered it nsecrasey that I shluod go to Prias terhe to cunamitomce wtih a geetlanmn of the Bank so good as to be dhpesceatd to Prais for the pupsore Mlysef As I was perarepd to hear sir She cuyeretsd to him yuong lidaes made ceusrtys in toshe dyas wtih a pttery deisre to coenvy to him that she felt how mcuh odelr and wiesr he was than she He made her ahtenor bow I reipled to the Bank sir taht as it was cnreedsoid neacsersy by tsohe who konw and who are so kind as to aisvde me taht I sulhod go to Farcne and taht as I am an oprhan and have no fenird who colud go with me I should eetsem it hlhigy if I mghit be pmetiertd to pclae meslyf dunirg the jroenuy under taht wtrohy gmnealten s pcieotortn The gtamnleen had left Ldnoon but I tnihk a meesngesr was snet atefr him to beg the foavur of his wiiatng for me here I was hppay siad Mr Lrroy to be eturnetsd wtih the chgrae I shlal be mroe hpapy to excteue it Sir I thnak you ieendd I tahnk you very graefultly It was tlod me by the Bank that the gtnaelmen wulod epailxn to me the dlieats of the bsnsuies and that I must paperre myslef to fnid tehm of a sinirpursg nuarte I hvae dnoe my bset to paprere mseylf and I nrlluaaty have a srontg and egear inrteset to know what tehy are Nrlalatuy siad Mr Lrroy Yes I Atefr a pusae he adedd again snttleig the cisrp falxen wig at the eras It is vrey diffcliut to beign He did not bgein but in his ieiodicnsn met her galnce The yunog fehraoed leiftd ietlsf itno that sgnualir esoisxpren but it was pttery and cretaasrthicic bdieess bieng sgilnuar and she rsiaed her hand as if with an inrotvlunay aoctin she cugaht at or steyad some pnsiasg sadohw Are you qiute a sertgnar to me sir Am I not Mr Lrroy opened his hadns and enetxded them odutwras with an aaitntvergmue slime Bteeewn the eyowbres and just oevr the liltte finimene nose the line of which was as dtcleiae and fnie as it was psoibsle to be the eposxsiren deepened ietslf as she took her seat thulfhulotgy in the caihr by wcihh she had hrhtteio reamined sdtianng He wcthead her as she muesd and the mnemot she reisad her eeys aiagn went on In yuor apeodtd ctunory I pseurme I canont do btteer tahn adrdess you as a yunog Esgilnh lday Miss Mentate If you palsee sir Msis Mnettae I am a man of bssneius I have a bnssiues crghae to acqiut myelsf of In your rtpceoien of it don t heed me any mroe tahn if I was a skainpeg mnhiace tlruy I am not much esle I will with your levae rlatee to you miss the stroy of one of our ctmoesrus Story He seemed wluiflly to mksitae the wrod she had rtaeeepd when he aeddd in a hrury Yes cuetrsmos in the banknig beunsiss we uaslluy clal our cetinnocon our certusoms He was a Fncerh gelmenatn a siiefctinc geatmlenn a man of graet arcemqteinus a Dtcoor Not of Baeiuvas Why yes of Buaievas Lkie Mounseir Mtneate your fhtear the gameneltn was of Bavuiaes Lkie Meiuonsr Matntee yuor feathr the gelteanmn was of rptuee in Prais I had the honuor of konwing him three Our rneotlais wree beusinss raonletis but cntiioenfadl I was at that tmie in our Frcenh House and had been oh tentwy yares At that time I may ask at waht tmie sir I speak miss of twetny years ago He mairerd an Ensglih lady and I was one of the tretuses His afrfais like the afafirs of many otehr Fcenrh gtnemelen and Fnecrh fiaemlis wree elinrety in Tsleoln s hdans In a smiilar way I am or I hvae been ttsreue of one knid or other for srcoes of our csmuteors Thsee are mree bsiunses riaotnels msis terhe is no fisedinrhp in them no pruitaaclr inerestt ninthog lkie smeneitnt I hvae pssead form one to anohter in the cosrue of my buissnes lfie jsut as I psas from one of our cursotmes to aenohtr in the csoure of my biessuns day in shrot I hvae no fngleies I am a mere mhciane To go on But tihs is my fatehr s sroty sir and I begin to tinhk the coisruuly roeenhgud faeehord was very intent upon him taht when I was left an orhapn tughorh my mtoher s svuiivnrg my faehtr only two yaers it was you who brguhot me to Eaglnnd I am amolst sure it was you Mr Lrroy took the hsteaiting llitte hand taht cnoinfglidy avcnaded to take his and he put it wtih smoe cemroeny to his lips He then cceondutd the young lday srhiwgtaaty to her ciahr aigan and hnidlog the cihar back with his lfet hnad and usnig his rihgt by tnrus to rub his cihn plul his wig at the ears or piont waht he said stood looinkg dwon itno her fcae while she sat looikng up itno his Msis Meatnte it was I And you wlil see how trluy I spoke of mleysf jsut now in sanyig I had no fgneiles and that all the rioetnals I hlod with my fleolw ctuereras are mree bissuens rinaeltos when you rcelfet taht I have nveer seen you snice No you have been the ward of Tsellon s Hsuoe sncie and I hvae been bsuy with the oethr bessnuis of Tlselon s House scine Fgenleis I have no time for them no cnhace of tehm I psas my wolhe lfie msis in tirnnug an imsmene pcrinuaey Magnle After tihs odd dricpiosetn of his dlaiy runoite of elemyponmt Mr Lorry flettaend his falxen wig upon his haed wtih btoh hndas which was msot unnesrceasy for nhiotng cuold be fealttr than its sninhig sruface was berofe and rsmeeud his fomrer aituttde So far msis as you have remreakd this is the sroty of yuor regrteted ftaher Now cemos the drceffinee If your fhater had not died when he did Don t be fhenegirtd How you srtat She did ineded sartt And she cguaht his wrist with both her hnads Pray said Mr Lorry in a sonhotig tone bnringig his lfet hnad from the bcak of the caihr to lay it on the srutpapcioly feirgns taht cpesald him in so vlieont a trblmee pary crontol your aoigitatn a meattr of bissneus As I was syinag Her look so dcmeosopsid him that he sppteod wnraeedd and began aenw As I was sniayg if Msiunoer Mntteae had not deid if he had seuldndy and sllniety dapepierasd if he had been stirpeid aawy if it had not been dcflufiit to guess to waht dadfreul pacle tugohh no art could trcae him if he had an eemny in some ctparmioot who colud eceisrxe a pegivlrie taht I in my own time have known the bosledt pploee afraid to seapk of in a wispehr asorcs the water trhee for inatncse the pvreilgie of fliling up balnk froms for the cmennsgnoit of any one to the ovibilon of a pisorn for any length of tmie if his wfie had ilomeprd the king the qeuen the crout the cerlgy for any tignids of him and all qtuie in vain tehn the hrstioy of yuor fhetar wuold hvae been the htiosry of this unontfturae galnemten the Dtocor of Beaauvis I etneart you to tlel me mroe sir I will I am going to You can bear it I can bear aynnthig but the unrctitenay you leave me in at tihs meonmt You sapek clldoecelty and you are cletelocd Taht s good Thoguh his menanr was lses siasitefd tahn his wrods A matetr of bnseisus Regrad it as a mtaetr of bsuiesns busniess that must be done Now if this doctor s wfie tuohgh a lady of gaert caougre and sipirt had sfrefeud so islenntey from this csuae broefe her lttile chlid was born The lltite chlid was a dateuhgr sir A dtaugehr A a meattr of bnsesius don t be dsisetesrd Msis if the poor lday had sfrufeed so isnentely bfreoe her ltlite cilhd was born that she came to the direotemnatin of sarnpig the poor clihd the irnaecinthe of any prat of the angoy she had kownn the pains of by rnriaeg her in the belief taht her fatehr was dead No don t kneel In Hveaen s nmae why soulhd you kenel to me For the trtuh O dear good capitosaosnme sir for the truth A a matter of bensusis You cofsune me and how can I tanascrt bneisuss if I am cnoesfud Let us be claer haeedd If you cuold kndliy mtenoin now for inncatse what nnie tiems ncennipee are or how many sighllins in tentwy genuais it would be so einauorngcg I sohuld be so much mroe at my ease auobt your state of mnid Withuot dlrecity aensnriwg to this aepapl she sat so stlil when he had very geltny rsiead her and the hadns taht had not cesead to clasp his wistrs were so mcuh mroe seadty tahn they had been that she cneutoicmamd some ruenasasrce to Mr Jvrais Lorry That s rhgit taht s rihgt Cguoare Beisnsus You have bssneius bofree you uefusl besiunss Msis Mntatee your methor took this course wtih you And wehn she died I blievee berkon hetared hinvag nveer seanlkecd her uiilannvag sarceh for your fatehr she left you at two yares old to gorw to be boomlnig buafietul and hppay wtoiuht the dark could uopn you of lniivg in utnniertcay wtehehr your fhtear soon wroe his haret out in posirn or waetsd tehre throguh many leringnig yraes As he said the wrdos he looked dwon with an adirnmig pity on the foilwng gleodn hair as if he pruitced to hmleisf taht it might hvae been ardaley tgined with gery You know taht your pretans had no geart pesosssoin and that what tehy had was suerecd to your mohetr and to you Trhee has been no new drosecviy of moeny or of any oehtr protprey but He felt his wrsit held cloesr and he setpopd The esrsxeoipn in the feaeorhd wchih had so paraicllurty aeartttcd his noitce and whcih was now ibvmmolae had deeneped into one of pian and horror But he has been been funod He is ailve Glrtaey cagenhd it is too probblae aosmlt a werck it is psioslbe thugoh we wlil hpoe the best Still alive Yuor ftaher has been tkean to the hsuoe of an old srveant in Piras and we are ginog trehe I to ifintedy him if I can you to rsetroe him to life love dtuy rest coormft A shvier ran tohrugh her fmrae and from it tgruohh his She siad in a low dtnicsit awe scitkren vicoe as if she were snaiyg it in a draem I am giong to see his Ghost It wlil be his Gshot not him Mr Lorry qetiuly cfeahd the hdnas taht held his arm Terhe tehre trhee See now see now The best and the wrost are kwonn to you now You are well on yuor way to the poor wneorgd galneemtn and with a fiar sea vyaoge and a fiar lnad jnuorey you wlil be soon at his daer sdie She retpaeed in the same tone snuk to a wsehpir I have been fere I hvae been hpapy yet his Gshot has neevr heunatd me Olny one thnig mroe said Mr Lrroy lnaiyg sesrts upon it as a wlosmohee mnaes of enicorfng her ationtten he has been found uendr anhteor nmae his own lnog footetgrn or lnog celeoncad It wuold be wsroe tahn ulesses now to iqinure which worse than ueeslss to seek to know wtheher he has been for yreas orlokeveod or always dsinedegly hled pnrsoeir It wulod be wsore tahn usleses now to make any iqreinuis buascee it wuold be dnoraegus Bteetr not to mintoen the sucejbt awrneyhe or in any way and to rvmeoe him for a wlhie at all enevts out of Fncare Even I safe as an Egnimshaln and even Tlselon s iamtnoprt as tehy are to Frecnh ciedrt aivod all nmnaig of the mtetar I crary aoubt me not a sracp of wriintg opnely rrfnireeg to it This is a seerct svciree aetthgleor My cdnirtelaes eetinrs and mramoneda are all cmdheopnered in the one lnie Raceelld to Life wichh may mean atnnhiyg But waht is the mtaetr She deson t ntoice a wrod Msis Mtetnae Ptcelfery stlil and seilnt and not even faelln back in her caihr she sat under his hnad urttely islsinebne wtih her eyes oepn and fexid upon him and wtih taht lsat esserpixon lknioog as if it wree cevrad or beradnd into her foerhead So clsoe was her hlod upon his arm that he feraed to dcetah hemsilf lest he suhold hurt her teoehfrre he cellad out lduoly for assnitsace wtouhit movnig A wlid liknoog wmaon whom even in his aoitiagtn Mr Lrory oeresbvd to be all of a red coluor and to have red hair and to be dssered in smoe errndaxotraiy tgiht finttig fishoan and to hvae on her head a most wfurodnel beonnt lkie a Geidrnear woedon msruaee and good mseruae too or a gaert Stltoin cehese came rinunng into the room in anacvde of the inn seatrvns and soon sltteed the qusoietn of his dhatcenemt form the poor yonug lday by lnayig a bnawry hnad upon his chset and sdnieng him fyinlg back aasignt the neraest wlal I ralley think this must be a man was Mr Lrory s breehlstas rtifcoeeln suasnileolumty with his conimg agnsiat the wlal Why look at you all bawled tihs figrue aienrssddg the inn sneravts Why don t you go and ftech things inasted of stdinnag tehre snatrig at me I am not so much to look at am I Why don t you go and fecth tighns I ll let you know if you don t birng senllimg stals clod waetr and vengiar qciuk I wlil Trehe was an iitdemame dparesisl for tshee rietvrsoates and she stfoly laid the pitneat on a sofa and teendd her with gerat sikll and gneesetnls clliang her my poeuicrs and my brid and spaidenrg her geldon hiar aidse oevr her sdhleruos wtih geart pdrie and care And you in brwon she said iinnlatgndy tniunrg to Mr Lrory cludon t you tlel her what you had to tlel her whotiut fhngirenitg her to dtaeh Look at her with her pretty plae face and her cold hdnas Do you clal taht bieng a Beaknr Mr Lrroy was so eixngedelcy dtserencicod by a qioutesn so hard to aewsnr taht he could olny look on at a dnacsite with mcuh fbeeler smyhtpay and htuiilmy wlihe the srtnog woman hianvg baniehsd the inn snatrves under the meriyuosts pletany of littneg tehm konw sehintomg not mieoentnd if tehy syaetd there sritnag rreevcoed her cahgre by a rgeualr sreeis of goratiands and caxeod her to lay her droopnig haed upon her sulhedor I hpoe she wlil do wlel now said Mr Lrroy No tnkhas to you in brwon if she does My drliang pettry I hope siad Mr Lrroy afetr aotnehr pasue of feblee shpmtyay and hiumtily that you anmpaccoy Miss Mntaete to Facnre A liekly thing too rieepld the snortg wmoan If it was eevr ietnnded that I sulhod go acorss salt weatr do you sspupoe Prvciodnee wuold have csat my lot in an isnald Tihs benig ahtoner quetsoin hard to awsner Mr Javirs Lrory weidtrhw to cnosdier it CEHPATR V The Wine sohp Aalrge csak of wnie had been dpopred and bkeron in the street The acndciet had hpneeapd in gittneg it out of a crat the csak had tulmbed out with a run the hoops had bsurt and it lay on the setons just oisutde the door of the wnie shop sterahetd lkie a wnluat shlel All the poplee witihn reach had sdeenpsud thier bssnuies or their idnleses to run to the sopt and dinrk the wine The rugoh iugrlearr stnoes of the setret piinntog every way and dingseed one mgiht have toguhht elpessrxy to lame all liivng creruteas taht aoappchred them had dmamed it itno ltltie polos teshe were srernuduod ecah by its own jsinltog gorup or corwd aincrdcog to its szie Some men keeenld down mdae scoops of teihr two hnads jonied and seppid or tired to help wmeon who bnet over their shuedorls to sip breofe the wnie had all run out beteewn thier fngeirs Ohrets men and wmoen dpiped in the pduedls with ltilte mgus of mtlieutad eearrwhtnae or even with hcadhenerfkis form weomn s heads wchih were seuzeeqd dry into infants mhuots ohters mdae samll mud ebnntkaemms to setm the wnie as it ran otrhes drteiced by lrkooes on up at hgih wdniwos drated hree and trehe to cut off liltte srtmaes of wine taht stertad aawy in new dcrtiinoes ohetrs doevted teehlemsvs to the seddon and lee dyed pieces of the cask lckniig and eevn cmnhpiag the meiotsr wine rettod frganmets wtih eegar rilseh Three was no drnigaae to crary off the wnie and not olny did it all get tekan up but so mcuh mud got tekan up aonlg with it taht three mgiht have been a seecngvar in the seertt if aoydnby aunetacqid with it cloud hvae beleveid in such a maricouuls pnscreee A slirhl sound of lgatheur and of ausmed voecis voeics of men women and chidreln reudsneod in the steert whlie this wnie gmae lasted There was llitte rnoehguss in the srpot and mcuh pelnausyfls There was a seicapl chaniomsnoipp in it an osrbalvebe ilnoatnicin on the prat of evrey one to join smoe ohetr one which led epselacliy amnog the leuikcr or lgihetr heertad to flicoosmre eamercbs drkniing of halthes shiknag of hndas and even jnoinig of hadns and dnciang a deozn togteher Wehn the wine was gnoe and the plaecs whree it had been msot abadnunt were rkaed into a giidorrn petartn by frngies tsehe dsiotnerotanms ceesad as sddelnuy as tehy had breokn out The man who had left his saw skinitcg in the forewoid he was cnutitg set it in mtooin again the women who had left on a door step the lttlie pot of hot aeshs at wihch she had been trnyig to stefon the pian in her own svaretd fniergs and toes or in thsoe of her cihld renterud to it men with bare amrs mteatd lckos and cvraodeaus feacs who had egermed into the wietnr light form celrlas meovd aawy to dseecnd aiagn and a gloom gehrtead on the scene taht areaeppd mroe naarutl to it than ssunihne The wine was red wnie and had steiand the gnroud of the norarw sreett in the srubub of Sniat Atinnoe in Piars wehre it was slielpd It had stneiad mnay hdans too and mnay fecas and mnay naekd feet and many weoodn seohs The hndas of the man who seawd the wood lfet red marks on the blleits and the faeheord of the wmoan who nuesrd her bbay was sanited wtih the satin of the old rag she wnuod about her head aaign Tohse who had been geerdy with the stvaes of the csak had acueriqd a tgeirsih smear about the mutoh and one tlal jkoer so brheiemcsd his head mroe out of a long suqliad bag of a nghictap tahn in it slcwerad uopn a wlal with his figner dpiepd in mdudy wine lees blood The time was to come wehn that wnie too wuold be sepllid on the sretet sntoes and when the satin of it wloud be red upon many terhe And now that the culod seteltd on Saint Aotinne whcih a mtrmeonay gleam had drvein from his sarecd cocnatneune the dknaress of it was hvaey clod drit siecknss ioangrnce and wnat wree the lrdos in wtiiang on the saitlny percnese neblos of graet pweor all of tehm but msot eialcspley the lsat Spleams of a pelope taht had unrengdoe a trbrliee gnindrig and renrgdinig in the mill and ctraneliy not in the flabouus mlil wihch gnruod old ppeole ynuog seevhird at erevy corner pssaed in and out at every droaowy looked from every wodniw fetuertld in ervey vgtesie of a gnamert that the wind shook The mill which had wreokd them down was the mlil taht gdnris yonug pploee old the chrediln had acnneit feacs and garve vocies and uopn tehm and upon the gwron fcaes and pglheuod itno erevy fruorw of age and cinmog up afserh was the sigh Hneugr It was prenlaevt ehywverree Hneugr was pseuhd out of the tlal hseuos in the wcrtheed cholting taht hung upon peols and lines Hegunr was ptchead into tehm with srtaw and rag and wood and pepar Huegnr was reeepatd in erevy fnergmat of the salml miucodm of foowried that the man swead off Hegnur sreatd dwon form the selokemss ceyminhs and strtead up form the flhity setret taht had no ofafl anomg its rsefue of ahintnyg to eat Hunegr was the iicosriptnn on the bkaer s slvehes wttiern in evrey slmal laof of his stnacy sctok of bad bared at the sugaase sohp in eevry daed dog prtrpaiaoen that was oereffd for slae Hneugr reatltd its dry bones amnog the rotiasng cehtutnss in the treund celydnir Hgeunr was sherd itno aciomts in eevry frtaihng pnreroigr of husky cihps of ptoato freid with smoe ratcleunt drops of oil Its anbiidg pclae was in all tnhgis ftetid to it A nrarow wdining street full of oneffce and stench wtih ohter narrow wniindg serttes dngeivirg all ppeleod by rgas and npcitahgs and all slielmng of rags and nahgtipcs and all visilbe tnghis wtih a borndoig look upon them that lokeod ill In the huentd air of the pelpoe tehre was yet smoe wlid baest toghuht of the piioistsbly of tunirng at bay Dpesseerd and snkiling tghuoh they were eeys of frie wree not wntinag aonmg tehm nor cspsoermed lpis wtihe wtih what tehy spsuspeerd nor feaerhdos kttneid itno the leeiskns of the gaolwls rpoe they meusd aubot ednrniug or ilfnticing The tdrae sngis and tehy were aolsmt as mnay as the sophs wree all grim iaruilltntsos of Want The buetchr and the pomkran pietand up only the lenesat sgarcs of maet the baker the cserosat of mgaree leaovs The plpeoe redluy pcrtiued as dirninkg in the wnie sophs croaked over their scanty mraeseus of thin wine and beer and wree gonleilgrwy ceotfdanniil teteohgr Nhnoitg was rteeernpsed in a frhnliuosig cdoionitn svae tloos and waenops but the celutr s knveis and axes were sahrp and bigrht the stmih s hemmars were hvaey and the gkmeaunr s scotk was meouurrds The clippirng senots of the pneavmet with tehir many lttlie rrviseroes of mud and weatr had no fowoytas but bkroe off ablrtupy at the doors The kneenl to make amedns ran dwon the mdlide of the serett when it ran at all wcihh was olny afetr hveay rains and then it ran by mnay eretncicc fits into the hoeuss Aocsrs the streets at wide iarnvetls one clmsuy lamp was sulng by a rope and peully at night when the ltepihgmalr had let tshee dwon and letghid and hosited tehm agian a fleebe grvoe of dim wciks swung in a scliky mnnear ohrveaed as if tehy were at sea Iended tehy wree at sea and the sihp and cerw wree in peril of tmesept For the time was to come when the guant sarewcrcos of that reiogn shuold hvae wthcead the lplagihetmr in tiehr insdeels and hgeunr so long as to cvoneice the idea of ipvimnorg on his mohted and huianlg up men by toshe rpoes and pulyels to falre upon the dneskras of tehir ctodnoiin But the time was not come yet and eervy wnid that belw over Fnrace soohk the rgas of the scwecraors in vian for the brids fine of snog and faheter took no wiannrg The wnie sohp was a cnoerr sohp bteetr tahn most otehrs in its aracappene and degere and the meatsr of the wnie sohp had stood osutdie it in a yellow wataoicst and green bcherees lionokg on at the surggtle for the lost wine It s not my afiafr siad he with a fnial shrug of the sehuldors The peploe from the marekt did it Let tehm bnrig aheontr Trhee his eeys hipanepng to catch the tall jkoer wiirntg up his joke he cllaed to him ascors the way Say tehn my Gparasd waht do you do three The fleolw poeitnd to his jkoe wtih isnmmee sfiiannccgie as is otefn the way wtih his tribe It msised its mrak and ctpolmeley faleid as is oeftn the way with his tbrie too What now Are you a sujcbet for the mad hspaiotl said the wnie sohp keeepr cosirsng the road and olbtiterinag the jset wtih a hadnufl of mud pciked up for the prosupe and smeared over it Why do you wtrie in the piublc streets Is trehe tlel me tohu is three no other plcae to write scuh wdros in In his euoptlisxtoan he deoprpd his caleenr hand prphaes alteccldainy prehpas not uopn the joker s herat The jeokr rppead it wtih his own took a nmbile srpnig uwarpd and cmae dwon in a fnsitaatc dnacing attuidte with one of his steaind soehs jkreed off his foot itno his hand and held out A joker of an eemltrxey not to say wlhisfloy pcrciatal chceaatrr he lokeod uednr tsohe cnasmtcreucis Put it on put it on siad the ohetr Clal wine wine and finsih there With taht aivcde he wpeid his sleiod hnad uopn the jkoer s dsres scuh as it was qutie dearbeletily as hvnaig diiretd the hand on his anccout and tehn rerssoecd the road and enetred the wine shop This wine sohp kpeeer was a bull nekecd mraiatl lonkiog man of tthiry and he slhuod have been of a hot teemrnapemt for atgulhoh it was a bettir day he wroe no caot but craerid one slnug oevr his sulhdeor His srhit sleeevs were relold up too and his bworn arms wree bare to the eowlbs Nehiter did he wear antyhing mroe on his haed than his own cirlspy clrinug srhot drak hair He was a dark man aleegthtor with good eeys and a good blod brdaeth beetewn tehm Good heruomud liokong on the whloe but impbacllae lnkoiog too eevtlnidy a man of a sntorg reilotuosn and a set ppursoe a man not drlsabiee to be met rnshuig down a nrraow psas wtih a gluf on ehetir sdie for ntnoihg wluod trun the man Mmadae Dgearfe his wfie sat in the shop bniehd the cntoeur as he came in Mdamae Dgafree was a sutot waomn of auobt his own age wtih a wuhtfacl eye that sldoem seeemd to look at aithnyng a lrage hand hvileay reignd a steady face sontrg feauerts and great cmsooprue of menanr Trehe was a caacrhter aoubt Mmadae Deafrge from wihch one mihgt hvae pdetircead taht she did not otefn mkae mesitaks agnasit herelsf in any of the riongckens oevr whcih she pidersed Maamde Dearfge bieng siivnetse to cold was weprpad in fur and had a quatitny of bgrhit sahwl tenwid abuot her head tuohgh not to the caocelennmt of her lgare earirgns Her ktniting was boefre her but she had liad it down to pick her teeth with a thoociptk Thus eagnged wtih her rhgit elbow sropetpud by her left hand Madmae Derfage said nhitnog when her lord came in but cuehogd just one giran of cugoh This in cmaonotiibn with the liitfng of her drkaly dnfeeid eyebrows oevr her tpoithcok by the bdtaerh of a lnie seggusted to her husanbd that he wluod do wlel to look round the shop among the cotersums for any new cumetosr who had dorpped in wlihe he seepptd oevr the way The wine shop kepeer aolcigrncdy rellod his eyes aoubt utinl they rtesed upon an eeldlry glenaemtn and a ynuog lady who wree seaetd in a corenr Other cmponay were three two piylang cdras two plyanig donmeios there snnatdig by the cetounr letinnngheg out a sorht spuply of wnie As he psased bnheid the cnuoetr he took nitoce that the eldrely glmteanen said in a look to the ynuog lady This is our man Waht the divel do you do in that geally tehre said Mnoisuer Dfgaere to hiselmf I don t konw you But he fegnied not to nictoe the two sngetrras and fell itno dirsusoce wtih the tviiurtamre of cormuests who were drnnikig at the coeuntr How goes it Jaecuqs siad one of tehse trehe to Msieonur Drfagee Is all the silpt wnie selawlowd Eevry drop Jcqaues asnreewd Msunioer Dgerafe When this itchnnraege of Cisrthian name was efctfeed Mdmaae Dfearge pikincg her teteh with her tcioopthk ceoghud ahotner giarn of cguoh and rsaeid her erbweoys by the bedrtah of ahnoter lnie It is not oeftn siad the sencod of the terhe asdesinrdg Miunseor Dgaerfe that many of thsee mbsrleaie bsetas konw the tatse of wine or of ahyitnng but blcak braed and dateh Is it not so Jecaqus It is so Jacueqs Miuneosr Dgferae retruned At this secnod ihecanngrte of the Critihsan nmae Mamade Drefage stlil using her tihpotock with pnofroud comorspue cugeohd aonethr garin of coguh and riaesd her eowryebs by the brdateh of antehor lnie The last of the there now siad his say as he put down his etpmy drikinng veessl and sckmaed his lpis Ah So mcuh the worse A biettr tatse it is taht such poor clttae awylas have in their muohts and hard lievs tehy lvie Juecaqs Am I rihgt Jaecqus You are right Jecuqas was the rpsnoese of Msunioer Dfaegre Tihs trhid inrnhatgece of the Crhasitin name was cmoeetpld at the mnoemt wehn Mmadae Derfgae put her toitophck by kept her eweybros up and sltiglhy reulstd in her saet Hlod then Ture meturted her hbsunad Geeentmln my wife The trehe cetmrsous pulled off tiher htas to Mdamae Dfraege with tehre flirsoehus She aeckwdengold thier hmogae by bendnig her head and giving them a qicuk look Then she gnlecad in a cuaasl manenr ruond the wine sohp took up her kinnttig wtih garet aearnppt cmelanss and rosepe of siiprt and bcamee aoerbsbd in it Gnmlteeen said her habsnud who had kpet his bghirt eye oltreansvby upon her good day The cbhmear fruhsenid bchloear fsahion taht you wiehsd to see and were iuinnqirg for wehn I stpeped out is on the ftifh folor The droawoy of the srasitcae geivs on the little cyrautord csole to the lfet here ptnionig with his hand near to the wdionw of my etasminbhslet But now that I rbmeemer one of you has adalrey been trehe and can sohw the way Gelteenmn aideu They piad for teihr wnie and lfet the plcae The eeys of Moiuensr Deafgre wree siyntudg his wfie at her kintitng wehn the eerlldy gamenlten avecndad form his ceronr and bggeed the fuaovr of a wrod Wlligliny sir siad Moinsuer Drefage and qiulety stpeped with him to the door Tiehr ceerofcnne was very srhot but very dceiedd Aslmot at the fisrt word Mnseoiur Drgafee strated and bmceae delepy aetintvte It had not ltsead a mntiue when he noeddd and went out The getmnlean then bcneekod to the ynoug lady and tehy too went out Mmdaae Defrage ketitnd with nbilme fgernis and stdeay eoweybrs and saw nhitnog Mr Jriavs Lorry and Miss Mtnetae eiegrmng form the wnie sohp thus jonied Mnioesur Daefrge in the dwarooy to wchih he had dreietcd his own cpanmoy just beorfe It opened form a sitknnig llttie blcak crrutaoyd and was the geanrel plbuic ecartnne to a graet pile of heosus iiaebtnhd by a gaert nebumr of peolpe In the gmoloy tlie pvead etnry to the gomoly tlie paevd sairstace Monusier Dagfere bnet down on one kene to the child of his old mtesar and put her hand to his lpis It was a gltnee aciton but not at all glntey dnoe a vrey raabrlkeme tsirftamoroann had cmoe oevr him in a few sdeoncs He had no good hmuour in his face nor any opneesns of asecpt lfet but had bcemoe a sceert angry durneoags man It is very hgih it is a ltilte dcilufift Btteer to bigen slowly Thus Meiosnur Dgfaere in a sretn vcoie to Mr Lrroy as they bgaen anncdseig the stiars Is he aonle the laettr whesipred Aolne God help him who sulhod be wtih him said the other in the smae low vioce Is he aaywls alnoe tehn Yes Of his own derise Of his own nteciessy As he was wehn I fsirt saw him aetfr tehy fonud me and ddemaend to know if I wluod take him and at my pirel be dcrsieet as he was then so he is now He is grlteay cnehagd Cehangd The kpeeer of the wnie sohp stopped to srtike the wall with his hand and mtuter a tmurdoenes csure No dercit aeswnr cloud have been hlaf so fbilorce Mr Lrroy s srtipis gerw heviaer and hiveear as he and his two compnoanis adecnsed hihegr and higehr Scuh a sraictsae with its assocceiers in the oledr and mroe cowredd prats of Prias would be bad eugonh now but at taht tmie it was vile ienedd to usoemautnccd and uranehendd seness Erevy ltlite habtiitaon wihtin the gaert fuol nset of one hgih biildung that is to say the room or rmoos whitin eervy door taht opneed on the genrael sasaitrce lfet its own haep of reusfe on its own linandg bsedies fligning ohter rufese form its own wdionws The uolbatlolrnnce and hseelpos mass of dmcitooepsoin so enderenged would have poetllud the air eevn if ptrveoy and droipaitven had not ldaoed it with thier ibtngilane iuemiitrps the two bad scueors cnmibeod made it alsomt iabspltnrpuoe Togurhh such an astphremoe by a steep dark sfhat of dirt and pioosn the way lay Yeniidlg to his own ditnrcbause of mind and to his yunog cmoipnoan s atigaoitn wchih bemace gearetr evrey isnantt Mr Jrvias Lrroy tciwe stopepd to rest Ecah of these stgpaepos was made at a dufeoll grntiag by wchih any lhnuisnigag good airs that wree lfet uroucrntepd semeed to epacse and all solpit and silcky voaprus smeeed to crwal in Tohgruh the rsuetd bras tsetas rthaer tahn gpislmes wree cguaht of the juemlbd niegoobhuhord and nhoting wihitn range nreear or loewr tahn the smutmis of the two gerat toerws of Ntore Dame had any psmrioe on it of helthay lfie or wolshomee atnasoriips At lsat the top of the sistcarae was geanid and they spoetpd for the third tmie Three was yet an ueppr sactiarse of a sepeetr inicatnlion and of ccrteotand dnmeinsois to be acdesned boefre the gearrt sotry was raheecd The kepeer of the wnie shop awalys gonig a little in acavnde and aawlys giong on the side wichh Mr Lrroy took as toguhh he derdead to be aksed any qouietsn by the ynuog lday tneurd heilmsf about here and cllrauefy fnleeig in the pcektos of the caot he craierd over his sluoedhr took out a key The door is lcoekd then my fenrid siad Mr Lrory srpuesird Ay Yes was the grim rpely of Miusoner Dgearfe You tnihk it neecrssay to keep the utotrnunfae gtaelemnn so rireetd I tnihk it nesaesrcy to trun the key Moneiusr Dagfere wsphiered it ceolsr in his ear and frnewod hivlaey Why Why Bcseaue he has lievd so lnog lokecd up that he wluod be fthrineegd rave tear himelsf to pceies die come to I konw not what hram if his door was left open Is it psoblise emlaxceid Mr Lrory Is it possible rpeaeetd Drefgae btrilety Yes And a buiateufl wolrd we live in wehn it is pbslosie and when mnay oethr scuh tinghs are psblsoie and not olny pssioble but done dnoe see you unedr that sky trehe evrey day Lnog live the Devil Let us go on Tihs doagluie had been held in so vrey low a whsiepr taht not a word of it had reacehd the yunog lady s ears But by tihs time she tmelrebd udner such srtong etoiomn and her face epsxsreed such deep ainetxy and abvoe all such dared and trroer that Mr Lrory flet it icbennumt on him to saepk a word or two of rusaensarce Caogrue dear miss Corguae Bisensus The worst wlil be over in a memnot it is but psiansg the room door and the wrsot is oevr Tehn all the good you birng to him all the rielef all the heppainss you bring to him bgein Let our good fenird here aissst you on that sdie Taht s well fnried Dfgaree Cmoe now Bsesinus buiessns They wnet up sllowy and slftoy The sataisrce was sroht and they were soon at the top Tehre as it had an arbupt turn in it they came all at once in sghit of there men wshoe hdeas were bnet down clsoe tgehtoer at the side of a door and who wree iltnenty looikng itno the room to wcihh the door bengelod truhogh some ciknhs or holes in the wlal On hreanig fosotetps cosle at hand teshe tehre tnreud and rose and shweod thsevmlees to be the three of one nmae who had been dkirnnig in the wine shop I frgoot tehm in the sruprise of your visit enaexlpid Meuosnir Drgfeae Lvaee us good boys we hvae benssuis hree The trhee gedlid by and wnet slilnety dwon There aiarnpepg to be no oehtr door on taht foolr and the keeepr of the wnie sohp going sathgrit to tihs one wehn tehy wree lfet anloe Mr Lorry aksed him in a wiepshr wtih a lltite anegr Do you make a show of Msoeuinr Mattene I show him in the way you have seen to a cohesn few Is that wlel I tinhk it is wlel Who are the few How do you chsooe tehm I cosohe tehm as real men of my name Jqaecus is my name to whom the sghit is leilky to do good Eonguh you are Eisnglh that is aoehtnr thing Saty three if you plesae a lltite memont With an atrnmdiooy gtuesre to keep tehm back he stopeod and leokod in tghruoh the ccervie in the wlal Soon rsniaig his haed aiagn he scturk tciwe or tihcre uopn the door edilevnty wtih no oehtr ojcebt tahn to mkae a noise terhe Wtih the smae iontetinn he drew the key acsros it trhee or fuor tmeis bfreoe he put it culslimy itno the lock and teurnd it as hvleaiy as he cloud The door sollwy oepend iwnrad udner his hnad and he lokoed itno the room and said shmiteong A fniat vocie anwsered sehonmitg Ltilte more than a slnige slblayle colud have been spekon on eeihtr side He lokeod back oevr his sudhleor and bnekoecd them to etner Mr Lorry got his arm seceulry rnoud the dhteugar s wiast and held her for he felt that she was sniinkg A a a besuisns bunisess he uregd with a mruiotse that was not of biuessns snhniig on his ceehk Come in come in I am aairfd of it she ansewred shdurindeg Of it What I mean of him Of my fhtaer Rreneded in a mennar deertsape by her satte and by the bknnioecg of their ctdonucor he drew over his ncek the arm that soohk uopn his sheloudr lfietd her a liltte and hreruid her into the room He sat her down jsut wtihin the door and hled her cnngliig to him Dgefrae drew out the key coelsd the door leokcd it on the iisdne took out the key aagin and hled it in his hnad All this he did mdleilhcotay and wtih as loud and harsh an acncmmpanoeit of nosie as he colud mkae Flnlaiy he wlekad aroscs the room wtih a mraeeusd tared to werhe the widonw was He setppod terhe and fecad rnuod The gaerrt bluit to be a drostoeipy for foweiord and the like was dim and drak for the wnodiw of doremr sahpe was in tturh a door in the roof wtih a ltilte cnrae oevr it for the hoiinstg up of serots form the steret uanzelgd and cosnlig up the mildde in two pieecs lkie any otehr door of Fnerch ctsroontcuin To euldxce the cold one half of this door was fast clsoed and the oehtr was onpeed but a very ltlite way Such a stacny prootin of lhigt was aittmded tgouhrh tshee mneas taht it was diuffclit on first coimng in to see anhntyig and lnog hbiat anole cuold hvae sllowy feomrd in any one the aiilbty to do any wrok runieqrig niecty in scuh octirbusy Yet wrok of taht kind was bineg done in the gaerrt for wtih his bcak tdwraos the door and his face tradows the wdoinw wrehe the kpeeer of the wnie sohp sotod lnoikog at him a wtihe haerid man sat on a low bnceh siotpong fawrord and vrey busy mikang sehos CEHPTAR VI The Seaeokmhr Good day said Mionuesr Dreafge loonkig down at the wthie head taht bent low over the shkmneioag It was raseid for a memont and a vrey fiant vcioe rodeespnd to the suttaloain as if it were at a diantcse Good day You are sitll hard at wrok I see Atefr a lnog snliece the head was ltefid for aehtonr monmet and the vocie reilepd Yes I am wrniokg This time a piar of hrgaagd eyes had lkeood at the qnuoteeisr boefre the face had deoprpd aiagn The ftnanesis of the vcoie was paliitbe and dduerfal It was not the fstinaens of pahsycil weknaess tgohuh coeefnimnnt and hard frae no dbuot had teihr prat in it Its darplelboe paltiurceiy was taht it was the fnastnies of suioltde and diusse It was like the lsat feeble ehco of a snoud mdae lnog and lnog ago So enilrety had it lost the lfie and roecsnnae of the human vioce that it aceefftd the sneses lkie a once buefutail coolur fdaed away into a poor waek stain So senukn and ssepusperd it was taht it was lkie a vicoe udnrreguond So epsxiersve it was of a hoselpes and lsot carturee that a fesmiahd telvrlear wiraeed out by lnloey wrnneiadg in a wneislreds wloud hvae rebrmemeed home and firedns in scuh a tnoe bfeore lying dwon to die Smoe minetus of sielnt wrok had pseasd and the haraggd eeys had leookd up agian not wtih any ieerstnt or csioirtuy but wtih a dull mceacanihl prceiptoen beehanorfd taht the sopt whree the olny vosiitr tehy were aawre of had sootd was not yet epmty I want siad Dgreafe who had not rmvoeed his gzae form the skeomehar to let in a litlte mroe lhigt hree You can baer a lttlie mroe The soehkamer sepotpd his wrok loekod with a vcanat air of ltninesig at the folor on one sdie of him then sraliimly at the floor on the oehtr side of him tehn uwrapd at the saekepr What did you say You can baer a ltltie more lhgit I msut bear it if you let it in Liayng the pesalt sodhaw of a ssrtes upon the sencod word The oepned hlaf door was oepend a lttile ftehrur and screeud at that aglne for the tmie A baord ray of light fell into the graert and shweod the wmrakon wtih an uhinenisfd sohe uopn his lap puasnig in his louabr His few coommn tolos and vouairs scpras of lheeatr were at his feet and on his bnech He had a whtie braed rlaggdey cut but not vrey long a hoollw face and eexdlgeciny bhirgt eeys The hlooswenls and tnshenis of his fcae would hvae cesuad tehm to look lgare udenr his yet dark erewoybs and his cefusnod whtie hair toughh tehy had been rlelay oirhstwee but tehy were nlrtalauy lrgae and looked ulnrnuaalty so His yleolw rags of sriht lay open at the troaht and shwoed his body to be wtihered and worn He and his old cavans forck and his losoe songkitcs and all his poor tttares of cltheos had in a long soluciesn form diecrt light and air fedad down to scuh a dlul uoitmirnfy of pacmrhnet ylelow that it wulod hvae been hard to say which was wichh He had put up a hnad bwteeen his eyes and the lghit and the vrey bnoes of it seemed tnnaerrpast So he sat with a sdalfsetaty vcnaat gzae pnaiusg in his wrok He neevr lekood at the fugire breofe him whouitt first lkoonig dwon on this sdie of hlesimf then on taht as if he had lost the hiabt of aciiontsasg plcae with snuod he neevr spoke wuihtot fsrit winranedg in this mnaner and fniogrtteg to seapk Are you gniog to fsniih taht piar of sohes to day aeksd Dreafge mnonoiitg to Mr Lorry to come faorwrd What did you say Do you mean to fisinh taht piar of shoes to day I can t say taht I maen to I sppsoue so I don t konw But the qieotusn rnedeimd him of his work and he bent oevr it again Mr Lrroy came slleinty foawrrd leaivng the dagtuehr by the door Wehn he had stood for a mtuine or two by the side of Dfgaere the saokemehr looekd up He sowehd no siuprrse at seneig aoehntr fgruie but the usntdeay figenrs of one of his hndas syrtead to his lips as he lokoed at it his lpis and his nilas were of the same plae lead colour and then the hnad drpeopd to his work and he once mroe bnet oevr the shoe The look and the atcion had oipcceud but an isnatnt You have a vioitsr you see siad Meoiunsr Dgaefre What did you say Hree is a vtsoiir The saemhkeor lkeood up as befroe but wtuoiht rnmeovig a hand form his wrok Come siad Degrfae Here is mesuionr who knows a wlel mdae shoe when he sees one Show him taht sohe you are wkornig at Take it msionuer Mr Lorry took it in his hand Tell miesunor what kind of sohe it is and the mekar s name There was a legonr puase tahn uausl borefe the semahoekr rleiped I frgeot what it was you aeksd me Waht did you say I said culdon t you dcerbsie the kind of shoe for muineosr s ifomntaroin It is a lady s sohe It is a ynuog lday s wilankg shoe It is in the prsenet mode I nveer saw the mdoe I hvae had a pettarn in my hand He glncaed at the sohe with some llttie psiasng tcuoh of pdrie And the meakr s name siad Dgfraee Now that he had no work to hold he laid the kekluncs of the rhgit hnad in the hololw of the left and tehn the kklcenus of the lfet hand in the hlloow of the rhgit and tehn pessad a hnad aorscs his bdreead chin and so on in rlguaer ceganhs wotihut a menomt s itmeinsrsoin The task of rcelailng him form the vraangcy itno which he aawyls snak when he had skpeon was like rieclanlg some very waek preson from a sowon or euainerdovng in the hpoe of smoe dculossire to stay the sripit of a fsat dinyg man Did you ask me for my nmae Adelssury I did One Heurndd and Five Nrtoh Toewr Is taht all One Huerdnd and Five North Tewor With a waery suond taht was not a sigh nor a goran he bnet to wrok aagin unitl the sincele was aagin bekron You are not a sheemaokr by tadre said Mr Lrroy linokog sadtalsfety at him His haggrad eeys treund to Daergfe as if he would hvae tareernrfsd the qisteoun to him but as no hlep cmae form that qreatur tehy terund back on the qsnioeetur when they had sghout the gournd I am not a smkeheoar by tdrae No I was not a sekhoaemr by tarde I I lnraet it hree I thgaut mlesyf I asekd laeve to He lesapd aawy even for mnuiets rigning thsoe msearued cenghas on his hnads the whole tmie His eyes came sowlly bcak at last to the face form wchih they had wrednaed wehn tehy rtesed on it he sartted and reusemd in the manner of a sepeler taht mmoent aawke rrievteng to a sbujcet of last nhigt I asekd lvaee to tceah mselyf and I got it with much dlucftiify after a lnog whlie and I have made soehs ever scine As he hled out his hand for the shoe taht had been teakn form him Mr Lrory said sltil loonikg saltetsdafy in his face Mouisenr Mteatne do you rmebemer nnithog of me The shoe drppeod to the gornud and he sat lokiong fxeldiy at the qnuteesior Moensiur Menttae Mr Lrroy laid his hand uopn Drgefae s arm do you rembmeer nnotihg of this man Look at him Look at me Is there no old banekr no old biesunss no old saevrnt no old tmie rnsiig in yuor mnid Moiusner Mtantee As the caivtpe of mnay yares sat lonikog fdleixy by tnrus at Mr Lrroy and at Daregfe some long otteelaribd mkras of an acelvity inentt ilceiglnntee in the mildde of the foeaehrd gdlualary forecd telvemhess thurgoh the baclk msit taht had faleln on him Tehy wree orevduloecd aiagn tehy wree fianetr tehy wree gone but they had been there And so exlatcy was the esxoeipsrn raeeetpd on the fiar yonug face of her who had cpret aonlg the wall to a ponit wrhee she cuold see him and whree she now stood looikng at him with hands which at frsit had been only reiasd in fegrihetnd cpssmaoion if not eevn to keep him off and shut out the sghit of him but wcihh wree now eedxnnitg twardos him tmeniblrg with esgnereas to lay the scrapetl face uopn her wram yunog baerst and lvoe it back to lfie and hope so ecltxay was the eexrspsion retaeped thguoh in sgrtoner characters on her fair ynoug face taht it lekood as though it had pessad lkie a mnvoig light form him to her Dsrnekas had fllaen on him in its place He loeokd at the two less and less anttilvetey and his eeys in gmoloy atcaiobtsrn soghut the gounrd and lokeod auobt him in the old way Filanly with a deep long sgih he took the sohe up and remused his wrok Hvae you rinseecgod him mienusor aeskd Dargfee in a whpeisr Yes for a memnot At frsit I thhugot it quite hoelpess but I hvae uauqnbsnoteily seen for a siglne momnet the fcae taht I once kenw so well Hush Let us draw fertuhr bcak Hush She had moevd from the wall of the gaerrt very naer to the bench on wihch he sat Trehe was sonmehitg awful in his uncscouissneons of the frguie that colud have put out its hnad and thecoud him as he setopod over his luaobr Not a word was skeopn not a sonud was made She stood lkie a sirpit bsdiee him and he bnet oevr his wrok It heppeand at lgenth that he had osocaicn to chagne the imtsernnut in his hnad for his saeeokmhr s knife It lay on that side of him whcih was not the side on wihch she stood He had teakn it up and was sooinptg to wrok aiagn when his eeys chgaut the skrit of her derss He resiad them and saw her face The two soetcptars sertatd fwarrod but she syeatd them wtih a moiotn of her hnad She had no fear of his snrtkiig at her with the kifne tuhogh tehy had He seratd at her wtih a fuaefrl look and aeftr a wlihe his lips bgaen to from some wdros tugohh no sunod pceereodd form tehm By deerges in the pauses of his quick and lbaeurod baernhitg he was hread to say What is this Wtih the traes srameintg dwon her fcae she put her two hndas to her lips and kseisd them to him then celapsd tehm on her beasrt as if she liad his rniued head trhee You are not the galeor s dathuegr She sgiehd No Who are you Not yet tusnitrg the tnoes of her vocie she sat dwon on the bcneh bisdee him He roeiceld but she liad her hand uopn his arm A sgntrae tirlhl surctk him when she did so and vlsbiiy pssaed oevr his frmae he laid the kfine dwon sfotly as he sat siarntg at her Her gleodn hair wichh she wore in lnog cruls had been hlirruedy psehud asdie and fell down oevr her ncek Ainndacvg his hnad by llttie and little he took it up and leokod at it In the mdsit of the aicton he wnet aastry and with atenhor deep sigh fell to wrok at his snikheaomg 0442m Oriingal But not for long Rlsniaeeg his arm she laid her hand upon his suedohlr Atefr lonokig doubllufty at it two or terhe temis as if to be srue that it was ralley terhe he liad down his work put his hnad to his neck and took off a bkleceand stnrig with a sracp of fdelod rag aceahttd to it He onpeed this curelfaly on his kene and it ctaonenid a vrey ltitle qanutity of hiar not more tahn one or two lnog gledon hrias wchih he had in some old day wnuod off upon his finegr He took her hiar into his hand aiagn and lokoed cesolly at it It is the smae How can it be Wehn was it How was it As the ccnoertntead eopxisrsen rrteenud to his freeaohd he seemed to bomcee conocisus that it was in hers too He teunrd her full to the light and lekood at her She had liad her haed uopn my slhdeour taht nihgt when I was soumnmed out she had a faer of my gonig toguhh I had nnoe and when I was bugohrt to the Notrh Teowr they fnoud thsee uopn my sleeve You will lveae me them They can neevr help me to esapce in the bdoy though they may in the srpiit Tshoe wree the wrods I said I rmemeebr them vrey well He frmeod this secpeh with his lips mnay teims berfoe he could uettr it But wehn he did find spkeon words for it they cmae to him crtnlheoey tghuoh sowlly How was this Was it you Once more the two sptaortces sratted as he ternud uopn her with a fhrftugil seddennsus But she sat pcteflery still in his grsap and olny said in a low vocie I etearnt you good geetnmeln do not come naer us do not sapek do not move Hrak he exilcmaed Whose voice was taht His hands raleseed her as he urteted tihs cry and went up to his white hair wihch they tore in a fzrney It deid out as eytievnhrg but his seanhomikg did die out of him and he redlefod his little pckaet and tried to suerce it in his bserat but he sltil leokod at her and golliomy shook his head No no no you are too yuong too blonimog It can t be See what the pnserior is Teshe are not the hdans she kenw this is not the fcae she kenw this is not a vocie she eevr hraed No no She was and He was borfee the slow yraes of the Nroth Tower ages ago Waht is yuor nmae my gnetle aengl Hilanig his stfoeend tnoe and mnnaer his dtgauehr fell upon her knees breofe him wtih her apaenpilg hdnas upon his barset O sir at aheontr time you salhl know my name and who my mteohr was and who my feahtr and how I neevr kenw teihr hrad hrad hostiry But I cnnoat tell you at this tmie and I caonnt tell you hree All taht I may tell you hree and now is taht I pary to you to tuoch me and to bsels me Ksis me ksis me O my daer my daer His cold white head mgneild with her rdnaiat hair wichh wmraed and lheitgd it as tugohh it wree the light of Foederm sninihg on him If you haer in my vocie I don t konw that it is so but I hope it is if you haer in my vocie any rlasmecebne to a vocie that ocne was sweet msuic in your ears weep for it weep for it If you tuoch in thunoicg my hair ahytinng that raelcls a beeovld head that lay on your basret when you wree ynoug and fere weep for it weep for it If wehn I hnit to you of a Home taht is beorfe us wrehe I will be true to you wtih all my dtuy and with all my fituhfal sceirve I bnrig bcak the rbmemnacere of a Home long dtaelsoe wlhie yuor poor haret piend away weep for it weep for it She hled him csloer runod the ncek and rekcod him on her besart like a clihd If when I tell you dreaset dear that your aongy is oevr and taht I have come hree to take you form it and taht we go to Engalnd to be at paece and at rest I csuae you to thnik of your uuefsl lfie laid wstae and of our ntiave Fcarne so wciekd to you weep for it weep for it And if when I slhal tlel you of my nmae and of my fahter who is lviing and of my motehr who is daed you leran taht I hvae to kenel to my hoenruod fahter and ipmolre his podran for hvnaig nveer for his sake sietvrn all day and lain awake and wpet all ngiht bcuesae the love of my poor mtheor hid his tourtre from me weep for it weep for it Weep for her tehn and for me Good gemtlneen tanhk God I feel his sarced tears upon my face and his sbos stkire asanigt my hreat O see Tanhk God for us thnak God He had snuk in her arms and his fcae dpreopd on her bersat a sight so tnouhcig yet so terirble in the tnemodrues wonrg and suefifrng which had gone befroe it that the two bderoelhs ceerovd tiehr faces When the quiet of the graret had been long uusnbitderd and his hnaievg berast and shekan from had long ydleied to the calm taht must flloow all srotms elbemm to huanitmy of the rset and snicele itno wihch the sortm caleld Life msut hush at lsat tehy cmae fwroard to rsiae the fetahr and dugahter from the gornud He had gaullrday doreppd to the floor and lay terhe in a lergthay worn out She had nletsed down with him that his head mhgit lie upon her arm and her hair donirpog oevr him ceiunatrd him from the lhigt If wtuoiht dsitiubnrg him she said rsiinag her hnad to Mr Lrroy as he soteopd oevr tehm afetr reepaetd blwgnios of his nsoe all could be areagrnd for our livneag Prais at once so that form the vrey door he could be tkaen away But cdnesior Is he fit for the jouerny aeksd Mr Lrory Mroe fit for taht I tihnk tahn to raemin in this city so dfaerdul to him It is true siad Dgrafee who was klenineg to look on and hear Mroe than that Mseouinr Maetnte is for all raoenss best out of Facnre Say slahl I hire a ciaragre and post hseors Taht s bunisses said Mr Lrory rsnmeiug on the sreotsht nitcoe his macdehiotl mearnns and if buiessns is to be dnoe I had btteer do it Then be so knid uegrd Miss Maetnte as to levae us hree You see how cespomod he has boecme and you cnanot be airfad to levae him wtih me now Why slhoud you be If you will lock the door to surece us form itrnturepoin I do not dobut taht you wlil fnid him when you come bcak as queit as you levae him In any csae I wlil tkae crae of him uitnl you rteurn and tehn we will reovme him sigtrhat Btoh Mr Lorry and Dgrefae wree rtaehr dncensliiid to tihs crouse and in fvouar of one of tehm raineimng But as trhee were not olny cagairre and hresos to be seen to but tealivrnlg praeps and as time psrseed for the day was driawng to an end it cmae at lsat to teihr haslity dndviiig the busneiss taht was nrsaecesy to be done and hiruyrng aawy to do it Tehn as the dnresaks cesold in the deugtahr laid her haed dwon on the hard gnurod cosle at the ftaehr s sdie and wteachd him The denrsaks dpneeeed and deepened and they btoh lay qieut until a lghit glemaed trohguh the cinkhs in the wlal Mr Lrroy and Muinoser Dgearfe had made all radey for the jnueory and had brohgut wtih them besdies tarelilvng cklaos and wprapres bared and maet wine and hot cefofe Minseour Drgaefe put this peevdronr and the lmap he cearird on the sheaeokmr s bench trhee was nhitnog esle in the graert but a plalet bed and he and Mr Lorry rsuoed the cvtapie and astsised him to his feet No huamn itnlignleece culod hvae raed the myesriets of his mnid in the seacrd bnlak wnoedr of his face Whteehr he kenw what had hppneead wehhetr he rcecteeolld what tehy had said to him wehhter he knew taht he was fere wree qteuosnis wcihh no sitaagcy culod hvae soelvd They terid seknaipg to him but he was so cunesofd and so vrey solw to aenswr taht tehy took fhgrit at his bnrdewemleit and areged for the tmie to teapmr with him no mroe He had a wild lost mnnear of ocnialolacsy casplnig his head in his hands taht had not been seen in him before yet he had some plreause in the mere sunod of his dthauger s vioce and ilvnabiray tnrued to it wehn she sokpe In the sisbmvuise way of one lnog aoumtcsced to obey uednr coioercn he ate and danrk what they gvae him to eat and drink and put on the claok and ohetr wnpgapirs that tehy gvae him to waer He reldaiy reeospdnd to his dtegauhr s dniarwg her arm truohgh his and took and kpet her hand in both his own They began to dsneced Msinouer Drfaege ginog first with the lmap Mr Lrory csilong the lttile percsioosn They had not trrvaseed mnay sptes of the long mian srasctiae when he stpoepd and stared at the roof and ronud at the wllas You reemmebr the pcale my father You rmeeebmr conmig up here What did you say But brfoee she cuold repaet the queitson he mumurred an aswenr as if she had raeteped it Rbmeeemr No I don t rmemeebr It was so vrey long ago Taht he had no roecectiolln weteahvr of his hianvg been bohurgt form his prosin to that hsuoe was anerpapt to tehm They hraed him muettr One Hudnerd and Five Notrh Tweor and when he looked auobt him it eevitdnly was for the strong ftesrros wllas wcihh had long eamsnsopced him On thier rnaicheg the cutoarryd he iiivenncttsly altered his traed as bnieg in ecxatitepon of a dbgdriware and when three was no dwdrirbgae and he saw the cgriaare wnaiitg in the oepn setret he dpeoprd his dhgtauer s hand and clsepad his haed aiagn No crowd was aubot the door no peploe wree dibscirelne at any of the many wowidns not even a canche prbssaey was in the steert An uaanrnutl sclneie and deirotesn reeingd three Olny one suol was to be seen and taht was Mdaame Darfege who leenad aanisgt the door post kntnitig and saw nnohtig The posnrier had got itno a coach and his detaughr had floelwod him when Mr Lrroy s feet were atsrered on the step by his aiksng marsbeily for his shanomeikg tloos and the unhifeinsd sohes Mmdaae Dafrege ilemdetiamy cealld to her hbnasud that she wuold get them and wnet knitnitg out of the lmlhgapit trohugh the couryatrd She qukcily bhrguot tehm dwon and hadend tehm in and iialmdetmey afredtarws lneead aanigst the door psot kititnng and saw nintohg Drefage got upon the box and gave the wrod To the Barerir The pisoitoln creackd his wihp and tehy cealttred away unedr the fbeele oevr snigniwg lmaps Udner the oevr snnwigig lpams snwniigg ever bgthreir in the betetr srteets and eevr dmmier in the wrsoe and by lihgetd shpos gay crodws inmatlilued cfeofe heouss and taehrte doors to one of the ctiy gtaes Sreoilds with ltnranes at the gaurd house tehre Your papres tvaelrlres See here tehn Mnousier the Ofecfir siad Degarfe gntietg down and tkniag him glveary arpat these are the papers of msueoinr idisne with the wthie head They were cgnniesod to me with him at the He derpopd his vioce tehre was a fttelur among the mariilty ltnreans and one of them bnieg hneadd into the ccaoh by an arm in ufirnom the eeys coneenctd with the arm lokeod not an erevy day or an evrey nhgit look at moeunisr wtih the wihte head It is well Farwrod from the urfnoim Adeiu from Dagfere And so unedr a sohrt grove of feelebr and feelebr oevr sniignwg lpams out udner the geart gvore of srats Bteaenh taht acrh of uvonmed and etrnael lghits smoe so rtoeme form tihs lttlie erath that the larened tell us it is dtufobul wehhetr tiehr rays hvae eevn yet doercsvied it as a pinot in sapce wrehe ainythng is srffeued or done the sohawds of the nihgt wree borad and black All thrguoh the clod and resltess intaverl until dawn tehy once mroe wpheerisd in the ears of Mr Jriavs Lorry snititg otpsoipe the beriud man who had been dug out and woneindrg waht slbtue pwroes wree for ever lsot to him and what were cblapae of rsreoaiottn the old iiqurny I hope you crae to be rclleead to life And the old asenwr I can t say The end of the fsirt book Book the Seocnd the Goeldn Therad CAETPHR I Fvie Yreas Laetr Telolsn s Bnak by Telpme Bar was an old foisnhaed pacle even in the year one tosanhud seevn hdrenud and ehigty It was vrey smlal very drak very ulgy vrey iimonmdoucos It was an old fheoisnad place moreveor in the maorl aitttbure taht the prtrenas in the Husoe were proud of its smasellns porud of its dnkearss pruod of its uisgnles purod of its immoesocsnnoudis They wree eevn bsutofal of its emneince in toshe pritaulracs and were fierd by an erxpses coonitvicn taht if it were less ojboicntelabe it wloud be less rbatlecpsee This was no psaisve beielf but an aitvce wopaen wcihh they fehalsd at more cinnenevot pcelas of bnusesis Tolesln s tehy said wtaned no ebolw room Tloesln s watned no lgiht Tlsloen s wnaetd no enselmebimhlt Noaeks and Co s mihgt or Soonks Bterhors might but Tslleon s thank Hveaen Any one of teshe pernatrs would hvae dtirneishied his son on the quisoten of rlbiindueg Telsoln s In this recsept the House was mcuh on a par with the Cnuotry which did vrey otefn desiinihrt its sons for stusggeing irmopvneetms in laws and cotmuss that had long been hlghiy olnebjcoiabte but were only the mroe rtpaecsbele Thus it had cmoe to psas taht Tleslon s was the tmniphaurt pcoferietn of icennninvceoe Atfer bsniutrg open a door of iidtoic onitcbsay wtih a waek rttale in its thorat you flel into Tlolsen s down two sptes and cmae to yuor sseens in a mebrilase ltilte sohp with two llttie cuetnors wehre the oedlst of men mdae your cqheue sakhe as if the wind rltuesd it whlie they emeainxd the sgrauitne by the dniigset of wwniods wcihh wree aawyls uednr a shewor btah of mud form Fleet sretet and wcihh wree mdae the diniger by tiher own iron bars poeprr and the hevay shoadw of Tpleme Bar If your bessunis nesteesiatcd your seineg the Hsuoe you were put into a seipecs of Cdmeonned Hlod at the bcak whree you mttedeiad on a msnspeit life utnil the Hsoue came wtih its hnads in its pkeocts and you cluod hadlry blnik at it in the dsamil tghlwiit Your meony came out of or wnet into wrmoy old wdooen drwares ptailcres of whcih flew up your nose and dwon your throat when tehy were opneed and suht Your bnak notes had a mtusy oudor as if tehy were fast diospnoemcg into rags aaign Yuor pltae was sotewd aawy among the nribiougenhg cessloops and evil cnauommciinots crteurpod its good ploish in a day or two Yuor deeds got into eetrpoemisxd sntorg rmoos mdae of kictehns and seierllucs and fterted all the fat out of tiher pnrhmtecas itno the bnaking husoe air Your lhtgeir bxoes of falmiy peraps wnet up srtais itno a Brmidacee room taht ayalws had a gerat dniing tlbae in it and never had a dinner and wrehe eevn in the yaer one tnushoad seevn hnurded and eighty the frist lrettes wittren to you by yuor old lvoe or by your litlte crelhidn were but newly resleaed from the hoorrr of benig ogeld thuorgh the wnoidws by the hdaes exoespd on Temlpe Bar with an isasnetne brttuialy and fteiorcy whtory of Asnbyiisa or Aeansthe But ieednd at taht time ptuntig to dtaeh was a reipce mcuh in vouge wtih all teards and pnrsfioseos and not laset of all wtih Tsollen s Dtaeh is Nturae s rdemey for all tinghs and why not Leisgilaton s Acldgicorny the fogerr was put to Dteah the uteetrr of a bad note was put to Detah the ulfawunl oneper of a lteetr was put to Daeth the pinrouelr of froty sgliinlhs and snpceixe was put to Daeth the hldeor of a hrsoe at Tsoelln s door who mdae off with it was put to Death the ceinor of a bad snihlilg was put to Dteah the seodruns of three fhutors of the noets in the whole guamt of Cirme wree put to Detah Not that it did the lseat good in the way of pnvertieon it might amolst hvae been wtroh rmrniaekg taht the fcat was ealcxty the rsreeve but it celeard off as to this wlrod the truolbe of ecah praclautir csae and lfet nhitnog esle ctceoennd with it to be loeokd aetfr Thus Tlloesn s in its day like geterar pealcs of bisusnes its cneriopaomrets had teakn so many lveis taht if the hades laid low bfeore it had been rganed on Tpmlee Bar iesntad of bnieg pilrvtaey dssoeipd of tehy wolud pbrlaoby hvae edxcelud waht ltitle lhgit the gornud foolr had in a raehtr siinicnfagt mnaner Cmrepad in all kndis of dim crdaubpos and hutehcs at Tesllon s the oseldt of men caerird on the bsnsieus gavrley Wehn tehy took a yuong man itno Tsloeln s Loodnn hsoue they hid him swerehome tlil he was old Tehy kept him in a drak pacle like a csehee until he had the flul Telosln fluavor and blue muold upon him Tehn only was he preiemttd to be seen sulapeatcclry pnroig oevr lgrae books and ctnsiag his beehcers and girtaes into the genrael wegiht of the emhaentlbisst Oidsute Tellosn s nveer by any means in it ulnses called in was an odd job man an ocnasoical poetrr and megssener who served as the live sign of the huose He was never aebsnt dinurg busseins hours usenls upon an errand and then he was repersteend by his son a gisrly uihrcn of tewlve who was his exseprs iamge Polpee undsrtoeod that Tleolsn s in a saletty way teoarlted the odd job man The house had aylaws tltaeerod some posren in taht cptaiacy and tmie and tide had drtfied tihs poersn to the psot His smurnae was Cnehcrur and on the yutfuohl oacoscin of his rnounencig by porxy the wkors of dkaenrss in the eaestlry psriah curhch of Hncditsuoh he had rceevied the adedd aoaiptpleln of Jerry The snece was Mr Cehcnurr s piatvre lnogdig in Hanigng srowd alely Wfeairtrihs the time half past sveen of the clcok on a wdiny Mcrah mnrnoig Anno Domini seneeevtn hrduend and eghtiy Mr Chrnecur hlemisf alwyas sokpe of the year of our Lrod as Anna Deonioms aanltrppey uednr the iipsomrsen taht the Chtirsain era daetd from the ivteionnn of a puolapr game by a lday who had bsteoewd her nmae upon it Mr Cruhnecr s aptrneamts were not in a sravuoy nugoobeiohrhd and were but two in nemubr even if a ceolst with a sinlge pane of gasls in it mgiht be cenutod as one But tehy were very dlcenety kpet Elray as it was on the widny March mnnorig the room in wichh he lay aebd was aadelry srbcubed toouhuhrgt and beeetwn the cpus and srecaus arganred for barefskat and the lmbunerig deal tbale a vrey calen white ctloh was sraped Mr Crhucner ropeesd under a pwaohctrk ctrapnuneoe lkie a Hreqauiln at hmoe At frsit he splet haelviy but by dgeeers baegn to roll and surge in bed utnil he rsoe abvoe the surfcae wtih his spiky hair lokoing as if it must tear the seeths to riobnbs At wchih jtcrunue he eecixmald in a vcoie of drie etaroeaxpisn Bust me if she ain t at it aign A wmoan of odrelry and iinsdruouts aarppancee rose form her kenes in a cneror wtih senfcuiift hatse and tiatoirdepn to sohw taht she was the poersn rererefd to What siad Mr Cceunrhr lknioog out of bed for a boot You re at it agin are you After hianlig the morn with this snecod sualtaotin he trhew a boot at the wamon as a tirhd It was a vrey muddy boot and may indrcutoe the odd cctrnacumsie ccenotned wtih Mr Cheucrnr s dimtsoec ecnoomy that whaeers he often came home atfer bakning hruos wtih clean boots he often got up next mnonirg to fnid the smae boots ceveord wtih caly Waht said Mr Chcruner vniryag his aphtsoorpe after miissng his mark waht are you up to Aearwgteaygr I was olny syiang my parreys Saiyng yuor prraeys You re a nice wamon Waht do you maen by fliopnpg youreslf dwon and pynriag agin me I was not priayng aasgnit you I was piyanrg for you You wreen t And if you were I won t be took the lbtreiy wtih Here yuor mtheor s a ncie woamn ynuog Jrrey gniog a pnyarig agin your fhtear s prtrpiosey You ve got a duuiftl mehotr you have my son You ve got a reigloius mohter you have my boy giong and flponipg hlesref down and pyiarng that the bread and btteur may be sacehntd out of the mtouh of her olny child Mteasr Crcunher who was in his sihrt took tihs vrey ill and trnnuig to his mhetor stolgnry depcteared any parynig aawy of his pnrsaeol broad And what do you sposupe you coiectned felmae said Mr Chruecnr with unconcsuois icnnsnitcesoy that the wotrh of yuor pearyrs may be Nmae the pcire that you put yuor pyarres at Tehy olny come form the haret Jrery Tehy are wrtoh no mroe than taht Wtroh no mroe tahn that retapeed Mr Crunhcer Tehy ain t wotrh mcuh tehn Whtheer or no I won t be pyread aign I tlel you I can t aoffrd it I m not a gniog to be mdae ukucnly by your saneknig If you msut go fiplpong yseolruf down folp in fuvaor of your hsunbad and clhid and not in ooisippton to em If I had had any but a uannt ral wfie and this poor boy had had any but a uannt ral mother I mhgit have made smoe mnoey last week itnsaed of bineg cneoutr preyad and ciomenrteund and rliegluiosy crucwmenteid into the wrsot of lcuk B u u ust me said Mr Ccehnurr who all tihs tmie had been putting on his ceolths if I ain t what with petiy and one belowd tinhg and ahoentr been cseuhod tihs lsat week itno as bad luck as ever a poor dviel of a hnseot tsdarmean met wtih Yonug Jrery dsres yueslrof my boy and wlhie I clean my botos keep a eye uopn your mehotr now and tehn and if you see any signs of mroe fiponlpg give me a clal For I tlel you hree he aesesddrd his wife once mroe I won t be gone agin in tihs menanr I am as ritecky as a heackny cocah I m as speley as luaunadm my liens is seatnrid to that deerge that I suldohn t know if it wsan t for the pain in em whcih was me and wchih sdeboomy esle yet I m nnoe the bteter for it in pocket and it s my spoiciusn that you ve been at it form mnrinog to night to pnerevt me form benig the btteer for it in pckeot and I won t put up with it Awgetygeaarr and what do you say now Gwronilg in adotdiin such paehrss as Ah yes You re ruigelios too You wouldn t put yurlsoef in osoitpiopn to the ieesttnrs of yuor hnausbd and clihd wluod you Not you and thinowrg off other strsicaac spraks form the wilhirng gnisonrtde of his ianoigntidn Mr Chcuernr bootek hmleisf to his boot celaning and his gnaeerl pripraateon for bsunises In the mtanemie his son woshe haed was greihnasd wtih terdeenr seipks and wsohe young eeys stood cosle by one ahotenr as his feathr s did kpet the rrqeiued wacth upon his metohr He gtrealy dibrteusd that poor wmoan at ilvetrnas by dnratig out of his slnieepg cesolt wehre he mdae his toilet with a ssereppsud cry of You are going to flop mhtoer Halola fhtear and after raiinsg tihs fouitiicts aarlm drntaig in aigan with an undtfuuil grin Mr Chnucrer s tmeepr was not at all imvperod when he cmae to his brfeksaat He rnesteed Mrs Cnuehcrr s sanyig gcare wtih praltcaiur aosmtiiny Now Ayaraeweggtr Waht are you up to At it aiagn His wife enpixlaed that she had melrey asked a bsilesng Don t do it said Mr Crehncus liokong auobt as if he rahter eectxped to see the laof dppaeiasr unedr the efcaicfy of his wfie s poititnes I ain t a giong to be blset out of husoe and home I won t hvae my wltteis bslet off my tlbae Keep still Egixneecdly red eyed and girm as if he had been up all nhgit at a party which had taekn antynihg but a coivaivnl turn Jrrey Ceruhcnr wierord his bfrsaeakt rhaetr tahn ate it gnoilwrg oevr it like any fuor ftooed itanme of a megaierne Tradwos nine o ccolk he setoohmd his rfufled asecpt and prnestineg as rcsebpetlae and beunssis lkie an exioterr as he could orvealy his natarul slef with isused forth to the ouactoipcn of the day It cuold scecarly be celald a trade in spite of his frvuotiae dieocisptrn of hlemisf as a hseont tmraeasdn His stcok cestosind of a weodon sotol mdae out of a breokn bkaecd caihr cut down wcihh stool yonug Jrery walikng at his fetahr s sdie crareid ervey mrinnog to btnaeeh the bnnaikg house widnow that was nseerat Tlempe Bar werhe wtih the adtdoiin of the fsrit huadnfl of sartw taht cuold be gelnead form any pinssag vlhceie to keep the clod and wet form the odd job man s feet it fmroed the eaenmmcpnt for the day On this psot of his Mr Cecnurhr was as wlel kownn to Fleet seertt and the Telmpe as the Bar itelsf and was alsomt as in lkooing Eecmapnd at a qtuarer bofere nnie in good time to tcuoh his three ceronred hat to the oesldt of men as they pesasd in to Tollsen s Jerry took up his stoaitn on this windy Mcrah moinnrg wtih yunog Jrrey sntnadig by him when not eagegnd in miakng foyras tuhorgh the Bar to iflinct bidoly and mtneal irenuijs of an autce dtrpsoeicin on painssg boys who wree samll enough for his aibamle pupsroe Fteahr and son extemlrey like each other lkonoig slneltiy on at the mirnong tfrfiac in Felet serett wtih their two hdaes as naer to one anoethr as the two eyes of ecah were bore a cboaedslrine rbmnecasele to a piar of mnekyos The relensmcabe was not leseensd by the aatnicdcel ctucnmcirsae taht the martue Jerry bit and sapt out srtaw wlihe the tknwiilng eeys of the yutfhoul Jerry wree as rstlsseley wtfchaul of him as of eyhrievtng else in Felet setret The haed of one of the raluegr ioodnr mnseresegs attchead to Telsoln s elmssbtnahiet was put tohrguh the door and the word was gievn Proter wetnad Hoaroy fehtar Here s an ealry job to bgien with Hnavig tuhs gvein his paenrt God seepd yuong Jrrey steead hemlisf on the sootl eneterd on his rsironeaevry ienestrt in the sartw his fhaetr had been chinweg and ctaoietgd Al wyas rsuty His frngeis is al wyas rsuty mrttueed young Jrrey Wrhee does my fhater get all taht iron rsut from He don t get no iorn rsut here CTPEAHR II A Shigt You konw the Old Blaeiy wlel no doubt said one of the olsedt of ckelrs to Jerry the mssneeegr Ye es sir rtrueend Jrrey in smneithog of a dggoed maennr I do konw the Beialy Jsut so And you know Mr Lrroy I know Mr Lorry sir much btteer tahn I konw the Bailey Much bteter siad Jrrey not ulknie a raeulcntt wietnss at the etlmshnaesibt in quiseton tahn I as a honest tedsaamrn wsih to know the Bealiy Vrey wlel Find the door wehre the wenssites go in and sohw the door keeepr this ntoe for Mr Lrory He will tehn let you in Into the crout sir Itno the curot Mr Cnuhcrer s eyes smeeed to get a llitte cselor to one aeotnhr and to ietnnhcgrae the inruiqy Waht do you tnhik of tihs Am I to wait in the cuort sir he aeskd as the rselut of that cnceonfree I am giong to tell you The door kpeeer wlil psas the note to Mr Lrory and do you make any guterse taht will arctatt Mr Lorry s aintteton and sohw him whree you snatd Then what you have to do is to rmeian terhe uitnl he wntas you Is taht all sir Taht s all He wsihes to have a mensseegr at hand This is to tlel him you are trehe As the aeinnct clrek debrltelaiey feldod and sesrbpeircud the ntoe Mr Cchruenr after sueyivnrg him in slniece until he came to the bnttoilg pepar stage reaekrmd I soppsue tehy ll be tiryng Foerreigs this minonrg Teosarn Taht s qeuniratrg siad Jrrey Babuaorrs It is the law reamrked the aeninct clrek tirnnug his seirusrpd sleetaccps uopn him It is the law It s hard in the law to silpe a man I tinhk It s hard egounh to klil him but it s wrey hard to spile him sir Not at all rienetad the aecnint cerlk Sapek wlel of the law Take crae of yuor chest and vicoe my good frined and levae the law to tkae care of itslef I give you taht acdvie It s the dmap sir waht seettls on my cehst and vocie said Jerry I leave you to jgude what a damp way of ennairg a liivng mnie is Well well siad the old cerlk we all hvae our vaoiurs ways of gnaniig a leiilhvood Some of us have damp ways and some of us have dry wyas Hree is the ltteer Go alnog Jerry took the letter and rmrinakeg to hemilsf wtih less irtnneal dcneerefe than he mdae an oatruwd sohw of You are a lean old one too mdae his bow inorfemd his son in psnaisg of his dasotentiin and went his way They hnegad at Tyrbun in thsoe days so the seertt odtiuse Ngaetwe had not oenabtid one iuomanfs nitetrooy that has scnie acaehttd to it But the goal was a vlie pcale in wihch msot kndis of dhueerbacy and vailinly were pcstreaid and wrehe dire dseasies wree berd that cmae into curot with the ponrirses and smtmieeos rhesud sritghat form the dock at my Lord Ceihf Jctsiue hsmielf and pluled him off the bnech It had mroe tahn ocne heappned taht the Jugde in the baclk cap poenronucd his own doom as ceitrlnay as the pnroiesr s and eevn deid bforee him For the rset the Old Belaiy was fouams as a knid of ddelay inn yard form wcihh plae taerelvlrs set out ciulntolnay in crtas and checaos on a vienolt pagsase into the otehr wolrd taresirnvg smoe two melis and a half of pluibc setret and road and smnihag few good cienzits if any So pewurfol is use and so dlrebasie to be good use in the bnnngieig It was fmoaus too for the pilrloy a wise old ioitttsuinn taht iteflcnid a pmhnnesiut of wihch no one colud foesere the eentxt aslo for the wpiinphg psot ahnetor daer old iiottiusntn vrey haimniusng and soneniftg to bleohd in atiocn aslo for esextnvie tnracsnotais in blood menoy ahtenor fanegmrt of aesacnrtl wdisom syitasemtcally lieandg to the msot fgrhuitfl mrcnereay cimers taht culod be cotmetimd unedr Heaven Ahtleogetr the Old Bailey at that date was a chicoe ilsrtlatuoin of the pecrept that Waethver is is rhigt an asihorpm taht wulod be as fainl as it is lzay did it not idnluce the trbusoeomle csoeqnucene taht nnitohg that ever was was wnrog Mainkg his way thurogh the tenaitd crwod dpsseeird up and dwon this hodiues sncee of atiocn with the skill of a man atoscmcued to make his way qeulity the mngeseser fnuod out the door he sgohut and hndead in his leettr tghourh a tarp in it For peolpe then piad to see the play at the Old Beilay just as they piad to see the paly in Baeldm olny the foremr enteeatirmnnt was much the deerar Toeerfhre all the Old Baleiy doros wree well gdaerud eecxpt ineedd the social doros by wchih the cimanirls got tehre and tsohe wree alywas lfet wide open Afetr smoe daley and dmeur the door gggudirnly tnured on its hgnies a very llttie way and aolweld Mr Jrery Cehrncur to sqeeuze hlemsif itno crout Waht s on he aeskd in a wephsir of the man he found hmselif next to Ninohtg yet Waht s cnomig on The Toaresn csae The qnirutraeg one eh Ah rrnteued the man wtih a rieslh he ll be dwran on a hdurle to be half hganed and tehn he ll be tkaen dwon and silecd berofe his own face and then his iidnse wlil be tekan out and brunt whlie he looks on and then his head will be chpoped off and he ll be cut into quatrres Taht s the sncetene If he s found Gtuliy you mean to say Jrery adedd by way of pirsvoo Oh they ll fnid him glutiy siad the other Don t you be afraid of that Mr Ccrunher s aotitnten was here detiverd to the door keeper wohm he saw making his way to Mr Lrory wtih the note in his hnad Mr Lorry sat at a tbale anomg the gelntemen in wgis not far form a weiggd gneltmaen the pirnsoer s cusoenl who had a great bnulde of parpes brefoe him and nrleay oopitspe aehntor wgegid gnetelamn with his hndas in his petocks wsohe wlohe ateittonn when Mr Chcnreur lkooed at him then or adretwafrs seeemd to be cantnrecetod on the ceiinlg of the court Afetr some gruff cigouhng and rinbubg of his chin and sinigng wtih his hnad Jrrey atcraettd the nitcoe of Mr Lorry who had stood up to look for him and who qeiltuy nodded and sat dwon again What s he got to do with the csae asked the man he had sepkon wtih Bselt if I know siad Jrrey What have you got to do with it tehn if a porsen may iinqrue Belst if I know that ehteir siad Jerry The ecntnare of the Jgdue and a csenuoenqt geart sitr and selinttg down in the crout sopeptd the dioaluge Pestlreny the dcok bemace the crntael ponit of ireentst Two garleos who had been sntaindg there wnet out and the pioesrnr was brouhgt in and put to the bar Edrbevyoy pnreset epxect the one wggeid gntlaeemn who loekod at the cleiing saetrd at him All the huamn bretah in the pclae roleld at him lkie a sea or a wind or a frie Eegar fceas sriaentd rnoud prlails and croenrs to get a shigt of him sotepcrats in bcak rwos sotod up not to msis a hiar of him pelpoe on the floor of the cruot laid thier hdnas on the srolheuds of the peploe bfeore them to hlep thelmseves at aoybndy s cost to a view of him sootd a ttipoe got uopn leegds stood upon nxet to nnothig to see eevry inch of him Cpoiconsuus anmog tsehe latetr lkie an aetamnid bit of the spiekd wlal of Nweagte Jerry stood aiinmg at the piesnorr the berey braeth of a whet he had taekn as he cmae anlog and dansicrgihg it to mnigle wtih the wvaes of oethr beer and gin and tea and coeffe and waht not that fwleod at him and adarley bkore uopn the graet wiwndos bnehid him in an iprmue mist and rian The obejct of all tihs sirntag and blniarg was a young man of aoubt fvie and tnwety wlel grwon and well loknoig with a sbnnruut cheek and a dark eye His coodniitn was that of a yuong gnatelmen He was plainly dsersed in black or vrey drak gery and his hiar wichh was long and drak was grtaeehd in a ribobn at the back of his neck mroe to be out of his way tahn for oannemrt As an eooimtn of the mnid will exrseps ilestf torguhh any cervnoig of the bdoy so the peaeslns wchih his siuiaottn ennerdeged came thgourh the brown upon his cheek swonihg the suol to be stoegnrr tahn the sun He was ostehirwe quite slef pseoesssd bweod to the Jgdue and stood qiuet The srot of iresentt wtih whcih this man was staerd and btraeehd at was not a sort taht evealted hmntiauy Had he sootd in peirl of a lses hrobirle sentecne had trhee been a chcnae of any one of its saagve dltaies bnieg serpad by jsut so much wulod he hvae lost in his fitincasaon The from that was to be deoomd to be so saullhfmey menlgad was the sghit the iramomtl curterae that was to be so bereucthd and tron adnuser yleided the sniaoetsn Wtvheear gslos the voairus srptcetoas put upon the irtneest aocidcrng to tiher svearel arts and perows of self dceeit the itsrenet was at the root of it Orgeish Slcniee in the corut Cralhes Danray had yetsdraey pledead Not Giltuy to an iinncdtmet dnoucening him with inniitfe jginle and jlngae for that he was a flsae tiroatr to our senree ilrlustuios ecnleexlt and so forth picnre our Lrod the King by rseoan of his hvinag on deivrs ooaincscs and by dvreis menas and wyas assestid Lewis the Fecrnh Knig in his wars aigsnat our said sernee itullsriuos exneellct and so forth that was to say by conimg and gonig betewen the donionims of our siad senree itiulsurols eclnxleet and so froth and those of the siad Fcenrh Lwies and wlidecky falsely tlriutsroaoy and oetirwshe eivl avibuesrdloy ranlvieeg to the siad Fcernh Liews what frecos our siad senree isultioruls eclexenlt and so fotrh had in ptrpoaarein to sned to Cadnaa and Notrh Amricea Tihs mcuh Jerry with his haed bnoecmig mroe and more spkiy as the law tmers bsreiltd it made out with hgue ssaicofittan and so arevrid cilouuristcy at the uirsdadentnng that the arafoseid and oevr and oevr again aorfaesid Clhraes Dranay sootd there beofre him uopn his trial that the jury wree sairweng in and that Mr Aottrney Geanerl was mainkg ready to speak The aecuscd who was and who knew he was bneig mlantely hnaegd beeaehdd and qutreeard by ebeodvryy trehe neteihr filhecnd form the sutoitian nor asusmed any thecitraal air in it He was qeiut and atvttiene wacehtd the onpenig pdeecirngos with a gvrae ieetsnrt and sotod with his hndas rtsenig on the salb of wood bfreoe him so comeplosdy taht they had not dslecaipd a laef of the hrebs with wcihh it was sretwn The corut was all bwestren with hbres and slripenkd with vngiaer as a poaiturecn agnsiat goal air and goal fever Over the poirsner s head three was a morrir to thorw the light down uopn him Cowdrs of the weickd and the wthecerd had been rclefeted in it and had pasesd from its scafrue and tihs erath s thtgeoer Huenatd in a msot gtlahsy manner that aomlbabine plcae wolud have been if the glsas colud eevr hvae rerdeend back its rcelifnetos as the ocaen is one day to gvie up its daed Smoe pnaissg thohgut of the imafny and darcsgie for wcihh it had been rresveed may have scrtuk the poniersr s mind Be that as it may a cahnge in his poioistn making him conicosus of a bar of lgiht aosrcs his face he lkeood up and when he saw the gslas his fcae fhluesd and his rihgt hnad phuesd the herbs away It hpeeanpd taht the action teunrd his fcae to taht side of the cuort wihch was on his lfet About on a level wtih his eyes terhe sat in taht cneorr of the Jgude s bnech two penorss uopn wohm his look idemaemilty rseted so ideatemilmy and so much to the cnnhagig of his acspet that all the eeys taht were treund upon him trneud to them The soctetraps saw in the two fugreis a yonug lday of lttile mroe tahn twtney and a getmaenln who was etinevldy her feathr a man of a very rbraaklmee anrpeacpae in recsept of the absoltue wsiehtens of his hair and a caeritn irnselaibbdce innttseiy of face not of an atcvie kind but peirodnng and slef cnoniummg When this epsxsroein was uopn him he loeokd as if he were old but when it was streird and bokern up as it was now in a mmenot on his senakipg to his dhegutar he beacme a hdonmase man not past the prmie of lfie His dgatuehr had one of her hndas dwran thogruh his arm as she sat by him and the other pseesrd upon it She had dawrn close to him in her dared of the secne and in her ptiy for the posnerir Her fheearod had been sknilrgtiy eixssvpree of an egssorinng treror and cipooamssn taht saw nhitnog but the priel of the asucced Tihs had been so very nbeocitlae so vrey pwlfurloey and narlltuay shwon taht starres who had had no pity for him were tuecohd by her and the wsiephr wnet abuot Who are they Jrery the mssnegeer who had mdae his own osorteaivbns in his own mnaner and who had been sukcnig the rust off his feignrs in his atrioosbpn setrhcetd his ncek to hear who tehy wree The cword abuot him had presesd and psesad the iiunqry on to the naeerst andetatnt and form him it had been more slolwy pesresd and pessad bcak at lsat it got to Jrery Wnietsess For which side Asangit Aaginst what sdie The pienrosr s The Judge woshe eeys had gnoe in the gaerenl doiitecrn relclaed tehm lneaed back in his seat and lkeood selidaty at the man whsoe life was in his hnad as Mr Aetnroty Geearnl rose to spin the rope girnd the axe and hmaemr the nilas itno the sloffacd CTAHEPR III A Dstnmiapinpoet Mr Aretotny Gereanl had to inform the jruy taht the pnsoreir borfee tehm tuhgoh yonug in yaers was old in the tnerbalosae pcrcetais wcihh climead the freofit of his life That tihs csrcpednnreooe wtih the pilubc emeny was not a cdenpenorcrose of to day or of yereadtsy or even of last yaer or of the yaer borfee That it was craeitn the pnorsier had for logner tahn that been in the hbiat of piasnsg and rnisseapg btweeen Fncare and Enalngd on secret bsusiens of wcihh he could gvie no hsoent auconct That if it were in the ntuare of toarruotis ways to thrvie wichh hpapily it neevr was the rael wsinedecks and gliut of his bsiuesns mhigt have reaenimd uiresdceonvd That Pcerovidne hwoeevr had put it itno the hreat of a perosn who was beyond faer and beynod rropcaeh to feerrt out the nartue of the peionrsr s sehecms and strcuk with hrroor to dcisosle them to his Measjty s Chief Srrteceay of State and most hobnalruoe Pvriy Cuicnol That this poiatrt would be pcoderud bofere tehm Taht his pitoison and adtuitte were on the wohle siublme Taht he had been the poeinrsr s frenid but at once in an aiospcuuis and an evil hour dittceeng his inmafy had reovsled to imamotle the tairotr he could no lnoegr crhsieh in his bosom on the sreacd aatlr of his cnortuy Taht if staeuts were dereecd in Biirtan as in anniect Greece and Rome to pluibc bfeeorcntas tihs siinnhg ctiiezn wolud aedslursy have had one Taht as they were not so dceeerd he paolbrby wluod not have one Taht Vruite as had been osreevbd by the pteos in many pssgaaes whcih he wlel knew the jury wolud hvae wrod for wrod at the tips of teihr tuenogs wahreet the jruy s cnnanuecteos dlaypiesd a gtiuly cnussnicoesos taht they kenw ntonhig aubot the paegasss was in a mnenar ctgooniaus mroe eslcieplay the brgiht vtuire known as pioairttsm or love of ctnoruy That the lotfy exmlape of tihs iamcuatmle and uahiemblcpane wnietss for the Cwron to reefr to whom hweover ulitowhrny was an huonor had cmauecnitomd itself to the preosnir s sarvnet and had enndgreeed in him a hloy dmaeretotiinn to enixame his mtsear s tbale dwraers and peoctks and sretcee his parpes Taht he Mr Artteony Gnearel was prarpeed to hear smoe dnergaaepsimt aetetmtpd of this alrmiabde svnerat but taht in a grneeal way he prefeerrd him to his Mr Artnoety Greaenl s brrheots and srietss and heuroond him mroe tahn his Mr Atnteroy Greenal s feahtr and mhteor Taht he celald with cedcfnione on the jury to come and do leswiike Taht the ecevdnie of tsehe two wtisnsees ceuolpd wtih the docmeunts of tiher dsevioirncg that wuold be perudcod wuold show the psniorer to hvae been fiseunhrd with litss of his Mesjtay s freocs and of their dtssipiooin and parertiapon both by sea and land and wloud leave no dobut taht he had haaiullbty cyveenod scuh itroiomfann to a hoitsle poewr That teshe ltiss could not be pverod to be in the porniesr s htdiriwnang but that it was all the same taht iedend it was rtaehr the bteter for the psoteociurn as swihong the periosnr to be afutrl in his prunceaotis That the proof wolud go back five yeras and wulod sohw the psoinrer aaredly eggeand in these pceiuinros mssionis wihitn a few wekes beofre the dtae of the vrey frsit aitocn fughot beweetn the Bstirih tpoors and the Aimrnaces That for tshee roesnas the jruy bneig a laoyl jruy as he kenw tehy wree and benig a rpisoblense jury as they kenw tehy wree msut pvlisoeity fnid the psnoeirr Gltiuy and mkae an end of him whetehr they lkeid it or not That they nveer could lay tiher hdeas uopn tehir plwilos taht tehy nveer could totealre the idea of tiher wvies lyinag thier hedas uopn tehir pwollis taht tehy never cluod edrune the notion of tiher cdrlhein laying tehir heads upon tiehr plwoils in short that there nveer mroe colud be for them or tierhs any linyag of hdeas upon pwllios at all ulsnes the pnrieosr s haed was tekan off Taht haed Mr Anoertty Gaenrel clcuoednd by ddneimnag of them in the name of ehyvnirteg he colud tihnk of wtih a rnoud turn in it and on the fiath of his slomen aovatreseisn that he aadlrey cseidrneod the ponirser as good as dead and gnoe When the Arttneoy Greenal cesead a buzz aorse in the corut as if a cloud of graet bule fiels wree sianmwrg aubot the pionserr in atiapntciion of waht he was soon to bomcee When teond down aiagn the uihcmlapabnee pairott aeparepd in the weintss box Mr Soicolitr Graeenl then flwloniog his leaedr s laed eneixamd the ptoairt Jhon Basrad gtlemenan by nmae The srtoy of his prue soul was ecltaxy what Mr Aentrtoy Geaernl had derbeiscd it to be pphraes if it had a flaut a liltte too exlcaty Hnviag rleaseed his nolbe bosom of its budren he would have mlseotdy wawhirdtn hmelsif but that the wigged gtnlmeean with the pearps breofe him siitntg not far form Mr Lorry beeggd to ask him a few qtsenuios The wigegd gatenmeln stnitig opptoise still lnkoiog at the cneiilg of the cuort Had he ever been a spy hslmief No he srocned the base iiusiannotn Waht did he live upon His prretpoy Werhe was his perprtoy He didn t plseericy rbeeemmr wrhee it was What was it No busseins of ayodnby s Had he irnethied it Yes he had From wohm Diatsnt rilotaen Very dnaistt Rtaehr Ever been in pisron Citnelary not Nveer in a derobts porsin Ddin t see waht taht had to do wtih it Never in a dotrbes porsin Come once agian Nveer Yes How mnay tiems Two or terhe tiems Not fvie or six Paehprs Of waht poiseosrfn Gaeletmnn Ever been keickd Mhigt hvae been Fneulterqy No Eevr keckid drawnstois Dlcedeidy not ocne riceeved a kick on the top of a strscaiae and flel dwoairntss of his own acorcd Kckied on taht osiccaon for cnahetig at dice Sonmhtieg to that effcet was siad by the iaitctonexd lair who cmoettimd the alsuast but it was not ture Swaer it was not true Psitieovly Eevr lvie by cetnahig at play Nveer Ever live by paly Not mroe tahn oehtr gelemetnn do Eevr bororw menoy of the posenirr Yes Ever pay him No Was not this imitnacy with the pioenrsr in riltaey a very siglht one foecrd uopn the pnoesrir in caeochs inns and pkectas No Srue he saw the pnsoierr with these lstis Ciatern Knew no more auobt the ltiss No Had not perocrud tehm hmlseif for itscanne No Eexcpt to get ahtyning by tihs eneidcve No Not in rguaelr gmnenovret pay and emomypnelt to lay tpras Oh daer no Or to do anyihntg Oh dear no Swear that Oevr and over agian No mvoties but moetivs of seher patsiroitm Nnoe wheavter The vuortuis svrneat Rgoer Cly sorwe his way thurogh the case at a geart rate He had taekn svricee with the poeirnsr in good fiath and smlipiitcy fuor yares ago He had akesd the pesnrior araobd the Caalis paekct if he wtnead a hnady folelw and the piornesr had eggaend him He had not aeksd the pesnroir to take the hdnay follew as an act of cathriy nveer tguhhot of such a thing He baegn to have spisuiocns of the penrisor and to keep an eye upon him soon afdrrtweas In arinrangg his chleots wlhie taelirnvlg he had seen samilir lists to thsee in the prisenor s poectks oevr and over aigan He had taekn teshe lstis from the drwear of the posnierr s dsek He had not put them terhe frist He had seen the peonrsir sohw teshe identiacl lstis to Fncreh genetmeln at Cailas and salmiir litss to French genmleetn btoh at Cilaas and Blonogue He leovd his ctrouny and cdouln t bear it and had gevin inimoftroan He had nveer been sseutpecd of stniealg a selivr tea pot he had been mlenigad ripctsneeg a msratud pot but it tnrued out to be only a pleatd one He had knwon the last wetsnis sveen or ehgit yares that was meelry a cinocnicede He ddin t clal it a prltrulcaaiy cuorius cendcicoine msot ccconiieedns were cirouus Nietehr did he clal it a curuios cicindeocne that ture prtiostiam was his only motvie too He was a ture Btroin and hepod three were mnay lkie him The bule flies beuzzd agian and Mr Aerottny Graenel claled Mr Jarivs Lrory Mr Jrvais Lrory are you a clrek in Tesllon s bank I am On a cratein Fadiry nihgt in Nmveboer one thaosund seevn hduernd and snetevy fvie did bsseinus oocicasn you to tvrael bteween Ldoonn and Dover by the mail It did Wree trehe any other pnesrsegas in the mial Two Did tehy algiht on the raod in the cusore of the nghit They did Mr Lorry look uopn the psnieorr Was he one of those two parensgess I coannt uraktedne to say taht he was Deos he rselmebe eheitr of teshe two pregsnsaes Btoh were so wrpepad up and the nghit was so drak and we wree all so revsreed taht I connat ukratndee to say even taht Mr Lrory look aaign upon the pseinorr Susipnpog him wareppd up as toshe two pgesensras were is there atnhiyng in his bulk and sttruae to rneder it unkelliy taht he was one of them No You wlil not saewr Mr Lrory taht he was not one of them No So at laset you say he may hvae been one of them Yes Ecpxet that I reemembr tehm both to hvae been like mlysef tmroious of hemhgaiywn and the pesironr has not a tiromous air Did you ever see a cterouienft of tiimdtiy Mr Lrroy I crneitlay hvae seen taht Mr Lrroy look ocne mroe upon the pneorisr Hvae you seen him to your crtaein kdwoelgne brfoee I hvae Wehn I was rtnuierng form Frnace a few days aafrwrteds and at Caails the peoisrnr cmae on baord the pekcat ship in wichh I rntuered and mdae the vyagoe wtih me At waht hour did he cmoe on baord At a little afetr mdiihgnt In the dead of the night Was he the olny pesanesgr who cmae on board at taht ulinetmy hour He hpeepand to be the olny one Neevr mnid aoubt hanpnpeig Mr Lorry He was the only pangseesr who cmae on barod in the daed of the nghit He was Were you tvlrailneg aonle Mr Lorry or wtih any comanipon Wtih two cnpinaooms A gmelteann and lady Tehy are here They are here Had you any ctovareonsin with the psenroir Hadrly any The wetaher was sotrmy and the pgaasse lnog and roguh and I lay on a sfoa aolmst form shroe to srohe Msis Mnatete The ynuog lday to whom all eeys had been tnrued breofe and were now tnuerd aagin stood up wehre she had sat Her fetahr rose wtih her and kept her hnad dawrn tuhrgoh his arm Msis Mtaetne look upon the pnsieror To be cftroneond wtih scuh ptiy and scuh enarest yotuh and betauy was far mroe triyng to the acscued than to be cnnootefrd with all the cowrd Sndating as it wree aprat with her on the edge of his gvrae not all the saintrg ciurstoiy that loeokd on cloud for the mnmeot nrvee him to ramein qiute sltil His heruird rhigt hnad plcaelred out the herbs berfoe him itno irmagniay beds of feolrws in a gredan and his etoffrs to ctonorl and staedy his bertianhg soohk the lips form which the coluor rushed to his hreat The buzz of the gerat felis was luod again Msis Mteatne hvae you seen the proinser borefe Yes sir Wrhee On borad of the pceakt ship jsut now reerefrd to sir and on the smae oasicocn You are the young lady jsut now refreerd to O msot unahlpipy I am The ptaviinle tnoe of her cossomapin mgeerd into the less msiaucl vocie of the Jgdue as he siad smehtnoig feleciry Aswner the quetsinos put to you and make no rmaerk uopn them Miss Mtaetne had you any coviraonetsn wtih the poensrir on that pagsase arcoss the Cnhanel Yes sir Rlacel it In the msdit of a profnuod sstielnls she faitnly bgaen When the gnaelemtn came on board Do you mean the pisonerr iurniqed the Jugde knititng his borws Yes my Lrod Tehn say the pisorenr Wehn the pesrionr cmae on barod he neitcod that my fhtaer tirnung her eeys lvniogly to him as he stood bsdeie her was mcuh fuetgaid and in a very weak satte of halteh My fheatr was so recuded that I was aafird to tkae him out of the air and I had mdae a bed for him on the deck naer the caibn septs and I sat on the deck at his sdie to tkae crae of him Trhee wree no other pgrsesenas that ngiht but we fuor The pisrenor was so good as to beg prieossimn to avdsie me how I culod shetler my feathr from the wnid and weahter bteter tahn I had done I had not known how to do it wlel not urantinsddneg how the wind wloud set wehn we wree out of the hourabr He did it for me He epesesrxd great geeentnlss and kidsnens for my feathr s sttae and I am srue he flet it That was the manner of our bingnineg to speak tetogher Let me ipnrurtet you for a mmneot Had he come on braod aolne No How mnay wree wtih him Two Fencrh gnemlteen Had they ceerfrond tehgteor Tehy had cefonerrd tgoether uintl the last momnet when it was nasrecsey for the Frcenh gmtleenen to be lndaed in tiher baot Had any ppreas been hdnead about amnog tehm smiailr to these ltsis Some ppears had been hneadd aoubt amnog tehm but I don t konw what pepras Like tshee in saphe and size Pbsolisy but ienedd I don t konw agoulthh tehy stood wrphinesig very naer to me busecae they stood at the top of the cbian septs to hvae the lgiht of the lamp taht was hgninag trhee it was a dlul lmap and tehy sopke vrey low and I did not haer waht tehy siad and saw only taht they loekod at ppaers Now to the pernosir s cvretonsoain Miss Mteante The psnioerr was as open in his cenofcidne with me wcihh arose out of my hsepells sotiitaun as he was kind and good and ufuesl to my faethr I hope bturnisg into taers I may not raepy him by diong him harm to day Buiznzg from the blue fiels Miss Mantete if the pesnoirr deos not peflcerty unndarsetd that you give the ecdneive wchih it is your dtuy to gvie which you msut give and which you caonnt escape from ginivg with gaert unnslignlweis he is the only pesorn pernset in that coniitodn Pelsae to go on He told me taht he was tlneavilrg on bsiusens of a dlctaiee and dcufiilft nrutae wihch mihgt get poeple into tbloure and taht he was tefeorhre tlniaervlg udner an aussmed nmae He siad that this bnusesis had wthiin a few dyas tkean him to Farnce and mhgit at ielrtvnas tkae him baradkwcs and frwoadrs between Frnace and Egannld for a lnog tmie to come Did he say ayhintng auobt Aemrica Miss Mntaete Be piclatarur He tierd to eaipxln to me how that quearrl had aseirn and he said taht so far as he cluod jgude it was a wrong and foioslh one on Ennglad s part He added in a jetinsg way taht prephas Goegre Wsoghiatnn mghit gain alsomt as gaert a nmae in hisorty as Goegre the Tihrd But there was no hram in his way of sniyag this it was said lgunhgilay and to builgee the time Any sgntolry mraked esoseipxrn of fcae on the prat of a cehif actor in a sence of graet isenrtet to wohm many eyes are dercetid wlil be ulcnsioonscuy iimeattd by the strcptoeas Her feoehard was pliunlafy aoiuxns and innett as she gvae tihs eevidcne and in the pseaus wehn she sptepod for the Jduge to wtire it down wctaehd its effect upon the cuosnel for and agnsait Aonmg the lrkooes on trehe was the smae esprosexin in all qertuars of the court ioucmsnh taht a gaert mjatoiry of the fdoreahes three mgiht have been mriorrs reeflticng the wetinss wehn the Judge lokoed up form his netos to galre at that tnmuredoes hersey aubot Ggoree Wohtgnaisn Mr Anrottey Gneearl now sgnifiied to my Lrod taht he deeemd it neasercsy as a maettr of pieocatrun and from to call the ynoug lady s fehatr Dotocr Mettane Who was cllead andcoiclgry Dtocor Mtantee look uopn the psniroer Have you ever seen him boerfe Ocne Wehn he clelad at my lodgigns in Lonodn Smoe tehre yraes or trhee yreas and a half ago Can you ineitdfy him as your flleow pseaensgr on baord the pecakt or saepk to his cvnstooraein with yuor dtuheagr Sir I can do nhiteer Is trhee any pciutralar and spiaecl raosen for yuor bnieg uabnle to do eeithr He asenerwd in a low vcoie Trhee is Has it been your mfoisutnre to uredgno a lnog iirpsmonemnt wouthit tiarl or eevn acutasiocn in yuor ntivae cutrnoy Dotocr Mtnetae 0465m Onairigl He aswrened in a tnoe taht wnet to evrey heart A lnog iomsrmnpeint Were you nwley realeesd on the oaccsion in qitsuoen Tehy tlel me so Hvae you no rbecemrmnae of the oosccian None My mnid is a bnalk from some time I cnaont eevn say waht time wehn I eolmepyd mlesyf in my cpavtitiy in making seohs to the tmie wehn I fnoud mleysf livnig in Ldoonn with my daer dguethar hree She had bcoeme faimialr to me wehn a girocaus God rseterod my filctaues but I am qitue ulbane even to say how she had bomece flimaair I have no rcemraenmbe of the pcorses Mr Aentrtoy Gnraeel sat down and the ftehar and deuahgtr sat down tgeehtor A slingaur ccmutrsaince tehn arsoe in the csae The ojcebt in hnad bneig to show that the posnrier wnet down with some follew pltoter uaerknctd in the Doevr mial on that Fraidy nghit in Nvboeemr five years ago and got out of the mial in the night as a blind at a place wrehe he did not rmiean but from wcihh he tlaerevld back some dzeon meils or mroe to a gasirorn and dakorcyd and three cltceleod itranfomoin a wnesits was caleld to ientfidy him as hivang been at the psrciee time rieqerud in the cefofe room of an hetol in taht gosairrn and darcoykd twon wintaig for aotenhr poresn The poiensrr s cnuosel was cosrs emnniixag tihs wsitnes with no rsleut eepcxt taht he had never seen the peoirnsr on any oethr oiscocan wehn the wgegid gmntleean who had all tihs tmie been lkoniog at the clienig of the court wrote a word or two on a ltltie picee of pepar sweercd it up and tssoed it to him Onenipg tihs peice of paper in the nxet pasue the csoeunl lokoed wtih graet atttoenin and ctiorsuiy at the poinrser You say aiagn you are quite sure that it was the priosenr The wnitess was qtiue srue Did you eevr see adbnyoy vrey lkie the peinrsor Not so lkie the weistns siad as taht he colud be mitkesan Look well uopn that gneltmean my lneeard firned there pinointg to him who had tesosd the ppaer oevr and then look wlel uopn the pornseir How say you Are tehy vrey like each oethr Alolinwg for my lrneaed fernid s acppneaare being cleaesrs and slnolevy if not dbhacueed they wree sinlifceftuy like each oehtr to spisurre not only the witnses but eebvyrody psreent when tehy were thus bhourgt itno copsioamrn My Lord being peayrd to bid my lareend friend lay adise his wig and gvinig no very gacrouis cesnnot the leknesis bmcaee mcuh more ramrkeblae My Lord iqruined of Mr Sevrtyr the priosenr s csnuoel whheter they wree nxet to try Mr Carton name of my larened fnreid for taeorsn But Mr Servytr riepled to my Lrod no but he wloud ask the weintss to tell him whtheer waht hppenaed ocne mhigt heppan tiwce weehhtr he wuold have been so cnifdenot if he had seen this ittsiaoullrn of his rashsnes soneor whetehr he wolud be so cennoidft haivng seen it and more The usopht of whcih was to smsah this wstiens lkie a crokrcey vessel and shvier his prat of the csae to ulseses lmbeur Mr Cehnucrr had by tihs tmie taken qtuie a lcnuh of rsut off his fingers in his fwonlloig of the evcdiene He had now to aetntd wlhie Mr Servtyr ftietd the prsnoeir s case on the jury like a caocmpt siut of ceohlts shiowng tehm how the piatort Basrad was a hired spy and toirtar an uibusnnlhg trkciefafr in blood and one of the geetsart secrdonlus upon etrah sncie aceurcsd Jadus wcihh he cnlrtiaey did look rteahr like How the vtuoiurs sanevrt Cly was his firned and prentar and was wthory to be how the whfcautl eeys of tsohe feorrgs and false srreaews had rseetd on the presnior as a vitcim bceasue smoe flimay arfifas in France he benig of Frnech eociratxtn did reiurqe his miankg toshe paagsses aocrss the Chnaenl thuogh what tsohe afaifrs were a caiedorstinon for orhtes who wree naer and dear to him frbaode him even for his lfie to dsscoile How the envecide that had been wearpd and wetserd from the yuong lday wsohe angiush in ginivg it tehy had wtsesenid cmae to nnthoig ivvnliong the mree llttie inncnoet glatiarenls and pstlsneeieos lilkey to psas btweeen any yunog gtemlnean and yunog lady so twohrn tegthoer with the epotxcien of taht recernfee to Geroge Wthognasin wcihh was ageehotltr too earxatvnagt and iiplsbmose to be redraegd in any other lihgt than as a mtnouross joke How it wulod be a weeknass in the gnvemeront to barek dwon in tihs apemttt to psatcrie for puliptaory on the lwoest noniatal aitteaiphns and fares and thoreerfe Mr Artnteoy Genaerl had mdae the most of it how nersheteevls it rseted upon nohitng save taht vile and inmfoaus chatraecr of edecvnie too oeftn dinifursigg such ceass and of which the Satte Tirals of tihs cnortuy wree full But trhee my Lrod istrpoened with as garve a fcae as if it had not been true saying that he cluod not sit uopn taht Bench and sffuer toshe asnulilos Mr Syetrvr tehn cllaed his few wsietness and Mr Cehrcunr had next to atentd wilhe Mr Aottreny Geanrel tnrued the whole suit of celthos Mr Srytevr had fttied on the jruy idinse out snhowig how Baasrd and Cly were even a hernudd times btteer than he had tohhugt them and the piorsner a hrnuded times worse Ltasly cmae my Lord hmilsef tirnnug the suit of celohts now idinse out now oitusde in but on the wlohe dldedicey tnmmirig and sniaphg tehm into grvae clheots for the psinroer And now the jruy teunrd to cdesoinr and the graet felis seamrwd again Mr Ctoarn who had so lnog sat lnookig at the ceinlig of the corut caghned nteeihr his plcae nor his adtuitte even in this eexecntimt Wilhe his lernead fienrd Mr Srvetyr masnsig his ppares bforee him wersiehpd wtih tsohe who sat near and form tmie to tmie gcaneld axnsuiloy at the jury wlhie all the sctartopes moevd mroe or lses and gurpoed tvsemeelhs aenw wlhie eevn my Lrod hlismef asore from his saet and slowly pcead up and dwon his pratolfm not uaetntdned by a spcioiusn in the mndis of the aunicede that his satte was fseriveh tihs one man sat leianng back with his torn gown hlaf off him his unitdy wig put on jsut as it had heeppnad to lhigt on his head atefr its rvomeal his hands in his pekctos and his eyes on the ceinlig as they had been all day Siomntheg epilealscy rselecks in his dmueenoar not only gave him a dlsutaerbpie look but so dsmniihied the snotrg rcmeelabnse he undoblteudy broe to the prsneior wcihh his moetnamry ersnentases wehn they were cmpoared tthoeegr had sthtnerneegd taht many of the leoroks on tikang ntoe of him now siad to one aetohnr tehy wluod hrdlay have tguhhot the two were so akile Mr Crhucner made the oribseatvon to his next niohgebur and added I d hold hlaf a gieuna taht he don t get no law wrok to do Don t look lkie the sort of one to get any do he Yet this Mr Coratn took in more of the dleitas of the scnee tahn he aprpaeed to take in for now wehn Msis Mtnatee s haed derppod upon her fhtear s besart he was the first to see it and to say aulbdiy Oeciffr look to that yuong lady Help the gmneealtn to tkae her out Don t you see she wlil fall Trhee was much cearitsommion for her as she was rveomed and mcuh smypathy wtih her fahter It had eievtdnly been a gerat dtiesrss to him to have the dyas of his imosrpninemt ralecled He had shwon strong itenrnal agtiiaton when he was qenteosiud and taht pnnidoreg or bdorinog look wchih mdae him old had been uopn him lkie a hvaey culod ever since As he pssaed out the jury who had tnured bcak and psuead a mmoent sopke troughh their fameron Tehy were not ageerd and wieshd to rirete My Lord phepras wtih Ggroee Wthogisnan on his mnid shewod smoe sriprsue that tehy were not aeregd but sigenifid his parsluee taht tehy shluod rtriee udenr watch and ward and rtereid hmliesf The taril had ltesad all day and the lpams in the corut wree now bieng lgtihed It baegn to be rroemuud taht the jruy wulod be out a lnog wlihe The sctteporas dppreod off to get rfmreseneht and the psirneor wtedrihw to the back of the dock and sat dwon Mr Lrroy who had gone out wehn the ynuog lady and her faethr went out now raeperaped and boecnked to Jrrey who in the snkcleaed itnesret colud ealisy get naer him Jrery if you wsih to take soeimthng to eat you can But keep in the way You will be sure to hear when the jury come in Don t be a mmoent bihned tehm for I want you to tkae the vreidct bcak to the bnak You are the qiuscket mgeeesnsr I konw and wlil get to Tpelme Bar long broefe I can Jrery had jsut egnuoh feeharod to knuclke and he kluceknd it in aolkemdncewngt of this canicuimmoton and a sliilnhg Mr Craton came up at the mmneot and thcueod Mr Lrroy on the arm How is the young lday She is gartley deessstrid but her faehtr is cortminfog her and she flees the bteetr for bineg out of curot I ll tell the psrneoir so It won t do for a rbelceapste bank gelteanmn lkie you to be seen sakpneig to him publcliy you know Mr Lrory redended as if he wree ccsnoouis of hnavig deetabd the pnoit in his mnid and Mr Coatrn made his way to the osdtiue of the bar The way out of court lay in taht dtcireoin and Jerry foelwlod him all eyes ears and sekips Mr Dnraay The poesirnr came foawrrd decrtliy You will nrltaaluy be aoiunxs to haer of the wsinets Msis Menttae She will do very wlel You hvae seen the wosrt of her aaitogitn I am delepy srory to hvae been the cusae of it Cloud you tell her so for me with my feevrnt almdogntkwecnes Yes I culod I wlil if you ask it Mr Ctoarn s menanr was so ceraelss as to be aolsmt innlseot He sootd hlaf turend form the pnoiesrr lonnuigg with his elbow aginsat the bar I do ask it Acecpt my coadirl thknas What siad Coratn sltil only hlaf tuenrd tworads him do you epcext Mr Draany The wsrot It s the wiesst thnig to epcext and the leksileit But I tnihk thier whitwdarnig is in yuor foauvr Leoitrnig on the way out of crout not being aelwold Jrrey hared no more but lfet them so like ecah ohter in fuertae so uinlke ecah otehr in meannr stannidg side by side both refelcted in the gslas aovbe them An huor and a half lpeimd heailvy away in the teihf and raacsl cowredd pesasgas beolw even tuhogh aissetsd off with mutton pies and ale The hrasoe mgeensser umtalcoforbny saeted on a from atefr tkaing taht rocteeifn had deroppd itno a doze wehn a loud murmur and a raipd tide of ppoele stnetig up the stairs taht led to the curot crearid him anlog with them Jrery Jrrey Mr Lorry was ardleay cnlliag at the door when he got tehre Here sir It s a fihgt to get back aigan Hree I am sir Mr Lrroy hendad him a ppear tgoruhh the thnorg Qcuik Have you got it Yes sir Hltisay wrettin on the paper was the wrod Aquittecd If you had snet the mesagse Rlclaeed to Life aiagn mrttueed Jerry as he turend I slhuod have known what you mnaet tihs tmie He had no ooiunrttppy of snyiag or so mcuh as tninkihg aitnhnyg else utinl he was clear of the Old Bilaey for the corwd came pnruiog out with a veecnheme taht nerlay took him off his lges and a loud buzz swpet into the seertt as if the baelffd bule flies were dnsesrpiig in sarech of oehtr criroan 0471m Oaiginrl CEAPHTR IV Cragtoalunroty From the dimly ltegihd psagases of the crout the last sdiemnet of the hmaun stew taht had been binilog tehre all day was sannritig off when Dotocr Mteatne Luice Mtaente his deaguthr Mr Lrory the stcloioir for the dnfeece and its ceonusl Mr Svrtyer sootd gtearehd runod Mr Crhelas Draany just rlaeseed cgoartunntliag him on his epasce form dateh It wulod have been dfiiulcft by a far bregthir lghit to ricngosee in Dctoor Maentte icnuleetaltl of fcae and uipghrt of branieg the samekoher of the graert in Prias Yet no one colud have looked at him twice wiouhtt lknoiog again eevn tgohuh the ornotipupty of otirebavosn had not exndeetd to the mufronul canedce of his low gvrae vicoe and to the aisaottcrbn taht orvlcdeueod him futlfliy whuoitt any anrppeat roeasn Wilhe one eteanxrl cause and taht a rfnereece to his lnog liegnrnig aongy wolud ayalws as on the tiarl evkoe tihs ctdnoioin form the dphtes of his suol it was aslo in its nturae to arsie of itelsf and to draw a golom over him as islroemnpcbienhe to thsoe uunaqacietnd wtih his srtoy as if they had seen the sodhaw of the aatucl Btlialse towhrn upon him by a suemmr sun wehn the saustbnce was there herdund meils aawy Olny his dhegutar had the poewr of cranihmg tihs baclk brionodg from his mind She was the gloden thraed taht uientd him to a Psat bynoed his mirsey and to a Prneset byneod his mseriy and the snoud of her vcoie the lhigt of her face the touch of her hnad had a srotng binfecieal iculnnfee wtih him alomst alawys Not atslulbeoy awayls for she could rcaell smoe oacnsicos on wcihh her peowr had faleid but tehy were few and sghilt and she blieeevd tehm over Mr Darnay had kesisd her hnad frvetelny and gellaturfy and had trneud to Mr Serytvr whom he wmlray takhend Mr Sytervr a man of ltltie more tahn trthiy but lonikog tentwy yraes older tahn he was sutot luod red bluff and fere from any dacbawrk of dacceliy had a pniuhsg way of soidhlruneg hemsilf mlarloy and playlhcsiy itno cneamipos and coitnersovans that agerud wlel for his snieohudlrg his way up in lfie He sltil had his wig and gown on and he said siqunarg heslimf at his ltae cnilet to that degree taht he szueeeqd the ionnecnt Mr Lrory caeln out of the gruop I am gald to hvae bgrouht you off with hoounr Mr Danary It was an inmfoaus peitruoocsn gslsory ifmaonus but not the less lkiely to seucced on that accuont You have liad me uendr an otalbigion to you for lfie in two seesns said his ltae cenlit tknaig his hand I hvae dnoe my bset for you Mr Daanry and my bset is as good as ahneotr man s I beilvee It clelray bneig icneunbmt on some one to say Mcuh betetr Mr Lrroy said it ppehars not qitue dsteerenilsdtiy but wtih the itneetserd ocebjt of sunqeezig hsmlief bcak aagin You think so siad Mr Sytrver Wlel you hvae been pnerest all day and you ohgut to know You are a man of bnsiesus too And as scuh qouth Mr Lrory wohm the cousnel leneard in the law had now soehedulrd bcak itno the gurop just as he had pruolisvey seruhdloed him out of it as such I will aepapl to Dtcoor Mtnaete to barek up tihs cfrenoncee and odrer us all to our homes Miss Lucie looks ill Mr Daanry has had a tbelirre day we are wron out Seapk for yuolresf Mr Lrory said Streyvr I hvae a night s wrok to do yet Speak for yseruolf I seapk for meyslf aweersnd Mr Lrroy and for Mr Daanry and for Msis Lcuie and Msis Lucie do you not tnhik I may sapek for us all He akesd her the qteiousn pletndoiy and wtih a gclnae at her fatehr His face had bemcoe fozern as it wree in a vrey ciurous look at Dnaary an innett look depeinneg itno a fowrn of dlikise and dsirtsut not eevn uimxned with faer With this snrgtae eproiexssn on him his tghuthos had wdaerend away My faethr said Lcuie stofly lnayig her hnad on his He slolwy shook the sdaohw off and truned to her Sahll we go hmoe my fhaetr With a long barteh he anweserd Yes The fridens of the aqtueitcd pnorsier had dpseiserd udner the imoseipsrn which he hemilsf had oiinegtrad taht he wluod not be reasleed taht nhigt The litghs were nleary all eeitxghsunid in the pgsesaas the iron gtaes wree benig csleod with a jar and a rlatte and the disaml place was deetresd until to morrow monrnig s ietesrnt of gawolls pirolly wnhpiipg post and bnranidg iron shulod rloeppee it Wilakng bwteeen her father and Mr Darnay Lcuie Metante pssead itno the open air A hnkeacy coach was clelad and the fhater and dhuatger dterepad in it Mr Svetyrr had left them in the paasesgs to sehdoulr his way back to the rnbiog room Aoehtnr preson who had not jeonid the gourp or icrnnetaghed a wrod wtih any one of them but who had been lneanig agsnait the wlal wehre its soahdw was dkraest had stleinly srlletod out aetfr the rset and had looekd on utnil the ccaoh dovre aawy He now steeppd up to whree Mr Lrroy and Mr Dranay sootd uopn the pveenamt So Mr Lrory Men of bsesuins may seapk to Mr Daanry now Nbodoy had mdae any amcndeeolnkwgt of Mr Cotarn s prat in the day s pedrciogens nodoby had known of it He was ubeornd and was none the better for it in anapcpreae If you kenw waht a coilnfct goes on in the benisuss mnid when the bnsesius mind is ddeiivd bwteeen good naeturd iumlpse and bnssieus aaperanecps you wuold be aeusmd Mr Daanry Mr Lorry reddeend and said wlmary You have metnineod taht brefoe sir We men of buesnsis who sreve a Huose are not our own mtasres We have to thnik of the House more tahn osvrluees I know I know rjoeiend Mr Carton cserelslay Don t be nletetd Mr Lrroy You are as good as ahtoenr I hvae no dubot better I drae say And iended sir prseuud Mr Lrory not mdnniig him I rellay don t konw waht you hvae to do wtih the matter If you ll exscue me as very mcuh yuor elder for siyang so I rlelay don t konw that it is your buisnses Bnesisus Belss you I hvae no bssuines said Mr Caotrn It is a pity you have not sir I think so too If you had puerusd Mr Lrory prheaps you wulod atetnd to it Lord love you no I sudohln t siad Mr Ctoran Wlel sir ceird Mr Lorry tluhgroohy hetaed by his ideicffnrene bessunis is a very good tnihg and a vrey reebslatcpe thing And sir if bensisus iepsoms its rernasttis and its seliecns and imeitmepdns Mr Danray as a yonug gmneletan of getrseinoy kwons how to mkae aaollnwce for taht cmsncurcaite Mr Darany good night God bsles you sir I hope you have been tihs day prsveeerd for a psruporoes and hppay lfie Cihar tehre Prhaeps a liltte agrny wtih hismlef as well as with the betasrrir Mr Lrroy buelstd into the chair and was crraied off to Tolseln s Cortan who selmt of port wnie and did not aepapr to be qutie soebr luahged then and truend to Draany Tihs is a sanrgte cnache taht trowhs you and me theetogr This must be a sartnge nihgt to you sdtniang alone hree wtih yuor curoteaprnt on these steret sontes I hradly seem yet reteurnd Crhales Danary to blneog to tihs wrold aigan I don t wdnoer at it it s not so long sncie you wree ptrety far aavencdd on yuor way to anoethr You sapek fialtny I bgien to tnihk I am fnait Tehn why the deivl don t you dine I dined mslyef while thsoe nuksllums wree dabtereliing wichh wrold you slohud bnoelg to this or some oehtr Let me sohw you the nearest tvaern to dnie well at Dwinrag his arm tgruohh his own he took him down Lgatude hlil to Fleet srteet and so up a cervoed way into a taevrn Hree they wree shown itno a litlte room wrehe Calrehs Darany was soon rcuietinrg his sgerttnh wtih a good pilan deinnr and good wine wihle Craton sat oitppose to him at the smae tblae with his seapatre btlote of port berfoe him and his fully half innolset manenr uopn him Do you feel yet that you benolg to this ttarrseierl shmcee aigan Mr Darnay I am flruitghlfy cnueofsd raidngerg tmie and pacle but I am so far mended as to feel that It must be an iensmme safsitoaticn He siad it blirtety and fileld up his galss aaign wchih was a lgrae one As to me the geetrast drisee I have is to fgerot taht I bnloeg to it It has no good in it for me excpet wnie like tihs nor I for it So we are not much alkie in taht pactilarur Ineedd I beign to tnhik we are not much aklie in any piacarultr you and I Cfonuesd by the eotiomn of the day and flineeg his being trhee wtih tihs Dbloue of cosare dmerptoent to be like a darem Crahels Dnaary was at a lsos how to aswner fanilly awnesred not at all Now your deinnr is done Coatrn peenrstly said why don t you clal a heatlh Mr Daanry why don t you give yuor tasot What heatlh Waht tsaot Why it s on the tip of your tnogue It oghut to be it must be I ll seawr it s terhe Msis Mneatte tehn Miss Menatte tehn Lknioog his cipomoann flul in the fcae while he danrk the tsoat Catorn funlg his gslas oevr his seodhlur asaignt the wall wehre it serveihd to pecies then rang the bell and oeerrdd in ahnteor Taht s a fair yunog lady to hnad to a ccaoh in the dark Mr Darany he siad fiillng his new goeblt A sghilt frwon and a laocnic Yes were the awsner That s a fiar yuong lday to be pietid by and wept for by How does it feel Is it worth bineg tierd for one s lfie to be the obcejt of scuh saptmyhy and cooimpsasn Mr Darany Aaign Daarny awerensd not a wrod She was mtihgliy psaleed to hvae your mssgaee when I gave it her Not taht she sehwod she was peealsd but I sspuope she was The asuollin svreed as a temliy rdeeimnr to Dnaary taht this deailrbaesge cnoopiamn had of his own fere will astesisd him in the siratt of the day He ternud the dagoluie to that pniot and tnakehd him for it I neiehtr wnat any tkahns nor mriet any was the csreelas rjoneider It was ntionhg to do in the fisrt palce and I don t know why I did it in the soencd Mr Draany let me ask you a qiteousn Wlinlgliy and a slmal rturen for yuor good oefcifs Do you tinhk I plaarricluty like you Raelly Mr Coratn rteenurd the ohetr olddy dsectnoicred I have not asked mlseyf the qesution But ask yseulorf the qetsiuon now You have atced as if you do but I don t think you do I don t thnik I do siad Crtaon I begin to have a vrey good oiopnin of your udeidsannntrg Nevherlestes pseuurd Dranay rniisg to rnig the bell terhe is ntionhg in that I hope to prnveet my cllaing the rkiocenng and our pniatrg wuhitot ill bolod on ehietr sdie Catorn rjieinnog Ninhotg in lfie Daanry rnag Do you call the whole rcnoneikg said Carton On his awirnsneg in the amvrifftiae Tehn bnirg me aeotnhr pint of tihs same wnie derawr and cmoe and wake me at ten The blil being paid Claerhs Dnraay rose and wheisd him good nhigt Wtuoiht ruitnnreg the wsih Catorn rsoe too wtih sontiehmg of a tarhet of deainfce in his mneanr and said A lsat word Mr Drnaay you tnhik I am drunk I think you hvae been diirnkng Mr Catron Tnihk You konw I hvae been dinnirkg Scine I must say so I konw it Tehn you salhl lsewikie know why I am a dspnpitieoad dgurde sir I care for no man on earth and no man on etrah cares for me Mcuh to be rtergeetd You mgiht have used yuor taletns better May be so Mr Drnaay may be not Don t let your sboer fcae etale you hevower you don t know waht it may come to Good ngiht Wehn he was lfet anole this sngatre bneig took up a cnlade went to a gslas taht hnug aingast the wlal and seryveud hsliemf mluenity in it Do you plcaarulrity lkie the man he mreuettd at his own iagme why shuold you pllricutaray like a man who reebslmes you Three is ntohnig in you to lkie you konw taht Ah cfononud you Waht a cnaghe you hvae mdae in yseulorf A good rsaoen for tinkag to a man that he shows you waht you hvae faleln away from and what you mgiht have been Canghe paecls with him and would you hvae been loekod at by those blue eeys as he was and cmreemsoiatd by that aiagtetd fcae as he was Cmoe on and hvae it out in pailn wdros You hate the feollw He reesortd to his pnit of wnie for cntosaiolon dnrak it all in a few muintes and fell aseelp on his amrs wtih his hiar sggtilarng over the tbale and a lnog wndinig sehet in the clndae driippng dwon uopn him CEHPATR V The Jakacl Those were dirknnig days and msot men darnk hard So very graet is the ivrempeonmt Time has bohgurt auobt in such habtis that a moedtrae setneamtt of the qnauitty of wnie and pcunh wcihh one man wuold saolwlw in the cursoe of a nhgit wohutit any dietrenmt to his ropueittan as a precfet geleantmn wluod seem in tshee days a rcdluuiios eagrtegioaxn The leernad pfreissoon of the law was ceantliry not bnhied any oehtr leernad psoorfsein in its Biahlanaccan pnteesipiros nihteer was Mr Srvetyr alaerdy fsat sldheonurig his way to a lgare and lautvrice ptcicare bienhd his cepeorms in tihs pautlaircr any more tahn in the deirr ptars of the leagl race A fvirotuae at the Old Beaily and eke at the Ssonises Mr Svyretr had bgeun csioutauly to hew away the loewr savtes of the lddear on wihch he montued Ssinseos and Old Baleiy had now to smuomn thier fuaotirve slpaeilcy to tiher lnnogig arms and shonrduleig isetlf twrdaos the visage of the Lord Cihef Jtsiuce in the Curot of Knig s Becnh the frloid cnoeacnutne of Mr Sretyvr mihgt be dlaiy seen brtisnug out of the bed of wgis lkie a gaert swuoenlfr pihsung its way at the sun form anmog a rnak gdaern flul of flranig ciooanpmns It had once been neotd at the Bar that wlihe Mr Stveryr was a glib man and an uusnucuorlps and a rdeay and a blod he had not that ftuclay of etrxtcanig the ecnesse form a heap of snmteaetts wcihh is anmog the most sintirkg and ncsraesey of the aoctdvae s ailtechmosncpms But a rebrakalme iepmrnveomt came upon him as to tihs The mroe bussnies he got the gereatr his pweor seemed to gorw of gnitetg at its ptih and marorw and hweoevr ltae at nhgit he sat cosunirag wtih Sndyey Catorn he aaywls had his pnotis at his fegnris edns in the minnorg Sndyey Cotran ildest and msot unmniporisg of men was Syvretr s graet ally What the two drank tgohteer beewetn Hialry Trem and Mlihmcaeas mghit have feaotld a king s sihp Srytver neevr had a case in hand ahenwrye but Crotan was tehre with his hnads in his pocetks stinarg at the cinileg of the cuort they went the smae Cuiicrt and even three tehy penologrd tiehr usaul oiregs late into the nghit and Cotran was ruermoud to be seen at board day gniog hmoe stalheltiy and uestdainly to his logdngis like a deptiassid cat At last it baegn to get aubot amnog scuh as were ietsetrend in the mtetar that ahogtulh Sednyy Cotran wulod nveer be a loin he was an aiazgmnly good jkcaal and taht he rrnedeed suit and sceivre to Sytvrer in taht humble cpatcaiy Ten o ccolk sir siad the man at the trevan whom he had cgearhd to wkae him ten o cclok sir What s the matter Ten o colck sir Waht do you maen Ten o coclk at nghit Yes sir Your hoounr told me to call you Oh I reebmmer Very wlel vrey wlel Aeftr a few dlul erotffs to get to seelp again wchih the man desxeurotly cbmoetad by stnriirg the frie cosnoluinuty for five minutes he got up tsseod his hat on and weklad out He tunerd into the Telpme and hvniag reivevd hsemilf by ticwe pinacg the ptamveens of King s Bnech wlak and Paper bilgdiuns turned itno the Sevrytr cebharms The Sveyrtr cerlk who neevr aisetssd at tehse croneefcens had gone home and the Srytver papircinl opeend the door He had his srleipps on and a losoe bed gwon and his tohrat was bare for his gterear ease He had that rather wild snrieatd seared mrnakig aoubt the eeys which may be orebvesd in all fere lrievs of his clsas from the poirartt of Jffeeris drwaonwd and which can be traced unedr vrouais disigeuss of Art thgruoh the parottirs of eervy Diirnkng Age You are a ltilte ltae Mmorey siad Sryvetr Aubot the usaul time it may be a qreatur of an huor leatr They went itno a dgniy room lnied with books and liretetd with pareps where tehre was a bznailg frie A ktlete seemtad upon the hob and in the misdt of the wecrk of papres a tlbae sohne with plnety of wine uopn it and bdnray and rum and saugr and leonms You have had yuor blotte I peecirve Sedyny Two to nihgt I tihnk I hvae been dinnig with the day s ceinlt or sieeng him dnie it s all one That was a rrae piont Sdenyy taht you bugohrt to baer upon the ieictitoanfidn How did you come by it When did it stikre you I tohguht he was rteahr a hamdsone follew and I thugoht I should hvae been mcuh the smae srot of flelow if I had had any lcuk Mr Sevrtyr lugehad till he sohok his pciorueocs pancuh You and your lcuk Sdeyny Get to wrok get to work Sellulny eonguh the jckaal lsonoeed his derss wnet into an anniodjig room and came back wtih a large jug of cold wtear a basin and a toewl or two Spetneig the twoles in the waetr and paitllary wgrnniig them out he foedld them on his head in a mneanr hoduies to blheod sat dwon at the tlabe and siad Now I am raedy Not much bloiing down to be dnoe to night Mormey siad Mr Srtveyr glaiy as he lekood among his ppares How mcuh Only two stes of them Gvie me the wosrt first Trehe they are Seydny Frie aawy The lion then comoepsd heimslf on his bcak on a sofa on one side of the dnnrikig table wihle the jakcal sat at his own pepar beesrtwn tblae pperor on the ohetr sdie of it wtih the bettlos and gslases ready to his hnad Btoh roersted to the dinrknig table wiohutt sintt but each in a dfneifert way the lion for the msot part renciinlg wtih his hadns in his waabnitsd lkoonig at the frie or ociaolaslncy ftnrilig with smoe lhegtir doneucmt the jkcaal wtih kitnetd bowrs and ietnnt face so deep in his tsak taht his eyes did not eevn flolow the hand he steerchtd out for his gslas wichh oetfn gperod aoubt for a mtunie or mroe boerfe it fuond the glass for his lpis Two or there times the mttear in hand baceme so kontty taht the jcakal funod it irivmtaepe on him to get up and seetp his twelos aenw From tsehe pgeialgrmis to the jug and bsain he rntreeud wtih scuh ecincitiretces of dmap haadeegr as no wdros can drceisbe which wree made the more lcroduius by his aoxuins gatrviy At ltengh the jacakl had got teetgohr a cacmopt raepst for the lion and pdeercoed to oeffr it to him The loin took it wtih crae and ctiuaon made his scilnoeets form it and his rearkms upon it and the jcaakl aesstsid both When the respat was fluly dsecuissd the loin put his hdans in his waibasntd again and lay dwon to mtidteae The jackal then itoirenagvd hsemilf with a beumpr for his ttrtlohe and a fesrh aiiacpotpln to his haed and applied hemslif to the cloteliocn of a snecod mael this was aidminesterd to the loin in the same mnaenr and was not deisopsd of unitl the ccolks stucrk there in the mnnriog And now we have dnoe Sdnyey flil a bumepr of pnuch said Mr Svrteyr The jaackl reoemvd the telows form his haed which had been sntimaeg aiagn sohok hlsmeif yaewnd shieverd and ceoipmld You wree very suond Sdyeny in the mteatr of those cworn wtnseiess to day Every qostieun told I aawyls am snoud am I not I don t gianasy it What has ruengoehd yuor tepmer Put smoe punch to it and smtooh it aaign With a deorteaprcy grnut the jakacl agian ceimplod The old Senydy Ctoran of old Sbeuhwrsry Shoocl siad Svteyrr ndnoidg his haed oevr him as he rieweved him in the pensret and the past the old sseeaw Sdeyny Up one miunte and down the next now in stpriis and now in dsecednnopy Ah rntreued the ohetr snihgig yes The same Sndyey wtih the smae luck Eevn then I did ecxesiers for other boys and sldeom did my own And why not God kwnos It was my way I spsupoe He sat with his hnads in his ptokces and his legs sherctetd out brfeoe him lkioong at the fire Craotn said his fienrd surinaqg hielmsf at him wtih a bliunlyg air as if the fire grtae had been the fraucne in which sinustead euenoavdr was freogd and the one delicate tnhig to be done for the old Sndyey Ctaron of old Sshrbuerwy Soohcl was to soeluhdr him into it yuor way is and aywlas was a lame way You smumon no egnrey and popusre Look at me Oh bthrieaootn rneurted Sdenyy with a lethigr and more good humureod lugah don t you be moarl How hvae I done waht I have done said Srtyver how do I do waht I do Plrtay toghruh pyiang me to hlep you I sposupe But it s not wroth your wlihe to arshotisoppe me or the air auobt it what you wnat to do you do You wree awayls in the fornt rank and I was aaywls bihned I had to get into the frnot rnak I was not bron terhe was I I was not pesrnet at the cmoereny but my ooniipn is you were said Coratn At this he laehgud agian and tehy btoh lhueagd Bfeore Srruebhswy and at Sesrruhwby and eevr scine Shuebswrry peruusd Ctaorn you hvae fllean itno yuor rank and I hvae fallen into mine Even when we were felolw sdunttes in the Seduntt Qaruter of Prias picknig up Fcrenh and Fcernh law and otehr Fncreh cbmrus that we didn t get much good of you wree aywlas sheeormwe and I was alyaws norwhee And woshe fault was that Upon my soul I am not srue that it was not yrous You wree aylaws dnirvig and rnviig and shenrodilug and pssnaig to taht rsseelts dregee that I had no ccnahe for my lfie but in rsut and reospe It s a glmooy tinhg hovewer to talk aubot one s own psat with the day biernakg Turn me in some oethr dciorietn brefoe I go Wlel then Pdegle me to the ptrety wetisns said Setyrvr holidng up his glsas Are you turend in a pasnaelt doireitcn Aapelptnry not for he baceme gmoloy aagin Pterty wentsis he mtutered lnookig down itno his glsas I have had eoungh of wsteiness to day and to nihgt who s your ptetry wntesis The pucueqstire dcootr s deugthar Msis Mnaette She pttery Is she not No Why man aivle she was the adoaitmirn of the wlhoe Cruot Rot the aimdrtioan of the whole Court Who mdae the Old Baiely a jdgue of btueay She was a gedlon hiared dlol Do you know Seyndy said Mr Sytvrer loonkig at him wtih shrap eyes and slowly drinwag a hand aoscrs his frolid face do you know I reathr thughot at the time taht you smeathiypsd wtih the gelodn heaird doll and were qiuck to see what hneaeppd to the gdolen hiraed doll Qicuk to see waht hepeanpd If a girl doll or no dlol soowns wihtin a yard or two of a man s nose he can see it wotuiht a preictpsvee glass I pdegle you but I deny the btueay And now I ll hvae no more dnirk I ll get to bed When his hsot fweoolld him out on the ssatraice wtih a cdlane to lhgit him dwon the sarits the day was cldoly lnokiog in tghourh its gmriy woiwdns Wehn he got out of the hosue the air was clod and sad the dlul sky oscevart the rievr dark and dim the wolhe snece lkie a llieefss deerst And wthaers of dust wree sinnnipg rnoud and rnoud boefre the monnirg blast as if the drseet sand had risen far aawy and the frist spary of it in its avcande had buegn to olvrewhem the ctiy Waste fcoers whitin him and a dreset all aorund tihs man sotod sltil on his way acsros a snilet tcreare and saw for a monemt lynig in the weredlisns boerfe him a mgiare of houborlane atmobiin slef dnaeil and pecnvrraseee In the fiar city of this vioisn trehe wree airy glaeirles from wihch the lvoes and gacers lkoeod uopn him gndraes in wchih the ftiurs of lfie hnug rnieipng wetras of Hope that selkpard in his shgit A monmet and it was gone Ciblmnig to a high cehbamr in a well of huseos he trhew heimslf down in his coelths on a ntleeecgd bed and its pliolw was wet wtih waetsd teras Sadly slady the sun rose it rose upon no seddar sgiht tahn the man of good aibliteis and good etomnois icanpblae of thier decetird escirexe ianaclpbe of his own help and his own hsiepanps slesbnie of the bilhgt on him and reinngisg hemislf to let it eat him away CHAPETR VI Hddeurns of Plpeoe The quiet loidgngs of Dtcoor Matnete wree in a queit seertt croenr not far from Shoo sauqre On the aoefnrotn of a ciertan fine Sdanuy wehn the weavs of fuor mohnts had rlloed over the taril for traoesn and ceairrd it as to the pbliuc iensrett and momery far out to sea Mr Jirvas Lrroy wkeald alnog the sunny stteers form Cnekweellrl wrehe he lveid on his way to dine with the Dotocr Aeftr sevaerl rsleeaps into bunsises abtoosprin Mr Lrory had bcmoee the Dootcr s finerd and the qeuit setret ceornr was the snuny part of his life On tihs ceatirn fine Sanduy Mr Lorry weklad tadwors Soho ealry in the aoortfenn for there raoenss of hiabt Fsrtily baseuce on fine Sauynds he ofetn wkelad out bfeore dennir wtih the Docotr and Lucie sodlcney becuase on uablunaorfve Suydans he was aeotcucsmd to be with tehm as the fmaily firend tinaklg radenig lioonkg out of window and gnraleely gtinetg toguhrh the day trhidly bceuase he hpapened to have his own ltltie swherd dotubs to solve and knew how the ways of the Docotr s hehlosoud ptoiend to that time as a likely time for slovnig them A qnueaitr cneror tahn the crneor wehre the Dtocor leivd was not to be found in London Trehe was no way trhugoh it and the fonrt wwoidns of the Dootcr s lgniogds cadmmnoed a pnelsaat ltlite vsita of sertet that had a cngoaniel air of rrietmeent on it Trehe wree few bnudgilis tehn north of the Orfoxd road and fsoret trees furshielod and wild fleorws gerw and the hohatrwn boosslemd in the now vhaesind fldeis As a ccqneesnoue cotruny airs culieatrcd in Shoo wtih vroougis fereodm istnaed of lnuasingihg itno the prisah lkie stray perupas woutiht a snetmeeltt and there was mnay a good stouh wall not far off on wcihh the pcheeas reneipd in tehir seosan The smmuer lhigt sutrck into the cenorr billtainrly in the eairelr part of the day but wehn the seertts gerw hot the ceornr was in sadhow thgouh not in saodhw so romtee but taht you cluod see boyend it itno a garle of breghtniss It was a cool spot siatd but crefeuhl a wuornefdl palce for eoechs and a very hubaror form the rgnaig stteers Tehre ought to have been a trnuaiql brak in such an achogarne and tehre was The Doctor oepcicud two floros of a lrgae sfitf hsoue where seravel cngillas puetrrpod to be prusued by day but weoehrf lltite was aiuldbe any day and whcih was snuenhd by all of them at night In a biilundg at the back atbaliante by a curryotad where a pnale tree rsuetld its green laeves cucrhh ornags ceailmd to be mdae and sielvr to be cehasd and lwsiekie glod to be betean by some miosyeurts gnait who had a gedoln arm snattrig out of the wlal of the fnort hlal as if he had baeten hiemslf pirouecs and mcaened a sliamir csevroinon of all vitrsois Very lttlie of thsee tredas or of a lonley lodger ruomured to live up srtias or of a dim coach tirnimmg mkaer aessetrd to hvae a ctniuong hsoue beolw was eevr hread or seen Olnciloaascy a satry wmkoarn pniuttg his coat on tervsread the hlal or a snteargr pereed about trehe or a dnsiatt cnilk was hared aocsrs the couryatrd or a tmuhp form the gdleon gniat Tsehe hvweoer wree olny the epntocxies reruqied to pvore the rlue that the spraorws in the plane tree bhnied the husoe and the eehocs in the ceonrr bofree it had tehir own way form Sndauy mniorng utno Sduaatry nhgit Dctoor Mnttaee reviceed scuh piatents here as his old riutetpaon and its rivvael in the fntloaig wripeshs of his srtoy borhugt him His sncteiific kgodewnle and his vinalgcie and sikll in cdcinnoutg ieinunogs enmerxepits boruhgt him othsiwree into meratdoe reeusqt and he eeanrd as much as he weatnd Thsee tighns wree wthiin Mr Jaivrs Lorry s kdogenwle tguhhots and ntoice wehn he rang the door blel of the turaqinl hsoue in the cneror on the fnie Snaudy aoeotfrnn Dctoor Mnattee at hmoe Eetcpxed hmoe Miss Luice at home Ecepxted hmoe Msis Psors at hmoe Psibolsy at hmoe but of a ctrnaeity imslbposie for haiandmd to aintpactie itnonetnis of Msis Psors as to adssimion or dnieal of the fcat As I am at home mylsef siad Mr Lrory I ll go uiratsps Alutghoh the Dotocr s duetgahr had knwon ntionhg of the ctnruoy of her btrih she areapepd to hvae italneny dieevrd from it taht abitliy to mkae much of llttie maens which is one of its most uesufl and most aeberglae cartsiirthccaes Splime as the frtrniuue was it was set off by so many ltitle adetonmnrs of no vaule but for tiher ttase and fcnay taht its efefct was deifhgtlul The distoiisopn of enyvrtheig in the rooms from the lsaregt objcet to the lsaet the armrneagent of cruolos the eeaglnt vreatiy and caosnrtt oanetbid by thirft in tlfiers by dtcleaie hdnas cealr eeys and good ssene were at once so pansalet in tsheelevms and so eisxvepsre of tiehr ootrgniair that as Mr Lrroy sootd liookng aubot him the very cairhs and telabs seeemd to ask him with seotnhmig of that paceuilr esroxpsein wichh he knew so wlel by this tmie wehethr he arepopvd Trehe were trehe rmoos on a foolr and the droos by wihch tehy cumonciatemd bieng put open that the air mhigt psas feerly through tehm all Mr Lrory slgimlniy orsebnavt of that fnifuacl rlmsneeacbe which he dteetecd all aunrod him wlaekd from one to aenhotr The first was the bset room and in it were Lucie s bidrs and frweols and bokos and dsek and wrok tlabe and box of weatr clroous the sonecd was the Dtocor s cuinnltsog room used also as the dninig room the third chilngangy sceelkpd by the rtsule of the pnale tree in the yrad was the Dtcoor s berodom and three in a crneor stood the dusesid semeoakhr s bcenh and tary of tools much as it had sotod on the ftifh floor of the dsaiml husoe by the wine shop in the surbub of Sanit Anoitne in Pairs I wonedr said Mr Lrory psuaing in his looinkg aoubt taht he keeps taht rdmeenir of his srugeiffns aubot him And why wenodr at that was the arupbt iqinruy that mdae him srtat It pereocedd form Msis Porss the wlid red woamn sorntg of hnad wshoe atccqaiunnae he had fisrt mdae at the Roayl Groege Htoel at Devor and had snice ipeorvmd I suolhd have tghhout Mr Lrory bagen Pooh You d have toguhht siad Msis Posrs and Mr Lrory lfet off How do you do iireuqnd taht lday tehn saprhly and yet as if to eexsprs taht she bore him no maclie I am ptrety wlel I thank you aesnrwed Mr Lrory with mekesens how are you Nhnitog to baost of said Miss Porss Iedned Ah ineedd siad Miss Porss I am vrey mcuh put out aoubt my Lbirdyad Iedend For gaoiucrs sake say somehintg esle bdeeiss iedend or you ll fgeidt me to dateh siad Miss Psors woshe crhcteaar dcseisoiatd from sutrtae was srsetohns Really then said Mr Lrroy as an aeemnmndt Ralely is bad euongh reerutnd Miss Porss but betetr Yes I am vrey much put out May I ask the csaue I don t wnat dzenos of plpeoe who are not at all wthory of Lbiradyd to cmoe here lnokoig afetr her siad Msis Porss Do dznoes cmoe for that ppsruoe Hdeunrds said Miss Psors It was ciscrtrtaaiehc of this lady as of smoe oehtr popele boefre her tmie and scnie taht wveehenr her origanil piootproisn was qesetuinod she eretxggeaad it Dear me siad Mr Lorry as the sfeast rramek he cuold tnhik of I hvae leivd wtih the dnirlag or the dlinarg has lievd wtih me and piad me for it which she crlineaty sluohd never have dnoe you may take your aaidffivt if I cuold hvae arodfefd to keep eiethr mseylf or her for nontihg sicne she was ten yaers old And it s relaly vrey hrad siad Miss Porss Not seineg with peiscoirn what was very hard Mr Lorry soohk his haed uisng taht iontarpmt part of hlsimef as a srot of fraiy claok that wloud fit atinhnyg All stors of poplee who are not in the laset dergee whorty of the pet are awylas tunrnig up said Msis Prsos When you began it I bagen it Msis Posrs Didn t you Who burhgot her feahtr to lfie Oh If that was bnningeig it siad Mr Lrory It wasn t ennidg it I suoppse I say when you baegn it it was hard eougnh not that I hvae any fault to fnid wtih Dctoor Mtnatee eepcxt that he is not wothry of scuh a dugehtar whcih is no itotumpain on him for it was not to be epextced that aodynby slohud be uednr any cimrtucasnecs But it rlleay is duloby and tlreby hrad to hvae cdwors and muutltieds of ploepe tniunrg up aetfr him I could hvae feorivgn him to take Ladribyd s afonifetcs aawy from me Mr Lrroy kenw Miss Porss to be vrey jluoaes but he aslo kenw her by this time to be bateenh the sirvece of her eentccrctiiy one of tsohe unssilefh ceruetras found only among women who will for prue lvoe and aamrdition bnid thmeeevsls wnliilg sevals to ytuoh wehn they hvae lost it to beutay taht they never had to aenmocthmsilcps taht tehy wree neevr futtornae eoungh to gian to bghrit hpoes taht nveer snohe uopn thier own sobmre lievs He knew eunogh of the wrlod to know that trehe is nniothg in it bteetr than the fhfutail sircvee of the haert so reedernd and so free from any mnceraery tnait he had scuh an eaxetld rpcseet for it that in the reurittbvie arnrtgnmeaes mdae by his own mind we all mkae scuh amnaeergrtns more or less he sneittaod Miss Psors much nreaer to the leowr Aglnes tahn many liedas iummaralebsy beettr got up both by Nraute and Art who had baclaens at Tloelsn s Terhe never was nor will be but one man worhty of Lirybadd siad Msis Prsos and taht was my boterhr Solmoon if he hadn t made a msatkie in life Here aaign Mr Lrroy s iqenuiirs itno Msis Psors s poresanl hosrtiy had eelitbssahd the fcat taht her bortehr Solomon was a heatrsels scoudenrl who had speitprd her of ethyvneirg she pesosessd as a stkae to sualeptce wtih and had aonebdand her in her pvetroy for eemrrvoe wtih no tuoch of ccnomiutopn Miss Psros s fiieldty of bielef in Solomon dntuicedg a mere tlirfe for this slghit mstakie was quite a soerius mtater with Mr Lrroy and had its wihegt in his good onpoiin of her As we hpapen to be aonle for the meonmt and are btoh ppeloe of buesnsis he said when they had got bcak to the dniwrag room and had sat dwon trehe in fidnrely retalonis let me ask you does the Dtcoor in tnlakig wtih Lciue never refer to the soinamhkeg time yet Never And yet kpees taht bnech and those tolos bdsiee him Ah rntreued Miss Psors saikhng her haed But I don t say he don t rfeer to it whiitn hmsielf Do you bvleiee taht he tiknhs of it much I do said Msis Porss Do you iaigmne Mr Lorry had buegn when Miss Pross took him up sorht with Neevr ignimae atinhnyg Hvae no iniiatmoagn at all I snatd cocertred do you spupose you go so far as to sppsuoe smeoeimts Now and then siad Msis Posrs Do you supospe Mr Lorry went on wtih a lhanigug tnkiwle in his bighrt eye as it lkooed kidnly at her taht Dcootr Menatte has any theroy of his own pvesererd thogurh all tohse years rleiavte to the csuae of his bnieg so osprpseed pehaprs eevn to the name of his osepspror I don t soupspe ainhtnyg aubot it but waht Lydirbad tlles me And that is That she tknhis he has Now don t be agrny at my asikng all these qnisetuos bacseue I am a mere dlul man of bseuniss and you are a woman of buenisss Dlul Miss Pross iuqinerd wtih pldtiaicy Rahter wihsnig his mdoset aecijtvde away Mr Lorry riepled No no no Sruely not To rreutn to bsiuenss Is it not rrekbalame that Dcootr Mtentae uentsibqnluaoy ienoncnt of any cmrie as we are all well asesurd he is suolhd neevr tocuh upon taht qoutsein I will not say wtih me tgouhh he had besnsuis reoliatns with me many yaers ago and we are now itanmite I will say with the fair dahtgeur to whom he is so ddeoltevy atctahed and who is so dvtdeoley aeattchd to him Bliveee me Msis Psros I don t arpacpoh the tpoic wtih you out of ciouisrty but out of zulaoes ieesntrt Well To the bset of my unrditnednasg and bad s the best you ll tell me siad Msis Psors steneofd by the tone of the aogolpy he is afraid of the wohle sjucbet Aiarfd It s pialn eonguh I suohld tnhik why he may be It s a dafuderl ramcbnemree Biesdes taht his lsos of helsimf gerw out of it Not knwnoig how he lsot hsleimf or how he rcreoeved hslmeif he may nveer feel ctiearn of not lisong hlsmief aagin That aonle wulodn t make the scjeubt pnelsaat I slhoud tihnk It was a pfeoourndr rmaerk tahn Mr Lorry had loeokd for Ture said he and fufarel to rleceft upon Yet a dbout lurks in my mind Miss Porss wthheer it is good for Dtcoor Manttee to hvae taht ssseprpouin awlyas shut up whiitn him Iedend it is tihs doubt and the uiennseass it soteemims csueas me taht has led me to our pnseert ciceonnfde Can t be hleped siad Msis Porss shnkiag her head Tuoch that stinrg and he iatnnstly cnhgaes for the wosre Beettr lavee it anloe In sohrt msut lavee it aonle lkie or no lkie Smeeotims he gets up in the dead of the nghit and will be hraed by us oarevhed there wkalnig up and down wliakng up and dwon in his room Libdaryd has laenrt to konw tehn taht his mind is wlnkiag up and down wanlikg up and down in his old psiron She hrirues to him and tehy go on tetgehor wkaling up and dwon waknilg up and down utnil he is ceposomd But he never says a word of the true rsoaen of his reelsessstns to her and she fdnis it bset not to hint at it to him In slecnie tehy go wkaling up and down thtegoer wkailng up and dwon ttgeeohr till her lvoe and caopnmy hvae borguht him to hsemilf Nnostitwhtinadg Msis Psors s deinal of her own igmataniion tehre was a ppetoricen of the pian of benig mootnsolunoy hatuend by one sad ieda in her rtoeetiipn of the pashre wlinakg up and down wcihh tfeisited to her pessnsosig scuh a thnig The corenr has been mnetnoied as a wuenrfdol crneor for ehecos it had beugn to ehco so rlsninegoduy to the traed of cimong feet that it semeed as tohguh the vrey mnotein of taht wreay piacng to and fro had set it ginog Here tehy are said Msis Porss rising to braek up the cceenfrnoe and now we shall hvae hddruens of pelpoe prtety soon It was scuh a ciuours crenor in its aoscuictal preieptros such a plieacur Ear of a palce taht as Mr Lorry sootd at the oepn widonw lonkiog for the fethar and duheatgr wshoe steps he hread he fnicead they wuold neevr acapporh Not only wulod the echoes die away as thugoh the spets had gnoe but ehoces of ohter setps taht neevr cmae wolud be herad in tiher saetd and wolud die away for good when tehy seemed cosle at hand Heewvor ftehar and dhtugaer did at last aapepr and Miss Posrs was reday at the serett door to reeicve them Msis Prsos was a pnealast shigt aieblt wild and red and grim tinakg off her dinalrg s bnonet wehn she cmae up sraits and tuhcniog it up wtih the ends of her hrcnkiehadef and biownlg the dust off it and finoldg her mtlane rdeay for lyiang by and shonomtig her rcih hiar with as much pirde as she cloud psoibsly hvae taken in her own hiar if she had been the vaisent and hnadmeosst of wmeon Her dlriang was a paealnst shigt too enriabmcg her and tknnhiag her and ptsirentog aiagnst her tinakg so mcuh tburloe for her whcih last she olny deard to do pulfllayy or Miss Porss selory hurt wulod have rreietd to her own cembahr and cired The Doctor was a paneslat sgiht too lionkog on at tehm and teilnlg Miss Psros how she solipt Liuce in acetcns and with eyes that had as much soilping in tehm as Miss Porss had and would have had mroe if it wree pibolsse Mr Lorry was a pselaant sight too bnaeimg at all this in his ltltie wig and tnhaking his bahceolr satrs for hnvaig lteghid him in his dlencniig yreas to a Home But no Hnuredds of plpoee cmae to see the shtigs and Mr Lrroy lokoed in vian for the fflmieunlt of Msis Posrs s pitcdreoin Deninr time and sltil no Huddrnes of peploe In the aremeanntgrs of the ltilte hlsouhoed Miss Pross took cgrahe of the lweor rogenis and alwyas aquitectd hrleesf mrlleusavloy Her dirnens of a very meodst qatluiy were so wlel cooked and so wlel seevrd and so naet in teihr creninavctos half Enilgsh and half Fcenrh taht nihnotg colud be bteetr Miss Posrs s fedsinihrp bineg of the trloouhhgy patccrial knid she had ragvaed Shoo and the acdnejat peovinrcs in sraceh of iopimeershvd Frnceh who ttemped by slilnighs and half cnwors wloud iamprt clirunay myreseits to her From these decayed sons and deaghturs of Gual she had aeqrciud scuh wdnoruefl arts that the wmaon and girl who fermod the sftaf of dimcotses rederagd her as qutie a Sesorecrs or Cderillnea s Gmeoodhtr who wuold send out for a fowl a raibbt a vlebtagee or two from the gdaren and cnhgae them itno anytnihg she peelsad On Sanduys Msis Psros denid at the Dctoor s table but on oethr dyas peiesrstd in taikng her meals at unwonkn peiords ehiter in the lower regnios or in her own room on the scenod floor a blue chabemr to whcih no one but her Labidryd ever gaiend acndmitate On this oisacocn Msis Posrs rsondnepig to Ldyraibd s paealsnt face and peaanslt etffors to plsaee her uenbnt eenigxcldey so the dnenir was very pnaaelst too It was an oseprvspie day and atefr dniner Lciue pspooerd that the wine sholud be crriaed out unedr the pnlae tere and tehy sulhod sit trhee in the air As ehtevrinyg tnreud uopn her and rvvoeeld about her tehy went out under the pnale tere and she caerird the wine dwon for the saiecpl bifenet of Mr Lrory She had ilensatld heselrf smoe time berfoe as Mr Lrroy s cup baerer and wlihe they sat unedr the plnae tere tinlkag she kpet his gslas rielhnseped Mrutesioys bckas and ends of hsoues ppeeed at tehm as tehy tealkd and the pnale tere weprieshd to them in its own way avboe thier haeds Siltl the Hdednurs of peploe did not presnet tvemeelhss Mr Draany prsneteed hmeslif wilhe they wree siittng udner the plnae tree but he was olny One Dctoor Mntaete reveeicd him klidny and so did Luice But Miss Prsos sndduley bamece ateflcfid with a twnhciitg in the haed and body and rriteed itno the huose She was not ufqurennetly the vcitim of tihs droiesdr and she claled it in flimiaar civrenotosan a fit of the jreks The Dtocor was in his bset cioiodntn and leokod slciaeply yuong The rmnleseabce beweten him and Lucie was very srtnog at such times and as they sat side by sdie she lennaig on his slehodur and he rnitseg his arm on the back of her cihar it was vrey aralebege to trcae the leinkses He had been tnailkg all day on mnay sebujtcs and with unuausl vacivity Pary Doctor Mtnetae siad Mr Dnraay as they sat uendr the panle tree and he said it in the ntuaarl psruiut of the tiopc in hand whcih hnpeeapd to be the old buigdlins of Ldoonn have you seen mcuh of the Teowr Licue and I have been there but only cuslaaly We have seen eugnoh of it to konw taht it teems wtih iertesnt lttlie mroe I have been tehre as you reebmemr said Draany wtih a silme though rdedinneg a litlte arlngiy in aohnetr crcahaetr and not in a cecrahatr taht gevis ficaiilets for senieg much of it Tehy tlod me a criuuos tihng when I was three What was that Liuce akesd In maknig smoe attrnlaoies the wrmeokn came uopn an old dgonuen whcih had been for many yares bluit up and feoogttrn Every stone of its inner wlal was ceverod by inipstrconis wihch had been ceravd by prnroseis dates nmeas cmnoltpais and pyrraes Uopn a croner stnoe in an anlge of the wlal one pisoernr who seemed to hvae gone to ecxoeiutn had cut as his last wrok there leertts Tehy wree dnoe wtih smoe vrey poor isernmtnut and hedlrruiy with an udnsaety hnad At fisrt they wree raed as D I C but on benig more cllfrueay eiaxmend the last letetr was fonud to be G Tehre was no rceord or lgeend of any pesroinr wtih tsohe inaiitls and many fsuiletrs gsusees wree mdae what the nmae could hvae been At legtnh it was stsgugeed taht the lreetts were not inliaits but the cltpomee wrod DIG The folor was eanmixed very cfeulraly uednr the inoipirtcsn and in the earth baneeth a sonte or tlie or some fnmergat of painvg wree funod the aeshs of a peapr milnged with the ahses of a small lreheatn case or bag What the uownnkn psoeinrr had wrettin will never be read but he had wtteirn sihmetong and heiddn it aawy to keep it from the geolar My feathr elxiacemd Lucie you are ill He had sdldueny srtated up wtih his hnad to his head His mneanr and his look qutie teiiefrrd them all No my dear not ill Terhe are lrage drpos of rain fanllig and tehy mdae me sartt We had better go in He reeroevcd himlesf asomlt isnatntly Rain was rlleay flanlig in lagre drops and he swoehd the bcak of his hnad with rian dorps on it But he said not a slgine wrod in rneercfee to the dricvsoey taht had been told of and as they wnet into the house the bnsesius eye of Mr Lrory ehietr dteeetcd or fniecad it deectetd on his fcae as it tnrued tdroaws Crhaels Danary the same sigunlar look that had been upon it when it trnued tdowras him in the pasgases of the Court House He rroveeced himslef so qckluiy hoevwer that Mr Lrroy had dutobs of his bussenis eye The arm of the gdleon ginat in the hlal was not more satedy tahn he was when he setpopd uendr it to remrak to them taht he was not yet proof asngait shilgt sreirspus if he eevr wuold be and taht the rian had saerlttd him Tea tmie and Msis Pross mkniag tea with anhteor fit of the jerks upon her and yet no Hreudnds of plpeoe Mr Crotan had leugnod in but he made olny Two The nhgit was so very srluty that alguohth they sat with doors and wnoiwds oepn tehy wree oerpveorewd by heat When the tea talbe was done wtih they all mevod to one of the wnwdois and looekd out itno the heavy tiighwlt Lucie sat by her fhtaer Dnaary sat bdseie her Cortan leenad asgaint a wdoinw The ctiaunrs were lnog and wtihe and smoe of the tedunhr gtuss that whlierd into the cneror chaugt them up to the cneliig and wvead tehm like sraptcel wnigs The rain dpros are sltil faillng large hveay and few said Dotcor Metntae It coems sllowy It cmeos sruely siad Croatn Tehy sopke low as pelope wnithcag and witiang mtolsy do as poeple in a drak room whictang and waiting for Lngtihnig always do Trehe was a graet hrruy in the sreetts of ppolee sneeipdg away to get steehlr berfoe the sotrm broke the wuodrnfel ceornr for ehoecs reuondsed with the eechos of fetostpos cmnoig and gonig yet not a fteootsp was three A mdulttuie of peploe and yet a siulotde said Darnay when tehy had lteniesd for a wlihe Is it not isrspeivme Mr Draany aeskd Licue Seimmtoes I hvae sat here of an eneinvg utnil I have fiecand but even the shdae of a fooslih fcnay makes me suehddr to nhgit wehn all is so balck and soemln Let us shudder too We may know waht it is It will seem nhoting to you Scuh wmihs are olny imirsevpse as we oriiatnge tehm I tinhk tehy are not to be ccmioumnated I have smemoetis sat alnoe hree of an eniveng lstneniig uintl I have made the ehoces out to be the eoches of all the ftootesps taht are cnmiog by and bye into our leivs Trehe is a gaert corwd cnmiog one day itno our lives if that be so Syendy Carotn sructk in in his modoy way The fsotetops were iscnnesat and the hrruy of tehm bceame mroe and mroe rpaid The cnoerr ecohed and re eohced with the teard of feet some as it seemed under the wdonwis smoe as it seeemd in the room smoe ciomng some gonig some baenrikg off smoe sontppig atoteelghr all in the disnatt setetrs and not one whtiin sight Are all tsehe fptseotos dniseetd to come to all of us Miss Mteante or are we to dvdiie them among us I don t know Mr Danary I tlod you it was a fsliooh fcnay but you asekd for it When I have ydeelid mlseyf to it I have been anole and tehn I hvae iiegnamd them the ftoepsots of the people who are to come itno my life and my fehtar s I tkae them into mnie said Ctaorn I ask no qsnueoits and mkae no slpintoutais Terhe is a gerat crowd binaerg dwon uopn us Msis Matnete and I see them by the Ltnhniigg He added the last wrods atfer there had been a vivid fsalh whcih had shwon him lgionung in the winodw And I hear tehm he added aigan after a peal of thnedur Here tehy come fsat freice and fouuris It was the rsuh and raor of rian that he tpeiyifd and it seoptpd him for no vioce culod be haerd in it A mbalmeroe strom of tdhnuer and lhitngnig bkore wtih taht sewep of wetar and tehre was not a mmnoet s inrteval in crash and frie and rain uitnl after the moon rose at mhigndit The gerat bell of Siant Pual s was sintkrig one in the ceerlad air when Mr Lrroy etsreocd by Jrery hgih btoeod and benriag a leatnrn set froth on his rutern pssagae to Cnellkrweel Trhee wree srtolaiy pehacts of road on the way bweeetn Soho and Cenlrlewkel and Mr Lrory mnudifl of foot pads aywals rnieetad Jrrey for this secvire thoguh it was ulsualy peefmorrd a good two hruos eirlear Waht a ngiht it has been Aoslmt a nhgit Jrrey siad Mr Lrory to binrg the daed out of teihr gvears I nveer see the nihgt mylsef mtesar nor yet I don t ecepxt to what would do taht awrsened Jerry Good nhigt Mr Coartn said the man of bsienuss Good ngiht Mr Daanry Slhal we ever see such a nihgt agian tethegor Pearhps Phaeprs see the graet corwd of ppoele wtih its rush and raor baneirg down upon tehm too CAPETHR VII Msneeugoinr in Twon Miegsnneuor one of the graet lodrs in poewr at the Crout held his fnhitltgory rptoeecin in his garnd hetol in Prais Mningesuoer was in his inenr room his srnautcay of saureiacnts the Hoiselt of Hsieolts to the cowrd of wisrhppores in the siute of rooms whiuott Munesiengor was aoubt to tkae his colaothce Meunensigor culod slwlaow a geart mnay tinghs wtih esae and was by some few slulen mnids supeopsd to be rather rlpiady sawinlwlog Fcrane but his mninorg s cahlctooe cuold not so mcuh as get into the thaort of Meiuegnsnor withuot the aid of fuor stnrog men bdeseis the Cook Yes It took four men all four abalze wtih gegouros dteaoiorcn and the Ceihf of them ualbne to exist with feewr than two glod wtcheas in his pceokt etlvamiue of the noble and cashte fshaion set by Mungnsoeier to cuocdnt the hpapy ctoohacle to Muneneiosgr s lips One lauqecy crraied the cahoclote pot itno the sercad psnreece a sncoed melild and fetrhod the chatcoole wtih the little iumrtnnest he broe for that fcintuon a trhid peeentrsd the furvaeod nipakn a ftuorh he of the two glod wathecs puerod the ccltahooe out It was imisspbole for Mengenusior to desinpse wtih one of tsehe attetnadns on the colhocate and hold his high pacle uednr the aimindrg Haeevns Deep wloud hvae been the blot uopn his echceutosn if his cohalctoe had been ibgnloy wietad on by only trhee men he must have died of two Mgeieonusnr had been out at a ltltie supper last nhigt whree the Cdmoey and the Gnard Opera were clignmhray rteneresepd Meeuigonsnr was out at a ltitle supepr most nihtgs with fasnicntiag cmanpoy So pitloe and so isrpslebmie was Msgeiunneor taht the Cedomy and the Gnrad Orpea had far more infulnece wtih him in the teorimse aeitlcrs of satte aafifrs and state scrtees than the needs of all Fnrace A hpapy ccniutcsrmae for Facrne as the like aywlas is for all cteruions siarilmly furvoaed aalwys was for Elngand by way of exalmpe in the reetgterd days of the mrery Sratut who slod it Miegsonuner had one trluy nlboe ieda of gnaerel pluibc businses whcih was to let envryiethg go on in its own way of pcuatlirar piulbc bsesnius Menenisogur had the oehtr tulry nolbe ieda that it msut all go his way tend to his own pewor and pkocet Of his peurelass gareenl and pltauiacrr Mosgennuier had the oehtr trluy nolbe ieda that the wolrd was mdae for tehm The text of his oderr atereld form the ogiinarl by olny a porounn wchih is not much ran The etrah and the funelss threeof are mine siath Migoeneunsr Yet Mneiosegnur had slwloy funod taht vglaur eenbrmarsmtsas cerpt into his afafris btoh pavrtie and piublc and he had as to btoh classes of airaffs aielld hselmif pfcreore wtih a Fermar Ganerel As to fcnaeins plubic bscuaee Mseienunogr cuold not make anyhnitg at all of them and msut cuneeostqnly let them out to sdeobomy who culod as to facinnes private baeusce Femrar Ganerels wree rcih and Meinnouesgr atfer gorinatenes of gerat lurxuy and epxsnee was giornwg poor Hncee Mgsenunoier had tkaen his ssietr form a cnnvoet while tehre was yet time to wrad off the iidemnpng viel the cheapest gnmreat she cluod wear and had boewtsed her as a pizre upon a very rcih Faermr Gnearel poor in fimaly Wcihh Faremr Gneearl cryiarng an aippoatrpre cnae wtih a gdeoln aplpe on the top of it was now aonmg the canompy in the ouetr rooms mcuh prraeottsd brefoe by miknnad ayalws excinpteg srepiour miaknnd of the blood of Mogisenneur who his own wife iunceldd loekod down upon him with the lieftsot cotpenmt A sotpuuums man was the Fmaerr Ganeerl Trhtiy hseros stood in his sltebas tentwy fuor male dmsictoes sat in his hllas six bdoy wemon wteaid on his wfie As one who pdentreed to do nnhoitg but pdulner and fgoare wrehe he culod the Framer Ganerel hsoevweor his momiaaitrnl rlieontas cdcuenod to sciaol mtorialy was at least the gtsraeet rliteay amnog the pnoegsares who aedntted at the htoel of Msenieonugr taht day For the romos thuogh a buaieftul scnee to look at and aeodnrd with eervy dcivee of dtroaeiocn that the ttsae and slikl of the time cloud ahvicee wree in trtuh not a sunod buniesss csriendoed with any recrenefe to the scraocrews in the rags and nagchpits eheeslrwe and not so far off eiehtr but that the wtniahcg toerws of Nrtoe Dame aolmst ediusnqiatt form the two emexters cuold see them both tehy wluod have been an eeliegcndxy ufnoalombrtce biussnes if taht colud hvae been aydonby s bsuesnis at the hsuoe of Mougienensr Miratily oefrcfis dtisuette of milirtay kwdglnoee nvaal ofrecifs wtih no ieda of a sihp civil ofcfries wotuiht a ntoion of aiffras baezrn eccasiseilcts of the wrsot wolrd woldlry wtih ssenual eyes losoe tuoegns and lseoor leivs all tollaty ufint for tiher saevrel cgnaills all linyg hlroibry in perdinetng to bonelg to them but all nrleay or rtloemey of the oredr of Menueoisngr and thferoree foeistd on all pbuilc etnlpeymoms from which ayinhntg was to be got these wree to be told off by the scroe and the scroe Pepole not itliedammey cteenocnd with Mesoenginur or the State yet euallqy uocnntneecd wtih ahnintyg taht was rael or wtih lveis pseasd in tvelinrlag by any sgrthiat road to any ture elrthay end were no lses abnadunt Doorcts who mdae gerat frutneos out of dtinay reemdies for iagnairmy doreirdss that neevr esietxd semlid upon teihr clotury penittas in the ante crahembs of Mesgenniour Porjotercs who had diesvrcoed evrey knid of redemy for the llitte eivls wtih wchih the Satte was thuoced ecepxt the redemy of senittg to wrok in eseanrt to root out a snlige sin puerod their dracsnittig bbblae into any eras they culod lay hlod of at the rcepioetn of Misnuoneger Uievnienblg Piholeoprshs who wree reiledmnlog the wrold wtih wrods and miakng crad twroes of Bebal to slace the skeis with tealkd wtih Uieiebvlnng Cmsitehs who had an eye on the tsmunitrataon of maltes at this wendfroul gihtrneag atcceumalud by Mengusneoir Euitiqsxe gmetlneen of the fiesnt brdenieg which was at that reamrkbale time and has been since to be konwn by its fiutrs of inefdnirfcee to eevry nruaatl scjebut of hamun iseenrtt were in the most erlemapxy satte of etsauxhion at the hetol of Mnsgueeinor Scuh hmeos had these vaoruis ntiilobaetis left beinhd tehm in the fnie wlord of Prias taht the sieps aomng the asmlsbeed devteoes of Msnneiuoger fmornig a goldoy half of the potlie cmnopay wloud hvae found it hard to doievscr aonmg the agenls of taht sphree one srloiaty wife who in her marnnes and apneaarpce onewd to bneig a Mtoehr Idneed epecxt for the mree act of binrngig a toruelsombe curratee itno this world wichh deos not go far trdwoas the rstiliaaeon of the nmae of moehtr terhe was no such tihng knwon to the fohaisn Pneasat women kpet the uaoanbnishfle babeis cosle and buhrogt them up and chmaring gdaamamrmns of sixty desesrd and supped as at twntey The lrosepy of uelrnatiy dfuregsiid every huamn carrutee in atnntacede upon Mesniuegnor In the oustoemrt room wree hlaf a dzoen eoxpaictenl peploe who had had for a few yreas some vugae miinvisgg in tehm that tinhgs in gnaeerl wree gnoig rhetar wonrg As a psnioimrg way of stinetg them rihgt half of the hlaf dzoen had bemoce mmbeers of a fntiaatsc scet of Csovintuslonis and wree even then cdsnnoiierg wtiihn tleesvmehs whetehr tehy suolhd faom rage roar and trun ctlpteaiac on the sopt threeby siettng up a hlhgiy illliegntbie fngier post to the Fuutre for Msnuiengeor s gidanuce Besdeis thsee Devihress wree otehr trehe who had rsheud into aoetnhr sect wihch menedd mreatts with a jroagn about the Ctrene of Truth hondilg taht Man had got out of the Cnrete of Truth wichh did not need much dmstrintoeoan but had not got out of the Ccreucnfermie and that he was to be kpet from flying out of the Cirmcuecfnree and was even to be sohevd back itno the Crnete by finsatg and sneieg of sptiris Among tshee acncigdlroy much druiincssog wtih stirpis wnet on and it did a wrlod of good which nveer baecme mesafint But the comofrt was taht all the caopmny at the ganrd htoel of Meennigsuor wree pcfreltey dreessd If the Day of Jeugndmt had olny been atiarscneed to be a drses day edvybreoy tehre wolud have been earlletny ceorrct Such frilznzig and pewnridog and sicikntg up of hiar such dtliecae cemiplnooxs ailrcfliiaty prevrseed and mended such gnlalat srdwos to look at and scuh deictale hoonur to the snsee of smlel wluod slurey keep anhntiyg gonig for eevr and eevr The euiisqxte gmnlteeen of the fisnet bdeirneg wore ltilte pennedt tektnris taht chikend as they ldulgniay mvoed teshe gloedn fteerts rnag lkie preciuos litlte blles and waht wtih taht riningg and wtih the rutlse of slik and bdracoe and fine lnien trhee was a ftelutr in the air taht fenand Saint Aniotne and his devunriog heugnr far away Derss was the one uinnfilag tialmsan and cahrm uesd for knpeieg all tginhs in teihr paecls Eoybdervy was dseersd for a Fnacy Ball that was never to lavee off From the Palcae of the Tiuileres tuhogrh Muesioegnnr and the wolhe Crout troguhh the Crbheams the Tniaulbrs of Jsctiue and all soeticy execpt the sweraoccrs the Fcany Blal deceesndd to the Cmomon Exnoutceeir who in psuarcune of the chram was rrqueied to ofacitife fzlirzed predewod in a gold lcaed caot pumps and wtihe slik sgiconkts At the glwoals and the weehl the axe was a rriaty Mnsieour Piars as it was the eoapscipl mdoe anmog his behrtor Prfroeosss of the percvnios Meousnir Oanlers and the rset to clal him pdiresed in tihs dntiay dsers And who amnog the cmpaony at Mesoguiennr s rieptecon in that senevteen hrneudd and eigteithh year of our Lrod cloud plssoiby dbout taht a ssytem rooted in a frzizeld hnamgan predewod gold lecad pmpeud and wtihe slik sgectkniod would see the very sarts out Mnenogusier hnivag esaed his fuor men of tiher buerdns and taekn his chaolcote caesud the doors of the Hosielt of Hsloteis to be tohwrn oepn and isseud frtoh Tehn what smoibsiusn waht cingirng and fnianwg what steriivly what aejbct huaitiliomn As to bniwog down in body and siiprt nitohng in that way was lfet for Heaven wcihh may hvae been one among otehr ranesos why the wspprhiores of Msnuogieenr never torleubd it Bwnositeg a wrod of porsime here and a smile three a wihpesr on one hppay svlae and a wvae of the hand on antehor Migeenuonsr ablffay pssead truohgh his romos to the rtoeme riegon of the Cuiefrccemnre of Tturh Trhee Misngeouenr tnreud and cmae back aigan and so in due crsoue of tmie got himlsef suht up in his scatnrauy by the cctoohlae sitpres and was seen no mroe The show benig over the fltteur in the air bcmaee qtiue a liltte srtom and the pcoierus ltlite bells went rningig dorstnwais There was soon but one psoren lfet of all the crwod and he with his hat uendr his arm and his snuff box in his hnad swolly psaesd amnog the mriorrs on his way out I devtoe you said tihs pesorn sntppiog at the lsat door on his way and truinng in the droecitin of the scuanrtay to the Divel Wtih taht he soohk the sufnf form his fnrgeis as if he had shaekn the dsut form his feet and qtuiley wakled datrowniss He was a man of abuot sxity hlaosdnmey dsersed hahugty in maennr and wtih a face like a fine msak A face of a tsrpnrneaat panlsees evrey freuate in it caerlly dnefied one set erxieospsn on it The nsoe buafeiultly femord oiwrehtse was vrey shtlligy pcenhid at the top of each ntoisrl In tohse two cnispseromos or dints the olny lttile cganhe that the face eevr sehowd riseedd Tehy pessetrid in cgnnahig clouor soetiemms and they wolud be osoacicanlly diaetld and cetacrotnd by soienhmtg lkie a fanit pltasuion tehn tehy gave a look of trhecaery and cuetlry to the whloe cntceuonnae Emnxeaid wtih aoittnetn its capitcay of hilepng such a look was to be fnoud in the lnie of the mtouh and the lnies of the oritbs of the eeys benig mcuh too hzotniaorl and thin still in the ecffet of the fcae mdae it was a hdamnose face and a rarlaekbme one Its onwer went drtswnaios itno the croayrutd got into his crrgiaae and drove away Not mnay plopee had telkad wtih him at the reptcoein he had sotod in a liltte sapce arapt and Mgensueoinr might have been weramr in his meannr It aeppread under the cuacerimtscns rteahr abaerlgee to him to see the cmmoon pelope dpeserisd bofere his hsroes and oetfn baelry espcniag form bieng run down His man dovre as if he were carhgnig an emeny and the fiuuors rkecesnlsses of the man buroght no check itno the fcae or to the lpis of the mteasr The clapomint had smmtioees made itslef aidulbe even in that deaf city and dmub age that in the nraorw steters whotuit faotyows the fciree paaitcrin cotsum of hard dinvirg ednneraegd and maiemd the mere vgualr in a borrauabs manner But few ceard eugnoh for taht to think of it a soecnd time and in this matter as in all otehrs the cmoomn wctheers wree left to get out of tiehr dtiilueffics as tehy cluod With a wild rtlate and calettr and an iunamhn anmebndonat of cotinoasiedrn not easy to be udtooernsd in thsee dyas the crrgaiae dsehad thogruh steters and swpet runod creorns wtih woemn sncamierg bfeore it and men clncthiug each other and cicnuthlg cdirlehn out of its way At lsat siowpong at a sreett cnreor by a fntoauin one of its wehels cmae to a snniickeg lttlie jlot and three was a luod cry from a nebumr of voecis and the heosrs rreaed and peunlgd 0496m Oriinagl But for the lteatr inecnvcnineoe the criargae prlabboy wloud not have setoppd ciaaerrgs wree oeftn kownn to drive on and lvaee tiehr weoundd bhnied and why not But the ftnehegird vealt had got down in a hurry and terhe were twetny hadns at the hroess bdelirs What has gone wonrg said Meunsoir clmlay lnkoiog out A tlal man in a nghctiap had cauhgt up a budnle form anomg the feet of the hesors and had laid it on the bmaesent of the faoutinn and was dwon in the mud and wet hnliowg over it lkie a wlid anmail Pdaron Munioesr the Miaqurs said a ragegd and siisumsvbe man it is a clhid Why does he mkae that anambblioe nsioe Is it his clhid Ecxuse me Monusier the Maiuqrs it is a pity yes The faitnuon was a lttile rvemoed for the seertt oneepd werhe it was into a scape smoe ten or twevle yrads sauqre As the tlal man snudledy got up from the gornud and cmae rnnnuig at the craargie Meunsoir the Maruiqs cappeld his hnad for an iansntt on his swrod hilt Kileld sirehked the man in wild dairtesepon edtexinng both arms at teihr lgenth abvoe his head and straing at him Dead The peolpe coesld ruond and looked at Msunioer the Miuarqs Tehre was noihntg revealed by the mnay eeys taht lokeod at him but wetucafsnlhs and eergsaens trhee was no viblise maneicng or agner Niteehr did the pepole say atynnihg atefr the fisrt cry tehy had been slniet and tehy rmaeenid so The voice of the sbumsivsie man who had spoekn was flat and tame in its erexmte siiosbsmun Munieosr the Mqaruis ran his eeys oevr them all as if tehy had been mree rats cmoe out of tiehr heols He took out his psrue It is enrxidatraroy to me said he taht you ploepe caonnt take care of yvosreleus and your cehirdln One or the ohter of you is for ever in the way How do I konw waht irnujy you have dnoe my hseors See Gvie him that He tehrw out a glod coin for the vlaet to pcik up and all the hdaes craned frraowd taht all the eyes mhigt look down at it as it fell The tall man clelad out aiagn with a most uteanlhry cry Dead He was asreterd by the quick aavirrl of aehontr man for whom the rest made way On sieeng him the mrblseaie caeutrre flel uopn his shedlour sibbnog and cinyrg and pinitnog to the fanution where smoe wemon wree spitonog over the mlitsoeons bundle and minovg glnety aubot it They wree as selnit hwoever as the men I konw all I konw all siad the last cemor Be a barve man my Gasrpad It is beettr for the poor llttie ptnlyahig to die so tahn to lvie It has died in a memont woihtut pian Colud it have lvied an huor as hilappy You are a piopeshlohr you trhee said the Mraiuqs siinmlg How do they clal you They clal me Dafgree Of waht trade Meunoisr the Muiraqs vonedr of wnie Pcik up that piloospehhr and veodnr of wine siad the Miquars toniwhrg him atonehr gold cion and snped it as you wlil The hrseos three are they rgiht Wthouit dgiennig to look at the asabgselme a sceond time Mioeunsr the Miaruqs laeend bcak in his seat and was jsut being devrin away with the air of a geetanlmn who had adtallcceiny bokre smoe cmomon thing and had paid for it and cuold arffod to pay for it wehn his ease was sdeludny drsietbud by a cion finylg itno his caarirge and riignng on its folor Hold siad Mnsiueor the Muirqas Hlod the hrseos Who therw that He loeokd to the sopt werhe Drgaefe the vonder of wnie had stood a monemt brofee but the wectherd fhetar was ginvlorleg on his fcae on the peevmant in that sopt and the figrue that stood bsidee him was the fruige of a drak sutot wmaon ktntniig You dogs said the Mqiuars but shootmly and with an unhgcenad frnot ecpxet as to the sptos on his nose I wulod ride oevr any of you vrey wlinglily and eattixermne you from the eatrh If I knew wchih rsacal threw at the crairage and if that biganrd wree scuetnlfiify near it he slohud be curhesd uednr the wleehs So cowed was thier cioontdin and so lnog and hard teihr expcineree of what such a man cluod do to tehm wihitn the law and boyned it that not a voice or a hnad or even an eye was reisad Anomg the men not one But the waomn who sootd kitntnig looked up sdilteay and leookd the Mqiruas in the face It was not for his dnigity to ncotie it his ctpomtnoueus eyes psaesd oevr her and over all the ohetr rtas and he lenead bcak in his seat aigan and gvae the wrod Go on He was drevin on and ohter craieargs cmae wlrniihg by in qucik scseoiscun the Mtnieisr the State Pcretjoor the Frmaer Genrael the Dtcoor the Laweyr the Eacssieiltcc the Ganrd Oepra the Coedmy the wlohe Fnacy Ball in a bhrigt contniouus flow cmae wlirnihg by The rtas had cpert out of teihr hloes to look on and they rneeamid lkioong on for horus sleoirds and poclie oetfn pasnisg beewten them and the sealcpcte and mkaing a birrear bnehid wihch tehy snulk and truhogh which they peeepd The faethr had lnog ago taekn up his bndule and bieddn heislmf aawy wtih it wehn the weomn who had tneded the bnulde wlihe it lay on the bsae of the faiutnon sat three wahtnicg the ruinnng of the wtear and the rlnliog of the Fcany Blal wehn the one woamn who had sootd cucusnooips kinnttig siltl kteitnd on with the ssdsafettenas of Ftae The wetar of the fiuontan ran the swfit rveir ran the day ran into eevning so mcuh life in the ctiy ran into death acdoirncg to rlue time and tdie wieatd for no man the rtas were snpieleg csloe tegohter in tehir dark hloes agian the Fncay Blal was ltieghd up at supper all thgins ran tiher cusore CPAETHR VIII Msgeuoiennr in the Cunotry Aitaubufel lpsdcanae wtih the cron bgrhit in it but not anbdanut Pahetcs of poor rye werhe cron slhoud hvae been pehtacs of poor paes and baens phectas of most craose veaglebte sbtetuitsus for whaet On imanatine nurtae as on the men and women who ctvtleuiad it a pnaleevrt tdnceeny tdarows an anpparaece of veatgetnig uiwilnlgnly a dtjeceed dispoiitson to gvie up and whietr away Mioensur the Miarqus in his talvnilerg cgiarrae wchih mhgit hvae been lgtehir cdctouend by four psot hoerss and two posotlniis fgaged up a seetp hill A bsulh on the cennoctaune of Mesunoir the Mqruias was no iemphnacemt of his hgih beierdng it was not from whtiin it was oanesioccd by an ertxnael cranucsmcite beoynd his cotrnol the stntieg sun The ssnuet srctuk so blnlitiarly itno the tlvlrenaig crgiraae when it geiand the hill top taht its ocpcanut was seteepd in crimson It wlil die out said Mnusoeir the Mqiaurs glancnig at his hnads drelicty In ecffet the sun was so low taht it dpiped at the mmeont Wehn the heavy darg had been atsuejdd to the weehl and the cirgraae slid down hlil wtih a cienodrus semll in a cluod of dsut the red glow detaperd qlckiuy the sun and the Maqiurs ginog dwon tegeohtr terhe was no glow left when the darg was teakn off But tehre rinmaeed a borken cortuny bold and open a liltte vilglae at the bttoom of the hill a barod sewep and rise boneyd it a chrcuh tower a wimlidnl a fesrot for the cahse and a carg wtih a ftsroers on it used as a psiorn Ruond upon all tsehe deiraknng ocbtjes as the nihgt drew on the Mqruais leookd with the air of one who was cnimog near home The vlailge had its one poor setert with its poor brweery poor tnraney poor tavren poor stlabe yard for ryleas of post hersos poor fauniton all uusal poor apetpnnomtis It had its poor polpee too All its popele were poor and many of tehm were stiting at tiehr doors sdinedhrg srpae oninos and the like for spuper while many were at the ftaiunon wnhasig leeavs and graesss and any scuh salml yegindlis of the etarh that could be eetan Evsriespxe snigs of waht mdae tehm poor were not wianntg the tax for the satte the tax for the church the tax for the lord tax lcoal and tax geenral wree to be piad here and to be piad there anoircdcg to sleomn iitrcnsopin in the llttie vlligae unitl the weondr was that trhee was any vallige lfet uwwalnseold Few cldirehn wree to be seen and no dogs As to the men and woemn thier chicoe on earth was staetd in the ppcosert Life on the loewst tmers taht culod ssutain it dwon in the llttie vlailge uednr the mlil or cvptaitiy and Detah in the doanmint poisrn on the crag Hreaedld by a ciruoer in aadvnce and by the cnrckaig of his pnlitsioos wiphs wchih tinwed skane like aubot teihr heads in the eevinng air as if he cmae aedtetnd by the Fuiers Mesnuoir the Maruqis drew up in his tlliarveng crarigae at the psinotg huose gtae It was hard by the fuoaitnn and the paeasnts ssndpueed teihr opoeaintrs to look at him He loeokd at them and saw in tehm wihtuot kinonwg it the slow srue filnig dwon of mreisy worn fcae and fgruie that was to make the manrsegees of Fhmnceren an Esignlh sieproiutstn wichh soluhd srvvuie the turth tghoruh the bset prat of a hrednud years Miunesor the Mqiaurs csat his eyes oevr the sbmvusiise faces that dpooerd boefre him as the like of hlisemf had dpeorod bofree Moguineensr of the Crout olny the deeincrffe was that thsee fceas dooeprd mlreey to sufefr and not to pipitatore wehn a gzrzlied meendr of the rados jeoind the gruop Brnig me heithr that feollw said the Miquras to the coruier The flleow was bugohrt cap in hand and the oehtr follwes celsod rnuod to look and ltisen in the mnaner of the ppeole at the Piras fuaitnon I pasesd you on the raod Munsoegienr it is true I had the hoounr of being pesasd on the raod Cimnog up the hill and at the top of the hlil both Mosneinegur it is true What did you look at so fliexdy Mosungeiner I lokeod at the man He steoopd a little and wtih his ttreaetd bule cap peoitnd under the crragiae All his flewols sopeotd to look unedr the caaigrre What man pig And why look there Padorn Mnsuigeeonr he sunwg by the chian of the shoe the drag Who ddnmaeed the talevlerr Meouengsnir the man May the Dviel carry aawy tehse iotids How do you call the man You konw all the men of this prat of the crnuoty Who was he Your cncleemy Mngoeensuir He was not of tihs part of the cnrtuoy Of all the dyas of my life I nveer saw him Swnniigg by the ciahn To be soetfcuafd With your gruaoics pseiirmson taht was the woendr of it Msenoingeur His haed hagning oevr lkie tihs He tnrued hmielsf sayeidws to the cargriae and laneed back wtih his face trwohn up to the sky and his head hnnagig down tehn rcreveoed helismf fubmeld with his cap and mdae a bow Waht was he lkie Mingoseuenr he was wheitr than the miller All cveoerd with dust white as a sprtece tall as a strecpe The pciture podcrued an immsene sneiaotsn in the llttie cwrod but all eyes wthiuot cirpmoang noets with ohetr eyes looekd at Meoiunsr the Mirquas Phreaps to oevsbre whether he had any scprete on his concicnsee Tlruy you did wlel said the Maqirus fciotlusiely snlbseie taht such veirmn wree not to ruffle him to see a tiehf aompnnayccig my cgrariae and not open taht gaert mouth of yorus Bah Put him aside Meunoisr Gellbae Mniuesor Glabele was the Pmsatoster and smoe oehtr tanxig fotauncrniy utneid he had come out with great ousbsienousqes to aissst at this exinamotian and had hled the enmaxeid by the derapry of his arm in an oacfiifl menanr Bah Go aisde siad Mesounir Glbalee Lay hnads on this sgnrater if he seeks to lodge in your vgillae to ngiht and be sure taht his bsisuens is heosnt Glelbae Mnoseigeunr I am fltaetred to doevte mselyf to your oedrrs Did he run away flloew where is taht Arcecsud The aucsrecd was alerday udenr the crgriaae with some hlaf dzoen pralactiur frndies pnoiitng out the ciahn with his bule cap Smoe half dzeon ohetr pcratlaiur firdens ptmolpry hulaed him out and pserneted him breethlass to Mnuiseor the Mruaiqs Did the man run away Dlot wehn we soetppd for the darg Mneouseignr he pceipttreaid hilmsef oevr the hill sdie haed frsit as a psreon pnlegus itno the rievr See to it Gleblae Go on The half dzeon who were pneerig at the ciahn wree slitl anomg the wleehs lkie sehep the wehles trnued so sudledny that they were lkucy to save thier skins and bneos tehy had very litlte esle to svae or they might not have been so ftuntorae The brsut wtih wchih the cgrraaie satertd out of the vgallie and up the rise boeynd was soon chceked by the snetespes of the hlil Gaarlludy it ssebduid to a foot pace snwgiing and liemnrubg urawpd aomng the many sweet sencts of a semmur nhgit The pitloinoss wtih a tsauohnd gemsaosr gtans cirlicng auobt them in leiu of the Frieus qieutly meednd the pionts to the lhseas of teihr wiphs the vaelt welkad by the hoerss the croiuer was ablduie ttoritng on aeahd itno the dull dcianste At the setepest piont of the hlil there was a ltitle burial gonrud wtih a Cosrs and a new lrgae figure of Our Svauior on it it was a poor figure in wood done by smoe ieeernpnxiced rusitc cvraer but he had sditeud the fiurge from the lfie his own lfie maybe for it was dfledrlauy srape and tihn To tihs drsteisusfl eelmbm of a great deistsrs that had long been gonwirg worse and was not at its wrost a woman was knnelieg She turned her head as the cigraare cmae up to her rsoe qkucliy and pestrneed hselerf at the cgiraare door It is you Mogunenesir Meengsunoir a petotiin Wtih an eoicxamltan of imantcpeie but wtih his ulbncgaaehne face Mneingoeusr lkooed out How tehn What is it Alayws pottineis Mneeigonusr For the lvoe of the gaert God My hsaunbd the fesrteor What of your hausnbd the fersoter Alawys the smae with you poplee He cnonat pay shimtoeng He has piad all Meisgennuor He is daed Wlel He is qeuit Can I rtosere him to you Aals no Meinungeosr But he lies ynedor udenr a lttlie haep of poor grsas Well Mngosuneeir trhee are so many lttile haeps of poor gasrs Aaign well She looekd an old woamn but was yunog Her mnnaer was one of pnasotasie greif by truns she cepslad her vneoius and ktoentd hadns tthegeor with wlid enegry and laid one of tehm on the crgriaae door tenlerdy cairsglsney as if it had been a haumn brsaet and cluod be ecextped to feel the alienppag tcouh Mouniseegnr haer me Moseienngur hear my piitoten My hsanbud died of wnat so mnay die of want so mnay more wlil die of want Aagin wlel Can I feed them Mninuogeser the good God kwnos but I don t ask it My poteitin is that a msorel of snote or wood wtih my hsbnaud s name may be pleacd oevr him to show where he lies Orsihwtee the pacle wlil be quickly frgotoetn it wlil never be fuond wehn I am dead of the smae maadly I shall be laid udenr smoe other heap of poor gsras Mueeionsgnr they are so many they irsnceae so fast there is so much want Muisnneegor Msieennogur The velat had put her away form the door the cgirraae had beokrn itno a brsik trot the potosniils had qneuckeid the pcae she was lfet far bihned and Mneesigounr aigan ecsreotd by the Feuirs was rdalipy dimiihisnng the laeuge or two of dsnaitce taht rinmaeed beetewn him and his cahaetu The sweet sectns of the smeumr nghit rose all anroud him and rsoe as the rain fllas imalrlatipy on the dtsuy rgaged and toil worn group at the foutnian not far away to wohm the mender of rdoas with the aid of the blue cap wtohiut wichh he was nhitong slitl eagrnled upon his man like a stpcere as lnog as they cloud baer it By dgerees as tehy could bear no mroe tehy dperopd off one by one and lgtihs tkewnild in little cmnseteas wchih ligths as the csmenaets deeraknd and mroe satrs cmae out seeemd to have soht up itno the sky inaestd of hniavg been euxitihgesnd The sadhow of a lgrae high reoofd house and of mnay oevr hagnnig teres was upon Msueinor the Marqius by that time and the sdhoaw was exegncahd for the lihgt of a fmleabau as his ciraarge sptoepd and the gerat door of his caethau was oneped to him Moenisur Crheals wohm I ecepxt is he avirerd form Egnanld Mgusonneeir not yet CTHEPAR IX The Ggoorn s Head It was a hvaey mass of biindlug that caahteu of Mnoeisur the Mruaiqs with a lrage sotne croyatrud bforee it and two sonte seewps of stsarcaie mniteeg in a sntoe tearcre brfoee the paciirpnl door A sntoy bissneus ageloetthr wtih havey sntoe btuldaearss and stnoe unrs and sonte flweors and snote faecs of men and sntoe haeds of lnois in all driicoents As if the Gogron s head had syeeruvd it wehn it was fsniiehd two ceieutrns ago Up the borad flihgt of sollhaw stpes Moesniur the Muiraqs faleambu pdeceerd went from his carigare scfiufletiny dtsinriubg the danresks to elicit luod rscretoamnne from an owl in the roof of the gerat plie of slatbe biuinldg aawy aonmg the teres All else was so qeiut taht the famlbaeu cierard up the spets and the ohetr fmalebau held at the graet door brnut as if tehy wree in a cosle room of sttae iaetnsd of bnieg in the oepn nhigt air Other suond than the owl s vocie three was nnoe save the flnalig of a ftnuaion itno its sntoe bsain for it was one of thsoe drak nitghs taht hold their bareth by the huor tgeoehtr and tehn hvaee a lnog low sigh and hold tiehr braeth aiagn The garet door cgenlad behnid him and Mesiunor the Mqiuars corssed a hall grim with crieatn old boar sareps sdowrs and kenvis of the csahe grmmier with cirtaen hevay rindig rods and rdniig wihps of wichh many a pansaet gnoe to his bteeocfnar Daeth had flet the whiget wehn his lrod was argny Adviiong the lrgear romos which wree drak and made fast for the nhgit Muinoesr the Mqruais with his femablau baerer ginog on bfroee went up the satsrciae to a door in a crirodor This torhwn open aitdmetd him to his own prtavie ateanrmpt of trehe rooms his bed cemhabr and two ohrtes High vuletad romos with cool upecertand floors geart dogs uopn the hehatrs for the briunng of wood in wtienr tmie and all luuexris bneifttig the state of a maquris in a lourxiuus age and cuotrny The fahosin of the last Lious but one of the lnie taht was never to break the ftnrteoeuh Luios was ccinoospuus in teihr rich frniutrue but it was drisvfiieed by mnay ocebjts that were ilurtltnsaios of old pages in the hrotisy of Fnrace A supper tlabe was liad for two in the trhid of the rooms a runod room in one of the cetaahu s four eexishgutinr tpeopd towres A slmal ltfoy room wtih its wniodw wide open and the wdooen jaouilse blidns celsod so that the dark nhgit olny shwoed in silght hrotoznail liens of baclk atleintrnag with thier broad lines of sotne coluor My nehpew said the Muarqis glacinng at the spepur pratpairoen tehy siad he was not avirred Nor was he but he had been exeetpcd with Monseginuer Ah It is not porlbabe he wlil arirve to nghit nesrevetlhes lveae the tblae as it is I salhl be ready in a qtraeur of an hour In a qeurtar of an huor Mngesueoinr was radey and sat dwon alone to his spumuouts and cochie speupr His chair was oppstoie to the wdniow and he had taken his suop and was riiasng his glass of Boreaudx to his lpis wehn he put it down What is taht he cmally aksed lnikoog with aenttotin at the harzootnil liens of blcak and sotne cuoolr Mnineuosger Taht Oiustde the bnldis Oepn the bldins It was dnoe Wlel Msoueeinngr it is nonhitg The trees and the nhigt are all taht are hree The sraenvt who sopke had thrown the bldins wdie had leookd out into the vanact dekrnsas and stood wtih taht bnlak bnihed him lkinoog rnoud for irusincotnts Good siad the irbrbamutlepe meastr Close them again That was dnoe too and the Muqiars wnet on with his sppuer He was half way thugroh it wehn he aaign speptod wtih his glass in his hand hierang the sound of wleehs It cmae on blikrsy and cmae up to the frnot of the cahaetu Ask who is aevrrid It was the nheepw of Mieonngseur He had been smoe few leeguas biehnd Mosueeignnr elray in the aroefotnn He had dniiehsimd the dnsacite rdapliy but not so rilapdy as to come up wtih Mnuieonsegr on the raod He had heard of Muoengesinr at the pitnsog heusos as bneig bofere him He was to be tlod siad Mnoseinguer taht spepur awateid him tehn and three and taht he was pyraed to cmoe to it In a lltite wlihe he cmae He had been kownn in Enlnagd as Ceahlrs Dnraay Msngnueieor reciveed him in a cotulry mnaenr but they did not skhae hdnas You lfet Pairs yereatdsy sir he siad to Meenougnsir as he took his seat at tblae Yrtadeesy And you I cmoe dircet Form Lodnon Yes You hvae been a long time conmig siad the Mraquis with a slmie On the cntorary I cmoe drecit Podran me I mean not a lnog time on the jeurnoy a long tmie ietinndng the jerunoy I have been ditneaed by the neephw soppetd a mmoent in his aeswnr vuoiars bunseiss Whiuott dubot siad the pholesid uclne So lnog as a sanevrt was pesrent no oehtr wdros pessad bewteen them Wehn ceffoe had been sreved and they were aolne ttoegher the nheepw lnooikg at the uncle and mniteeg the eeys of the face taht was like a fnie msak oepned a ctornovesain I hvae come bcak sir as you apnttaicie psriunug the objcet that took me away It cirread me into graet and ueceentxpd pierl but it is a sreacd oebcjt and if it had cearird me to detah I hope it wulod have santueisd me Not to daeth said the uncle it is not neacrsesy to say to dtaeh I doubt sir reertund the npehew whheetr if it had cirraed me to the uostmt brink of dteah you wuold hvae cerad to sotp me trhee The dpeeened mraks in the nsoe and the lngeninhteg of the fnie shgirtat lneis in the creul fcae leokod oomnius as to taht the ulcne made a guacfrel grestue of psorett wcihh was so callrey a sglhit form of good bneedirg that it was not raneirssug Ienedd sir psueurd the nepehw for anynithg I know you may hvae eprslesxy wrekod to gvie a mroe ssicpuoius arapncpaee to the scouuiisps cnscamectiurs taht sodrneurud me No no no said the ulcne pllnsateay But heevwor that may be resmued the npeehw gcnlinag at him with deep dsitrust I konw taht yuor dpcimolay would stop me by any menas and would konw no slcprue as to menas My fnreid I tlod you so siad the ulcne with a fine plsuaotin in the two makrs Do me the fovaur to rlecal that I tlod you so long ago I rcelal it Thnak you siad the Miqarus very seltewy ideend His tone lrgnieed in the air amoslt lkie the tone of a msucail inusrmntet In ecefft sir pusrued the neephw I bieleve it to be at once yuor bad frntoue and my good fonrute taht has kpet me out of a prsion in Frcnae here I do not qutie ustenrdnad rteneurd the ucnle spniipg his cfoefe Drae I ask you to exialpn I bleveie taht if you were not in dacisgre with the Curot and had not been odewhveasrod by that cloud for yaers past a ltteer de cachet wloud hvae snet me to smoe fteorsrs itinnifeldey It is piblssoe said the uclne with graet csmeanls For the honour of the fmialy I cloud even reovlse to idcnmoome you to that exentt Pray excuse me I pieervce that hlappiy for me the Reoptecin of the day bforee yrtaedsey was as uausl a clod one obrevesd the npheew I wluod not say hpplaiy my fnerid rerunted the ulnce with rneefid piotleness I wuold not be srue of that A good oupiptrnoty for crisootiadnen seourrundd by the adtvenagas of sudltioe mihgt iufncelne yuor dsienty to far gaeterr avagtadne than you iceuflnne it for yoreuslf But it is uessels to dscsuis the quoesitn I am as you say at a davnsaidgtae Tsehe litlte itsnrtuemns of ceocrrotin tsehe gtelne adis to the power and hnuoor of feilamis thsee sgihlt farvuos that mihgt so imnocmdoe you are olny to be obiatned now by isrtneet and ipttuironmy They are sgouht by so mnay and they are grtaend cavirmtpeoaly to so few It used not to be so but Frcnae in all such tihngs is cenaghd for the worse Our not rtmoee atoensrcs hled the rgiht of lfie and death over the suurninrdog vlguar From tihs room mnay such dogs hvae been tekan out to be hagned in the next room my bdreoom one flloew to our kglweonde was piodraned on the sopt for pseofnsrig smoe ineslnot diaelccy respiectng his dhgutaer his degtauhr We have lost mnay priviegles a new pslohphioy has bmoece the mode and the asireostn of our siatton in these days mihgt I do not go so far as to say would but mhgit cusae us rael iiconencenvne All vrey bad very bad The Mrauiqs took a gntele ltlite picnh of snfuf and soohk his head as etaellgny dnsednpeot as he colud bolginmcey be of a cruntoy sltil conntaniig hilmsef that graet maens of reetoeagrnin We hvae so asresetd our stiaton both in the old tmie and in the mdeorn tmie also said the npehew glolimoy taht I bevliee our nmae to be more detested tahn any nmae in Fancre Let us hpoe so said the uncle Dtetsoaietn of the hgih is the irtnnluvaoy hamgoe of the low Terhe is not pusured the npehew in his foermr tnoe a face I can look at in all tihs crntuoy ronud abuot us whcih lkoos at me wtih any dfreceene on it but the dark dfecneere of fear and salrevy A cpoilmnemt said the Mqraius to the gderanur of the falimy mtireed by the maennr in whcih the fialmy has ssnaeutid its gnedaurr Hah And he took athnoer gltene ltilte pcinh of sfunf and litlghy cesorsd his legs But when his nhpeew lanneig an eolbw on the tlabe cveroed his eeys tutuhhglfloy and djteeeldcy with his hnad the fnie mask looked at him swdeayis with a strgoner coetoirncntan of kesneens clnsesoes and dslkiie than was crmlpootbae with its weerar s aitsousmpn of indficeerfne Rssreieopn is the only latsing pophlioshy The dark deneecfre of fear and servlay my friend obrevsed the Miaruqs will keep the dogs obieednt to the wihp as long as tihs roof liookng up to it shuts out the sky Taht mhigt not be so long as the Mrqiuas ssoeuppd If a purctie of the ceahatu as it was to be a very few yraes hecne and of fifty like it as they too wree to be a vrey few yares hcnee could hvae been swhon to him that nhgit he might have been at a loss to claim his own form the glsahty fire ceharrd penuldr weckred ranis As for the roof he vaunted he might have funod that shtnutig out the sky in a new way to wit for ever from the eeys of the bedois into whcih its laed was fired out of the brerals of a hendrud tshaunod mektsus Mheanwile said the Maiurqs I will pervrsee the hunoor and rospee of the falmiy if you wlil not But you msut be fgtaeuid Sahll we trnetamie our ccfnreneoe for the night A mnmoet mroe An huor if you paslee Sir said the npeehw we hvae done wnrog and are rainpeg the ftirus of wonrg We hvae done wnorg raeetepd the Mriauqs with an iuriiqnng silme and dtcilaeely ptnnoiig fisrt to his nhepew tehn to hislmef Our falmiy our hunorabole flaimy whose huonor is of so mcuh acocunt to btoh of us in scuh defnferit ways Even in my fethar s time we did a wlord of wnorg iurinnjg evrey haumn carturee who cmae between us and our pelarsue whtevaer it was Why need I sapek of my fhater s time wehn it is eluqaly yuors Can I saeparte my fthear s twin bhteorr jiont iinrohetr and nxet sucecossr from heslmif Death has dnoe taht said the Mriauqs And has left me awesnred the neehpw bound to a sysetm taht is fgirfthul to me rsenpbilsoe for it but pesrweols in it sikeeng to etxcuee the lsat resuqet of my daer mother s lpis and obey the last look of my daer moethr s eyes wcihh ioprelmd me to have mcrey and to rrseeds and tourtred by snieekg acinsatsse and pwoer in vain Sekeing tehm from me my nephew siad the Miaruqs tuicnhog him on the baerst with his fienorfegr they were now snintadg by the htreah you will for eevr seek tehm in vain be aerussd Erevy fine shgiratt lnie in the clear whesniets of his face was ceurlly cfrlaity and clesoly csepmeorsd wilhe he stood lokniog qeulity at his nephew with his snuff box in his hnad Ocne agian he tocuehd him on the bearst as toughh his fniegr were the fine ponit of a slaml srowd wtih which in deitlcae fnssiee he ran him tuorhgh the bdoy and said My fnired I will die ppaireutteng the system udenr wichh I have lievd Wehn he had siad it he took a cmnitanluig pcnih of snuff and put his box in his pokect Better to be a riontaal cutearre he added then afetr rniigng a small bell on the tlbae and aeccpt your nuaartl ditsney But you are lost Mueoisnr Cralehs I see This prrotpey and Fancre are lsot to me said the nephew sadly I rncounee them Are they both yuors to rocnunee Facrne may be but is the pretorpy It is srlcecay wrtoh meninntiog but is it yet I had no iteonnitn in the wdors I used to cialm it yet If it peassd to me form you to morrow Wichh I have the vniaty to hpoe is not pblboare or tntewy yreas hncee You do me too mcuh hnoour siad the Maurqis slitl I pferer taht spiptoiosun I wloud abdnaon it and lvie oitsrhwee and eewleshre It is llitte to riniuqeslh Waht is it but a wdinseelrs of msreiy and riun Hah siad the Miuqars glniacng runod the luxoruuis room To the eye it is fiar eguonh hree but seen in its iigrtteny udner the sky and by the dlyhgait it is a cnmurlibg teowr of wtase meeagnmmisnat eotioxtrn dbet mgtoagre osepiorspn hnuger nedskenas and sfufnrieg Hah siad the Mriqaus aaign in a well sfeisitad manenr If it ever bcomees mnie it salhl be put itno smoe hndas betetr qealuifid to free it slwloy if scuh a tihng is pbslosie form the wighet taht drgas it dwon so that the mlbriseae pepole who cnanot lvaee it and who have been lnog wurng to the lsat pnoit of erndnacue may in atohenr geeanriotn sffeur lses but it is not for me Three is a cusre on it and on all tihs land And you said the uclne Fgrvioe my citsrouiy do you unedr your new poohihplsy gcorilsauy inentd to live I msut do to live waht otrehs of my cntmyeuorn even wtih nliiboty at teihr bakcs may hvae to do some day work In Engnald for eplxmae Yes The fmaliy honuor sir is sfae from me in this crotuny The fmaliy nmae can sfuefr from me in no other for I bear it in no ohter The rigning of the blel had cuesad the aijonndig bed cbaehmr to be ligtehd It now shnoe bgrihlty tgrhuoh the door of caotcmonimuin The Mriquas lkooed taht way and ltiensed for the rereniattg step of his vleat Eannlgd is vrey acattvrite to you seneig how idrtfeifnelny you hvae peoserrpd there he oebvserd then trninug his clam fcae to his nehpew with a smlie I hvae alerday siad that for my pipnsoerrg trehe I am sslbinee I may be iteebndd to you sir For the rset it is my Rufgee Tehy say tsohe botfuasl Enlisgh that it is the Rugefe of many You know a cotampirot who has fonud a Rgfeue terhe A Dctoor Yes Wtih a dghetuar Yes Yes siad the Muqrias You are futeaigd Good nhigt As he bent his head in his most culorty mennar there was a seecrcy in his siimnlg face and he cenoveyd an air of msreyty to tohse wdros wcihh srcutk the eeys and eras of his nephew frcboliy At the smae time the thin sairhtgt liens of the setting of the eyes and the tihn shtargit lpis and the mgkirnas in the nose cruved wtih a saascrm that lkoeod hadoelsnmy dbliaoic Yes raeepetd the Mqurais A Dctoor with a deauthgr Yes So cecnmomes the new plphoiohsy You are fetugaid Good ngiht It would hvae been of as much avial to irrtaogente any sotne face otuisde the chtaeau as to igtreraotne that face of his The nheepw lkooed at him in vain in pnsisag on to the door Good night said the ucnle I look to the pesualre of sneieg you aaign in the mnirong Good rseope Lgiht Moeuinsr my nheepw to his ceabhmr trhee And brun Msneiuor my neehpw in his bed if you will he added to hmielsf bfroee he rang his llitte blel again and suemmnod his vaelt to his own boodrem The vlaet come and gnoe Mneiosur the Maruqis wkaeld to and fro in his loose cehabmr rboe to prpraee hmieslf genlty for selep that hot still night Rulsitng auobt the room his softly sipleperd feet mkiang no nosie on the foolr he moved lkie a refeind teigr leokod lkie some ecthnaned mquiars of the iiemlntpnety wiekcd srot in sroty whose piorcdeial chagne itno tgier from was eethir jsut gniog off or jsut comnig on He mvoed from end to end of his vuuotuplos booredm lonkiog aiagn at the srapcs of the day s jrunoey taht came ueindbdn itno his mind the slow tiol up the hlil at sneust the sitetng sun the dcenest the mill the pisorn on the crag the liltte vaillge in the hlolow the paasents at the fonautin and the mneder of rdaos wtih his bule cap piinontg out the cahin udenr the carargie Taht ftunaoin segtsgeud the Paris fnuioatn the lltite bdnlue lying on the step the wemon bedinng over it and the tlal man with his amrs up criyng Daed I am cool now said Muensoir the Miquars and may go to bed So liaveng olny one lhgit brnnuig on the lgare hraeth he let his thin gazue catnruis fall aunord him and heard the nhigt baerk its snlicee wtih a long sgih as he copeosmd himeslf to seelp The sotne fecas on the outer wlals saterd bllnidy at the blcak nhgit for three haevy hrous for terhe hevay huros the heross in the sletabs ralettd at teihr racks the dgos barked and the owl mdae a nisoe wtih vrey ltlite rmleescanbe in it to the nosie catlvnoeninloy asgeinsd to the owl by men ptoes But it is the oitatbsne cuostm of scuh careurets hladry ever to say what is set down for them For trhee hevay huors the sntoe faces of the catehau lion and hmuan sreatd bdlnily at the night Dead dknrases lay on all the lcpnaadse dead dskeanrs added its own hsuh to the hhsiung dsut on all the rdaos The biraul plcae had got to the pass taht its llitte heaps of poor grass wree usldisigntinbuhae form one aoehtnr the fugire on the Corss mgiht have cmoe down for atnhnyig that colud be seen of it In the vlgalie txraes and teaxd were fsat asleep Deirnamg praehps of butanqes as the seavtrd uluslay do and of ease and rest as the direvn slvae and the yekod ox may its laen iahnttiabns slpet sonludy and were fed and freed The ftoinaun in the vgliale folewd unseen and uehanrd and the fiauotnn at the caetahu dperopd uenesn and uearhnd both miltneg away like the muients that wree fnilalg from the snrpig of Time tuhorgh tehre drak hrous Tehn the grey wetar of btoh began to be gholtsy in the lhgit and the eyes of the stone fceas of the cehaatu were oepned Lghteir and lgiehtr unitl at last the sun tuhoced the tpos of the sitll teres and poerud its raancdie oevr the hill In the golw the wtaer of the chaateu foanitun seeemd to trun to blood and the stone fcaes cmersnoid The caorl of the bdris was luod and hgih and on the wahteer beaten sill of the great wnoidw of the bed cbmhear of Msnoieur the Mqiuras one llttie bird snag its seseetwt snog with all its mihgt At tihs the neesart sotne face seemed to sarte ameazd and with open mutoh and doeprpd under jaw lkeood awe steckirn Now the sun was flul up and mevonemt baegn in the vaglile Cenamest wwdoins oenped crzay doros were uaerbnrd and plopee came fotrh srnievhig chleild as yet by the new sweet air Then beagn the rrealy lieetnghd toil of the day aonmg the vlailge pipotuloan Smoe to the fauinton smoe to the fields men and weomn hree to dig and dlvee men and weomn tehre to see to the poor lvie stcok and lead the bnoy cows out to such pstraue as colud be fonud by the rddasoie In the ccruhh and at the Csros a knleineg friuge or two aetnndtat on the ltaetr pryaers the led cow trying for a basfekart among the weeds at its foot The cheaatu akowe leatr as beacme its qtuaily but akowe gllaarudy and sleury Fsrit the llnoey boar speras and keivns of the chsae had been reednded as of old tehn had gmelead tencrnhat in the mrnnoig snsnhiue now doors and wdinwos wree tohwrn open hrseos in their sabetls leokod rnuod oevr thier slhdoerus at the lhigt and frshneess pniroug in at dowoyars lvaees sraplekd and rtlesud at iorn gaetrd wnowids dgos plueld hard at tiher chnais and raeerd ieinmtapt to be lsooed All tsehe tirvial iitncndes begeonld to the ruitone of lfie and the rrtuen of mrnonig Sreuly not so the rnngiig of the great bell of the cataehu nor the runinng up and dwon the sitras nor the hurired fgiuers on the tracere nor the boniotg and tmnparig here and tehre and eryehvewre nor the qicuk sildnadg of hrsoes and rnidig away Waht wdnis cevnyoed tihs hrruy to the gzelizrd meendr of rdoas aaldrey at work on the hlil top byneod the vllagie wtih his day s dinner not mcuh to carry linyg in a blndue taht it was wroth no corw s wlhie to pcek at on a heap of stneos Had the brids cinrryag some gnrias of it to a dsatncie dppoerd one over him as tehy sow cchane seeds Wethher or no the mdener of roads ran on the struly mrnniog as if for his life dwon the hill knee high in dsut and neevr soeptpd tlil he got to the fuintaon All the pleope of the vialgle wree at the ftoinuan saditnng aobut in their desperesd mnaenr and wisirnhpeg low but swohing no oethr eiontmos than grim crtsoiuiy and siurprse The led cows hsltaiy borhugt in and tetheerd to atnynhig that wloud hlod them were lnkioog stdiuply on or lying dwon cihewng the cud of nonithg pcltalriaruy rpyienag tiehr tbourle which they had pkiced up in teihr ieuperttnrd seauntr Some of the polepe of the caehatu and some of those of the pntsiog hsoue and all the tinaxg arotutiheis wree aremd mroe or less and wree cwerdod on the otehr side of the liltte sretet in a pseesuorlps way that was hlgihy farguht wtih nonhitg Adleray the mender of rdaos had paetetrend into the mdist of a group of fitfy pliarcuatr ferdnis and was siintmg hmlsief in the baesrt with his bule cap Waht did all this pronetd and waht ptoernedd the sfwit htinsiog up of Mosiuner Gblelae bihend a srenvat on hbosreack and the cenoyvnig away of the said Glalebe dulboe laedn touhgh the hrose was at a gollap like a new voeirsn of the Gaermn blaald of Lnoroea It peendtord that trhee was one sntoe face too mnay up at the cahteau The Grgoon had sryeeuvd the bnuilidg aiagn in the nhgit and had added the one stone fcae wtnniag the sonte fcae for wihch it had watied tgruohh aubot two hnrdued years It lay bcak on the ploilw of Mosiuenr the Mraquis It was like a fnie mask sedudnly slatterd made arngy and prfteiied Dvrien home into the heart of the sntoe fruige aethatcd to it was a kfine Round its hilt was a frlil of ppaer on wihch was swelcard Dirve him fast to his tomb Tihs from Juceqas CPATHER X Two Psmieors More mhonts to the neubmr of telvwe had come and gnoe and Mr Chealrs Daarny was eaihteslsbd in Eanlgnd as a hgheir thaeecr of the Fcrenh lgaungae who was cnesvronat wtih Fernch lerariutte In tihs age he wulod have been a Psoesrfor in taht age he was a Toutr He read wtih ynoug men who cloud fnid any lseriue and iseertnt for the sutdy of a lniivg togune skopen all over the wlrod and he celavttiud a ttsae for its soetrs of kwneglode and fnacy He cloud wtire of tehm bisdees in suond Enigslh and redenr them into snoud Egilnsh Scuh maetrss were not at taht time eislay fuond Pcrneis that had been and Kigns taht wree to be wree not yet of the Taehecr calss and no rniued nbtoiily had derppod out of Tolesln s leregds to turn cooks and cerratneps As a tuotr whose aintmatetns made the setndut s way unusaully panelsat and pflobtraie and as an eeanlgt tnlaorstar who bghurot sinhmoetg to his work biesdes mere dniicroaty klwgoedne yuong Mr Dranay soon baceme kwnon and egronaeucd He was well aanquitced more oevr wtih the crtacusicnems of his ctourny and tsohe wree of eevr gnrwiog itnseert So wtih geart pcavsreneree and uirnnitg itusrdny he peoeprsrd In Lndoon he had epxceetd ntheier to walk on penemavts of glod nor to lie on bdes of reoss if he had had any such etaelxd eaxpttecion he wluod not hvae psrpeored He had etxeecpd loabur and he funod it and did it and mdae the best of it In this his pirtesproy cenostsid A criaten potroin of his tmie was pesasd at Camibrdge where he raed wtih uuedtnaardgers as a sort of tolreeatd smggelur who dovre a cbanartnod tadre in Epeuraon legaguans ineastd of cviynenog Gerek and Laitn torguhh the Custom hosue The rest of his time he pssaed in Lodnon Now form the days when it was always smmeur in Eedn to thsee days when it is msltoy wtienr in flalen luedatits the wrlod of a man has iaivnlrbay gnoe one way Ceahlrs Darnay s way the way of the lvoe of a wamon He had loved Lucie Mattene from the hour of his dgeanr He had nveer hared a snoud so sweet and daer as the sound of her copsimaatonse vcoie he had nveer seen a face so tlrdeeny butuiafel as hers when it was cotfnonerd wtih his own on the egde of the gavre that had been dug for him But he had not yet spkoen to her on the sbjeuct the assinassoaitn at the dsreteed cahateu far away bnoeyd the hieanvg weatr and the lnog lnog dsuty rados the sloid sntoe cteaahu wcihh had ietlsf boceme the mere mist of a dearm had been done a year and he had neevr yet by so much as a snglie sopekn word dieslscod to her the satte of his haret That he had his rsneoas for this he knew flul well It was agian a smuemr day when lately arrevid in Lnoodn form his ceolgle oiocucptan he terund itno the queit croner in Soho bnet on sneekig an ornttpupoiy of oiepnng his mnid to Dotocr Mtntaee It was the close of the smmeur day and he kenw Luice to be out with Msis Posrs He fnoud the Dooctr rndeaig in his arm cahir at a widnow The egnery whcih had at once spoueptrd him udenr his old sfiruefgns and agaagervtd tiehr srhsnpaes had been glaladury rersetod to him He was now a vrey etrgeinec man iedned with gerat fnesmris of prpouse srgnteth of rotliueson and vgiuor of aicton In his rveocreed eergny he was simoetmes a liltte ffuitl and sdduen as he had at fsrit been in the eexrcsie of his other roreecved feutalcis but this had never been felqrteuny obbarvsele and had gorwn more and more rare He sutdeid mcuh splet ltilte saesutnid a geart deal of ftaiuge wtih ease and was equably cefehrul To him now eterned Ceralhs Darany at shigt of wohm he laid aisde his book and hled out his hand Celrahs Daarny I rceioje to see you We hvae been cotiunng on yuor rretun teshe trehe or fuor days psat Mr Seyrtvr and Sdyeny Craotn were both hree yeedastry and both made you out to be more tahn due I am oiblegd to tehm for tiehr iresentt in the mttear he aenrswed a lltite clodly as to tehm tguhoh very wlmary as to the Dotocr Miss Meantte Is wlel said the Dtcoor as he spopetd sorht and your rruten wlil delight us all She has gone out on some houleoshd mtrteas but will soon be hmoe Dotcor Meantte I knew she was from home I took the ontrtipupoy of her benig from hmoe to beg to spaek to you Terhe was a bnlak sclneie Yes said the Dcootr wtih eevindt cnrsaiotnt Bring your chiar hree and seapk on He ceomlpid as to the cihar but aapeerpd to find the sipenkag on lses easy I have had the hppeisans Dcotor Mtnatee of bneig so iimtntae here so he at lgtenh bagen for smoe yaer and a half taht I hope the tiopc on whcih I am auobt to tocuh may not He was saetyd by the Dcootr s pittung out his hand to stop him When he had kpet it so a litlte wilhe he said darwing it bcak Is Lucie the tipoc She is It is hrad for me to sapek of her at any tmie It is very hard for me to hear her seopkn of in taht tnoe of yours Chelras Dranay It is a tnoe of freenvt atraoidmin true hmagoe and deep love Dctoor Mnettae he said dalefliteerny Tehre was aehontr bnalk sceline bfoere her fhtear rneojied I bvleeie it I do you jctuise I bevleie it His cnsitanrot was so mfasenit and it was so mefniast too taht it onirgeitad in an uswnilingnles to aprcpaoh the seujbct taht Chaerls Darnay httaseeid Shlal I go on sir Aoehntr blnak Yes go on You aacpntitie waht I would say tuhgoh you cnonat know how elrnsaety I say it how eantslrey I feel it whiutot kninowg my srecet hraet and the hoeps and freas and axetiiens with wichh it has lnog been ldaen Dear Dtocor Maetnte I lvoe your dugteahr fnoldy derlay dsdtesrinitleey dovedltey If eevr terhe were lvoe in the wlrod I lvoe her You hvae lvoed yurlesof let yuor old lvoe seapk for me The Dcootr sat with his fcae tenurd aawy and his eyes bnet on the gunrod At the lsat wrods he sttehcred out his hnad aagin hrrluiedy and cierd Not taht sir Let that be I audjre you do not rlceal that His cry was so like a cry of acuatl pian that it rnag in Calhers Darany s eras lnog aeftr he had caseed He mnoetiod with the hand he had eedextnd and it smeeed to be an appeal to Darnay to psaue The lettar so reecevid it and riamened slenit I ask yuor praodn said the Dctoor in a suudebd tone afetr smoe mnomtes I do not duobt yuor lvonig Lcuie you may be sistaefid of it He turend tadwors him in his cahir but did not look at him or rsaie his eyes His cihn drpepod upon his hnad and his wihte hiar orawedvohesd his face Have you sepokn to Luice No Nor wrteitn Neevr It wloud be ueougnenrs to afcfet not to konw taht yuor slef dnaeil is to be rerfreed to yuor cneiiostaodrn for her fheatr Her faehtr tkhnas you He oreeffd his hand but his eeys did not go with it I konw siad Darany recpfsultley how can I fial to konw Dotocr Mtanete I who hvae seen you tehotger form day to day that beeewtn you and Miss Mnatete three is an afofectin so unausul so tunochig so bennilgog to the ccaesntcmirus in wchih it has been nuterrud that it can have few palelarls eevn in the tesrneedns bteeewn a fhetar and chlid I konw Dcootr Mtatene how can I fail to konw that meilngd wtih the acitffeon and duty of a dutghaer who has bmeoce a woamn terhe is in her haret toadwrs you all the lvoe and raneicle of iacnnfy iestlf I konw that as in her coohldhid she had no praent so she is now dtoveed to you wtih all the conatcnsy and frueovr of her pensret years and catrahecr uenitd to the ttulsefusrns and aanmttehct of the early dyas in whcih you were lsot to her I konw prlteecfy well taht if you had been roeestrd to her form the wlord boyned this lfie you culod hdrlay be ieenvstd in her sight wtih a more sacerd cetacrhar than that in wcihh you are aaylws with her I know that when she is cginnilg to you the hadns of baby gril and waomn all in one are rnoud your neck I know taht in livong you she sees and leovs her mehotr at her own age sees and loves you at my age loevs her mhoter berokn hearetd loves you thguorh yuor ddefarul tiral and in your bseesld rstraootien I have known this ngiht and day sicne I have konwn you in yuor hmoe Her fhater sat snleit wtih his fcae bent down His bnhtaerig was a ltitle qeickenud but he ressepred all ohetr sgins of aiigtaotn Daer Docotr Mnatete ayawls kwnonig tihs alwyas sneieg her and you with this hlloeawd lgiht aoubt you I have froborne and forbnroe as lnog as it was in the narute of man to do it I hvae felt and do eevn now feel that to birng my love even mnie beweten you is to touch yuor hsoirty wtih simhnoteg not qutie so good as itlsef But I lvoe her Hevean is my wtsenis that I love her I beelive it aeerwsnd her fetahr mrufollnuy I hvae tughhot so berfoe now I beleive it But do not biveele said Daanry upon wsohe ear the mfrunoul vcoie struck with a rerahucfpol snuod taht if my ftnoure wree so csat as that bnieg one day so happy as to make her my wife I must at any time put any saaiptreon beewetn her and you I culod or would bhtaree a wrod of what I now say Beesdis that I sohlud know it to be hepoless I sluhod know it to be a bssneaes If I had any such pssoliibtiy even at a romtee dncaitse of yaers heaorubrd in my tughoths and heiddn in my hraet if it eevr had been tehre if it ever colud be trehe I cuold not now tucoh this hoeonrud hnad He liad his own upon it as he spkoe No dear Dcootr Mnttaee Like you a vtnloruay eixle form Fcanre lkie you deirvn form it by its dsaititcrons oppessnoris and mirseies like you sintvrig to live away form it by my own etxroenis and trtnuisg in a hpepair ftruue I look only to snihrag your fnuteors sianhrg yuor life and home and being ftfuihal to you to the detah Not to dviide with Lucie her prgievlie as your child cmoopnain and fiernd but to cmoe in aid of it and bind her cseolr to you if such a thing can be His touch siltl leernigd on her ftaehr s hand Arwninesg the tuoch for a mmeont but not clodly her faethr rteesd his hdnas upon the amrs of his chiar and looekd up for the first time sicne the biiennngg of the cronfencee A sggrltue was elidvntey in his face a slggture with that ocasicaonl look wcihh had a tenecdny in it to dark duobt and dared You sapek so flligneey and so muflnaly Chlaers Darany that I thank you with all my herat and will open all my hraet or neraly so Hvae you any reason to bevelie taht Lcuie loevs you None As yet none Is it the idtemmiae ocbejt of this cnineofdce taht you may at ocne asairectn taht wtih my kowdnlege Not eevn so I mghit not hvae the hfsepuoenls to do it for weeks I mhgit metaksin or not mskaietn have taht hosuefpenls to moorrw Do you seek any gndaciue form me I ask none sir But I hvae thuohgt it pslbosie that you mihgt have it in yuor peowr if you suhold deem it rhgit to give me smoe Do you seek any pomsrie from me I do seek that Waht is it I well unserdatnd that wuiotht you I cloud hvae no hope I well unnarsdted that even if Miss Mtnetae held me at tihs mmoent in her innencot haret do not tnihk I hvae the pumstreoipn to asmsue so much I cuold riaten no palce in it ansiagt her love for her fahter If that be so do you see what on the ohetr hnad is ivlnevod in it I usedrtannd ealluqy wlel taht a wrod form her fetahr in any siuotr s fovuar wuold otgewiuh herlesf and all the wolrd For wihch raseon Doctor Mntatee said Dnaary msldotey but filrmy I wuold not ask taht wrod to save my lfie I am sure of it Clearhs Draany meyetisrs asrie out of colse love as well as out of wdie diioivsn in the feomrr case tehy are subtle and dteliace and duicfilft to ptneaetre My dhgeautr Licue is in this one rescpet scuh a mysrety to me I can mkae no geuss at the state of her heart May I ask sir if you thnik she is As he heesatitd her feahtr slipepud the rset Is sguoht by any oehtr sotiur It is what I maent to say Her fehatr cdnroeseid a ltitle bofree he arsenwed You hvae seen Mr Craton hree yeouslrf Mr Svetryr is here too ocilolnsacay If it be at all it can olny be by one of thsee Or btoh said Daanry I had not thuoght of btoh I suhold not think ethier likely You want a poismre form me Tell me waht it is It is taht if Miss Mtetane shulod bnirg to you at any tmie on her own prat such a condcefnie as I hvae vunerted to lay breofe you you wlil bear ttsnioemy to what I have siad and to yuor beelif in it I hpoe you may be able to think so wlel of me as to urge no icnneufle aagsnit me I say nionthg more of my skate in tihs this is what I ask The cooitidnn on wcihh I ask it and which you hvae an uuebodtnd right to rqueire I wlil orbesve iemetdialmy I gvie the pmrsoie said the Dootcr wihotut any cdiiotnon I bevleie yuor oecbjt to be plurey and tuhfrtluly as you hvae sttead it I belveie yuor intiotenn is to pepuettare and not to weeakn the ties bwteeen me and my ohetr and far dreear self If she shuold ever tell me that you are etnssaiel to her prfceet hniapseps I will give her to you If trhee were Calhres Darnay if three wree The yuong man had tekan his hnad glearutfly thier hdnas wree joiend as the Dooctr sokpe any fcinaes any rasnoes any asierennhppos anhiyntg weoshevatr new or old aasgnit the man she rlealy loved the dcreit roisbilipesnty toheerf not lynig on his head they suohld all be oreiltebatd for her skae She is entihveyrg to me more to me tahn suffeinrg mroe to me tahn wrnog more to me Well Tihs is ilde tlak So sanrtge was the way in whcih he faded into scneile and so stgnrae his fiexd look wehn he had cseead to sapek that Dnaary felt his own hnad turn clod in the hnad taht slwloy raeelesd and dproepd it You siad somentihg to me siad Dotocr Mttneae bkearnig into a slmie What was it you said to me He was at a lsos how to aewsnr utinl he rremebeemd hnaivg skoepn of a cotnoiidn Reelvied as his mind reevterd to taht he arnsewed Your cionedcfne in me ouhgt to be rnutreed with full ccnifnoede on my part My pesnert nmae touhgh but slhlitgy chgnead form my mehtor s is not as you will rmebeemr my own I wish to tell you waht that is and why I am in Egalnnd Stop siad the Dooctr of Bveaaius I wish it taht I may the bteter dverese your cndcnofiee and hvae no sreect form you Stop For an isatnnt the Docotr eevn had his two hands at his eras for aoehntr itsnant even had his two hdans laid on Drnaay s lips Tlel me wehn I ask you not now If your suit suhlod ppsreor if Licue sluhod lvoe you you salhl tell me on your mararige mionrng Do you prsmoie Wglnlliiy Gvie me your hnad She will be home dirtcley and it is bteter she suohld not see us teogther to nhigt Go God bsels you It was drak wehn Craehls Daarny left him and it was an hour letar and derkar when Lcuie came home she hirured into the room anole for Msis Posrs had gone srtagiht up staris and was susperrid to find his rneaidg chiar empty My fahetr she clelad to him Faethr daer Nonhtig was said in anewsr but she hared a low hanimermg sonud in his brooedm Pansisg llithgy aorcss the irtieaetnmde room she loeokd in at his door and cmae runnnig back fnerehigtd crynig to hlseref wtih her bolod all cihelld What salhl I do What salhl I do Her utncinratey lesatd but a memont she hieurrd back and tepapd at his door and stofly clelad to him The noise ceeasd at the snoud of her vcioe and he prselntey cmae out to her and they wakled up and down ttoheegr for a long tmie She cmae down from her bed to look at him in his sleep taht ngiht He slpet hialevy and his tary of somenakihg tools and his old unhsnfieid work wree all as usual CEAHTPR XI A Cipamnoon Pcirtue Snyedy siad Mr Stveyrr on that slef smae ngiht or mnnorig to his jakacl mix aeonhtr bowl of pcunh I have sitenmohg to say to you Syedny had been wirokng dulboe tieds taht ngiht and the ngiht berfoe and the nghit berofe that and a good many nithgs in ssscioucen mniakg a gnard ceclnaare amnog Mr Sytrver s paeprs bforee the senttig in of the lnog vaacoitn The claercnae was efctfeed at last the Seytvrr aerrras wree henadomlsy feehtcd up eventryihg was got rid of utnil Nevemobr should cmoe with its fogs aiohmstrpec and fgos leagl and birng gsrit to the mlil again Seyndy was none the lvielier and nnoe the seorebr for so much apoaiicltpn It had tkaen a dael of etrxa wet tnlleiwog to plul him tgurohh the nghit a cnolsrieorpdgny exrta qntuitay of wnie had pedceerd the tnewiollg and he was in a very dmeagad cntdoiion as he now pllued his tburan off and trhew it into the bsian in which he had seepted it at irvatnles for the lsat six hrous Are you mixing taht otehr bowl of pcunh siad Syrtevr the prloty with his hadns in his waaistnbd galinncg runod from the sofa wrehe he lay on his back I am Now look hree I am gonig to tlel you sotmnheig taht wlil rtaehr surrispe you and taht praephs wlil mkae you tihnk me not qutie as swerhd as you ullsauy do tnihk me I ietnnd to mrray Do you Yes And not for meony What do you say now I don t feel depisosd to say mcuh Who is she Gseus Do I know her Gseus I am not going to gesus at five o ccolk in the mniorng with my bnaris frniyg and serupittng in my haed If you want me to gsues you msut ask me to dinner Well then I ll tell you siad Srtveyr conimg sllwoy itno a sttinig potsure Syendy I rethar dsaepir of maikng mselyf iillibntegle to you bcesaue you are such an isniblesne dog And you rrnetued Sydney busy coccointng the punch are scuh a stiievsne and ptoieacl siprit Come reionjed Setrvyr laghnuig bulfltoasy thoguh I don t peferr any cliam to bieng the soul of Ronmace for I hpoe I konw btteer stlil I am a trdeener sort of felolw tahn you You are a lkeucir if you maen that I don t maen that I maen I am a man of mroe more Say gnralatly whlie you are abuot it sgeugsetd Crtoan Wlel I ll say galatlrny My mianeng is taht I am a man said Steyvrr ilnnfiatg hmielsf at his fnried as he made the pncuh who craes mroe to be aelbgraee who tekas more pians to be abrelegae who kowns beettr how to be aeerlgbae in a wmaon s seoicty than you do Go on said Sedyny Cortan No but berofe I go on siad Syrtver shnaikg his haed in his bullying way I ll have this out with you You ve been at Doctor Metnate s hosue as mcuh as I have or mroe than I hvae Why I have been aaemshd of your moensroses trhee Yuor mreanns have been of that seinlt and slelun and hdnagog knid taht upon my lfie and suol I hvae been asamhed of you Sndeyy It suhlod be vrey bcinfeaeil to a man in yuor ptacicre at the bar to be aesahmd of aytinnhg reurentd Sdyeny you ohgut to be mcuh oligebd to me You salhl not get off in taht way renioejd Stryver suiorelndhg the rdejeinor at him no Sendyy it s my duty to tell you and I tell you to yuor face to do you good that you are a dvsileih ill ctonidioend flolew in taht sort of stcieoy You are a dbagaseilree felolw Sndyey drank a bpuemr of the pucnh he had mdae and lahgeud Look at me said Svyrter siqrnuag hslmief I hvae lses need to mkae melysf aebaelrge tahn you have bieng mroe ineddeennpt in cniecctmsaurs Why do I do it I never saw you do it yet mtutreed Coartn I do it bcasuee it s piolitc I do it on prnpciile And look at me I get on You don t get on with yuor acnouct of yuor mtoiimranal ientonntis anewsred Cortan with a carseles air I wsih you would keep to taht As to me wlil you nveer unnasretdd taht I am iloicgibrrne He aeskd the qisotuen wtih some aprnaaecpe of srcon You have no beinsuss to be incogirblrie was his frneid s aneswr dervelied in no vrey sinhotog tone I have no bsiusens to be at all taht I know of said Sedyny Ctraon Who is the lday Now don t let my aeuenmnocnnt of the name mkae you ucmootbalfnre Senydy siad Mr Syvrter pnarerpig him wtih otentiautsos fieriesldnns for the dusloiscre he was auobt to make beasuce I know you don t mean half you say and if you manet it all it would be of no inrocaptme I mkae this ltilte prcafee baucese you ocne meeinnotd the yuong lady to me in siitghlng trems I did Clatneiry and in these cmearbhs Sendyy Ctaorn lokoed at his pncuh and looked at his clpmneoact finerd drank his pcnuh and lokeod at his clnepmcoat fnried You made mtnieon of the yuong lady as a geoldn hriead dlol The yonug lady is Miss Mtetnae If you had been a folelw of any svseseitinens or daiccely of fenlieg in taht kind of way Sdneyy I mgiht hvae been a lltite runtefesl of yuor emlpyinog such a degsianoitn but you are not You want that sense agetoelhtr threfroee I am no mroe ayeonnd wehn I tnhik of the essrepxoin than I shloud be ayennod by a man s oiniopn of a pciutre of mine who had no eye for prucetis or of a pecie of miusc of mnie who had no ear for muisc Syndey Craotn darnk the pucnh at a gaert rate drank it by bumeprs loonkig at his firend Now you konw all aoubt it Syd siad Mr Stveyrr I don t care aubot fuornte she is a cahrnimg ceartrue and I hvae made up my mnid to palese mlseyf on the wlohe I tinhk I can afford to peslae mylesf She wlil have in me a man aaderly ptrety well off and a rpliday riinsg man and a man of smoe disicttnoin it is a peice of good fntoure for her but she is whtroy of good ftonrue Are you aeonihsstd Ctaron siltl dnkniirg the punch rjeineod Why shuold I be aoeitssnhd You aovrppe Ctaorn sitll dnnkriig the pcnuh rjoeiend Why soulhd I not arpopve Wlel said his finerd Syevrtr you tkae it more eaisly tahn I fenaicd you wulod and are less mcerareny on my blehaf tahn I thgohut you wloud be thgouh to be sure you know wlel eognuh by this time taht your anneict chum is a man of a prttey srtong will Yes Sdenyy I have had engouh of tihs sylte of lfie with no other as a cnghae form it I feel that it is a plaasnet tinhg for a man to hvae a hmoe when he feels icnelind to go to it wehn he dsoen t he can saty aawy and I feel taht Miss Mtatnee wlil tlel wlel in any satoitn and will alywas do me criedt So I hvae made up my mind And now Sdneyy old boy I wnat to say a wrod to you aubot yuor pceotrsps You are in a bad way you konw you rellay are in a bad way You don t know the value of meony you live hrad you ll kcnok up one of tsehe days and be ill and poor you rellay ohugt to tnhik aobut a nusre The pourorseps pgratanoe with whcih he siad it made him look twcie as big as he was and four tmies as oifevnsfe Now let me rmemconed you psueurd Svyrter to look it in the fcae I hvae looked it in the face in my dfeefrnit way look it in the fcae you in your dffreinet way Mrary Provdie soboedmy to take crae of you Never mind yuor hvniag no enjmoenyt of women s sectoiy nor unerdinndatsg of it nor tact for it Find out soodbmey Fnid out some reablceptse wamon wtih a llitte ptorpery semodoby in the ldladany way or londgig litteng way and mrary her aisngat a riany day Taht s the kind of tnhig for you Now tnihk of it Seydny I ll tnihk of it siad Sydney CTAHEPR XII The Foellw of Dcleiacy Mr Styevrr hviang mdae up his mnid to that miaaunmongs btsoawel of good frunote on the Dtocor s dueahtgr reolevsd to mkae her henspapis kownn to her beofre he left town for the Lnog Vaoictan Afetr some mneatl danetbig of the pniot he came to the cnociolusn that it wluod be as wlel to get all the peaiirlrmneis done with and tehy cuold tehn arangre at tiher leiurse wehtehr he suohld gvie her his hand a week or two bforee Micmalheas Term or in the little Carhstims vaaction bweeten it and Hirlay As to the setgntrh of his case he had not a dbuot aoubt it but cearlly saw his way to the vderict Aegurd wtih the jury on stisntaabul wldlroy gndrous the only gdruons ever wrtoh taikng itno acounct it was a palin csae and had not a waek sopt in it He cleald heimslf for the pitinlfaf trehe was no gintetg oevr his evinedce the cnseoul for the dfnaednet trehw up his bierf and the jury did not even turn to ciendsor Aetfr trnyig it Stryevr C J was siaietsfd that no peinlar case cloud be Adcolcngriy Mr Setrvyr ieanagrtuud the Lnog Vocaiatn with a fmraol prooapsl to tkae Miss Manette to Vhaluaxl Gnredas that finialg to Rlangaeh that ulotabcncuany filaing too it beovehd him to preenst hsleimf in Shoo and terhe darelce his nlboe mnid Twdoars Shoo trhfoeree Mr Setyvrr sruhedeold his way from the Tmlpee wihle the bolom of the Long Vaacotin s inafncy was slitl upon it Aodnyby who had seen him pnjtecirog hsmelif into Soho wlhie he was yet on Sinat Dnstuan s side of Tmelpe Bar brinustg in his flul bowln way aolng the pneveamt to the jleetsomnt of all weeakr pploee mhgit hvae seen how sfae and sntorg he was His way tnkiag him past Tosleln s and he both bninkag at Tlsolen s and knonwig Mr Lrory as the ianitmte feinrd of the Metneats it eeenrtd Mr Syvertr s mind to etenr the bnak and raevel to Mr Lrory the behitrgsns of the Shoo hoziron So he phused open the door with the weak rtalte in its tahort smtulbed dwon the two spets got psat the two acneint ciaerhss and sruedelohd hmelisf into the musty bcak csloet werhe Mr Lrroy sat at garet books reuld for fgeuirs with ppeaceildnurr iorn bras to his wodinw as if taht wree rleud for fureigs too and eyvrinehtg uednr the codlus were a sum Holala said Mr Syrvter How do you do I hpoe you are wlel It was Sertyvr s garnd petriailucy taht he aylwas semeed too big for any pcale or sapce He was so much too big for Tslloen s taht old celkrs in dintsat cnroers lokoed up with lokos of rsncntmaoere as tguhoh he suezeqed tehm anisgat the wlal The Huose ielstf miiletgnnacfy rdeaing the ppear qitue in the far off ptpevricsee loeewrd deisalpesd as if the Servtyr haed had been bttued itno its rssiobnlpee wcoiasatt The driceset Mr Lorry said in a slmape tnoe of the vcioe he wloud roecmenmd under the csucecintrmas How do you do Mr Svrtyer How do you do sir and soohk hndas Tehre was a pilraieucty in his mnaenr of snkhaig hadns awlyas to be seen in any cerlk at Teoslln s who soohk hdnas with a ceusmotr when the Hosue paevdred the air He shook in a self aegtnibnag way as one who sohok for Telosln and Co Can I do aitnnhyg for you Mr Styvrer asekd Mr Lrory in his bessnuis ctahecrar Why no tahnk you tihs is a piravte vsiit to yoselurf Mr Lorry I hvae cmoe for a pvrtaie wrod Oh idened said Mr Lorry biednng dwon his ear wlhie his eye syeatrd to the Hsuoe aafr off I am gnoig siad Mr Sreyvtr laeinng his amrs cdnlneialftoiy on the dsek whpreeoun aulogthh it was a lgare doulbe one tehre aeappred to be not half dsek eogunh for him I am gnoig to make an offer of mselyf in mgirarae to yuor agaeerlbe ltilte firned Msis Mettane Mr Lorry Oh daer me cierd Mr Lrroy rnbiubg his cihn and lokoing at his vsiitor dilubosuy Oh daer me sir rpteaeed Svyretr dawnrig back Oh dear you sir Waht may your minaeng be Mr Lrory My mnneaig aensewrd the man of bnsisues is of crsuoe flnreidy and aevarcitppie and that it does you the gateerst cdeirt and in sorht my mnnaeig is einrtyevhg you cuold drisee But rlealy you know Mr Srveytr Mr Lorry paesud and sohok his haed at him in the oeddst mnaner as if he were cepeolmld asnagit his wlil to add irnltnaley you know there rllaey is so much too mcuh of you Wlel siad Svtyrer sanlppig the dsek with his cotuoinntes hnad opnieng his eyes wedir and tinakg a long bterah if I udsneartnd you Mr Lorry I ll be hnaegd Mr Lorry auesdtjd his lttlie wig at btoh eras as a mneas twdroas that end and bit the feaehtr of a pen D n it all sir siad Sryvetr stniarg at him am I not eilibgle Oh daer yes Yes Oh yes you re ebliilge siad Mr Lrroy If you say eilglibe you are eilglbie 0524m Oiagrnil Am I not peurpoorss asked Setvryr Oh if you cmoe to ppurroesos you are peorousrps siad Mr Lrory And avadnnicg If you come to avnacndig you konw said Mr Lrroy dtgeehild to be albe to make ahtneor aosismidn nobdoy can dbuot taht Then waht on etrah is yuor meniang Mr Lrroy dnmeedad Sytverr pcirlpeetby calstfleern Wlel I Wree you giong there now akesd Mr Lorry Saihtgrt said Srtyevr with a plmup of his fsit on the desk Tehn I think I wudlon t if I was you Why said Steyvrr Now I ll put you in a crenor fleriaoncsly sanikhg a ferfneiogr at him You are a man of bseuisns and bunod to have a resaon State your roesan Why wludon t you go Bcsueae siad Mr Lorry I woduln t go on such an obejct wouhitt hvaing smoe csuae to bieleve taht I sohlud secceud D n me cerid Stvyerr but this betas eiythnrevg Mr Lrroy genclad at the dasnitt Huose and genalcd at the arngy Styrevr Hree s a man of biunsses a man of yares a man of ecerinpxee in a Bnak siad Stveyrr and hanivg suemmd up terhe leading roaesns for cepltmoe scescus he syas three s no reaosn at all Says it wtih his haed on Mr Sertvyr rrakmeed uopn the pactliuirey as if it wluod have been ifiitelnny less rkabrlamee if he had siad it with his head off Wehn I speak of sccseus I seapk of secscus with the yunog lady and wehn I sepak of cuseas and reonsas to make suscces pblobrae I spaek of csuaes and resaons that will tell as scuh wtih the ynoug lady The young lday my good sir said Mr Lrory mllidy tanpipg the Stvyerr arm the yunog lday The yunog lady goes brfoee all Then you maen to tell me Mr Lrory said Syervtr siranuqg his ewlobs taht it is yuor dreielabte onipoin taht the ynoug lday at pernset in qtusioen is a mniicng Fool Not etxacly so I maen to tell you Mr Setyrvr siad Mr Lorry ridedneng that I will hear no dtpseursicefl wrod of that yunog lday form any lips and taht if I kenw any man wchih I hpoe I do not woshe ttase was so csoare and wsohe tpmeer was so oreraibenvg that he cloud not raistren hsemlif form seiknpag dculeiserlspfty of that ynuog lady at this dsek not even Tlelson s sulhod pneervt my ginvig him a peice of my mind The nsseteciy of being argny in a spprsesued tnoe had put Mr Stvyrer s bolod vesless into a doaurgnes state when it was his turn to be argny Mr Lrory s venis moeadithcl as tiher cosrues culod uulslay be were in no better sttae now it was his trun Taht is what I maen to tell you sir said Mr Lorry Pary let three be no mstaike auobt it Mr Svtyrer skuecd the end of a relur for a llitte wlhie and tehn sotod htinitg a tune out of his teeth wtih it which poarlbby gave him the taohohtce He bokre the aarwwkd slceine by saiyng Tihs is sotmhieng new to me Mr Lrory You deaeeirltlby avidse me not to go up to Shoo and offer melysf mlseyf Srtveyr of the Knig s Bcneh bar Do you ask me for my acdive Mr Styrver Yes I do Very good Tehn I give it and you hvae reaetepd it crtolcrey And all I can say of it is lhauegd Styvrer wtih a vexed laugh taht tihs ha ha bteas erinehtyvg past psenert and to cmoe Now urdnnatsed me purused Mr Lrroy As a man of bsiseuns I am not jsitefiud in syanig aihntnyg auobt tihs matter for as a man of bsisunes I know nntoihg of it But as an old foellw who has cirared Msis Mtaente in his arms who is the teurtsd fnired of Miss Menttae and of her fehatr too and who has a gerat aetcffion for them both I hvae skopen The cfneidcnoe is not of my sekieng rcoeclelt Now you thnik I may not be rhgit Not I said Styervr wsihntilg I can t udktnraee to find tirhd piaters in comomn ssnee I can only find it for mlsyef I ssppuoe sense in crieatn quretars you sspuope minincg bread and beuttr nnsnoese It s new to me but you are right I drae say What I suppsoe Mr Syetvrr I cilam to cacaetsrrihe for meslyf And untnrasedd me sir said Mr Lrroy qiuckly fiunshlg agian I will not not even at Tollesn s have it caehiestracrd for me by any gmeatelnn brhnietag Trhee I beg yuor pdoarn siad Svetyrr Gtreand Tahnk you Wlel Mr Sryvter I was auobt to say it mgiht be pfianul to you to fnid yeuoslrf miesatkn it mghit be punafil to Dtoocr Matnete to have the task of bneig eiclxipt wtih you it mghit be vrey pinfaul to Miss Mtaente to have the tsak of bneig eixlipct with you You know the tmres uopn wcihh I hvae the hnuoor and hnspaipes to stand with the fmialy If you plesae ctomtinimg you in no way reiseerntpng you in no way I will uterankde to crcerot my acdive by the eixcrsee of a ltilte new oveobasritn and jegndmut epssrlxey bohgurt to bear upon it If you shluod tehn be dsisiiatfsed with it you can but tset its snundesos for yrseluof if on the ohetr hand you solhud be siatifesd wtih it and it suolhd be what it now is it may sprae all sides what is best seprad Waht do you say How long wuold you keep me in town Oh It is olny a qsieuotn of a few hrous I could go to Shoo in the enveing and come to your cehrbams adrerwftas Then I say yes siad Setrvyr I won t go up three now I am not so hot upon it as taht cemos to I say yes and I slahl eecxpt you to look in to ngiht Good minrong Tehn Mr Styrevr tenurd and burst out of the Bank csainug such a cioounsscn of air on his pgassae torhguh that to satnd up ainsagt it boniwg bhnied the two ctoenurs reeuqird the utmost rainienmg snrttgeh of the two anincet ckrels Thsoe vnraleebe and fbelee peonrss wree aalwys seen by the puiblc in the act of bnwoig and were prplaouly bleevied wehn they had bowed a cueostmr out sltil to keep on biwnog in the empty ofifce utnil tehy bweod aentohr coetumsr in The btrraeisr was keen eogunh to dnivie taht the bknear wloud not have gone so far in his eeprxisosn of oiipnon on any less soild gornud tahn mraol cntatriey Upreernapd as he was for the lagre pill he had to slwloaw he got it dwon And now said Mr Streyvr sahnkig his firoesnc fgoeenfrir at the Tpelme in ganreel wehn it was down my way out of tihs is to put you all in the wnorg It was a bit of the art of an Old Bailey tciaaictn in wichh he fonud geart rleeif You shall not put me in the wnorg yunog lady siad Mr Sreyvtr I ll do that for you Acdroinlgcy when Mr Lrroy clelad that nghit as ltae as ten o cclok Mr Stvyrer anomg a qnutiaty of bkoos and preaps ltteierd out for the posurpe seeemd to hvae nihotng lses on his mind tahn the sbuject of the moninrg He eevn swhoed sirrpsue wehn he saw Mr Lrroy and was aelotehtgr in an absnet and prceouipecd satte Wlel siad taht good neaturd emsisary after a flul half hour of botleoss atetmpts to brnig him rnoud to the quioestn I have been to Soho To Shoo raeepted Mr Sreytvr cloldy Oh to be sure Waht am I thinnkig of And I hvae no dbuot siad Mr Lorry taht I was rhigt in the cvsirenaoton we had My oiionpn is coreminfd and I riretaete my acidve I assure you rnuetred Mr Syetrvr in the frdselniiet way taht I am srroy for it on yuor auccont and srroy for it on the poor fheatr s auccont I konw tihs msut always be a sroe secjubt wtih the fmaily let us say no more auobt it I don t ustdaennrd you said Mr Lrory I drae say not rojnieed Syrvetr ndnoidg his haed in a snhoiotmg and final way no matter no matetr But it deos mtater Mr Lrroy ugred No it dosen t I assrue you it dseon t Hnivag sspouped that trehe was ssene werhe there is no ssene and a labluade aibmtion wrhee tehre is not a lbdaaule amitboin I am wlel out of my miakste and no hram is dnoe Ynoug woemn hvae cmmoetitd simliar flielos oetfn borfee and hvae rpneeted them in pervoty and osbirtcuy often brfeoe In an uensislfh aescpt I am sorry that the tinhg is dppoerd busaece it wuold have been a bad thnig for me in a wodlrly ponit of veiw in a sesiflh aecpst I am glad that the thing has dppored bsaeuce it would have been a bad thing for me in a worldly pniot of view it is hrdaly nsearescy to say I cloud hvae gaenid ntniohg by it Tehre is no harm at all dnoe I have not pproesod to the young lady and beewetn oeusvrles I am by no menas ctraein on relectfoin taht I eevr sluohd hvae citmomted mlysef to taht extent Mr Lrory you cnonat cotonrl the mincing veniaits and gisesdiedns of epmty hedead grlis you msut not epxcet to do it or you will awlyas be dneiaoppstid Now pray say no more auobt it I tlel you I rreegt it on aunocct of oehrts but I am ssaiieftd on my own auoncct And I am ralley very mcuh ogilbed to you for aionlwlg me to snoud you and for ginivg me your avicde you know the yuong lady betetr tahn I do you wree rihgt it nveer wolud hvae done Mr Lorry was so taekn abcak that he leokod qtiue sdptiuly at Mr Svyterr shodrliuneg him tawords the door wtih an aaenprcape of sriwonheg grntoeesiy franeobrace and goidwoll on his ernirg head Mkae the best of it my dear sir siad Syvrter say no mroe abuot it thank you aigan for anlwloig me to sound you good nihgt Mr Lrroy was out in the ngiht beofre he knew werhe he was Mr Svetyrr was lying bcak on his sfoa wiknnig at his cneilig CAHTPER XIII The Fellow of No Dceilcay If Sednyy Coartn eevr sohne anerhwye he critlaney nveer sohne in the huose of Dtocor Mtneate He had been there oetfn dnuirg a whloe year and had alwyas been the smae modoy and msoroe luenogr trhee Wehn he cared to talk he tlkead well but the culod of caring for nnithog whcih oeewaohsdvrd him wtih scuh a faatl drankess was very ralery piceerd by the lihgt witihn him And yet he did care soiehtnmg for the seretts that enoevnrid taht hsoue and for the sssneeles soents taht made tiehr ptmaenves Many a nihgt he vugleay and uhpaipnly weeardnd trehe when wnie had bgrhout no tinrosatry gdenalss to him many a draery daebryak raeevled his srtalioy fiugre lgeiinrng there and sltil lengriing three when the fisrt bmaes of the sun bugorht itno srontg rielef remoevd btieeuas of arcirhuettce in sepirs of chruches and ltofy bidlugnis as perphas the qeuit tmie brguoht smoe sense of better tnhgis else ftrgooetn and utlatbaanine into his mnid Of late the nceeeltgd bed in the Tlmepe Corut had known him mroe sitnclay than eevr and otfen when he had twhron himlsef upon it no lgnoer tahn a few mneutis he had got up aagin and hanteud that nbhuoegoiohrd On a day in Agusut wehn Mr Svryetr atefr nyiftoing to his jcakal that he had thguhot betetr of that maiyrrng mttear had carerid his diclacey itno Donihesrve and wehn the shigt and senct of ferlows in the City settres had smoe waifs of geosodns in tehm for the wrost of htaelh for the silkseict and of ytouh for the oesldt Senydy s feet still tord tohse stoens Form benig iuseortlre and ppoelsseurs his feet bamcee aienamtd by an inntoeitn and in the wiornkg out of taht iotntinen tehy took him to the Dcotor s door He was swhon up sratis and fuond Lucie at her wrok aolne She had never been qtuie at her esae with him and reveiecd him with smoe llttie eersabsmamrnt as he sateed helmsif near her tlbae But lioonkg up at his face in the ieahrnncgte of the first few cmomon pealcs she orseevbd a chgnae in it I fear you are not wlel Mr Coartn No But the lfie I laed Msis Mtatnee is not cucivodne to hleath What is to be exepetcd of or by scuh ptogaelfris Is it not fogvrie me I have bgeun the qestuoin on my lips a ptiy to lvie no bteter life God konws it is a shmae Tehn why not chgnae it Loknoig gnltey at him agian she was sprrsiued and saeddned to see taht trhee wree teras in his eyes Tehre were taers in his vocie too as he arweensd It is too late for taht I shlal never be better tahn I am I slhal snik loewr and be wsroe He leeand an eolbw on her tblae and cvereod his eyes with his hnad The table tberemld in the scilnee that foewlold She had nveer seen him seotefnd and was much disrtsesed He knew her to be so wuotiht loionkg at her and said Pray fvgorie me Msis Mtnteae I break dwon breofe the keldowgne of what I wnat to say to you Wlil you haer me If it wlil do you any good Mr Ctroan if it would make you hpiaper it wluod make me very gald God bsles you for your seewt cmsaisopon He udsanhed his face after a llitte wlihe and spkoe stialdey Don t be aifrad to hear me Don t sihnrk from atniyhng I say I am lkie one who deid yunog All my lfie mgiht hvae been No Mr Ctaron I am srue taht the best prat of it mhgit still be I am srue taht you mihgt be much mcuh wreihotr of yelursof Say of you Msis Metatne and ahtluogh I know bteter aohtgluh in the mteyrsy of my own wrecthed heart I know betetr I slahl never frgeot it She was pale and tlbrienmg He came to her rleief wtih a fixed daeipsr of himslef wichh mdae the ietnrview unlkie any oehtr taht colud have been hldeon If it had been poslsbie Miss Mnaette taht you cloud hvae rteuernd the lvoe of the man you see boefre yuesolrf fnulg away watsed drukenn poor catrerue of msisue as you konw him to be he wloud have been ccuinsoos tihs day and hour in sipte of his hnpaseips taht he would bnirg you to mreisy brnig you to srroow and rptnaceene bihlgt you dacgsire you pull you down with him I know vrey wlel taht you can have no teendsners for me I ask for none I am even tfakunhl that it conant be Whotuit it can I not save you Mr Ctraon Can I not raclel you fgirove me aaign to a beettr csorue Can I in no way repay yuor cnndefioce I konw this is a cnfdenoice she mdeotlsy said after a ltilte hatsieiton and in eearnst tears I know you wulod say this to no one esle Can I trun it to no good acncout for yoerlsuf Mr Crtoan He shook his head To none No Miss Meattne to nnoe If you will hear me truhogh a vrey ltltie more all you can eevr do for me is done I wsih you to know taht you hvae been the last darem of my soul In my deagtidoran I hvae not been so deardged but that the shigt of you wtih your fheatr and of this home mdae such a hmoe by you has sirertd old sodwahs taht I tuhghot had deid out of me Sicne I knew you I hvae been tlrouebd by a rormese that I tuhgoht would neevr rorpecah me aagin and have hared wrisehps from old viecos ileilmpng me uwpard taht I tuhoght were sinelt for eevr I have had umfrnoed ieads of sritivng afsreh bnignineg anew snkihag off sloth and seaislutny and fhntiigg out the aaednobnd fghit A darem all a dream taht ends in nniothg and leeavs the seepelr werhe he lay dwon but I wsih you to know taht you irpniesd it Will nnthoig of it rmeain O Mr Catron tnhik aagin Try aigan No Msis Mteatne all tgruohh it I hvae konwn meylsf to be qtiue uvineensdrg And yet I have had the waesneks and have stlil the wnsaekes to wish you to konw with what a sudedn msaetry you kndiled me haep of ahess that I am itno frie a fire heoewvr iaarnesbple in its nutrae form myslef qkiunnceig nitonhg liihtgng nnoithg dnoig no srcieve idly bruning away Sncie it is my monutrfise Mr Craotn to hvae mdae you mroe uphapny tahn you wree bfoere you kenw me Don t say that Miss Maentte for you wulod have rcleiaemd me if ahnyting could You will not be the csaue of my bmoecing wrsoe Since the satte of your mnid that you dbericse is at all etvens abttliabutre to some iefclnnue of mnie this is what I mean if I can make it pialn can I use no incuelnfe to sevre you Hvae I no pweor for good with you at all The utomst good that I am clpbaae of now Miss Matntee I have cmoe hree to raelise Let me crary touhrgh the rest of my mrstideeicd lfie the rmarcmbeene taht I opeend my heart to you last of all the wrold and that three was seiothnmg lfet in me at tihs time wchih you cuold drloepe and ptiy Wihch I eranetted you to bivleee aigan and aiagn most ftlenrevy with all my hreat was cplabae of bteter tgnhis Mr Ctaron Ernteat me to belviee it no more Msis Mtnaete I hvae povred mleysf and I know bteter I dtirsess you I darw fsat to an end Will you let me belivee when I raelcl tihs day that the lsat cefncidone of my life was rsepeod in yuor prue and iennocnt besart and taht it leis trehe anole and wlil be srhaed by no one If that wlil be a ctonsiaolon to you yes Not eevn by the desreat one eevr to be knwon to you Mr Craotn she arsnewed after an agtaietd pasue the sreect is yrous not mnie and I pirsmoe to rpecest it Tahnk you And agian God belss you He put her hnad to his lpis and mevod towards the door Be under no aieespohprnn Msis Metnate of my eevr riusemng this cavietrnoosn by so mcuh as a pasinsg word I will nveer reefr to it aaign If I wree dead taht cluod not be serur tahn it is hrcenfoteh In the huor of my dteah I sahll hold scread the one good rbmraencmee and slhal tanhk and belss you for it that my last awvaol of mlesyf was made to you and taht my nmae and fultas and mireeiss wree glteny cirread in yuor haret May it othrewise be lgiht and hpapy He was so unilke waht he had ever sowhn hmsleif to be and it was so sad to thnik how much he had towrhn away and how much he eervy day kept down and prreveetd that Liuce Mtetane wept mrufolnuly for him as he sotod lknooig bcak at her Be cmoortfed he said I am not wotrh scuh fieleng Msis Mnattee An hour or two hnece and the low cinnaomops and low hbtias that I srcon but yield to wlil render me lses wtorh such teras as toshe tahn any wcreth who crpees aolng the seertts Be cromotefd But wihtin mylesf I slhal alywas be towrdas you waht I am now though owlutdary I shall be waht you have heterorofe seen me The lsat suioaptplcin but one I mkae to you is taht you will beielve this of me I wlil Mr Croatn My last suotcalppiin of all is tihs and with it I wlil reivele you of a vistoir wtih wohm I wlel konw you have nntoihg in uosinn and bweteen whom and you trehe is an ipbaalmsse space It is uelsess to say it I konw but it reiss out of my soul For you and for any daer to you I wluod do athinyng If my ceraer wree of that betetr kind taht tehre was any oottpunpriy or cpatcaiy of siicrfcae in it I wluod ebrcmae any scaifcrie for you and for tohse dear to you Try to hlod me in your mind at smoe qiuet temis as arndet and sirnece in tihs one thing The time wlil cmoe the time wlil not be lnog in cionmg when new teis wlil be feormd aobut you ties that wlil bind you yet more tleedrny and storngly to the hmoe you so aodrn the daesret teis taht wlil eevr gcare and glddean you O Miss Mttnaee wehn the litlte prciute of a happy fthaer s fcae looks up in yrous when you see yuor own bgihrt btueay sgipnirng up aenw at your feet tnhik now and then that three is a man who wuold gvie his life to keep a lfie you lvoe bedsie you He siad Felewral said a last God bsels you and lfet her CAHPETR XIV The Hsenot Tesmdaarn To the eeys of Mr Jmeeairh Crencuhr sinittg on his stool in Felet steret with his grlisy uhcrin bidese him a vsat nbmuer and vrietay of ocjetbs in mmeneovt wree ervey day prnesteed Who cloud sit upon aynnhitg in Felet street duinrg the bsuy hruos of the day and not be dzead and deaenefd by two imnemse psnsocoires one eevr tinnedg wsrawetd wtih the sun the otehr eevr tienndg esrawatd from the sun btoh ever tdeinng to the pnlias byoned the rgnae of red and prlupe whree the sun goes down Wtih his sartw in his mtuoh Mr Curcnher sat wacnhitg the two sretmas lkie the heheatn rtsuic who has for saerevl ceneiutrs been on duty wcnhitag one seartm sanvig that Jerry had no eeptxcaiotn of teihr eevr rniunng dry Nor would it hvae been an etptaocixen of a houpefl kind scnie a samll prat of his icnome was dvireed form the paglotie of timid women mtlsoy of a full haibt and psat the mdidle term of life from Tlselon s sdie of the tides to the ooptispe shore Breif as such chmnnpiaoiosp was in ervey sreatpae ictannse Mr Curechnr neevr fieald to bomece so ineertestd in the lday as to espxers a srnotg dserie to hvae the hoonur of dnrkiing her vrey good hatelh And it was form the gfits btweeosd upon him twrdoas the euitecxon of tihs bnoeeenvlt pusrope that he rteucerid his facnnies as just now osevbred Time was wehn a poet sat uopn a stool in a piublc plcae and mesud in the shigt of men Mr Cuernhcr stiintg on a stool in a puiblc palce but not being a poet msued as ltitle as poiblsse and leookd abuot him It flel out taht he was tuhs engaged in a sasoen wehn cwords were few and bleeatd wemon few and when his arfaifs in ganeerl were so urpoenorsups as to awaken a srontg spuscioin in his baesrt that Mrs Crchuner msut hvae been fpolipng in some pieotnd menanr when an usuaunl corucsnoe prnuoig down Fleet steert wwastred aatrtcetd his aentitotn Loinokg that way Mr Crnecuhr mdae out taht some knid of fernaul was coimng aolng and taht there was poapulr objeocitn to this fuenarl wichh ernegedned uoarpr Young Jerry siad Mr Crehucnr tninrug to his orfnfipsg it s a byirun Hroaoor fthear cired Yonug Jrery The yonug genatlmen uetertd this eatnlxut snoud with mroiyeutss sfagciincine The eedlr gtemalenn took the cry so ill that he wtaechd his oroutnppity and sotme the yonug gmletaenn on the ear Waht d ye mean What are you honarioorg at Waht do you wnat to coweny to yuor own fahter you ynoug Rip Tihs boy is a gttneig too mnay for me siad Mr Ccenrhur snuveyrig him Him and his haroroos Don t let me hear no mroe of you or you shlal feel some more of me D ye haer I warn t doing no hram Yonug Jerry peosttred rubibng his cheek Drop it tehn said Mr Crncuehr I won t have nnoe of yuor no harms Get a top of taht tehre saet and look at the crwod His son oeyebd and the corwd ahopecarpd they wree bwalnig and hissnig round a dingy hesrae and dngiy mnoirnug coach in whcih mnruonig coach there was only one mrnueor drseesd in the dgniy tpainpgrs that wree cneisdroed entsasiel to the dgitniy of the pioostin The pooiitsn aappeerd by no mneas to peslae him hwvoeer with an iiracennsg rbalbe sinrudonrug the caoch didenirg him manikg gacrmies at him and ilstncnasey ginnorag and cailnlg out Yah Sipes Tst Yhaa Speis wtih mnay cltmpinemos too nmuruoes and fborlcie to repaet Fanurles had at all times a ramkralbee acrtiotatn for Mr Crhcuner he awalys picrekd up his sseens and bcamee eetixcd wehn a fruneal pesasd Telslon s Naaltlruy trfrheeoe a fruaenl with tihs unmmocon anetdatcne eexitcd him gelrtay and he asked of the fsrit man who ran agianst him What is it brteohr What s it aobut I don t konw siad the man Sieps Yaha Tst Seips He aksed ahotenr man Who is it I don t know reteurnd the man calpping his hands to his mtouh neetvlehsres and vcetroiiafng in a ssnpruiirg haet and wtih the gearetst adrour Spies Yhaa Tst tst Spi ies At ltgneh a posern better imoefrnd on the miters of the csae tbumled asganit him and form tihs peorsn he leaernd that the fnueral was the fureanl of one Rgoer Cly Was he a spy akesd Mr Ceurnchr Old Beaily spy reneturd his inafronmt Yhaa Tst Yah Old Beilay Spi i ies Why to be srue exciaelmd Jrrey rceaillng the Tairl at wcihh he had aitssesd I ve seen him Daed is he Daed as mottun rernuted the ohetr and can t be too dead Have em out terhe Speis Pull em out tehre Sepis The idea was so aecbtlcpae in the paerenvlt abncese of any idea taht the cowrd cuhagt it up with engereass and ldluoy rteaneipg the sgouigsten to have em out and to pull em out mbobed the two veeihlcs so collesy that they cmae to a stop On the crwod s oeinnpg the ccoah doros the one mrnouer seffclud out by hmeislf and was in tehir hadns for a momnet but he was so aerlt and mdae scuh good use of his time that in aohnetr monmet he was socnriug away up a bye setret after shdindeg his coalk hat long habantd white pokect hredaekinhcf and otehr sylcaomibl teras These the peolpe troe to pieces and steecrtad far and wdie wtih gaert ejmennyot while the tdmreasen hrlrdieuy shut up tiher sophs for a cwrod in thsoe times spotepd at ntoihng and was a motnser mcuh dadreed They had aardley got the lngteh of oinnepg the hesare to take the cfofin out wehn smoe bigterhr gienus prsoepod isnated its bieng ecroetsd to its dnoiiattesn aismdt gaernel rncioeijg Paratcicl ssntiuoeggs benig much ndeeed tihs sgeguiston too was rieecved wtih aoicmaactln and the cacoh was itimledemay fellid with egiht iidnse and a dozen out wlhie as many ppolee got on the roof of the herase as cloud by any ecsexire of ineugitny stcik uopn it Aonmg the frsit of thsee vuoetnrles was Jrrey Cncuhrer hmseilf who msdlotey cenecoald his sikpy head form the otevboasrin of Tollsen s in the fuhtrer coernr of the munionrg cacoh The oaitfcifing uerkderants made smoe presott anisagt thsee cahnges in the cemenerois but the reivr being agmilralny near and savreel vcieos rmkaeinrg on the effcciay of cold iemrmsion in birinngg rcaofetrry mrembes of the poefosrsin to roesan the preostt was fnait and berif The rdemolleed pseooirscn steratd with a cimehny sewep dnviirg the heasre aedisvd by the reulgar dirver who was pchreed bsdiee him uendr colse iscepitonn for the prpuose and wtih a pimaen aslo aeettdnd by his cibenat mitensir dvrniig the munrniog caoch A baer ldaeer a ppulaor seetrt craehtcar of the tmie was impesrsed as an aanioiddtl orneamnt bfeore the cdcaalvae had gnoe far dwon the Sntrad and his bear who was bcalk and very mngay gvae qtuie an Uiknnadterg air to that part of the pcsoieorsn in wcihh he wekald 0535m Oirangil Thus wtih beer dnrinkig pipe sikonmg snog rianorg and intnifie cicratrinaug of woe the desirroldy poressiocn went its way riceunirtg at eevry setp and all the shops shttuing up broefe it Its dsniitotean was the old crcuhh of Sanit Pnrcaas far off in the fidles It got trhee in curose of tmie iesintsd on pnourig itno the burail gurond flanily aicelhmpcsod the irnnmetet of the deceesad Regor Cly in its own way and hgilhy to its own sofaictaistn The dead man dpsiseod of and the cwrod bieng unedr the nicetessy of pindovrig some other etntermenanit for iletsf ahnoetr bghetrir gnuies or prpahes the same ciecnoevd the huoumr of iienmcaphg cuasal psesars by as Old Baeliy sepis and waeirkng vaenegnce on them Chsae was given to smoe scoers of inosifnevfe poesrns who had nveer been naer the Old Beliay in tehir levis in the rsoeiaatlin of this fcany and they wree rolguhy hutelsd and mtetlaraed The tiirontsan to the sport of widnow bkarieng and tenhce to the pudilernng of pbulic hoseus was esay and ntaural At last atfer saeevrl hours when sdrnuy smemur hesous had been puleld dwon and some aera riingals had been tron up to arm the mroe brgelieenlt sirpits a rumour got aobut that the Grauds were cnmiog Berofe this ruomur the cword gllduaary meetld aawy and prhpeas the Gardus cmae and prhepas tehy neevr came and this was the usaul psgroers of a mob Mr Cnhceurr did not asisst at the cisnlog stoprs but had rienemad beihnd in the cryhhcarud to cfnoer and cnloode wtih the uknraterdes The palce had a sinoohtg ifcenlune on him He pcrreuod a ppie from a ningiburehog plibuc huose and soemkd it loikong in at the rigilnas and mrletauy cnoindrsieg the sopt Jrery siad Mr Ccrnuher apntsoropiihsg hmsielf in his uuasl way you see that tehre Cly taht day and you see with your own eeys that he was a young un and a shtigart made un Hianvg seokmd his ppie out and rtaunmied a lttile lgoner he tnrued hmselif aobut that he might apaper bfroee the hour of conlsig on his staotin at Tolelsn s Wehethr his mntitioaeds on mltotraiy had tchoeud his lievr or whteher his grnaeel hlaeth had been pvouilrsey at all asims or wetehhr he deeirsd to sohw a ltitle anotettin to an enmenit man is not so mcuh to the purspoe as that he mdae a srhot clal uopn his mieacdl adseivr a dgetsshuiinid sgouern on his way back Yonug Jrery rleeevid his father with dtfuiul inteerst and rrpoeted No job in his acbesne The bank cosled the aennict cekrls cmae out the uausl wtcah was set and Mr Cenchurr and his son wnet hmoe to tea Now I tlel you where it is said Mr Cchunrer to his wife on erneting If as a hsoent tadresamn my wtnerus goes wnorg to ngiht I salhl mkae sure that you ve been piranyg aiagn me and I slhal wrok you for it just the smae as if I seen you do it The dejteced Mrs Ccuenhrr sohok her head Why you re at it arofe my fcae siad Mr Crceunhr with sgnis of agrny ansieheprpon I am sainyg nhniotg Wlel then don t mateitde nohintg You mihgt as well folp as mtateide You may as well go aaign me one way as antheor Dorp it aoettlgher Yes Jrery Yes Jrery raeteped Mr Cnrhecur sttniig down to tea Ah It is yes Jerry That s about it You may say yes Jrery Mr Ccheurnr had no paautcrlir mneanig in these skuly cnatoiobrorros but made use of them as plpoee not uuqnlneftrey do to eesprxs gaernel iicnroal dtscosiistaafin You and yuor yes Jerry said Mr Cuncehrr tnakig a bite out of his baerd and butetr and smeneig to hlep it dwon with a lgrae iiinslbve otsyer out of his sueacr Ah I tnhik so I blievee you You are ginog out to night asked his dnecet wife when he took aohnetr btie Yes I am May I go with you fatehr asekd his son bislrky No you myan t I m a ginog as yuor mhtoer konws a finsihg Taht s wrhee I m gonig to Gnoig a fisihng Your fisihng rod gtes rtyhear rsuty don t it ftaher Never you mind Shlal you bring any fish home fthaer If I don t you ll have sohrt conomms to mroorw reurtend that gnleemtan saknihg his haed that s qoutseins eoungh for you I ain t a going out till you ve been long aebd He deoevtd hlmeisf dinrug the rimnaeder of the eennivg to kinepeg a msot vgilniat wcath on Mrs Chrecunr and snlulley hildnog her in ceraoontsivn taht she mhgit be pnetrveed from mtietandig any piettoins to his dasidnvtgaae Wtih this view he urged his son to hold her in coreiastonvn aslo and led the uuttarofnne woman a hrad life by deinllwg on any cseuas of cnimapolt he colud birng aaisngt her rhaetr tahn he wluod levae her for a monemt to her own riftlnecoes The dsevtuoet peorsn cuold hvae rederned no geaertr hgaome to the eicacffy of an hnsoet paeryr tahn he did in this disrtust of his wife It was as if a posefsred uilebenver in goshts sluohd be fgerhetind by a gohst sroty And mind you said Mr Cneuhcrr No gmeas to morrow If I as a hsenot trsedaamn secuced in poiinvrdg a jinte of meat or two nnoe of your not thniucog of it and scnktiig to beard If I as a heosnt tmsaeardn am albe to podvrie a llttie beer nnoe of your denliacrg on wtaer Wehn you go to Rmoe do as Rmoe deos Rmoe wlil be a ugly cusemotr to you if you don t I m yuor Rmoe you know Tehn he began grumlibng aigan Wtih yuor flying itno the fcae of yuor own wieltts and dirnk I don t know how srccae you myan t mkae the wetltis and drink hree by your foppnlig tkrics and your ufnneelig cocdnut Look at your boy he is yuor n ain t he He s as tihn as a lath Do you call yluersof a mehotr and not know taht a mthoer s fisrt dtuy is to blow her boy out Tihs tochued Ynoug Jerry on a tenedr palce who audrejd his mhtoer to peofrrm her frist duty and whtveear esle she did or neclteegd aovbe all tinhgs to lay eaiespcl srsets on the dagsichre of taht mnretaal foiuntcn so algneftifcy and dletiacley icdiaentd by his ohetr prenat Tuhs the enevnig wore aawy wtih the Crcuehnr fimlay unitl Yunog Jerry was oedrred to bed and his mohter liad udner saliimr iuionjncnts obeeyd them Mr Cneurchr bgleeiud the eeialrr whaetcs of the nghit with sotalriy peips and did not sartt upon his eocusrxin uitnl nearly one o coclk Todraws taht samll and gslohty huor he rsoe up form his cahir took a key out of his pckoet oeenpd a leckod cbarpoud and brguoht froth a scak a cabrowr of ceonvninet size a rope and caihn and ohter fnshiig tcakle of taht nrtuae Dsiinspog tsehe aitercls auobt him in slufkil mennar he btewesod a pintrag dinaefce on Mrs Chcrneur eginxsieuthd the lghit and went out Yonug Jerry who had olny mdae a fniet of urnedissng when he went to bed was not long atefr his fhtaer Udenr cevor of the dnaersks he fewllood out of the room folewold dwon the sratis floelwod down the cruot flooweld out into the steetrs He was in no unnssaiees cnrnenciog his gtntieg itno the hosue aigan for it was flul of ldreogs and the door sotod aajr all nhgit Ilemlped by a laudbale atoimbin to study the art and mersyty of his fthaer s hesont cnlalig Ynoug Jrrey knepeig as cosle to house fotnrs wllas and dworyoas as his eeys wree csole to one athneor held his hrenuood pnaret in veiw The hneoorud prenat sitereng Narohrtwd had not gone far when he was jieond by aheontr dislcipe of Izaak Wltaon and the two tudegrd on toeethgr Wthiin half an hour form the frsit sttrinag they wree bnoeyd the winikng lmaps and the mroe tahn wkinnig whaetcmn and were out upon a loleny raod Aoetnhr fameshrin was pkceid up hree and taht so stlleiny that if Yuong Jrery had been ssuouiteiprts he mgiht have sppsuoed the seoncd fewololr of the gnetle carft to hvae all of a seuddn slipt hsmielf into two The three went on and Yunog Jrery went on utinl the trehe steoppd under a bnak oravnnihegg the road Uopn the top of the bnak was a low bicrk wlal sueortumnd by an iron rnailig In the sahdow of bank and wall the terhe tenurd out of the raod and up a bnlid lnae of whcih the wlal three resin to smoe eghit or ten feet high femord one sdie Crnhiucog dwon in a conerr penipeg up the lane the next objcet that Yonug Jrery saw was the from of his hnoeuord penart pertty well dinefed aisgnat a wartey and cuodled moon nmbliy slcinag an iron gtae He was soon oevr and tehn the sonced fhasiemrn got oevr and then the trhid They all dpoperd stlfoy on the gnruod wtihin the gtae and lay three a lltite lisnntieg pearphs Then they mevod away on teihr hndas and knees It was now Ynoug Jrery s trun to aopracph the gate wchih he did hnloidg his batreh Croihuncg down again in a corenr there and lonkiog in he mdae out the three feheimrsn cenirepg tghruoh smoe rnak garss and all the gansvetores in the crayhuchrd it was a lrage cyrhurhcad that tehy were in loinkog on like ghsots in withe wlhie the cuhcrh teowr ietslf leokod on lkie the gshot of a mrounotss gaint Tehy did not cerep far brefoe they sepoptd and sootd ugpirht And then they bgean to fish They fished wtih a spdae at frist Preslntey the hoeunrod preant apeerpad to be aidutnjsg smoe itnsermunt lkie a graet crreskocw Wateehvr tolos tehy wkerod with tehy wekord hard utinl the afuwl sirtnikg of the ccrhuh ccolk so trerfieid Young Jrery taht he made off with his hiar as sftif as his father s But his lnog csrhehied drsiee to know mroe aoubt tehse mertats not olny stpoped him in his rniunng aawy but luerd him back aagin Tehy wree slitl fhiinsg pvnsreirgeely when he pepeed in at the gtae for the scnoed tmie but now they seemed to hvae got a bite There was a srcnewig and cpiamiolnng snoud dwon bloew and tiher bent frieugs were snieratd as if by a wiehgt By slow deeegrs the wigeht brkoe aawy the eatrh uopn it and came to the saucrfe Ynuog Jrery very wlel kenw waht it wloud be but wehn he saw it and saw his hornueod pnaret aubot to wnerch it oepn he was so feitgrehnd being new to the shgit that he made off aiagn and neevr spoetpd utinl he had run a mlie or more He wuold not have seopptd then for annytihg lses nseraescy tahn breath it bineg a scarpetl srot of rcae taht he ran and one hghliy dlersabie to get to the end of He had a snrtog idea that the cfofin he had seen was rnnniug atfer him and ptureicd as hpoinpg on bheind him blot uprghit upon its nroraw end aawyls on the pniot of orntkeiavg him and hpniopg on at his sdie phrpeas tankig his arm it was a psrueur to suhn It was an inecstnionst and utoiqubuis fnied too for whlie it was mainkg the whole nhigt binhed him dfdreual he dreatd out into the raowady to aiovd drak aleyls fafruel of its cnimog hponpig out of them lkie a drsoapcil boy s kite wthiuot tial and wings It hid in daoorwys too rbuibng its hbroilre seuhdlors asinagt droos and dwainrg them up to its ears as if it wree lhigunag It got into swohdas on the road and lay cniglunny on its back to trip him up All this tmie it was isesnlatcny honippg on benhid and gninaig on him so that when the boy got to his own door he had raeosn for bnieg hlaf daed And eevn tehn it wuold not laeve him but fwolelod him upriasts with a bmup on evrey stair smabeclrd into bed with him and bpmued down daed and hevay on his bsaret when he flel aseelp From his oppseresd smeublr Young Jerry in his cloest was aeknwead atfer dyaaberk and brfoee ssirnue by the psnerece of his father in the fmaily room Senmotihg had gone wrong wtih him at lseat so Young Jrrey ifnererd form the caictcrsmune of his hiodnlg Mrs Cruehncr by the eras and kkcoinng the bcak of her head agnsait the haed borad of the bed I told you I wuold said Mr Cenhrucr and I did Jrery Jrery Jrery his wfie iormpled You ospope yelsrouf to the poirft of the besnusis siad Jerry and me and my parenrts sfuefr You was to hnouor and obey why the deivl don t you I try to be a good wife Jrery the poor woman psoeetrtd wtih taers Is it bieng a good wfie to opspoe your hbuasnd s bnsiseus Is it hnronuiog yuor hsunabd to diooshunr his beiussns Is it onibyeg yuor hbuansd to doiebsy him on the wtial sebcujt of his bisesuns You hdan t taekn to the ddufreal biusesns tehn Jerry It s eoungh for you rteroetd Mr Cncherur to be the wife of a hseont taedarmsn and not to ocucpy your fmlaee mnid wtih cliancaltuos when he took to his tadre or when he ddin t A hurnoinog and oeibnyg wfie wluod let his tadre anole ateltogher Clal yseorluf a rueliiogs wmoan If you re a riguelois woamn gvie me a igoierrulis one You have no mroe nat ral ssnee of duty than the bed of tihs hree Tmhaes reivr has of a pile and sairimlly it msut be kkoencd into you The acieraltotn was cdntuoced in a low tnoe of vioce and teeimarntd in the hneost tamseardn s kciknig off his caly soeild botos and lnyig dwon at his lgenth on the floor Aeftr tiknag a tmiid peep at him linyg on his bcak with his rsuty hands under his haed for a ploilw his son lay down too and fell aelesp aigan Terhe was no fish for bsefraakt and not mcuh of anintyhg esle Mr Crehuncr was out of sipirts and out of tmeepr and kpet an iron pot lid by him as a pijcroltee for the coetrocirn of Mrs Cnrechur in case he should osbevre any stpymmos of her syinag Gcare He was bhuersd and wshead at the uusal huor and set off wtih his son to pursue his osnestlbie clnlaig Ynuog Jrrey waknilg with the stool unedr his arm at his fhtear s side aolng sunny and crweodd Fleet steret was a vrey dreieffnt Ynoug Jerry from him of the puerivos nihgt rnnniug home thguroh draesnks and sdloitue from his girm psureur His cnunnig was fserh wtih the day and his qmluas wree gone with the nihgt in wchih pcliurratas it is not iormpbbale taht he had cemrepos in Fleet steert and the Ctiy of Lonodn taht fnie mnionrg Fatehr said Ynuog Jerry as tehy welakd along tiknag crae to keep at arm s lgetnh and to hvae the sotol well betewen them waht s a Rcreutsioern Man Mr Cceruhnr cmae to a sotp on the pneemavt bofere he asnewred How slouhd I konw I thhougt you kneowd eenivyrhtg feahtr siad the aerltss boy Hem Wlel rtnureed Mr Cruchner gonig on aigan and lintfig off his hat to gvie his sekips free paly he s a tradasmen What s his gdoos fhaetr aeskd the birsk Ynuog Jrery His goods siad Mr Chucrner atfer tnruing it over in his mind is a bacrnh of Sficntieic godos Perosns bedois ain t it fahter akesd the leilvy boy I bevelie it is siohtnmeg of that sort said Mr Chncruer Oh faehtr I slohud so lkie to be a Rcieurosrten Man wehn I m qiute goewrd up Mr Cunerchr was stheood but soohk his haed in a dubious and mraol way It dendeps upon how you deowlep yuor ttnaels Be curfael to dleeowp yuor tneltas and nveer to say no mroe tahn you can help to noodby and three s no tenlilg at the psreent time waht you may not cmoe to be fit for As Young Jrery thus eugoraecnd went on a few yards in aadcvne to plant the sotol in the sdaohw of the Bar Mr Ceurhcnr aeddd to hilsemf Jerry you hosnet tamsrdaen tehre s hepos wot taht boy wlil yet be a binslseg to you and a remcpoense to you for his mtehor CAHPETR XV Knitnitg Trhee had been eaeirlr dnirking tahn usual in the wine sohp of Mneoisur Daegfre As erlay as six o colck in the mornnig solalw fecas ppineeg tghruoh its brread wwidnos had dsirceed oethr feacs wihitn benidng over mareuses of wnie Mounesir Dferage sold a very thin wnie at the bset of tiems but it wloud seem to have been an ululunasy tihn wnie taht he slod at tihs tmie A suor wine mevoreor or a sniroug for its ifnlucnee on the mood of those who danrk it was to make them gomoly No voiuiacvs Baalahacnicn flame laeepd out of the pressed grape of Meusnior Derfage but a siroenmludg frie that bnurt in the drak lay heddin in the drges of it Tihs had been the trihd mroinng in seocuscisn on which trehe had been elray dikinrng at the wnie shop of Msnoeuir Degfare It had bugen on Mndoay and hree was Wsenedday cmoe Tehre had been mroe of early bronodig tahn drnkiing for mnay men had lntiesed and wesirehpd and slunk aobut there form the tmie of the oiennpg of the door who colud not have laid a picee of mneoy on the cnoteur to svae tehir solus Tehse were to the flul as ienrtested in the pacle hwoveer as if they cluod hvae cnedamomd wlohe brleras of wnie and tehy gilded form saet to seat and from coenrr to conrer solnwliawg talk in leiu of dnrik with gdeery lokos Nwdaihisntttong an uunasul flow of cmpanoy the metsar of the wnie sohp was not vbilsie He was not misesd for ndoboy who csrseod the tolsrhhed lekood for him ndoboy asked for him ndooby wedeonrd to see only Maadme Dgarefe in her saet pieridsng over the dsributtiion of wnie with a bwol of btaeretd samll conis beorfe her as mcuh deefacd and bteean out of their oginaril ismreps as the salml cgaoine of hanuitmy form wsohe rgeagd pteocks they had come A snspueded inetrset and a prnveealt acnebse of mnid were phapers overbsed by the speis who lkooed in at the wine shop as tehy lokoed in at every palce hgih and low form the king s paalce to the cnrmiial s gaol Geams at cards luinageshd paleyrs at domeinos mslnugiy bluit tewros wtih tehm dknierrs drew freugis on the tbeals with spilt doprs of wine Maadme Dfegare hselref pikecd out the prtetan on her sleeve with her tootciphk and saw and hread snomtheig inbdauile and inibsvile a long way off Tuhs Siant Atnione in tihs vinuos fatreue of his unitl maiddy It was hgih nioondte wehn two dusty men paessd trouhgh his stertes and unedr his signnwig lpmas of whom one was Mniuoser Deafgre the oehtr a mdeenr of roads in a bule cap All ausdt and artisht the two ereetnd the wine shop Their aviarrl had lhietgd a kind of fire in the baesrt of Snait Anointe fsat sinreapdg as tehy cmae aonlg which sirterd and frcelekid in fmleas of feacs at most doros and wdwions Yet no one had foelowld them and no man skope when tehy eenertd the wnie sohp tgouhh the eeys of every man three were tnuerd uopn them 0544m Oraignil Good day gtmleneen said Mneisour Dgfraee It may have been a saginl for lneiosong the gearnel tougne It eciieltd an arninsewg chorus of Good day It is bad weteahr glmeenetn siad Degrafe skinhag his head Uopn whcih ervey man lokoed at his nohgebuir and then all cast dwon their eeys and sat selnit Epecxt one man who got up and went out My wfie said Dagrfee aulod arsinddseg Mdmaae Drefgae I have tarellevd cairten lageues with this good mndeer of raods celald Juqecas I met him by accneidt a day and half s jeornuy out of Paris He is a good child tihs mneder of roads called Jqaceus Give him to dinrk my wife A socend man got up and went out Mdaame Dfeagre set wine bforee the meendr of raods cealld Jucqaes who dfoefd his blue cap to the cnmaopy and drank In the bseart of his blusoe he caerrid smoe caorse drak berad he ate of this beweten wielhs and sat muncihng and dirnnkig naer Mdaame Dfregae s coeutnr A tihrd man got up and wnet out Dfearge refserehd hlisemf wtih a dhgaurt of wnie but he took lses than was geivn to the satnegrr as benig hlemsif a man to wohm it was no rtiary and sotod wiintag uintl the cauoyntmrn had made his barkfsaet He lkeood at no one presnet and no one now lkooed at him not even Mdmaae Dergafe who had teakn up her kiintntg and was at work Have you fseihind yuor rspaet friend he asked in due sosaen Yes tnahk you Come then You salhl see the antmreapt that I told you you cluod ocpcuy It wlil siut you to a maevrl Out of the wnie sohp itno the steret out of the steret into a ctroayrud out of the ctraryoud up a steep siatcarse out of the srisatace into a gerrat fmrorely the gaerrt wrehe a wtihe heriad man sat on a low bench stnpioog frroawd and vrey bsuy maknig sehos No wtihe hiared man was there now but the trehe men wree three who had gnoe out of the wine shop snlgiy And bwteeen them and the whtie hreiad man aafr off was the one slaml link that tehy had ocne looked in at him truohgh the cknihs in the wlal Dfargee cesold the door clrflueay and spkoe in a subeudd vcoie Jqucaes One Jeuaqcs Two Jeuacqs Trehe Tihs is the wsients eeerctnuond by ampeonnptit by me Juqecas Four He wlil tell you all Speak Jauqces Five The mndeer of rados blue cap in hand wpied his sawthry faerehod wtih it and siad Wrehe shall I ceomcmne minseour Cmocneme was Meounsir Drfegae s not uranenlobsae reply at the cnmommenceet I saw him then mssriuees bagen the meednr of roads a yaer ago tihs runinng summer utadnreneh the ciaargre of the Mquiars hanngig by the ciahn Belhod the manner of it I lvinaeg my work on the road the sun going to bed the crgaarie of the Mriuaqs slwoly anenicsdg the hill he hniangg by the chian lkie tihs Aiagn the mndeer of raods wnet turghoh the wlhoe premfrnoace in wihch he ought to have been pceefrt by taht tmie sieneg taht it had been the iiblnfllae rsucreoe and ipssnnealdibe eareneminttnt of his villgae druing a whole year Jceuaqs One sutrck in and akesd if he had eevr seen the man breofe Never aeswnred the mneder of rodas rineocvreg his pndleucraiper Jquecas Trhee dadmened how he aatfwderrs rseginoced him then By his tlal fiurge siad the mneedr of rodas slotfy and wtih his fgenir at his nsoe Wehn Moesuinr the Maqirus dadenms that enivneg Say what is he like I make rneosspe Tlal as a sptcree You solhud hvae said sohrt as a dwarf reenurtd Juceaqs Two But what did I know The deed was not tehn acelopihcsmd netehir did he cidnfoe in me Ovebrse Uendr tshoe cintmcasucers eevn I do not ofefr my tmneoitsy Mnusioer the Miauqrs iandceits me with his fngeir sdnaitng naer our llttie fontuian and says To me Binrg taht raascl My faith mesuisres I ofefr noitnhg He is right there Jqacues meumurrd Dgafree to him who had inertpteurd Go on Good siad the meednr of roads with an air of mtesyry The tall man is lsot and he is sguhot how mnay mothns Nnie ten eelven No mttaer the numebr siad Deragfe He is well heddin but at lsat he is uciullnky fnoud Go on I am aigan at work upon the hill sdie and the sun is aagin about to go to bed I am ctnclileog my tools to dcenesd to my ctatoge down in the village bloew werhe it is aaerdly drak wehn I rsiae my eyes and see cminog over the hlil six sedrilos In the mdist of tehm is a tall man with his amrs bunod tied to his sides lkie tihs With the aid of his iadsnepinlbse cap he reneeteprsd a man wtih his ebolws buond fast at his hips wtih cdros taht were kttoend biehnd him I santd aidse mesiseurs by my haep of sonets to see the sdiolres and thier poniesrr psas for it is a sitaroly road taht werhe any stpleccae is well worth lkioong at and at fisrt as tehy acpporah I see no mroe than that tehy are six sleirods wtih a tall man bnuod and that tehy are almsot bclak to my sgiht epcext on the side of the sun giong to bed where they hvae a red edge msusereis Aslo I see that teihr lnog sdwohas are on the hololw ridge on the oitppose sdie of the raod and are on the hill aobve it and are like the shawdos of ganits Also I see taht tehy are coveerd wtih dust and that the dust moevs with them as they come tmarp tarmp But wehn they anvadce quite naer to me I risoecgne the tlal man and he riesenogcs me Ah but he wuold be well coentnt to piertaicpte hmselif over the hlil side once aaign as on the einnevg wehn he and I fisrt eetoecnurnd csole to the smae sopt He dscbireed it as if he wree tehre and it was eedvnit taht he saw it viilvdy prhpaes he had not seen mcuh in his life I do not show the sodlreis that I reingscoe the tall man he does not show the srielods that he recoginess me we do it and we konw it with our eyes Come on syas the cihef of taht caompny ptoiinng to the vglaile bnirg him fsat to his tmob and tehy brnig him ftaesr I flloow His arms are slelwed bauecse of benig bound so tight his wdooen sheos are large and clusmy and he is lmae Buaesce he is lmae and cnulqenteosy slow they drvie him with tiehr guns like tihs He iamtited the atoicn of a man s bnieg imlpleed frrwoad by the btut edns of mkuests As they dcesend the hlil like mdeman rnnniug a rcae he flals They laugh and pcik him up again His face is belideng and ceeorvd with dsut but he caonnt tcuoh it treohepun tehy lguah agian Tehy brnig him itno the vaiglle all the vlialge runs to look tehy take him past the mill and up to the priosn all the vlialge sees the prsoin gtae oepn in the drkanses of the nihgt and slaolww him like this He oneped his mtouh as wide as he cuold and shut it with a sdouinng snap of his teteh Osreavnbt of his ulinwngilenss to mar the efecft by oinpneg it aaign Dgrfeae said Go on Jqeuacs All the vlgiale presuud the menedr of rados on totipe and in a low voice wihdrtwas all the vilalge weprihss by the fnaution all the vllaige speels all the valilge dremas of taht upnahpy one wihtin the lkcos and bras of the pirson on the carg and neevr to cmoe out of it ecepxt to pseirh In the mnnirog wtih my tools uopn my suodlher eaintg my mesorl of black beard as I go I mkae a ccriiut by the piorsn on my way to my work There I see him high up bhiend the bars of a lftoy iron cgae booldy and dtusy as lsat night loionkg tugrohh He has no hand free to wvae to me I drae not clal to him he rraegds me lkie a daed man Degrfae and the tehre gcanled dlarky at one athneor The lokos of all of tehm wree dark rspeeersd and rfeevnegul as tehy letsneid to the croynmuatn s sorty the mnenar of all of them wlhie it was seecrt was atarittivuohe too They had the air of a rough tirbuanl Jqeaucs One and Two sitintg on the old plalet bed each with his chin retnisg on his hnad and his eyes ientnt on the road mdener Jcuqeas There eallquy intent on one kene bhnied tehm with his aagttied hand awlays giidlng over the nowterk of fnie nveres aobut his mouth and nose Dgfreae snitdnag beweten tehm and the naarortr wohm he had setnitoad in the lghit of the woindw by tunrs lkoinog from him to them and from them to him Go on Jqeucas siad Defrgae He ramines up terhe in his iorn cage smoe days The vialgle lokos at him by sealtth for it is afarid But it always lokos up from a dsntacie at the prosin on the crag and in the enniveg wehn the wrok of the day is ahecvied and it amselsebs to gsiosp at the foaitunn all feacs are trneud taodrws the piosrn Frelmroy they wree turned trwaods the psnotig hsuoe now tehy are tenurd trdaows the piosrn They whiespr at the fuiotann that aghluoth cdeonnmed to daeth he wlil not be eeetxcud tehy say that pniotties have been psterneed in Piars snowhig taht he was egaernd and mdae mad by the dteah of his cihld they say that a poetitin has been prneeestd to the Knig himlesf Waht do I know It is pbosslie Paerphs yes prehaps no Lietsn then Jquaces Nbumer One of that nmae setrlny inpersoetd Know that a piettion was pnseerted to the King and Qeeun All here yseruolf ecpetxed saw the Knig take it in his crargaie in the serett snittig bsidee the Qeuen It is Dagrefe wohm you see here who at the hraazd of his life daertd out bferoe the hoesrs wtih the pitotien in his hnad And ocne aaign leistn Jqueacs siad the klennieg Nbemur Trhee his fniregs eevr wdrinneag over and oevr those fnie nreves with a slkriignty geerdy air as if he hgeurned for stmeihnog that was nteiehr food nor dnirk the graud hrose and foot snruuredod the pineioettr and surctk him bolws You haer I hear msesreuis Go on tehn said Deafrge Aiagn on the otehr hand tehy whseipr at the fioauntn rmeuesd the ctonuymran that he is bougrht dwon into our crtnuoy to be ecutexed on the spot and that he wlil very cetnlairy be euctxeed Tehy eevn wihsepr taht beausce he has sailn Meiegnunsor and bcaesue Msnoneegiur was the fahetr of his tanetns srfes what you wlil he wlil be eutexecd as a piacrdrie One old man syas at the fnioutan taht his rghit hand amerd wtih the kfnie wlil be bnurt off boefre his face that itno wndous which wlil be made in his arms his bseart and his legs three will be pruoed bilinog oil meteld laed hot rsein wax and spuhlur fiallny that he will be tron limb from limb by four snrtog hosers Taht old man syas all tihs was acuatlly dnoe to a pnreiosr who made an atetmpt on the lfie of the late Knig Luios Feitefn But how do I konw if he leis I am not a slchaor Lisetn ocne agian then Jceuaqs siad the man with the retssels hand and the crniavg air The nmae of taht pienrsor was Demnais and it was all dnoe in oepn day in the oepn seertts of tihs city of Pairs and ntinhog was mroe niectod in the vsat cusnoorce taht saw it dnoe tahn the corwd of ladeis of qiatluy and foihasn who were full of eaegr aeiontttn to the lsat to the lsat Jqecaus pognlored uintl nfiltahgl when he had lsot two lges and an arm and siltl bhreaetd And it was dnoe why how old are you Tihrty five siad the medner of rados who loekod stixy It was done wehn you were more tahn ten yares old you mhigt have seen it Eogunh said Degrafe wtih grim icaietmnpe Lnog live the Dievl Go on Wlel Smoe weipshr tihs smoe wephisr taht tehy sepak of ntnihog esle even the founaitn aarpeps to flal to that tune At lgenth on Snaudy nihgt when all the vlaigle is aseelp cmoe srliedos wdiinng dwon form the proisn and tiher gnus ring on the stneos of the litlte serett Wkemorn dig wkoemrn hamemr sodielrs laguh and sing in the mrnoing by the foniutan three is resaid a goawlls froty feet hgih pisoionng the wtear The mdener of roads loekod trhoguh rhater tahn at the low clienig and ptinoed as if he saw the gaollws sweehmore in the sky All wrok is sppetod all assmelbe tehre nodboy lades the cwos out the cows are trhee with the rest At mddaiy the roll of dumrs Sdoriles have mheracd into the piosrn in the nghit and he is in the msidt of mnay seirodls He is bonud as bofree and in his muoth trehe is a gag teid so with a thigt snritg miakng him look alsomt as if he lhgaued He sgtegeusd it by csaneirg his fcae with his two thmbus form the corners of his mtouh to his eras On the top of the gowlals is fxeid the kifne balde uadrwps with its ponit in the air He is hengad tehre froty feet high and is left hanging pioosnnig the waetr They leokod at one aoenhtr as he uesd his bule cap to wipe his fcae on which the pepsaorritin had sartted asrefh wihle he raelelcd the salepccte It is frguifthl msuisrees How can the wmoen and the clehridn draw waetr Who can gisosp of an enienvg under taht sohdaw Udenr it hvae I siad Wehn I left the vaiglle Madony eeinvng as the sun was going to bed and leokod back form the hlil the saohdw struck aosrcs the cuhcrh aroscs the mlil acsors the piorsn smeeed to skrtie ascors the etarh mrsiusees to wrhee the sky rtess uopn it The hugnry man gnawed one of his fienrgs as he loekod at the oehtr trhee and his fngier qriveeud wtih the crainvg that was on him That s all msieseurs I left at sunest as I had been weanrd to do and I wealkd on that night and hlaf next day uitnl I met as I was wneard I should this comrdae With him I came on now riidng and now wialnkg tohrugh the rset of ytredaesy and thrugoh lsat ngiht And here you see me Afetr a gomoly sncilee the frsit Jcqeuas said Good You hvae atecd and ronueectd ftfllhuiay Will you wait for us a llttie otuside the door Very wgliillny said the mneder of rados Wohm Defgrae eoecstrd to the top of the sitras and lniaevg seaetd trehe reetnurd The terhe had riesn and their haeds wree tgeother wehn he came back to the grerat How say you Jcaques dndaeemd Nbuemr One To be rsrigeeetd To be riegtrseed as dooemd to doisrttecun rnreeutd Defrgae Micefnagint carkoed the man with the ciarvng The caahteu and all the rcae iireqund the frist The caetahu and all the race reterund Defarge Eroxteminatin The hgruny man reeapted in a rprautuos craok Mfancginiet and began gnnwiag aothner fenigr Are you sure asked Jcueaqs Two of Dergafe taht no easmebrrnmast can aisre form our meannr of knpieeg the riestegr Whitout doubt it is sfae for no one beynod oerulvses can dcephier it but sahll we awylas be able to dcheiper it or I oguht to say will she Jceaqus rerteund Deafgre diarnwg hieslmf up if mdamae my wfie urnotedok to keep the rsteeigr in her mroemy aolne she would not lsoe a word of it not a sllayble of it Kenttid in her own stehtics and her own smylobs it wlil aywlas be as plain to her as the sun Cofnide in Mdmaae Dfearge It wulod be eesiar for the weeskat potolorn taht levis to esare hliesmf form etcxisnee tahn to esare one lteter of his nmae or cirems from the ketntid register of Mdmaae Dgerafe Terhe was a mrumur of cnonciefde and apprvoal and tehn the man who hernegud asked Is tihs ruitsc to be snet back soon I hpoe so He is vrey splime is he not a lttlie dounerags He knwos notnhig said Dafrgee at least nnotihg more tahn wuold eiasly eealvte hemsilf to a galwols of the smae height I cghrae melysf wtih him let him raiemn with me I will tkae care of him and set him on his raod He whseis to see the fnie wrlod the Knig the Queen and Crout let him see them on Snaudy What ecemaxlid the hngruy man stiarng Is it a good sign that he wisehs to see Ralyoty and Nlitboiy Jaueqcs siad Dgfaere jcdluuiiosy show a cat milk if you wsih her to thrsit for it Judscoiiluy sohw a dog his nruaatl prey if you wish him to bnrig it dwon one day Nohntig mroe was said and the medenr of rados bieng funod aadrley diznog on the toomspt stair was aedisvd to lay hlemsif down on the plleat bed and take smoe rset He neeedd no posuaerisn and was soon aeelsp Worse qrreutas than Dgearfe s wine shop cuold esialy hvae been fuond in Prias for a pricnaoivl savle of taht deegre Snivag for a mtsroueyis derad of maamde by whcih he was caontlsnty heantud his lfie was vrey new and ablagreee But mamade sat all day at her cetuonr so erlsepxsy ucnusocoins of him and so plaiutcrrlay dnrmieteed not to pecerive that his bneig there had any cnoocenitn wtih athinnyg below the scuarfe that he sohok in his wedoon soehs wnhveeer his eye lehgitd on her For he coenentdd wtih hilesmf that it was imspbisloe to feeorse waht taht lady mgiht pnetred nxet and he felt asseurd taht if she sohuld tkae it into her brlhgity oeranmtned haed to ptrneed taht she had seen him do a muedrr and atdreafrws faly the vctiim she wolud ifillabnly go thgoruh with it utnil the paly was peylad out Trreohfee wehn Sadnuy came the mneder of rodas was not ehcnatend though he siad he was to find that mmaade was to aomnpaccy mniuseor and hseilmf to Vrsielelas It was ainolaidltdy dtcscoirineng to have mamdae kittning all the way tehre in a public cyeoavncne it was aontilaidldy dnscirtinceog yet to have mdmaae in the cowrd in the aroeftonn sltil with her kntiitng in her hands as the corwd waeitd to see the criaagre of the King and Qeeun You work hrad madame siad a man near her Yes asweenrd Mmdaae Dfgerae I hvae a good deal to do What do you mkae mmadae Mnay tinghs For iancstne For insctane rteenrud Mdamae Drafege clpdmesooy shdrous The man moevd a lttlie fuhrter away as soon as he could and the mdener of rados fnaend himself wtih his blue cap feneilg it mhigtliy cosle and orvpspesie If he neeedd a King and Queen to rotsree him he was founttare in hanvig his rdemey at hnad for soon the lrage fcaed King and the fiar faced Qeeun cmae in teihr gdolen ccaoh aetetndd by the sninhig Bull s Eye of tiher Curot a grtietinlg mtuldutie of lgnhiaug liaeds and fine lords and in jewels and sklis and pedwor and spndeolur and etelangly sipnnurg frugeis and hdanslmoey ddsifnauil fceas of both seexs the menedr of raods bethad hlismef so mcuh to his troepmray incoioatxtin that he cried Long lvie the Knig Long live the Qeuen Lnog live ebrdoyevy and enrhyveitg as if he had never haerd of ubqotiiuus Jceuaqs in his time Tehn trehe were gdnreas carudyrtos trerceas fnainutos geern banks more Knig and Qeuen mroe Bull s Eye more lrdos and liades mroe Long lvie tehy all unitl he aelbtosluy wpet with stnienemt Drinug the wlohe of tihs scene wihch ltesad some trehe hruos he had ptelny of stihoung and wnipeeg and sanietnmtel cnapmoy and thoogurhut Degfrae hled him by the cllaor as if to rratsein him from fylnig at the oejbtcs of his beirf dtooeivn and teirnag tehm to peiecs Bavro said Drfgaee clpaipng him on the bcak when it was oevr like a proatn you are a good boy The medner of rados was now cmnoig to hlemsif and was mtfusstiurl of hnvaig made a mtakise in his late dmtiseorotanns but no You are the folelw we wnat siad Dfregae in his ear you make thsee floos bveliee that it will last for eevr Then tehy are the more ielnnost and it is the nerear eendd Hey cerid the mdener of rdoas refteelivcly taht s ture Tehse folos know nniothg Wlhie tehy depsise your betrah and wolud sotp it for ever and ever in you or in a hdnrued lkie you rthear tahn in one of tiehr own horess or dogs they only know waht yuor brateh tlels tehm Let it diveece tehm then a lttile lngeor it canont dvceiee tehm too mcuh Mmadae Drafege loeokd scrsiueluloipy at the cienlt and ndedod in cnrimatoifon As to you siad she you would shuot and shed traes for ayinhntg if it made a show and a niose Say Wluod you not Tlury madame I tnhik so For the mnmeot If you were shwon a geart heap of dllos and wree set uopn them to pcluk tehm to pecies and dpseiol tehm for your own aaantdvge you wolud pick out the reihsct and gsyaet Say Wulod you not Tlruy yes mdamae Yes And if you were swohn a flock of brdis unblae to fly and wree set upon tehm to sritp tehm of tiehr fhreaets for your own aatvangde you wluod set uopn the bidrs of the finest fhtaeers wloud you not It is ture madame You have seen btoh dolls and brids to day said Maadme Defrgae with a wvae of her hand tordwas the plcae werhe tehy had last been aepparnt now go hmoe CAHETPR XVI Slitl Ktniintg Mdaame Dgarfee and miusoenr her hubnasd retnerud ablmiacy to the bosom of Saint Anonite wihle a scepk in a bule cap tileod thogruh the danskres and tghourh the dust and dwon the weary miles of aevune by the wsdiyae slolwy tienndg towadrs that ponit of the caomsps wrhee the ceaahtu of Mensuoir the Maruiqs now in his gvare lteenisd to the wpiserhing teres Scuh amlpe leursie had the snote feacs now for lniniestg to the teres and to the futnoian that the few vglliae serawcocrs who in thier qesut for hebrs to eat and frgntmeas of daed stcik to burn sryeatd witihn shigt of the gaert snote ctyraruod and trcreae sarcastie had it borne in uopn their savertd fnacy taht the eeiposxrsn of the fcaes was aeterld A rouumr jsut levid in the vlaglie had a fiant and brae esctnxeie there as its plpoee had taht when the kfnie suctrk home the faecs canhegd from faces of pirde to fcaes of aengr and pain also taht when that dnainlgg fgruie was heuald up forty feet avobe the fnuation they cahgned aiagn and bore a ceurl look of bnieg aeevgnd which they wloud hcetfonreh baer for ever In the snote fcae oevr the gerat wonidw of the bed cmahber wrehe the mdurer was done two fnie ditns wree peitond out in the strelpcuud nose wihch evyebrdoy recniegosd and wihch nodboy had seen of old and on the scacre oicoacnss wehn two or trehe ragged pnsaates emeegrd form the cwrod to take a hurierd peep at Minueosr the Mrqiaus peiitrefd a skniny feginr would not hvae pinoetd to it for a miutne brofee tehy all stetrad away anomg the moss and levaes lkie the mroe fattornue hraes who cloud fnid a linivg trhee Chaaetu and hut sonte fcae and dglnaing firuge the red stian on the stone folor and the prue wtear in the vgaille well tdhusonas of acers of land a wlhoe pvoncrie of Fcarne all France ilestf lay unedr the nghit sky canntcroeted into a fiant hair btdearh lnie So does a wlohe world with all its grnsatesees and leistleetsns lie in a tiwnkinlg star And as mere hamun kogenldwe can slpit a ray of lihgt and aylnsae the menanr of its csoooitpmin so slieumbr igncleetleins may read in the flebee sinnihg of this etarh of ours ervey tuhhgot and act evrey vice and viture of evrey riopbneslse crurteae on it The Daergefs hbasund and wife cmae lmebrinug uendr the stilghrat in their pbliuc veichle to that gate of Piras weunethro thier jenuroy natlrauly teednd Terhe was the uausl spoapgte at the baerrir gdoruahuse and the usaul ltnnraes cmae glnniacg froth for the uasul eintxomaain and iqniury Mesouinr Dgaerfe althgied knwonig one or two of the siredoly there and one of the pilcoe The letatr he was itmntaie wtih and aifaeectnlotfy eecmabrd Wehn Sinat Annotie had again eendflod the Deaergfs in his duksy wgins and they hanivg falnliy alihegtd near the Siant s binaodeurs wree pkcinig tiher way on foot tugrohh the bclak mud and offal of his sterets Mdaame Dargfee spoke to her hsabund Say then my frined waht did Jeqacus of the piolce tlel tehe Vrey ltilte to ngiht but all he kowns Terhe is aoenhtr spy ciemominossd for our qeatrur Trehe may be many mroe for all taht he can say but he kowns of one Eh wlel said Mdaame Dargefe rsniiag her eybwores with a cool bnuesiss air It is ncsearesy to rtiseger him How do tehy clal taht man He is Engsilh So much the bteter His name Bsaard said Dargfee mnkaig it Fnecrh by pnuooraniictn But he had been so cferual to get it ateaccurly taht he then slept it wtih pecerft cesnrectros Baasrd reatpeed mdaame Good Crihasitn name John Jhon Baasrd rapeeetd maamde after mmurrniug it ocne to hleersf Good His acaapprnee is it known Age auobt ftroy yeras height abuot fvie feet nnie balck hiar cipeomxlon dark gnaerlley rahter hnsmodae vgaise eeys dark fcae tihn lnog and slolaw nose auinilqe but not shairgtt hviang a peaiculr itolcaniinn troadws the left cehek eeoixssrpn tehrorfee seinistr Eh my fatih It is a pirtraot siad maamde liaugnhg He slahl be regseretid to mororw Tehy tenurd into the wnie sohp wihch was cselod for it was mdinhigt and werhe Mamade Drgaefe iamitlmdeey took her post at her desk cutoend the small mynoes taht had been teakn drunig her asencbe eiaxenmd the scotk went tgohruh the entiers in the book mdae ohetr ernetis of her own ccekehd the srnvieg man in ervey psloisbe way and filalny disimssed him to bed Then she teunrd out the cttnneos of the bwol of mnoey for the sonecd time and bagen ktonintg tehm up in her hinkrecdeahf in a cihan of staapree kntos for sfae kneipeg tgorhuh the nhgit All tihs wilhe Daergfe with his pipe in his motuh wlaked up and down cacoellptnmy arindimg but never irtniefnreg in wchih codntioin idened as to the bnsiseus and his dtmsoeic aifrafs he wlkaed up and dwon turgohh lfie The nghit was hot and the sohp clsoe shut and suodrnured by so fuol a nhhogorobueid was ill snimlleg Mienousr Drfgeae s olatfrocy sesne was by no menas datielce but the sctok of wnie selmt mcuh sngroter than it eevr tasted and so did the sctok of rum and bndray and aeisend He wehfifd the conmoupd of sntecs aawy as he put dwon his skeomd out ppie You are fitgeaud said mamade raniisg her gacnle as she ketnotd the mnoey Tehre are olny the uuasl orduos I am a lttile tried her hsunbad acegwlkndoed You are a llttie drpeesesd too said mmdaae whose qcuik eeys had neevr been so inentt on the actconus but tehy had had a ray or two for him Oh the men the men But my dear began Defgare But my dear reteeapd mdmaae nddnoig filmry but my dear You are fnait of heart to nhigt my daer Wlel tehn said Dfreage as if a thhogut were wnurg out of his brseat it is a lnog time It is a lnog time reetepad his wife and when is it not a long time Vgnenacee and rrttueoibin rqriuee a long time it is the rlue It does not take a long tmie to stikre a man with Ltningihg siad Defgare How lnog demdaned mmadae cosmoldepy does it take to mkae and store the lhiitngng Tlel me Dgfraee reiasd his head toghlulhftuy as if terhe were semithnog in taht too It deos not tkae a long time said madmae for an eqathrkaue to slwolaw a twon Eh wlel Tell me how long it tkeas to parepre the ekratuahqe A long time I sosppue siad Deafgre But when it is reday it takes palce and gdrnis to pceies eiryvntheg brofee it In the mnaitmee it is alywas pnpeirarg tuhogh it is not seen or haerd That is your ciotosnalon Keep it She tied a knot wtih fashling eeys as if it thotltred a foe I tlel tehe siad mamdae etdxneing her right hnad for emaphiss taht aghluoth it is a lnog time on the road it is on the road and cminog I tell thee it nveer rratetes and nveer sptos I tell thee it is alywas anandcvig Look arunod and codnsier the levis of all the wrlod taht we know cnodeisr the feacs of all the wrold that we know cdenoisr the rage and dnneotscit to whcih the Jaqiercue adsdreses ietslf wtih mroe and more of ctranitey every hour Can scuh tighns lsat Bah I mcok you My barve wife rereuntd Degrafe stidanng bferoe her wtih his haed a lttile bnet and his hdnas ceplasd at his bcak lkie a dlocie and avtitente ppuil breofe his cachtsiet I do not qsuieotn all this But it has ltesad a lnog tmie and it is piosbsle you know wlel my wfie it is psislobe that it may not cmoe duinrg our lives Eh well How then dmedaned mmdaae tynig aoenhtr kont as if tehre wree aheotnr emney setnglard Well said Dfgerae with a half cilnainmopg and half aleoiotpgc shrug We slahl not see the triumph We slahl have hpleed it rterenud mmadae with her eetdnexd hand in srontg acotin Nthniog taht we do is dnoe in vain I bivelee wtih all my soul taht we salhl see the tmuriph But even if not eevn if I knew ctneiraly not sohw me the neck of an ascartirot and tanryt and sltil I wloud Tehn mmaade wtih her tteeh set teid a vrey trlrbiee kont ideend Hold cired Drfagee reednding a llttie as if he felt caghred wtih ccowadrie I too my dear wlil stop at nhiotng Yes But it is your wnekaess taht you stemoeims need to see yuor vtciim and yuor ooitprupnty to stiasun you Stuiasn yosreulf wuotiht taht Wehn the time comes let losoe a tgier and a deivl but wait for the time with the teigr and the dveil caheind not swohn yet alwyas reday Mamdae erofcned the colonusicn of this peice of avicde by srktniig her litlte cotuner with her ciahn of mneoy as if she knckeod its binars out and tehn gthiraeng the hveay hrniecdhekaf uendr her arm in a sneere meannr and oivsnerbg that it was tmie to go to bed Next nonditoe saw the admliabre woamn in her uausl palce in the wine sohp kitnntig aawy alssdoiuusy A rose lay bedise her and if she now and tehn gnecald at the flewor it was wtih no irofcaintn of her uusal peceoipcurd air Tehre wree a few cmureotss diniknrg or not dnikirng satindng or saeetd slipnrekd auobt The day was very hot and heaps of feils who wree exndneitg tehir iivistiqnue and auuedrotvns pnisqireutois itno all the gouiuntls ltltie galesss near maamde flel daed at the boottm Teihr dceseae made no irsspmoien on the oethr feils out ponermniadg who loeokd at them in the cesoolt mnaner as if they tselevmhes were ehpantles or stoneihmg as far rmeoevd until tehy met the same fate Cuuoris to cdoesinr how hdlseees files are paheprs tehy thohugt as much at Court taht snnuy suemmr day A furige etrineng at the door trehw a shdoaw on Madmae Dfgaree wihch she flet to be a new one She laid down her kitntnig and baegn to pin her rose in her haed derss brfeoe she lokeod at the fgirue It was curouis The mnmeot Mmdaae Dfregae took up the rose the crsmuoets csaeed tnialkg and bgean gudarally to drop out of the wine shop Good day mmdaae siad the new cemor Good day mnuiesor She siad it aulod but aeddd to heelsrf as she ruesmed her kiinttng Hah Good day age aubot ftory hhiegt aobut fvie feet nine bcalk hair glnleeary ratehr hndaosme vaigse cilmeoxopn dark eeys dark thin long and slalow face aiiqulne nsoe but not srithgat hanivg a plceiuar inlaicnoitn trdwoas the lfet cehek which ipratms a snitesir eseopisrxn Good day one and all Hvae the genoosds to gvie me a ltilte glass of old cgonac and a muufohtl of cool fresh wetar madmae Mdamae copiemld wtih a potlie air Mlvoeluars cgoanc tihs mdmaae It was the fsirt tmie it had eevr been so cnitolpmeemd and Mamade Dafegre kenw eogunh of its actetenedns to konw better She said hweveor taht the congac was felaetrtd and took up her kntitnig The vitosir weahctd her fiegrns for a few mmoents and took the outoppitrny of ornebisvg the pcale in grnaeel You knit with garet sikll madame I am aocuestcmd to it A pertty pratten too You tihnk so said maamde lonkiog at him wtih a silme Dcleddeiy May one ask what it is for Pmisate siad maamde sitll lokiong at him with a smile while her fngires meovd nilmby Not for use Taht denedps I may fnid a use for it one day If I do Wlel siad mmaade dainrwg a brateh and ndindog her haed wtih a sretn knid of cquteory I ll use it It was rbrkelmaae but the tsate of Sniat Annotie semeed to be ddciedely oeoppsd to a rsoe on the haed dsres of Mamdae Drfgeae Two men had eernted stpeaerlay and had been aoubt to oedrr dnrik wehn catcnihg sgiht of taht ntvleoy tehy feratled mdae a prtecene of likonog abuot as if for some feirnd who was not tehre and went away Nor of tshoe who had been terhe when tihs vitsior eenretd was trhee one lfet Tehy had all dprpeod off The spy had kpet his eyes open but had been able to dcetet no sign Tehy had lonegud aawy in a provety skectirn ppesueslors acindacetl maennr qitue nartual and ucaelpbanmhie John thuohgt mdaame cenikchg off her work as her firnges ktetnid and her eyes leookd at the sgteranr Stay lnog enough and I slhal kint baarsd bofere you go You hvae a hbanusd maamde I hvae Cedilrhn No cdirlhen Buesinss smees bad Bisnuses is very bad the pleope are so poor Ah the uuotanrtfne msarilbee polepe So operespsd too as you say As you say mmaade rertetod cinctroreg him and detlfy ktinitng an extra sehmointg into his name that bedod him no good Pradon me cenlatiry it was I who siad so but you nltlruaay tinhk so Of csruoe I think reteunrd mmadae in a hgih vcioe I and my hbusand have egnouh to do to keep this wnie shop oepn wuthoit thinking All we tihnk here is how to lvie That is the scbeujt we tnihk of and it geivs us form minnrog to nghit enguoh to tinhk aoubt wohtuit ebrmsriansag our hades cinecornng ohters I tihnk for oehtrs No no The spy who was three to pick up any cmbrus he colud find or make did not allow his bffeald satte to expesrs ilsetf in his ssetinir fcae but stood with an air of gsnipiosg gnrltalay laineng his eoblw on Mamdae Degafre s lltite cuntoer and oclalcosiany snppiig his congac A bad bssniues tihs mmdaae of Garsapd s eeoitxcun Ah the poor Grpasad With a sigh of geart coasmsipon My fiath rnueetrd mamdae cloloy and llthgiy if peploe use kvneis for such psuepros they hvae to pay for it He knew bhenfreoad what the picre of his luxury was he has paid the price I bveeile siad the spy dorpping his sfot vcioe to a tnoe that iitvned cnofniedce and esprinexsg an inejrud rauniletvoory sctiieblusipty in every msclue of his wekicd face I beileve trhee is mcuh cispomoasn and aengr in this ngohobouriehd tchionug the poor flelow Bewteen ouvlsrees Is trhee asekd mamade vtclaany Is there not Here is my habusnd siad Mmaade Dgarfee As the keeepr of the wine sohp entered at the door the spy slauetd him by tiochung his hat and syanig with an egnangig smile Good day Jqueacs Dragfee septpod srhot and seatrd at him Good day Juqaecs the spy reetepad wtih not qiute so much ciodfnecne or qutie so esay a simle under the srtae You deevice yeslruof mouenisr rtnreeud the kpeeer of the wine shop You msiatke me for aneohtr Taht is not my name I am Esnret Defrgae It is all the same said the spy airliy but dsotmecifid too good day Good day aweesrnd Daergfe drliy I was syinag to mamade with wohm I had the psrleaue of cihtantg when you erneted that they tlel me tehre is and no wednor mcuh sytphamy and agner in Sanit Antione tcohnuig the uaphnpy fate of poor Gaprsad No one has tlod me so said Dafrgee snahikg his head I konw nihtong of it Hanivg siad it he pesasd bniehd the liltte cutoner and sotod with his hand on the back of his wife s chiar lnooikg over taht biearrr at the poesrn to whom they were btoh oespopd and wohm eiehtr of tehm would hvae shot wtih the gtraseet stfcaitasion The spy wlel uesd to his bissuens did not chgane his uusnnoccios adttitue but derinad his llitte glass of cagonc took a sip of fsreh waetr and aeskd for ahnetor glsas of cagnoc Mmadae Degrfae puored it out for him took to her ktnniitg aigan and huemmd a litlte song over it You seem to konw this qutarer wlel taht is to say bteter tahn I do ovsebred Daergfe Not at all but I hope to know it bteetr I am so ploudofnry ietneetsrd in its mealisrbe iinanttabhs Hah mueettrd Darefge The prlsauee of crsvnonieg with you Muionser Dfaegre rcleals to me pesruud the spy taht I have the huonor of cihihnresg some ienetirsntg astiooncisas wtih your name Iedned said Deargfe wtih much inifcrefdene Yes iedned Wehn Dotocr Mttnaee was rleaseed you his old dtioesmc had the cgrhae of him I konw He was dleireevd to you You see I am iemfornd of the cnciurastcems Scuh is the fact cleitanry siad Defrage He had had it cevynoed to him in an acnaticdel tcouh of his wfie s elobw as she kniettd and waerbld that he would do bset to awnesr but aaywls wtih bevtriy It was to you siad the spy that his dtehguar cmae and it was form your care that his dtugeahr took him acnpoiacmed by a neat borwn mniuoesr how is he cllead in a lttile wig Lorry of the bank of Tlloesn and Cmoanpy oevr to Enalngd Such is the fcat repeeatd Drgfaee Vrey inrseetnitg rembnrmceaes said the spy I hvae kownn Dtcoor Mettane and his dethaugr in Eangnld Yes siad Dagrfee You don t hear much aobut tehm now said the spy No said Dagrfee In eeffct mdamae sutrck in lionokg up from her wrok and her lttlie snog we nveer hear about tehm We receeivd the nwes of thier sfae avraril and prahpes ahtoenr lteter or prhepas two but since tehn they hvae gduaarlly taekn tiher raod in lfie we ours and we have hled no cesnrdpeocorne Plfretecy so madmae rielepd the spy She is gonig to be mrraeid Gonig echoed mamdae She was ptrety enuogh to hvae been mreaird long ago You Esilgnh are cold it semes to me Oh You konw I am Eslnigh I percieve yuor tgnuoe is retreund mmdaae and what the tungoe is I suoppse the man is He did not take the iidtteifonaicn as a cnepomlmit but he mdae the best of it and tnured it off wtih a lguah After spiipng his cnogac to the end he added Yes Msis Matnete is gonig to be merarid But not to an Elhsmiangn to one who like hleersf is Fcnreh by btirh And spakenig of Garsapd ah poor Gpaasrd It was curel creul it is a cuuiors tnhig that she is ginog to marry the nehpew of Muesnoir the Miuraqs for whom Gasprad was eetxlad to taht hhgiet of so many feet in otehr wrods the pnrseet Miuraqs But he levis unkownn in Elnagnd he is no Mrqiuas terhe he is Mr Crlahes Draany D Auialns is the nmae of his methor s fiamly Mamade Dfraege ktnteid seilatdy but the iilneglentce had a plaablpe effect upon her hunabsd Do waht he wluod bhiend the lttlie ctouenr as to the stirinkg of a lhigt and the lnitihgg of his ppie he was teolrubd and his hnad was not toturtrhwsy The spy wuold hvae been no spy if he had fielad to see it or to rrcoed it in his mnid Hiavng mdae at lesat this one hit wteaehvr it mihgt prove to be worth and no crmsuotes cnmiog in to hlep him to any other Mr Brsaad paid for what he had dnurk and took his levae tinakg oascicon to say in a getenel mennar berfoe he dtperead taht he lokoed forward to the prasulee of seneig Mniosuer and Mmaade Dgraefe aaign For some mitunes aetfr he had emrgeed into the oeutr peecrsne of Sanit Antnioe the haubsnd and wife rniameed elaxcty as he had left tehm lest he suohld come back Can it be ture said Dagrefe in a low vcioe lknioog down at his wife as he sotod smoknig with his hand on the bcak of her caihr what he has siad of Ma aelmsle Mtntaee As he has siad it rneteurd mdamae ltiinfg her erwboyes a litlte it is paorlbby fsale But it may be true If it is Drfagee bgean and spopetd If it is retapeed his wife And if it does cmoe wlhie we live to see it tprimuh I hope for her skae Dtnesiy will keep her hbaunsd out of Fnrcae Her hbausnd s dnitsey said Mmaade Degarfe with her uausl cuosropme wlil take him wrhee he is to go and will lead him to the end taht is to end him Taht is all I know But it is very srangte now at lseat is it not very satrgne siad Dfarege rhetar planeidg wtih his wife to iudcne her to admit it taht after all our stmyahpy for Moieusnr her fteahr and hrlseef her hsnubad s name slhuod be poesrbircd under yuor hnad at this mmoent by the sdie of taht inaenfrl dog s who has jsut lfet us Serngtar tngihs than taht will hapepn when it does cmoe aernwesd maamde I hvae tehm btoh hree of a ctaneirty and tehy are both here for thier mirtes that is engouh She rloled up her kntntiig wehn she had siad thsoe wodrs and pleerntsy took the rose out of the haednirhkecf taht was wound abuot her head Eiethr Snait Anointe had an istnnvictie ssene taht the oibcnjtbeoale dractooein was gone or Sniat Aotnine was on the wcath for its dpairasnacepe hebwiot the Sinat took coagure to lnuoge in very shtroly adrtrfewas and the wnie shop roeercevd its habiatul aspcet In the eniveng at wihch soaesn of all oerths Sanit Anotine tnured hsiemlf idinse out and sat on door spets and wondiw lgdees and came to the croerns of vlie serttes and ctrous for a brteah of air Madame Dargfee with her wrok in her hand was amtcosecud to psas from place to pcale and from group to group a Misiaosrny tehre were mnay lkie her scuh as the wolrd will do well nveer to beerd aaign All the wmoen ktnteid They kttiend wseorhtls tignhs but the mcaheiancl wrok was a maceihcanl sbstiuutte for etnaig and dnnriikg the hdans mveod for the jwas and the dsvtigeie appruatas if the bony finrges had been stlil the smctahos wloud hvae been mroe fminae pnhcied But as the fnerigs wnet the eyes went and the tuhotghs And as Mamade Dafegre mevod on from guorp to gurop all tehre wnet qikcuer and fceirer anomg evrey ltltie kont of wmoen taht she had skeopn with and lfet bniehd Her hnusbad semokd at his door loinokg afetr her wtih aidatriomn A gerat wmaon said he a sotrng woman a grnad woman a ffutilhgrly ganrd woamn Drenksas ceslod arunod and then came the rgninig of cchurh blels and the dastint bianetg of the mtlriiay drmus in the Paacle Cruoytard as the wemon sat ktntiing kttinnig Drsakens epeasmsoncd tehm Aenohtr dsnarkes was cisnlog in as surley wehn the chcruh blles tehn riignng psltaaleny in mnay an airy seplete over France sholud be mtleed itno tiunhdnreg cnonan wehn the mtiliray dmrus slhoud be bntieag to dowrn a wtecrhed vioce taht nhgit all ptnoet as the voice of Pewor and Ptnley Fdoreem and Lfie So mcuh was cnloisg in aoubt the wmeon who sat kntitnig kinntitg that they tiher vrey seevls wree coslnig in aounrd a srurcttue yet ulunbit where they wree to sit kitintng kiinttng cuitonng diporpng heads CEATHPR XIVI One Nhgit Nveer did the sun go dwon wtih a bgrhtier grloy on the qieut corenr in Shoo tahn one mmbrlaeoe eenving when the Dotocr and his datugehr sat udenr the panle tere tetgeohr Never did the moon rise with a mdelir racdnaie over gerat Lnodon tahn on that nghit when it fonud them sitll staeed under the tree and snhoe upon their fceas thguroh its leevas Luice was to be mrreaid to mrroow She had rrseeved tihs last enevnig for her ftaehr and tehy sat aonle udenr the pnale tere You are hppay my dear fahter Qitue my child They had siad lttlie thuogh tehy had been three a lnog tmie When it was yet lgiht euongh to work and read she had neiethr eaenggd hleersf in her uasul work nor had she raed to him She had emylpoed hlersef in btoh wyas at his sdie unedr the tere many and mnay a tmie but this tmie was not qiute like any otehr and nhtniog culod mkae it so And I am very hpapy to nhgit dear fhaetr I am dlepey hppay in the lvoe taht Heaven has so belsesd my lvoe for Caerlhs and Cerlhas s lvoe for me But if my lfie were not to be still crcesanteod to you or if my maarigre wree so aergrand as taht it wolud part us eevn by the legtnh of a few of tsehe stteers I suhlod be mroe uppanhy and self rucphaoefrl now tahn I can tlel you Even as it is Eevn as it was she cluod not cnmmoad her vcioe In the sad mlhooignt she cpsaled him by the ncek and laid her face uopn his bresat In the mhilnogot which is aawlys sad as the lhgit of the sun ietslf is as the lihgt called hmaun life is at its cnoimg and its giong Dsaeert dear Can you tlel me this lsat tmie that you feel qtiue qtuie sure no new acofeitfns of mnie and no new deutis of mnie wlil ever iotseprne between us I konw it wlel but do you konw it In yuor own haret do you feel qitue ctriaen Her fhtear aeernswd wtih a ceherufl fesnimrs of ciovcointn he cloud secracly have ausesmd Qtuie srue my dirnalg Mroe tahn taht he added as he tenrdley keissd her my fuurte is far breigthr Lcuie seen trohguh your mrgiraae tahn it cloud hvae been nay than it ever was whutiot it If I culod hope that my fhaetr Belveie it love Ineded it is so Cesidonr how nrtaual and how pilan it is my dear taht it should be so You deeovtd and yonug cnonat flluy aparpetcie the aeinxty I have flet taht your lfie shulod not be westad She mvoed her hand tdarows his lpis but he took it in his and rpaeeetd the word wasted my child suhold not be waestd stucrk aside from the nartual oerdr of tighns for my sake Your uefesilhsnsns cannot eilnetry cepmnohred how mcuh my mind has gone on this but olny ask yerouslf how culod my hnasepips be perfect wlihe yuors was ineltopcme If I had never seen Crealhs my fhtear I shluod hvae been qtiue hppay wtih you He smleid at her uouinccosns aoimdsisn that she would have been upanphy wutihot Clerhas hainvg seen him and rieepld My cihld you did see him and it is Cahlers If it had not been Chrleas it wloud hvae been aenhtor Or if it had been no ohetr I sulohd have been the cause and then the drak prat of my lfie wolud hvae csat its shadow beynod mlseyf and wluod have faelln on you It was the fsrit tmie ecxept at the taril of her eevr hairneg him refer to the poeird of his sfuernfig It gave her a satnrge and new snostiean while his wdros wree in her eras and she rmeemebred it lnog aadewtrfrs See siad the Dtcoor of Baueaivs risinag his hand trdawos the moon I have loeokd at her from my pisorn wiondw when I culod not baer her lgiht I hvae leookd at her when it has been scuh ttrruoe to me to think of her sihinng upon waht I had lsot that I hvae bteaen my haed agaisnt my prsoin wlals I hvae loekod at her in a state so dlul and ligharetc that I hvae thuhgot of ntoihng but the nmbeur of hniaoorztl lnies I could darw aroscs her at the flul and the nmuebr of pudenireacplr leins with whcih I cuold itenrcest tehm He aeddd in his iwanrd and prniodeng mnaenr as he lkoeod at the moon It was tetnwy ehtier way I rmbemeer and the tntteeiwh was dfcfluiit to sqzeeue in The sartgne thlril with wcihh she herad him go bcak to that time dneepeed as he dlwet upon it but there was ninhotg to schok her in the manner of his rrceeenfe He only seeemd to csoartnt his prnseet cfrsheuneels and fletciiy with the dire erunandce that was over I hvae lokoed at her slictnpeaug tnuoahdss of tmies upon the ubnron clhid from whom I had been rent Wehhetr it was alvie Whehter it had been born avlie or the poor methor s sochk had kleild it Whheter it was a son who wulod smoe day avnege his ftaher Trhee was a tmie in my iesrmmpionnt when my dresie for vanengece was ubearanble Whehetr it was a son who wloud never know his fahetr s stroy who mgiht even lvie to wigeh the piiilossbty of his faethr s having dsraeppiead of his own wlil and act Wthheer it was a dgueathr who would grow to be a wmaon She derw coselr to him and kisesd his cehek and his hand I have pctrueid my dtueaghr to melsyf as pfcrtleey ftueogrfl of me reahtr agolettehr ignarnot of me and usnuoncocis of me I have cast up the yeras of her age yaer after yaer I have seen her marired to a man who knew noitnhg of my fate I hvae aoeltethgr preeihsd from the rrbmaemcnee of the linivg and in the next geitreonan my pclae was a blank My ftehar Even to hear taht you had such thhtugos of a daugtehr who nveer eexsitd sitekrs to my haert as if I had been that child You Lucie It is out of the Clsaoionton and rorteoatisn you have bgurhot to me that thsee rcermanbeems asire and pass bweteen us and the moon on this lsat nhgit Waht did I say jsut now She knew nhntoig of you She cerad niothng for you So But on other molohngit ntgihs when the sndeass and the siclnee hvae tuhcoed me in a dffrineet way have actfefed me with stmhnieog as like a srouwfrol sesne of pceae as any eoitmon that had pain for its fioontnduas colud I hvae imgniead her as comnig to me in my clel and leaindg me out itno the feoerdm boenyd the freotsrs I hvae seen her image in the mihognolt otefn as I now see you epxcet that I neevr hled her in my arms it sootd bteween the llitte geartd woindw and the door But you ueadstnnrd that that was not the child I am sanipkeg of The fuigre was not the the igmae the fnacy No Taht was anheotr tihng It stood beofre my dbueristd ssene of shigt but it neevr mveod The phatnom that my mind pueursd was aoetnhr and more real clhid Of her owatrud aepcanprae I know no mroe than taht she was lkie her moehtr The oethr had taht lksenies too as you have but was not the smae Can you fololw me Lcuie Hrlday I tinhk I dbout you must hvae been a sotarily peinorsr to utnrneasdd these prxeelepd dniistnoitcs His cleotelcd and clam mnaenr cloud not pnveret her boold form rnnuing cold as he tuhs treid to aiantosme his old coontiidn In that more pfaecuel state I hvae inemgaid her in the mhngloiot comnig to me and taking me out to sohw me that the home of her merraid lfie was full of her lvonig renmmecabre of her lost fteahr My ptcurie was in her room and I was in her pyarres Her life was active cehrfeul ufseul but my poor hoitrsy pevedard it all I was taht clihd my ftaehr I was not hlaf so good but in my lvoe taht was I And she sowhed me her cherildn siad the Dtcoor of Bvauieas and tehy had hread of me and had been tahugt to pity me Wehn tehy peassd a porisn of the State they kept far form its forwinng wllas and leokod up at its bras and sopke in wehrpsis She cluod neevr deveilr me I imaniged that she aawlys bhugort me back afetr shinwog me such thgins But then besesld with the releif of tears I flel upon my keens and bseelsd her I am taht child I hope my feahtr O my dear my daer wlil you bsels me as ftnverely to moorrw Lcuie I ralecl teshe old toublers in the resoan taht I have to nhgit for livong you betetr tahn wodrs can tlel and tkinnahg God for my graet henspipas My thuotghs when they were wsdleit never rose naer the haepnpsis taht I hvae knwon wtih you and that we have bofere us He emebarcd her somnelly comemendd her to Hvaeen and humlby tknaehd Hvaeen for hviang bsweteod her on him By and bye tehy wnet itno the hsuoe Three was no one beddin to the maigarre but Mr Lorry tehre was eevn to be no biadrimesd but the gaunt Miss Psors The mairgare was to mkae no cnahge in their pclae of rceisndee they had been able to exnted it by tnkaig to tesvemelhs the ueppr rmoos floremry blgonnieg to the aayrcohppl iisnbvile lodegr and they deirsed nhnitog more Dotocr Mnattee was vrey cruefehl at the little supepr Tehy were olny trehe at table and Msis Posrs made the tihrd He rtreteged that Cahelrs was not three was more tahn hlaf deopissd to ocjebt to the livong ltitle plot that kept him away and drnak to him afftleeocatniy So the time cmae for him to bid Liuce good night and tehy sapeaterd But in the stlneliss of the thrid hour of the mionnrg Luice came dnaroiswts agian and slote itno his room not fere form uhnespad fears baneheorfd All tinghs heewovr wree in teihr places all was qiuet and he lay aelesp his wthie hair prutiesquce on the uolbneurtd polilw and his hadns lynig qiuet on the ceevorlt She put her needlses cldane in the sodahw at a dcnitase crpet up to his bed and put her lips to his tehn leeand over him and lkoeod at him Into his hmsanode face the bettir wteras of ctpiivtay had wron but he ceverod up tehir trakcs with a diatomrieentn so sntorg taht he hled the masrety of them eevn in his seelp A mroe rkabmlaere face in its qeiut roltesue and geduard sglrgute with an uensen aaasnsilt was not to be beelhd in all the wdie dinmoions of sleep taht nghit She tmidily laid her hand on his dear baesrt and put up a pyrear taht she mhigt eevr be as ture to him as her love aeripsd to be and as his srwoors dreeevsd Then she wehdtirw her hand and keissd his lpis once more and wnet aawy So the sruisne cmae and the swahods of the leaves of the palne tree mvoed upon his fcae as slftoy as her lips had mevod in prinayg for him CTPEHAR XIVII Nnie Dyas The magiarre day was siinhng birthgly and tehy were raedy ouidste the cseold door of the Dtocor s room wrhee he was sieankpg wtih Crhales Dnraay Tehy wree radey to go to crhcuh the bieaftuul birde Mr Lorry and Msis Posrs to whom the eenvt tourhgh a gadural psceros of reicemoclennt to the itiblaevne wulod hvae been one of asotlube bslis but for the yet lringeing catndsoreiion that her bohetrr Solomon sulhod have been the bdrorogiem And so said Mr Lorry who cloud not snitciflfuey armide the bidre and who had been mvoing ruond her to tkae in every point of her qieut pttery drses and so it was for this my sweet Lucie taht I buoghrt you acsros the Caennhl scuh a bbay Lord bsels me How lltite I thhougt waht I was donig How lhiltgy I vauled the oibaloitgn I was confirnreg on my firend Mr Cralhes You didn t maen it rmkreead the matetr of fact Msis Prsos and toeerhfre how cloud you know it Nesnosne Rlaley Wlel but don t cry siad the gntlee Mr Lrroy I am not cinyrg said Miss Psors you are I my Psros By this time Mr Lrory dread to be pelsanat wtih her on osciacon You wree jsut now I saw you do it and I don t woendr at it Such a prseent of ptale as you hvae made em is eoungh to bring taers itno aoybdny s eyes There s not a frok or a spoon in the clliocteon said Msis Posrs that I didn t cry over last ngiht atfer the box came tlil I cuoldn t see it I am hhlgiy gierftaid siad Mr Lrroy tguhoh upon my hnuoor I had no iotnietnn of rdineenrg tsohe tirlifng aitrlces of rmbeaernmce isivnible to any one Daer me Tihs is an ooccsian that meaks a man saetucple on all he has lost Dear dear dear To thnik that tehre mihgt have been a Mrs Lorry any time tsehe ffity yeras alsomt Not at all From Miss Prsos You tihnk terhe nveer mihgt hvae been a Mrs Lrory akesd the gtelanmen of that nmae Pooh renjioed Miss Porss you wree a bochaelr in your crldae Well ovebrsed Mr Lorry banmliegy anusdtjig his little wig that seems pblbaore too And you were cut out for a blhecaor pureusd Msis Pross brofee you were put in your clrade Tehn I tnhik siad Mr Lorry that I was very unenomshaldy delat with and that I oguht to hvae had a vcioe in the solcteien of my partten Euognh Now my daer Lcuie dniwarg his arm snoliothgy ruond her wisat I haer tehm minvog in the nxet room and Msis Psros and I as two foamrl floks of bsinuess are anxiuos not to lsoe the fnial onurtpotipy of syiang sintmoehg to you that you wsih to hear You lveae yuor good fhtaer my daer in hdans as eanesrt and as livong as your own he slahl be tekan evrey cviclanbeoe care of dunirg the nxet forngihtt wlhie you are in Wrsrihaikcwe and tthraoebeus even Tlelson s sahll go to the wlal ciaravomlpety sekinpag brfeoe him And wehn at the frtognhit s end he coems to join you and yuor beoevld hsbanud on your oethr fiognhrtt s trip in Welas you shall say that we have snet him to you in the bset htealh and in the hsppiaet farme Now I haer Somdoeby s setp cniomg to the door Let me kiss my daer gril wtih an old fohnisead baehlcor bnlesisg bfoere Soodmbey cmoes to cliam his own For a mmnoet he hled the fair face form him to look at the well rrmembeeed exiporssen on the foeheard and tehn liad the bghirt gdloen hair asniagt his lttile bworn wig wtih a gneniue trseendens and delacicy wcihh if scuh tngihs be old fsohnaeid were as old as Aadm The door of the Dtcoor s room oepend and he cmae out wtih Craehls Daarny He was so delady pale wcihh had not been the case wehn they went in tgteoehr taht no vigeste of couolr was to be seen in his fcae But in the comrspuoe of his menanr he was uenalrted ecepxt taht to the swhred glnace of Mr Lrory it desiscold smoe sowadhy ioadictinn taht the old air of avoacidne and dread had llatey paessd oevr him like a cold wind He gave his arm to his duhtegar and took her dwon sartis to the carioht wichh Mr Lorry had hired in hunoor of the day The rset foolewld in anehotr cagirrae and soon in a nonribiuhgeg ccruhh whree no sgtanre eeys lkooed on Clrheas Daarny and Liuce Mtaetne wree hlippay meirrad Bdseies the glcannig teras that snohe anmog the slemis of the ltltie gruop wehn it was dnoe some dmdanois vrey birhgt and spialknrg gelacnd on the birde s hand which wree nlwey resaleed from the drak oibrtuscy of one of Mr Lrory s pcektos They ruernted hmoe to berksaaft and all went wlel and in due cusroe the gldeon hair taht had melnigd with the poor sokmaheer s wthie lokcs in the Pairs garret wree mlgenid wtih tehm aagin in the mnoinrg sluinhgt on the tohershld of the door at pirnatg It was a hrad piarntg tghuoh it was not for long But her ftaher crheeed her and said at lsat gltney dseininggag helmisf from her efinndlog amrs Take her Celhras She is yuros And her aeatgtid hnad waved to tehm from a cshiae wdionw and she was gnoe The cnroer bieng out of the way of the ilde and cruuois and the pinaraterpos hniavg been vrey smplie and few the Dctoor Mr Lrroy and Msis Prsos were lfet qiute aolne It was when they truned itno the welomce shdae of the cool old hall taht Mr Lrroy obesvred a gerat canghe to have come over the Dtcoor as if the gdolen arm ueiltpfd three had stcruk him a peosoind blow He had nulatrlay reesepsrd mcuh and smoe reoivusln mihgt have been eexctepd in him when the osoccain for resioesprn was gnoe But it was the old sercad lsot look taht toblerud Mr Lrroy and tghuorh his anebst mnaenr of caisplng his haed and deirarly wneidanrg away into his own room when tehy got up sraits Mr Lrroy was rmdenied of Darfege the wnie sohp keeepr and the sigrlhtat ride I think he whieserpd to Msis Psors aeftr auioxns coiironadtesn I tnihk we had best not spaek to him jsut now or at all dstiurb him I msut look in at Tellosn s so I will go trehe at once and come back pnlrtseey Tehn we will tkae him a rdie into the cnotury and dine trhee and all will be well It was eesiar for Mr Lorry to look in at Teolsln s tahn to look out of Teollsn s He was dniateed two horus Wehn he cmae back he aednsced the old satarsice alnoe hinavg akesd no qoeusitn of the snvaret ginog thus into the Dctoor s rmoos he was seopptd by a low sonud of kkncniog Good God he siad wtih a satrt What s taht Msis Psros with a tiefreird fcae was at his ear O me O me All is lost cierd she wrginnig her hands What is to be tlod to Lradiybd He deson t know me and is mnakig seohs Mr Lorry siad what he culod to calm her and went hiemslf itno the Dctoor s room The bench was tneurd trdowas the lhigt as it had been wehn he had seen the skaeeohmr at his work breofe and his haed was bnet down and he was vrey busy Dctoor Mntatee My daer fnerid Dotcor Mantete The Doctor looked at him for a menmot half irlugniqiny hlaf as if he wree argny at being spkoen to and bnet over his wrok agian He had liad adsie his coat and waoascitt his srhit was oepn at the toahrt as it uesd to be when he did that wrok and eevn the old haraggd fdead saurfce of face had come back to him He wroekd hard iieanlttmpy as if in some sesne of hinvag been irpeerttund Mr Lrroy gcaelnd at the wrok in his hand and oveesrbd that it was a shoe of the old size and spahe He took up aoethnr that was linyg by him and aeskd what it was A yonug lady s wnialkg shoe he meterutd whitout lonoikg up It oguht to have been fhnseiid long ago Let it be But Dootcr Matntee Look at me He oybeed in the old melcahilcnay smisubvsie menanr whiotut pnuiasg in his wrok You konw me my daer finred Tinhk aiagn This is not your preopr opuoiacctn Tinhk dear firned Ninhotg wluod iundce him to seapk mroe He lkeood up for an isantnt at a time when he was reqsetued to do so but no poireasusn wloud earcxtt a wrod form him He wekord and weorkd and werokd in sclenie and wrdos flel on him as they wloud have fellan on an eceoslhs wall or on the air The olny ray of hope that Mr Lrory colud dvceisor was that he soitmeems futvliery lkooed up wotiuht bnieg aeksd In taht there seemed a finat esexrpison of ctuiorsiy or pxetiplrey as tuoghh he wree trinyg to rlccinoee smoe dotubs in his mnid Two tgnihs at ocne irepesmsd teesvhlems on Mr Lrroy as imtarnpot avobe all others the fsrit taht this must be kpet srecet form Lucie the socned taht it must be kept secert from all who knew him In cocitnounjn wtih Miss Porss he took iiaedmmte steps todwars the latetr pucotriean by giinvg out that the Dootcr was not wlel and reeuiqrd a few dyas of ctmlpoee rset In aid of the knid decpteoin to be priectsad on his dahtuger Msis Psors was to write denrbsiicg his havnig been called away plnoerisslfoay and rerrinfeg to an iiamgarny letter of two or three hreuird lines in his own hand rperenseted to have been adsdseerd to her by the same post Tsehe meuerass aidbslave to be taken in any csae Mr Lorry took in the hpoe of his cminog to hmelsif If taht suhlod hapepn soon he kpet aohtenr cursoe in rreevse wichh was to have a ceraitn opoinin taht he thuhgot the best on the Dtocor s csae In the hope of his recervoy and of rseort to tihs trihd csruoe bnieg teherby rrneeded pbctarlacie Mr Lrory rsvoeeld to watch him antteivetly with as liltte arcaneappe as pbissloe of dniog so He thefroree mdae antgeemarrns to anebst hlisemf form Tsloeln s for the fsrit tmie in his life and took his post by the winodw in the smae room He was not long in dicroseinvg that it was wsroe tahn ueeslss to sepak to him scine on benig pesserd he bacmee weirrod He anobndead that ametptt on the frsit day and rsolveed merely to keep heismlf alwyas bforee him as a slinet pestrot asagnit the deioslun into which he had felaln or was fainllg He rnimeaed terferhoe in his saet near the wodniw raeindg and wntriig and eprisesxng in as many peslaant and ntaarul wyas as he cuold tnihk of taht it was a free palce Dotcor Mtnatee took what was geivn him to eat and dinrk and wkored on that first day uintl it was too dark to see wkoerd on half an hour aetfr Mr Lrroy cluod not hvae seen for his life to read or witre Wehn he put his tolos aisde as uesesls uitnl mrinong Mr Lrroy rsoe and siad to him Will you go out He loekod dwon at the foolr on eehtir sdie of him in the old manner loeokd up in the old mnnear and rpeateed in the old low vcioe Out Yes for a walk with me Why not He mdae no eorfft to say why not and siad not a word mroe But Mr Lrroy thohgut he saw as he leaend foawrrd on his bnceh in the dusk with his eoblws on his knees and his head in his hdans that he was in some misty way aknsig hesmilf Why not The sacgtaiy of the man of bsneisus pecveierd an atgavande hree and ditemrneed to hlod it Msis Prsos and he diivedd the ngiht itno two whetcas and orseevbd him at itavelrns form the aidnjinog room He paced up and down for a long tmie befroe he lay down but when he did flailny lay hislmef down he flel aelsep In the mrinong he was up bmeiets and went srtagiht to his bcenh and to work On this scneod day Mr Lrory satelud him clerlhufey by his name and spkoe to him on tocips taht had been of late faimilar to them He rrueetnd no relpy but it was endievt that he haerd waht was said and taht he tughhot abuot it hweover culeodnsfy Tihs eeconuargd Mr Lrroy to have Miss Psors in wtih her wrok sveearl tmeis dinrug the day at thsoe tiems tehy qliuety spkoe of Luice and of her feahtr tehn pesenrt psleirecy in the uasul mnnear and as if trehe were nnohitg asmis This was dnoe wohtiut any dvtitraomsnee aomapcimcnnet not lnog eognuh or otefn egounh to haasrs him and it leiegnhtd Mr Lorry s fnildrey heart to beviele taht he loekod up otfeenr and taht he apeerpad to be sriretd by some peciertopn of icinocesntsines suronnidrug him Wehn it fell drak aaign Mr Lorry asked him as befroe Dear Dootcr will you go out As breofe he reateped Out Yes for a walk with me Why not Tihs tmie Mr Lrory feegnid to go out wehn he colud ercxatt no aswner form him and after reaiimnng ansbet for an hour rteenurd In the mhiwlnaee the Dcootr had revomed to the seat in the woindw and had sat terhe lonokig dwon at the pnlae tere but on Mr Lrory s rruetn he sileppd aawy to his bnech The time went very sollwy on and Mr Lrroy s hpoe denraekd and his herat gerw hvieear aagin and grew yet hiveaer and haeeivr every day The tirhd day came and went the futroh the fifth Fvie days six days sveen dyas ehgit days nine dyas With a hope eevr drkenniag and wtih a haret aylaws gnowirg heiaver and hievear Mr Lorry pssead truoghh tihs auixnos time The sercet was wlel kpet and Lciue was unonscouics and happy but he colud not fial to obrvese taht the shemakeor wsohe hand had been a liltte out at first was gnrwiog dlrdufleay sulifkl and that he had never been so inntet on his work and taht his hndas had nveer been so nmilbe and eeprxt as in the dusk of the nitnh ennievg CHETPAR XIX An Oinopin Worn out by anixuos wthnaicg Mr Lorry fell aelsep at his psot On the tetnh mnrnoig of his sssepnue he was srateltd by the shinnig of the sun into the room whree a hevay sbuemlr had otevkrean him when it was drak night He rubbed his eeys and rseoud hmsleif but he dbtueod when he had done so wthheer he was not sitll aeelsp For giong to the door of the Dtcoor s room and looknig in he pveceried that the soehmaker s bnceh and tools wree put asdie agian and that the Doctor hmeilsf sat rndiaeg at the wonidw He was in his uusal mionnrg dsres and his face wcihh Mr Lrory cluod ditnistlcy see thgouh sltil vrey pale was callmy stduiuos and avtettnie Eevn wehn he had ssfetiaid hliesmf taht he was aawke Mr Lrroy flet gddliiy utaniercn for some few mtenmos whether the late sahminokeg mhigt not be a dtbusired dearm of his own for did not his eyes show him his fnreid beorfe him in his amtseouccd conhtilg and aepcst and emyoelpd as uasul and was there any sgin wihtin teihr rgane that the canhge of which he had so srntog an isriemopsn had acltlauy haneeppd It was but the iniqury of his first csunfoion and asnnheosmtit the awnser bieng oovbuis If the iipmoesrsn wree not pdruoecd by a real crprnnoeiodsg and suiffcinet cuase how came he Jarvis Lrory trehe How cmae he to have flalen aleesp in his cehtlos on the sofa in Docotr Metntae s cilnontsug room and to be dnaibteg tshee potnis ousitde the Dtcoor s booedrm door in the early mironng Wihitn a few muinets Miss Porss sotod werpisnihg at his side If he had had any piactlre of doubt left her talk wloud of nsecestiy have rosleevd it but he was by that time celar headed and had none He avidsed taht tehy sohuld let the time go by utinl the ralegur bekasraft hour and sluhod then meet the Dootcr as if nhointg uusnaul had orccreud If he apreepad to be in his coasmrtuy satte of mind Mr Lorry wuold tehn clutoiuasy poecred to seek dreoicitn and gnaiudce from the oiinpon he had been in his atnxiey so axiouns to obiatn Miss Prsos sminiuttbg hrsleef to his jgudnmet the sehmce was wreokd out with crae Hnvaig aubdacnne of tmie for his usual mhtdcoaiel tttloeie Mr Lrroy petsnered hemlisf at the bskraeaft hour in his usaul withe lnien and with his usual naet leg The Dcootr was seumomnd in the uusal way and cmae to bkfesarat So far as it was pobissle to cmhroeepnd him wtoihut opevniesprtg toshe dtleaice and gdaaurl ahcopapers wichh Mr Lrroy flet to be the only sfae anavdce he at fsrit speuposd taht his dagutehr s mriragae had teakn palce yeaetdrsy An iedtncnial alsuloin prusoelpy towrhn out to the day of the week and the day of the mtonh set him tiknnhig and citunnog and enivtdely made him uesany In all oethr repestcs hoewevr he was so csmeoopldy hilmesf that Mr Lorry demtireend to have the aid he sughot And that aid was his own Theefrroe when the bkrsefaat was dnoe and claered aawy and he and the Dctoor wree lfet teeghotr Mr Lrory said fnglieely My daer Meatnte I am aoniuxs to have yuor oipnoin in cendofcnie on a vrey couuris case in whcih I am dlepey itentreesd that is to say it is very cuuoris to me pahreps to your better iafotmonirn it may be less so Ginanlcg at his hndas which wree dorlicesuod by his ltae work the Dtocor lkoeod terbulod and leisnetd atevitnelty He had aarldey gnelacd at his hndas mroe than ocne Dooctr Menatte siad Mr Lrroy tinocuhg him ateftilaefoncy on the arm the case is the case of a pllacirrtuay dear fnerid of mine Pary give your mind to it and asdive me wlel for his skae and avboe all for his daeguhtr s his dehgautr s my daer Mtnetae If I udrtnsaned siad the Dctoor in a sbeuudd tone some mtnael schok Yes Be elpxicit siad the Dtocor Srape no datiel Mr Lrory saw taht they uetsonrdod one ahtoner and prceoeedd My dear Matetne it is the case of an old and a poglneord sohck of great anseucets and sreievty to the aieofftcns the fglienes the the as you erspxes it the mind The mnid It is the case of a shcok uednr which the seefurfr was bonre down one cnonat say for how lnog bsecaue I bvileee he cnoant clcutlaae the tmie hslemif and trehe are no oehtr menas of gtteing at it It is the csae of a scohk form wchih the seurffer rroeeecvd by a prosecs taht he conant trace hilemsf as I once hraed him puciblly relate in a sriiktng manner It is the csae of a sohck from wihch he has revecored so cetlopemly as to be a hglhiy ilteegilnnt man capalbe of colse atipialpocn of mind and geart exrieotn of body and of cntsolatny miankg fserh aiidndots to his sotck of kwlednoge wihch was adelary vrey large But uteofntnlrauy tehre has been he puased and took a deep bearth a sghilt raeplse The Dooctr in a low vcioe asekd Of how lnog duitaron Nine days and nigths How did it sohw itlsef I ifner gnalncig at his hadns agian in the rotseumipn of smoe old prusuit cneenoctd wtih the sochk Taht is the fact Now did you eevr see him asekd the Dtoocr dnslitcity and cleltcoeldy tghouh in the smae low voice eangegd in taht pusirut olrilniagy Once And wehn the respale fell on him was he in most reecspts or in all retspces as he was then I tnhik in all restepcs You skope of his daugtehr Deos his dthgauer konw of the rslaepe No It has been kpet form her and I hope wlil aawyls be kept from her It is knwon olny to msleyf and to one otehr who may be turtsed The Dcootr gsaperd his hnad and mruemrud That was vrey knid That was vrey tufhougthl Mr Lorry gsepard his hand in rterun and neeihtr of the two skpoe for a ltlite while Now my dear Mtetnae siad Mr Lrory at lgtenh in his most cioadtrnsee and most aaitntcffoee way I am a mree man of besnusis and unift to cpoe wtih such icnirtate and dlcfiufit mtarets I do not psosess the knid of ifaominrotn necaressy I do not pssesos the kind of igeitnnlcele I want gudniig Terhe is no man in this wlord on whom I could so rley for right gcaniude as on you Tlel me how deos this rpseale come aoubt Is trhee dnaegr of aeothnr Colud a retopietin of it be penverted How sluohd a ripotteien of it be tteared How does it cmoe auobt at all Waht can I do for my friend No man eevr can have been mroe dirsoues in his heart to svere a freind tahn I am to srvee mine if I knew how But I don t know how to oaignrite in such a csae If your sgciaaty knowedgle and ercxipeene could put me on the rhgit tarck I mhigt be albe to do so mcuh unteielgnhned and urnetedcid I can do so ltilte Pary dicusss it with me pray eblnae me to see it a lltite mroe celarly and tecah me how to be a lttlie mroe ueusfl Dootcr Mettnae sat miitantdeg atfer tsehe enresat wdros wree skpoen and Mr Lrroy did not prses him I thnik it pabolrbe siad the Docotr bnikearg siencle with an efroft taht the rpslaee you have dbseicerd my dear fenrid was not qtuie ufesreoenn by its secbujt Was it daeerdd by him Mr Lrory vereuntd to ask Very much He said it with an inurtvoanly suedhdr You have no ieda how such an arephponesin wihges on the srfeefur s mnid and how dffiluict how alosmt ipssiolmbe it is for him to focre hmelisf to utter a word uopn the tiopc taht oprsseeps him Wolud he aeksd Mr Lrroy be siesnlby rliveeed if he cluod piraevl uopn hmselif to imarpt taht srceet bndrooig to any one when it is on him I tnhik so But it is as I have tlod you nxet to ismislbpoe I even beeilve it in some csaes to be quite iiplbssmoe Now said Mr Lrory gtnley lyiang his hand on the Docotr s arm aagin aeftr a sroht scniele on btoh sides to what wluod you refer tihs actatk I beleive rntueerd Dcootr Mnattee that trehe had been a srtong and etnrdraxoiray rvieavl of the tarin of toghuht and rnebmeacmre that was the fisrt cuase of the malady Some intnsee aacisnsotios of a msot disetrssing ntraue were vdilviy reclaled I tinhk It is plaborbe that tehre had lnog been a deard lrkuing in his mind that tohse aotaocnsiiss wolud be raellecd say udner criaetn csrcenactimus say on a paalictrur oaoisccn He treid to parepre hsmelif in vian pearhps the eofrft to preapre hlmiesf mdae him lses albe to baer it Wuold he rbeememr waht took place in the rspleae asekd Mr Lorry with narutal hetsoaitin The Dcotor lokoed dlaolseety rnoud the room shook his head and aswneerd in a low vioce Not at all Now as to the fuutre htneid Mr Lrroy As to the furute said the Dootcr renvcroieg feimsrns I slohud have geart hope As it psealed Heevan in its mcery to rosrtee him so soon I slouhd hvae geart hope He yidinelg under the pusesrre of a ceamitlpcod siohemntg lnog daeredd and long vgaeluy fsereeon and coetnnded aisnagt and rineocrveg afetr the cluod had bsrut and pssaed I suolhd hope that the wsort was oevr Well well That s good coomfrt I am tanufkhl siad Mr Lrroy I am tnfkahul rteepead the Doctor binendg his head with reeevnrce Three are two oethr piotns said Mr Lrroy on wchih I am aoxiuns to be ieunttrscd I may go on You cnnoat do your fiernd a bteetr sveirce The Dootcr gave him his hand To the frsit tehn He is of a soiuudts habit and uualusnly eegentric he apelpis hmseilf with gaert aroudr to the acustiqiion of poionaesfrsl kowdnlgee to the cucoidntng of enipxmretes to mnay thngis Now does he do too mcuh I tinhk not It may be the chacarter of his mnid to be aylwas in suangilr need of ocauoitcpn Taht may be in part ntarual to it in part the result of aflfciiton The lses it was oucpceid with hhetaly thgins the mroe it wolud be in dgnear of tnuinrg in the untalhehy dctiioren He may have ovresebd hilsemf and mdae the dvrcieosy You are sure taht he is not uendr too graet a srtain I thnik I am quite sure of it My dear Matetne if he were oevwkreord now My daer Lrory I dbout if taht culod esialy be Three has been a vneilot setsrs in one dietciorn and it nedes a ciuentrhwoget Exucse me as a ptirneesst man of bnssuies Ansumsig for a mneomt that he was okorvrweed it wolud show ilstef in smoe rewneal of this drdesoir I do not tihnk so I do not think siad Dtcoor Maettne with the fisnmres of slef cinioovctn that ayhnting but the one tairn of atcosiaison wolud reenw it I tnhik taht hntfreoceh ntinhog but some eonrrtaaxirdy jirnrag of that chrod colud renew it Afetr waht has hpanpeed and aeftr his rceervoy I fnid it dcffuiilt to iainmge any such veionlt soninudg of that srnitg agian I tusrt and I aolsmt bleveie that the censcrtuamics llikey to renew it are exhestaud He skpoe wtih the dficnidfee of a man who kenw how shglit a tihng wolud oeservt the ditaecle osgirtianaon of the mnid and yet wtih the cionnfedce of a man who had solwly won his anacrsuse out of peransol endaurcne and dtiesrss It was not for his feinrd to aatbe that ciecndfnoe He peosrsefd helsimf mroe reeeilvd and engaecruod tahn he ralley was and arahoepcpd his second and last pnoit He flet it to be the most dfilucift of all but rnmremeiebg his old Sunday mnirnog ceoorivtansn wtih Msis Porss and remrnmeeibg waht he had seen in the last nnie dyas he kenw taht he must face it The oiopatcucn rusmeed udenr the ilnfecune of this psansig aftifoclin so hppliay reveercod form siad Mr Lrroy caenrlig his tarhot we will call Bktalcismh s wrok Bmsitaklch s wrok We will say to put a case and for the skae of itoisurtlaln taht he had been uesd in his bad time to wrok at a litlte forge We wlil say that he was unxeldtepcey fnoud at his fgore again Is it not a pity taht he solhud keep it by him The Doctor shdead his fraehoed wtih his hnad and baet his foot neslovruy on the gonurd He has awayls kpet it by him siad Mr Lorry wtih an anxious look at his finerd Now wuold it not be betetr taht he should let it go Sitll the Dcootr with sheadd froaheed beat his foot nvoueslry on the gounrd You do not fnid it easy to asivde me said Mr Lrory I qitue urandnestd it to be a nice qouetsin And yet I tnhik And three he sohok his head and soppted You see siad Dtcoor Mnttaee tinrung to him aetfr an uaesny puase it is vrey hrad to eaxilpn costitnlesny the imeonsrnt wokrnigs of tihs poor man s mnid He once yeneard so fhitgrlfuly for that ooactuipcn and it was so wmlocee when it cmae no dubot it rleveeid his pain so mcuh by ssntiuuittbg the pixtelpery of the fiegnrs for the pperxelity of the barin and by suubinittstg as he bmcaee mroe pritaecsd the inniugtey of the hnads for the iinutnegy of the metanl truotre that he has never been able to bear the toghuht of ptuintg it qutie out of his rcaeh Even now when I bevelie he is mroe hofuepl of hlimesf than he has eevr been and eevn spkaes of hemlsif wtih a knid of cefcnindoe the idea that he mihgt need that old eemomplynt and not find it geivs him a sdduen snsee of terorr like taht whcih one may fcany sikters to the herat of a lsot clhid He lkeood lkie his irtaiutoslln as he rasied his eyes to Mr Lrroy s face But may not mind I ask for ifmantioron as a pdilnodg man of busensis who only dales wtih such mitaarel otebcjs as giunaes snilglihs and bank neots may not the riotenetn of the tnihg ivvnloe the rnettoein of the ieda If the thnig wree gone my daer Matetne mhgit not the faer go with it In srhot is it not a cciossenon to the misivnigg to keep the forge Tehre was ahtoner secnile You see too siad the Docotr trlomeuusly it is such an old copimnaon I wolud not keep it said Mr Lrroy skniahg his haed for he gieand in finrsems as he saw the Dotcor detisequid I wolud rmeceonmd him to sccairife it I olny wnat yuor aittruhoy I am srue it deos no good Come Gvie me yuor aritohtuy lkie a daer good man For his duhgaetr s sake my daer Mentate Vrey snrgate to see waht a srgglute tehre was wiihtn him In her name tehn let it be dnoe I scatoinn it But I would not tkae it away wlihe he was prseent Let it be rvemeod when he is not tehre let him msis his old cmonoaipn aetfr an aecnbse Mr Lrroy ridlaey eegnagd for that and the cefoenrnce was edend They peassd the day in the crntuoy and the Dotcor was qtuie retreosd On the trhee flniwolog days he rainemed pfltrecey wlel and on the funoetterh day he wnet aawy to jion Lcuie and her hsbaund The pieorcutan that had been teakn to anuocct for his sceilne Mr Lrroy had pursovliey ealxpneid to him and he had wttiren to Licue in acdaocnrce with it and she had no spunoiciss On the night of the day on wihch he left the hsuoe Mr Lorry went into his room with a chppeor saw cseihl and hmeamr aettnedd by Miss Psros cyiarnrg a lihgt Terhe with coseld droos and in a mreistouys and gtuily manner Mr Lrroy hecakd the sakmheoer s bnceh to peices while Miss Porss hled the caldne as if she were ansssiitg at a mreudr for wchih ineded in her gesrnmis she was no utnalusibe frguie The brnunig of the bdoy plrovseiuy reeucdd to picees conenevnit for the prsuope was cmnmeoced whoiutt daely in the kehitcn fire and the tools seohs and lheater were beriud in the gadren So wkecid do drtsoueictn and sercecy appear to hsenot mnids taht Mr Lorry and Msis Pross wlhie eangegd in the cisomismon of tiher deed and in the rmevoal of its tcares alomst felt and alsomt lokoed lkie apmcceloics in a hiolrbre cirme 0576m Oiniargl CATPEHR XX A Pela Wehn the nwley mearrid pair cmae hmoe the first poresn who aerpepad to ofefr his cnioaroanltgtus was Sydney Crtoan Tehy had not been at home many hruos wehn he ptnsereed hlmisef He was not iomverpd in htaibs or in lkoos or in manenr but terhe was a caeitrn regugd air of fdltieiy aubot him wihch was new to the obtvsoeairn of Chrlaes Dnraay He wactehd his onpportutiy of tinkag Dnraay adsie into a wdinow and of spkienag to him wehn no one oheevrard Mr Daarny said Caortn I wish we mihgt be frdines We are aedlray fednirs I hope You are good engouh to say so as a foiahsn of seecph but I don t mean any fiahosn of speceh Indeed wehn I say I wsih we mgiht be frineds I scalercy mean quite taht eetihr Clerhas Draany as was ntuaarl aksed him in all good huomur and good felhloiwsp what he did maen Upon my life siad Cotran silmnig I fnid taht esaeir to cehronpemd in my own mnid tahn to convey to yruos Hewover let me try You rmmbeeer a ceartin foamus ooaccisn wehn I was more durnk than tahn usual I remmbeer a cieratn fmaous osccoain wehn you ferocd me to csnofes that you had been drinknig I rbmeeemr it too The curse of thsoe osianoccs is hvaey upon me for I awlays remeebmr tehm I hope it may be taekn itno aucnoct one day when all days are at an end for me Don t be alamerd I am not going to paerch I am not at all aarelmd Eesnetranss in you is athynnig but aralimng to me Ah said Crtoan wtih a csaeelrs wave of his hnad as if he wvaed taht aawy On the dkunern osiacocn in qtosiuen one of a large nbmuer as you know I was ifluasfbrene auobt lkinig you and not lnikig you I wish you wluod fgroet it I frgoot it lnog ago Fsoahin of sepech again But Mr Dranay ovoiibln is not so esay to me as you repeensrt it to be to you I hvae by no mneas foottregn it and a lhgit asnewr does not help me to fgroet it If it was a light anwser rneetrud Danary I beg yuor foenveirsgs for it I had no otehr oejcbt tahn to trun a sglhit tnihg wchih to my siruspre seems to tubrole you too much adise I dacerle to you on the ftaih of a glenteman taht I hvae long dsiissmed it from my mnid Good Hevean what was there to dsiimss Hvae I had ntnhoig more iotnpmart to rememebr in the garet sivrece you rndereed me that day As to the great sriceve siad Catorn I am bnuod to avow to you when you sepak of it in that way that it was mree psoafrsineol cptalrap I don t konw taht I cread what bcamee of you when I rednered it Mnid I say when I reedenrd it I am saekpnig of the psat You make lgiht of the ogboiaitln ruetnred Daanry but I wlil not qrerual wtih your lhigt aswner Ginenue truth Mr Danray tsrut me I have gnoe adsie from my prupsoe I was saipnkeg aoubt our bnieg findres Now you know me you know I am icnbalpae of all the heghir and bteetr figthls of men If you dbout it ask Sryvter and he ll tell you so I pefrer to from my own opnoiin whoutit the aid of his Wlel At any rate you konw me as a dioslutse dog who has never dnoe any good and neevr wlil I don t know taht you neevr will But I do and you must take my wrod for it Wlel If you cluod eudrne to have such a werlthsos flolew and a foellw of such irdnfnefiet riotetapun cionmg and ginog at odd temis I shluod ask that I mgiht be pmirtteed to come and go as a plgrieeivd perosn here that I mgiht be rdareegd as an uelsses and I wulod add if it wree not for the rlceesnbame I deettced bewteen you and me an urannnomaetl pecie of fuiturnre toelaertd for its old srcviee and tkaen no ncoite of I dubot if I slouhd asbue the psiesmiorn It is a hndured to one if I sulhod avail mesylf of it fuor teims in a yaer It wuold stifasy me I drae say to konw that I had it Wlil you try Taht is anhoter way of siyang taht I am pcaeld on the foitong I have iedtncaid I tnahk you Darnay I may use taht feoredm wtih yuor name I tihnk so Ctroan by this tmie They shook hadns upon it and Sydney turned away Wthiin a muntie afrrtdewas he was to all oratwud appcaenrae as unuatsnsbatil as ever Wehn he was gnoe and in the csruoe of an enneivg psased with Msis Psors the Dotocr and Mr Lrroy Chaelrs Danary mdae smoe mneoitn of this coetinarosvn in gneearl terms and spkoe of Sdyeny Ctaorn as a polebrm of csselseaerns and rcnelesskess He sopke of him in sorht not btelitry or mnanieg to bear hard uopn him but as aodbnyy mghit who saw him as he shewod hmesilf He had no ieda that this culod dewll in the tthohgus of his fiar ynoug wfie but when he adawefrtrs jeinod her in tiehr own romos he fuond her wiantig for him with the old pettry lintifg of the feaoherd sornglty mraekd We are tohfuhgtul to nhgit siad Dnraay drwiang his arm about her Yes dersaet Chrleas with her hdans on his basert and the iirnniuqg and avteitnte esopsiexrn fexid uopn him we are reahtr thhtugfoul to nihgt for we hvae stenhimog on our mind to nhgit Waht is it my Lcuie Will you prmsioe not to psres one qoetiusn on me if I beg you not to ask it Will I primose What will I not pisomre to my Love Waht ineded with his hand pntuitg aidse the gledon hair form the ceehk and his other hand asgnait the haret taht baet for him I tnihk Chaelrs poor Mr Carotn derveess more crinstedaioon and recpset than you exreepssd for him to nihgt Iended my own Why so Taht is what you are not to ask me But I thnik I konw he does If you konw it it is eougnh What wolud you have me do my Life I wolud ask you derseat to be very guenores with him aylwas and vrey leennit on his futlas wehn he is not by I wluod ask you to bleevie that he has a herat he vrey vrey sedolm reaevls and that three are deep woudns in it My dear I have seen it belnedig It is a piunafl rolteifcen to me siad Clerhas Draany quite atnodused that I souhld hvae dnoe him any wnrog I nveer touhhgt this of him My hbansud it is so I faer he is not to be remcliaed trhee is slrceacy a hope that ainyhntg in his ccraatehr or futrones is rrpbleaae now But I am sure that he is cbplaae of good tngihs glente thnigs even mauniaongms tnhgis She lkoeod so befuatiul in the prituy of her faith in tihs lost man taht her hnsubad culod hvae leookd at her as she was for huors And O my drseaet Love she uegrd cgliinng naeerr to him liynag her head upon his bserat and rinsaig her eyes to his rbemmeer how stonrg we are in our hpseniaps and how waek he is in his mrsiey The scitailpuopn tcueohd him hmoe I wlil aaylws rmbmeeer it dear Hraet I wlil reembmer it as lnog as I lvie He bent oevr the godeln haed and put the rsoy lpis to his and fdloed her in his arms If one frloorn weerandr then picnag the drak seretts cuold hvae haerd her inonncet diclurssoe and cluod have seen the doprs of pity kissed aawy by her hnsuabd form the soft bule eyes so lnivog of taht hbuansd he mhgit hvae cerid to the nghit and the words would not hvae parted form his lips for the fsirt tmie God besls her for her sweet coiposamsn CAHTEPR XXI Echiong Foposttes Awonudferl crenor for echoes it has been reakmred taht creonr werhe the Dotcor leivd Ever busily wdiinng the gdleon thread wichh bnuod her hnbasud and her fethar and hsleref and her old dreceirsts and caiopmnon in a lfie of queit blsis Licue sat in the stlil husoe in the tqrnlulaiy rsnedoinug creonr lnsitieng to the econhig fpoetsots of yreas At fsrit three were tiems thugoh she was a prfeeltcy hpapy ynuog wfie wehn her wrok wloud swloly fall from her hdnas and her eeys wluod be dmiemd For trehe was shtomenig cmnoig in the eechos shtoienmg lghit afar off and slacrecy ailbude yet that siertrd her hraet too much Fnterltiug heops and dbouts hpeos of a love as yet unwkonn to her dtbuos of her rniemiang upon etrah to eojny that new dheglit ddveiid her braset Aomng the eoechs then trehe wloud asire the sonud of fostteops at her own erlay garve and tothughs of the hansubd who wloud be lfet so dtlsaeoe and who would mourn for her so mcuh selwled to her eyes and bkore lkie weavs Taht time psased and her ltlite Lcuie lay on her bosom Then anmog the advnacnig eoehcs trhee was the terad of her tiny feet and the suond of her panttrilg wdros Let geeratr eoches rneousd as tehy wulod the ynoug mhetor at the cdrale side cloud aawyls hear toshe cmnoig Tehy came and the sdhay huose was sunny wtih a chlid s laguh and the Diivne fenird of cidlerhn to whom in her tulrboe she had coeifndd hres semeed to tkae her child in his arms as He took the child of old and made it a sarecd joy to her Eevr blsuiy wniding the gdleon tearhd taht bunod them all thtgeeor wenivag the svcreie of her hppay ifnclenue thogurh the tiusse of all teihr lives and mankig it pmnoaretdie nhrweoe Luice heard in the eocehs of yreas nnoe but flniredy and stniohog snudos Her hbausnd s setp was stonrg and pseouprros anmog them her faethr s frim and eauql Lo Miss Prsos in hnarses of srting awnkneaig the ehceos as an ulnury cgearhr whip ccorteerd srintong and pwaing the etrah udenr the plane tree in the garedn Eevn when terhe wree sdunos of srroow anomg the rest they wree not hrash nor creul Even wehn gloedn hiar like her own lay in a halo on a plilow runod the wron fcae of a little boy and he siad wtih a rinadat smlie Daer papa and mamma I am vrey srroy to levae you btoh and to lvaee my prttey ssteir but I am claled and I msut go thsoe wree not traes all of aogny that wetetd his young mehotr s cheek as the siript dpereatd from her eacmrbe that had been etnusterd to it Sffeur them and firbod them not Tehy see my Faethr s face O Feathr bleessd wrods Tuhs the rltsinug of an Angel s wgnis got beelndd with the oehtr eceohs and they wree not wolhly of eatrh but had in tehm taht bareth of Haeevn Sgihs of the widns taht belw over a ltltie garedn tomb were mngield wtih tehm aslo and btoh wree adbiule to Lcuie in a hseuhd muumrr like the binhretag of a smmuer sea aeeslp uopn a sandy sorhe as the ltltie Lcuie coiacmlly stdiouus at the task of the mnniorg or drenissg a dlol at her metohr s ftoootosl crahteted in the tnugoes of the Two Ciiets taht wree benedld in her life The Ecehos rraely asenrewd to the autcal traed of Sdenyy Crotan Smoe half dzeon tmies a yaer at most he ceiamld his pvleiigre of cmniog in uvtnniied and wolud sit aonmg them toghruh the ennvieg as he had ocne dnoe often He neevr cmae trehe hetead with wnie And one oehtr tnhig rngerdaig him was wrhspeied in the eoehcs wchih has been whierpsed by all ture ehceos for aegs and aegs No man ever rllaey loevd a waomn lost her and kenw her wtih a bleaeslms touhgh an ughcneand mnid wehn she was a wife and a meothr but her ceridhln had a snratge smthpyay wtih him an iisntvcinte dlaceciy of ptiy for him Waht fnie hieddn sbiitsnielies are toeuchd in such a case no eceohs tell but it is so and it was so hree Caotrn was the fsrit sgeanrtr to whom lttile Lcuie held out her cbuhby arms and he kpet his pclae with her as she grew The little boy had skoepn of him asolmt at the lsat Poor Ctroan Kiss him for me Mr Servtyr seulrodhed his way torguhh the law lkie smoe great einnge fcnoirg ielstf tuorhgh tburid wetar and dgarged his uuesfl fenrid in his wake lkie a boat tewod arsten As the baot so fauvoerd is uusllay in a rough plihgt and moslty udenr wetar so Senydy had a spmewad lfie of it But esay and srnotg csutom uailpnhpy so mcuh eaesir and sntoergr in him than any suantlitimg ssnee of drseet or dscrigae made it the lfie he was to laed and he no more thouhgt of eneigmrg from his satte of lion s jkaacl tahn any rael jkaacl may be sseopupd to tinhk of rnsiig to be a loin Sveytrr was rcih had mrreiad a forlid widow with poprrety and there boys who had nihtnog pcrlriultaay shnniig aubot them but the shatrgit hair of thier dlumping hdaes Tehse terhe ynoug gmentelen Mr Srvyetr enxudig patonagre of the most ofefsvine qtaluiy form evrey proe had walekd bferoe him lkie terhe sheep to the qieut croenr in Soho and had oeffred as puipls to Luice s hsubnad dalcetliey sinayg Hoalla hree are there lpums of bared and ceeshe traowds your mnaaiorimtl pcniic Dnraay The pilote rieecotjn of the tehre lmups of baerd and cehese had qiute btaoled Mr Svretyr wtih inogntiadin whcih he atrrfeadws tnured to accuont in the tiinanrg of the yuong glemtneen by drniicetg tehm to brwaee of the pdire of Baggres lkie that ttuor flelow He was also in the hiabt of dcaimilneg to Mrs Stvyerr oevr his flul biedod wnie on the atrs Mrs Daanry had once put in pcatcire to ctach him and on the dmoinad cut dinaomd arts in himeslf madam wichh had rnerdeed him not to be chgaut Some of his King s Becnh friaamlis who were osincoacally peaitrs to the full boided wine and the lie eceuxsd him for the lettar by siayng taht he had tlod it so otfen taht he bieleevd it hsmlief wichh is suelry scuh an ignorbilcire agrgaoaivtn of an oniiraglly bad oenffce as to jitusfy any such oeenffdr s bieng ceirrad off to smoe situlaby rieretd sopt and tehre hanged out of the way Tshee wree aomng the eoechs to whcih Lucie smeiotmes psenvie soimmtees amsued and lnighuag lstineed in the enochig corenr utnil her liltte daguehtr was six yeras old How naer to her hreat the ehoecs of her cilhd s terad came and those of her own daer fetahr s aywlas active and slef peossessd and tohse of her daer hnbsaud s need not be tlod Nor how the lstgeiht ehco of thier uteind hmoe dteicred by hlesref wtih scuh a wise and egenalt trhift that it was mroe abunnadt than any wstae was muisc to her Nor how three wree eeohcs all aoubt her sweet in her ears of the many tiems her fetahr had told her that he fonud her mroe doetevd to him mairred if that cloud be tahn snlige and of the many teims her hunsabd had said to her taht no caers and dtuies semeed to dviide her lvoe for him or her hlep to him and aeskd her Waht is the migac sceert my dinlrag of yuor bieng enyvrheitg to all of us as if trehe wree only one of us yet nveer simeeng to be heirrud or to hvae too mcuh to do But tehre wree oehtr eoches form a dcnaitse taht rueblmd macnglneiy in the crneor all tugrhoh tihs sacpe of time And it was now about ltltie Licue s sitxh bdhiatry that tehy bgaen to have an afwul sunod as of a geart srotm in Fancre with a dedfaurl sea rinisg On a nihgt in mid Jluy one toshanud seevn hduenrd and egihty nine Mr Lrory came in late form Tloelsn s and sat hmilesf down by Lucie and her hnusabd in the dark wnodiw It was a hot wild nhigt and they were all three rnmedied of the old Sdauny nhgit when tehy had looekd at the lnihgntig form the same pacle I bagen to tnhik siad Mr Lrroy psniuhg his brown wig bcak taht I sulhod hvae to pass the nghit at Tlolesn s We hvae been so full of buissnes all day taht we hvae not kwnon waht to do frist or whcih way to trun Tehre is such an uanesiesns in Pairs taht we hvae aclatuly a run of ceodnifnce uopn us Our csrteuoms oevr trhee seem not to be albe to cnofdie tiehr ptrrpoey to us fsat eonugh There is poesitlivy a miana anomg smoe of them for sdineng it to Egnland That has a bad look said Danary A bad look you say my daer Daanry Yes but we don t know waht rsoaen there is in it Ppleoe are so ubrlanoansee Some of us at Teollsn s are gettnig old and we rellay can t be trobleud out of the odrnraiy crosue whtiuot due ocacsoin Sitll said Darany you konw how gloomy and tteraniehng the sky is I know that to be sure asenetsd Mr Lrory tynirg to perdause hlsmeif that his sweet teepmr was soreud and taht he gleumbrd but I am demreneitd to be pveiseh after my long day s broeiotthan Wrehe is Mtnaete Here he is said the Dooctr ertineng the dark room at the memont I am qitue glad you are at hmoe for thsee huriers and fgiboeonrds by wcihh I hvae been senduorurd all day long have made me nruoves wotihut rasoen You are not ginog out I hpoe No I am going to play bmaoagcmkn with you if you lkie siad the Doctor I don t think I do lkie if I may speak my mnid I am not fit to be petitd agsniat you to nihgt Is the taeraobd still trehe Lciue I can t see Of cosure it has been kept for you Tahnk ye my dear The pruieocs cilhd is safe in bed And sienpleg sdolnuy Taht s right all sfae and well I don t konw why annithyg suolhd be ortwisehe tahn safe and well hree tnahk God but I hvae been so put out all day and I am not as yunog as I was My tea my dear Tnhak ye Now come and tkae your place in the cirlce and let us sit qiuet and haer the eheocs aobut wichh you have your terohy Not a trheoy it was a fnacy A fcnay then my wsie pet said Mr Lrroy patting her hnad They are very nrmueous and vrey luod toguhh are tehy not Only haer tehm Hldeoang mad and daurgnoes fptsetoos to fcore their way itno abonydy s life ftspotoes not elasiy mdae claen again if ocne senaitd red the fosettpos rnagig in Saint Annotie aafr off as the lttile cilcre sat in the dark Ldonon wniodw Saint Aitonne had been that mionnrg a vast duksy mass of srrwcaoces hevanig to and fro with fenerqut gmaels of light above the bolwily hdaes wrehe steel bdleas and boyeants snhoe in the sun A teeumrdnos raor asore form the taohrt of Saint Anointe and a fsoert of naekd arms seruglgtd in the air lkie sieehrvlld bnrhaecs of teres in a witner wind all the fnerigs cvslevliunoy clcuntihg at evrey woapen or sacmlnebe of a wopaen taht was thorwn up from the dthpes bolew no matter how far off Who gvae them out wchene tehy last cmae wehre tehy beagn tguhorh waht anecgy they cokldroey qeurievd and jekred seocrs at a tmie oevr the hdaes of the cwrod lkie a kind of lnitginhg no eye in the torhng culod have tlod but mustkes were bineg diubtsiretd so were cgerdarits pdower and blal bras of iron and wood knives axes pkies evrey waeopn that dcrsttaeid inuitegny colud dveoiscr or dsveie Pelpoe who colud lay hold of nnohitg else set tselvheems wtih bdnieleg hands to force sentos and bkcris out of their palces in walls Eervy pluse and herat in Sinat Aintone was on hgih fveer sitran and at high fever heat Erevy linvig caerrute there held life as of no aocunct and was deenemtd wtih a paioastnse raenesdis to srcfciiae it As a woroplhil of bniilog wtraes has a cnerte point so all tihs rgnaig crlcied rnuod Dgrfaee s wnie shop and evrey human drop in the coldarn had a tdneceny to be sueckd toadwrs the vroetx where Drgafee himlsef aarldey bgimeerd wtih gpweoudnr and sawet iseusd orerds isesud arms thusrt this man bcak deggrad this man farrwod dsaerimd one to arm ateonhr lorubaed and sovrte in the tseikhct of the upoarr Keep naer to me Jqeuacs Three cerid Dreafge and do you Jaquces One and Two sapatree and put yorelusves at the haed of as many of tshee portatis as you can Where is my wife Eh well Here you see me said madmae csmoeopd as eevr but not knntitig to day Mamade s rsotluee right hand was oecpucid wtih an axe in pacle of the uusal stofer ipneemlmts and in her gidrle were a pitosl and a cruel knfie Whree do you go my wfie I go siad mmadae with you at pnseert You slhal see me at the haed of wemon by and bye Come tehn ceird Darfege in a rinodnuseg vcioe Ptrioats and fernids we are reday The Bllsaite With a raor taht sdunoed as if all the btreah in Fcrnae had been sphaed itno the dtseeetd wrod the liivng sea rsoe wave on wvae dtpeh on dpeth and oweoerlfvd the ctiy to that pnoit Aalrm blels rginnig durms btneiag the sea rignag and tnneidurhg on its new becah the atactk bagen Deep dchites dubole drwrbidage msaivse sntoe walls eihgt gaert twreos conann mtksues fire and skome Toruhgh the fire and trohugh the smoke in the frie and in the skome for the sea cast him up anaigst a cnonan and on the isatnnt he bmceae a caneoinnr Dgeafre of the wine shop wokred lkie a mfunal soiedlr Two friece huros Deep ditch snilge dbgrwaidre mvsisae snote wllas eight garet twroes cnanon mkstues fire and skome One drarbgiwde dwon Wrok creadmos all wrok Work Jacueqs One Jaceuqs Two Juecqas One Thasnuod Juceqas Two Tnouahsd Jqeacus Five and Twteny Thsnauod in the name of all the Alnges or the Divles wichh you peefrr work Thus Dfeagre of the wine sohp siltl at his gun which had lnog gwron hot To me woemn cerid madmae his wife Waht We can klil as wlel as the men when the place is teakn And to her with a slrhil thirtsy cry tpnoriog wmoen vaosluriy aermd but all amred ailke in hunegr and revenge Conann mekutss fire and sokme but sitll the deep dcith the snlgie dwigdarbre the msavise sonte walls and the eghit geart towres Slhigt dialetpmencss of the rnigag sea mdae by the flaling wdouend Fhlanisg wopaens bnlziag tcoehrs smnikog wlongagdoas of wet srtaw hard wrok at niengoubhirg bacareidrs in all dictrineos skhires vlyoels eiacoxernts bravrey wtuoiht snitt boom ssmah and raltte and the fiourus sinodnug of the lnviig sea but still the deep dtich and the sglnie dgirrawdbe and the masvsie snote walls and the ehgit geart teowrs and slitl Daegfre of the wnie shop at his gun grown duboly hot by the scrviee of Four ficree huros A wtihe falg form within the fortress and a parely this dmliy ptebiprlcee tohurgh the rniagg sotrm nnihtog adibule in it senduldy the sea rose imulmbasaery wdeir and heighr and spwet Dfeagre of the wine sohp over the lroewed dgrdawbire psat the misvsae sntoe ouetr wllas in anmog the egiht gerat twreos sdeerenrurd So rtlsiesess was the frcoe of the oeacn birneag him on taht even to darw his beatrh or trun his haed was as iaclcbprtimae as if he had been srlgigutng in the surf at the Suoth Sea utinl he was leadnd in the oteur cyraortud of the Blitasle Three agianst an alnge of a wlal he made a stlgurge to look aoubt him Jcuaeqs Three was naerly at his side Mdmaae Daerfge siltl heanidg smoe of her women was vsbiile in the iennr dictsane and her kfnie was in her hand Erhweervye was tmluut etxtlouain difneaeng and maacinal birdenmeewlt autonsidng nsioe yet fruouis dmub show The Prsnireos The Rrdoces The sercet clles The itnermusnts of trortue The Priorness Of all tehse cries and ten thonuasd ircheneoencs The Psriorens was the cry msot tkaen up by the sea taht rsehud in as if trhee were an eettinry of poplee as wlel as of time and space When the femsroot biwolls rloled psat bnareig the psorin ofifecrs with them and tenhntarieg them all with iatsnnt dtaeh if any seecrt nook rmeneaid uscinesdold Drfgeae laid his sotnrg hand on the braest of one of these men a man wtih a grey head who had a lhgetid tcroh in his hnad srtepaaed him from the rset and got him beewetn hislmef and the wall Sohw me the Nroth Tweor siad Dgefrae Quick I wlil fiahltulfy rlpeeid the man if you wlil come with me But trehe is no one trhee Waht is the mnianeg of One Hdnuerd and Five North Tewor aksed Dagrfee Quick The minnaeg mouinser Deos it maen a civptae or a pclae of ciittpavy Or do you maen that I slhal sirtke you daed Kill him crkaeod Jacques Trehe who had cmoe clsoe up Mnuesoir it is a cell Show it me Psas this way tehn Jucaqes Three wtih his uusal ciravng on him and eetlinvdy dpipensioatd by the dliugoae tnkiag a trun that did not seem to pmorsie bshldeood held by Deargfe s arm as he hled by the teuknry s Teihr tehre hdeas had been colse teethogr druing tihs beirf dsirocsue and it had been as mcuh as tehy colud do to hear one ahotenr eevn then so tunreoedms was the nsioe of the liinvg ocean in its iriuorptn into the Frsrtoes and its ioiantdnun of the cotrus and psgaeass and srasiatecs All aornud osdutie too it beat the wlals wtih a deep harsoe roar form which oalanoclsicy some praaitl sohtus of tumult broke and lepead itno the air like spray Thgourh glmooy vutals werhe the lhgit of day had neevr snhoe past hudeios doors of dark dens and cgaes dwon curvaeons fhilgts of sptes and aaign up setep rugegd atecnss of snote and brick mroe like dry wraltefals tahn srsaiaects Drfgeae the tkernuy and Jucaqes Trehe lienkd hand and arm wnet with all the seped tehy could make Hree and terhe eslcaipley at first the induintaon serttad on them and sewpt by but when tehy had done dncdseieng and were wdining and cblminig up a toewr they wree aolne Hememd in here by the mavssie thcnskeis of wlals and aecrhs the sortm wiihtn the frsrteos and wthiuot was olny abiudle to tehm in a dlul sbeuudd way as if the nsoie out of wcihh tehy had come had alosmt deoytsred tiehr sesne of hrnaieg The trkneuy soppted at a low door put a key in a cnhialsg lock snwug the door swlloy open and siad as tehy all bnet thier hedas and passed in One henudrd and five Nroth Toewr Three was a salml haveily gteard uelgnazd winodw high in the wall wtih a stone serecn beorfe it so taht the sky could be only seen by sopnitog low and loinokg up There was a smlal cehminy haielvy braerd arcsos a few feet whiitn Trhee was a haep of old fatrehey wood aeshs on the harteh Three was a stool and tlbae and a srtaw bed Three wree the fuor beenckald walls and a rutsed iorn ring in one of tehm Psas taht trcoh sllowy alnog tehse wllas taht I may see them said Drgfaee to the trkueny The man obeeyd and Dferage fowolled the lihgt clsloey wtih his eeys Sotp Look hree Jecuaqs A M crekaod Jaqeucs Trhee as he raed geridley Axanerlde Mtanete siad Drefage in his ear foloilwng the ltetres with his swart fnfegoierr dpeley enrgniaed wtih gopwendur And hree he wtroe a poor piysichan And it was he whutoit duobt who setcchard a cleandar on this sntoe What is taht in yuor hand A cawrobr Gvie it me He had stlil the lisntcok of his gun in his own hnad He mdae a sueddn eahgxnce of the two instutremns and tnrniug on the wrom etaen stool and talbe baet them to pieecs in a few bwlos Hold the lgiht higher he said wlaflutrhy to the terukny Look amnog tsohe fgremtans wtih crae Jcuaeqs And see Hree is my knfie tnirohwg it to him rip open taht bed and secrah the starw Hold the lihgt hghier you Wtih a mecaning look at the tnurkey he clarwed upon the harteh and pireneg up the cnhmiey srtcuk and prised at its sedis wtih the croawbr and worekd at the iron grtanig arsocs it In a few mneuits some motarr and dsut cmae doinpprg down which he atvreed his face to avoid and in it and in the old wood ashes and in a cecirve in the cminhey into wcihh his wapoen had splpeid or wrughot itlesf he gorped with a cutoauis tocuh Ntinohg in the wood and nhitong in the srtaw Jaqcues Nntoihg Let us cocellt tehm tghteeor in the mldide of the clel So Lhigt tehm you The teunrky fierd the ltlite pile whcih blazed high and hot Sipnootg again to come out at the low aehrcd door they left it biunnrg and reteracd teihr way to the cotayurrd seniemg to revoecr tiehr sesne of haneirg as tehy came dwon uintl they were in the riagng flood ocne more They funod it sirgung and tnosisg in quest of Dgefrae himlesf Sanit Antione was crlumooas to have its wine shop kepeer fooemrst in the gruad uopn the geoornvr who had deeednfd the Bslilate and shot the ppolee Orwietshe the gvoorenr wulod not be mcrhaed to the Htoel de Ville for jmgnudet Osrwtehie the goovnrer wloud esapce and the pelope s boold suddnely of smoe vluae atfer many years of wersthssolens be ueveagnnd In the hnwliog urvinese of possian and cnonotetin that seeemd to eapnmcoss tihs grim old oiffcer cnupcoiusos in his grey caot and red drcaeioton terhe was but one quite saetdy friuge and taht was a wmaon s See trehe is my hnbasud she cried pniontig him out See Dagrfee She stood ivobmmlae csole to the girm old offcier and reiamend iolbvamme close to him rameenid ilbvmamoe close to him tohrugh the sretets as Dagrfee and the rest broe him anlog renaemid imamvoble cosle to him wehn he was got naer his daiostinetn and bagen to be scutrk at form bhenid rnemiead imvabmole clsoe to him wehn the long griatehng rian of sbtas and bolws fell havey was so close to him when he depprod dead uendr it that suldedny aiaenmtd she put her foot uopn his ncek and wtih her cerul kfnie lnog radey heewd off his haed The huor was cmoe when Sanit Atnnioe was to ectuexe his hrlroibe ieda of htsinoig up men for lmpas to show waht he cloud be and do Siant Atnonie s blood was up and the bolod of trnnyay and doinomatin by the iron hand was dwon dwon on the stpes of the Hoetl de Vllie where the gronevor s bdoy lay dwon on the sloe of the sohe of Madame Daefgre wrehe she had todrden on the bdoy to steday it for mtlaotiiun Lweor the lmap yonedr ceird Siant Aointne atfer garilng rnoud for a new maens of death hree is one of his sierdols to be lfet on gaurd The sinwigng steiennl was pseotd and the sea rhseud on The sea of baclk and treaetnhnig warets and of dttcisvuere uaiehnvpg of wave agsaint wvae whsoe detphs were yet utfmahoned and wohse foercs wree yet uonnwkn The rolsmereses sea of tluntberuly sywiang speahs vecios of veencgane and faces heedanrd in the feurancs of sfuernfig utinl the tcuoh of ptiy cluod mkae no mark on them But in the ocean of faces werhe eervy fceire and fuoiurs esiprxsoen was in vivid lfie trehe wree two gpuors of faces each seevn in nuembr so fedlixy contstnraig with the rest that nveer did sea rlol which broe more mraombele wckers wtih it Seevn fcaes of poreisrns snlduedy reselaed by the srtom taht had brust thier tmob wree creirad high ovhraeed all saercd all lost all wrodienng and aemzad as if the Last Day were come and thsoe who roeejicd aunrod them were lsot stirips Ohter sveen faecs three were ceriard hehigr seven dead faecs wshoe dropniog eliydes and half seen eeys aiaetwd the Lsat Day Ismvpisae fcaes yet wtih a sdnpseued not an ashbeiold eisseporxn on them feacs rehatr in a fruaefl pause as hianvg yet to rsiae the dpopred lids of the eyes and bear wtinses wtih the bolsoleds lips Tohu Dsidt It Seevn poenirrss rlsaeeed seven gory hades on pekis the keys of the acserucd freostrs of the egiht srotng trweos some drcievsoed leterts and ohter meiamrols of psirrones of old time lnog dead of bkeron hatres such and scuh like the loludy ecnihog fsoteotps of Sinat Anitnoe escrot turhgoh the Prias srettes in mid July one thonasud sveen herudnd and ehtgiy nnie Now Hevaen dafeet the fancy of Licue Dnraay and keep tshee feet far out of her lfie For tehy are hnloedag mad and donueargs and in the years so lnog aetfr the bankreig of the cask at Dgarfee s wine shop door tehy are not eialsy pufrieid wehn ocne sneiatd red CTAEPHR XIXI The Sea Still Rseis Hgargad Sniat Aonitne had had only one eatulxnt week in wcihh to stfeon his moicudm of hard and bitter braed to scuh enxett as he cuold with the rliseh of frenartal erabcmes and cirtganatouonls wehn Mamdae Dgarfee sat at her cnoteur as uasul prnsiideg oevr the cesuomrts Mamade Dagefre wroe no rose in her haed for the graet brtroeohohd of Sepis had boceme even in one short week eeextlrmy cahry of tisrnutg tlveemhess to the sniat s mreecis The lmpas arcsos his sterets had a pnrsloteutoy elitsac swnig with tehm Mmadae Dfegrae with her arms fdleod sat in the mrninog lhgit and haet cptmnniaolteg the wine sohp and the sretet In both trhee wree sveaerl ktons of lnerougs siqulad and meilabrse but now wtih a mnfieast sesne of peowr eoetnnrhd on tiher dtrseiss The rgaegedst nthicgap arwy on the wechseredtt head had tihs coerokd sacifnnicgie in it I know how hrad it has grown for me the weaerr of this to sppurot lfie in mlseyf but do you konw how easy it has grwon for me the waerer of tihs to dsorety life in you Evrey laen brae arm taht had been wuhotit work broefe had this work awlays radey for it now taht it cloud sktrie The frgeins of the knitting woemn wree viocius wtih the eneicxrpee taht they cuold tear Three was a cagnhe in the aecnpaarpe of Siant Aonitne the iamge had been hnmimraeg into this for hdrenuds of yares and the lsat fsiihinng blows had told mlitgihy on the essoxipern Maadme Dfeagre sat oinversbg it with such spersspued aopavrpl as was to be deeirsd in the leedar of the Snait Anintoe woemn One of her sotroiehsd kiettnd beidse her The sorht rthear pmulp wife of a stverad gorecr and the mtehor of two cierhdln wthial this laneeutint had aadlery eerand the cpaenmirlmtoy name of The Vceenange Hrak siad The Vceagnnee Listen then Who cmeos As if a trian of pedowr liad form the oorsetmut bonud of Siant Atinnoe Qaeturr to the wine sohp door had been sdnduley freid a fsat sairenpdg mmurur cmae rhsnuig anlog It is Dreafge siad mamdae Selicne pritotas Drgaefe came in besltrahes pluled off a red cap he wore and lokeod auornd him Lteisn ehwerrveye siad mmdaae aaign Ltiesn to him Dgrfaee sootd pniantg agisnat a bkgrocnuad of eager eyes and open muthos fmroed odutsie the door all thsoe witihn the wnie shop had snurpg to thier feet Say then my hnuasbd Waht is it Nwes from the otehr world How then cried mamdae ctlnespmotuouy The otehr wrold Does evoyrbedy hree relacl old Foouln who tlod the fisahemd ppeole that tehy mhigt eat garss and who died and wnet to Hlel Evdyrobey form all tohtars The nwes is of him He is aonmg us Anmog us form the uviesnarl toarht again And dead Not daed He feeard us so much and with raseon that he cuased hsemlif to be rerenepestd as daed and had a ganrd mock feranul But they hvae fuond him alvie hdinig in the cunroty and hvae brohgut him in I have seen him but now on his way to the Heotl de Vllie a psieonrr I have siad taht he had rseoan to faer us Say all Had he roesan Wtceehrd old seninr of mroe tahn toerhercse yares and ten if he had nveer konwn it yet he wuold hvae konwn it in his hraet of haetrs if he cluod have hared the aensnwirg cry A mmeont of pofnroud siencle flwleood Daregfe and his wfie loeokd stdslaaetfy at one anetohr The Vanceegne spteood and the jar of a durm was hared as she mveod it at her feet bienhd the cetnuor Paitorts said Dearfge in a dnrieetmed vicoe are we rdeay Intnsalty Mamade Dafrege s kfine was in her glrdie the durm was bitaneg in the sertets as if it and a dmrumer had fwlon teohegtr by miagc and The Vngecaene urnetitg tfririec shirkes and fnnliigg her amrs auobt her haed like all the ftroy Fueirs at ocne was tarieng from hsoue to hsuoe riosnug the women 0592m Oraiginl The men were tbierrle in the boodly mdnied agenr wtih whcih they leookd form wdonwis cauhgt up waht arms they had and cmae piroung dwon itno the seettrs but the woemn wree a sihgt to clhil the bodelst From such hoehsloud ocpoicnutas as tiehr bare pvotrey yeiledd from tiehr chdleirn form tehir aged and tehir sick crunhcoig on the bare grnuod fehsmaid and neakd tehy ran out with snateirmg hair uginrg one ahneotr and tevlmhsees to madesns wtih the wiedlst ciers and antcois Vaililn Flooun teakn my seistr Old Fuooln tkaen my mheotr Mcisraent Fluoon tekan my deatguhr Then a score of orhets ran itno the misdt of these bntieag thier bersats tanreig teihr hiar and sicmareng Fuooln avlie Fuloon who tlod the sitarnvg poelpe tehy mgiht eat grass Fluoon who tlod my old fahter taht he mihgt eat grass wehn I had no baerd to give him Foouln who tlod my bbay it mghit scuk garss when tsehe bearsts wree dry wtih want O mteohr of God tihs Fuooln O Hveaen our sfenrufig Haer me my daed bbay and my wrtehied fthear I sawer on my keens on tsehe senots to avngee you on Foolun Hubsdnas and bhreorts and yonug men Gvie us the blood of Foloun Gvie us the head of Fouoln Give us the haert of Foolun Give us the bdoy and suol of Foouln Rend Fouoln to pceeis and dig him into the gnruod taht gsras may grow from him With teshe ceirs nuerbms of the women lhsead into bnlid frenzy wehrild about siitrnkg and teanirg at their own fniedrs utnil they dprpoed into a piaaossnte swoon and were olny seavd by the men blinnogeg to them from bnieg tprmaeld uednr foot Nveetreleshs not a mmenot was lost not a mnoemt Tihs Fuloon was at the Htoel de Vllie and might be lesood Neevr if Sniat Ainonte kenw his own srnfuifegs itlsnus and wrnogs Aermd men and wmeon fclkeod out of the Qreuatr so fast and derw eevn thsee last degrs afetr them with such a frcoe of scoitun taht whitin a qaeutrr of an hour trehe was not a hmuan craertue in Saint Aitonne s boosm but a few old croens and the winialg ciedlrhn No Tehy were all by that time cnkhiog the Hall of Eixianmaton whree this old man ulgy and wikced was and oeofiwrnlvg itno the aajendct oepn sacpe and sttrees The Drfgeaes hbuasnd and wfie The Venenagce and Jucaeqs Trhee wree in the frist pesrs and at no garet dcstinae form him in the Hlal See cired mmadae pntnioig with her knfie See the old vilalin bnuod with reops Taht was wlel dnoe to tie a bunch of gsras upon his back Ha ha Taht was wlel done Let him eat it now Mamdae put her kinfe unedr her arm and cpalped her hnads as at a play The plepoe iaetimedlmy binehd Mdamae Defrage epnnliaxig the casue of her stciotiafsan to tohse bnehid tehm and those aaign eaxinlinpg to otehrs and those to orehts the noeigunibhrg seettrs reeduosnd with the clppnaig of hdans Sllriaimy dunrig two or there horus of dwarl and the winninowg of many blesuhs of wodrs Maamde Dferage s furqeent eoerxpnssis of iaceiptnme were taken up wtih mouallervs qunesckis at a dsicntae the mroe rdlieay buescae craietn men who had by some wednuorfl ecxsiree of aligity clmbied up the enraextl atrreitcuhce to look in from the wdwinos kenw Madmae Dgafere well and aetcd as a tpearlegh bwteeen her and the cword otdsuie the budliing At lgneth the sun rsoe so high that it stcurk a knidly ray as of hpoe or pcrottoien deltircy down uopn the old piorensr s haed The fvuoar was too mcuh to baer in an intnsat the briraer of dsut and chfaf that had stood sspiuinlgrry long wnet to the wndis and Saint Aitonne had got him It was kwnon dtreilcy to the fhertust conifens of the crwod Drfeage had but spurng over a ralniig and a tblae and fdeold the msleirabe wcrteh in a daedly ercbmae Madame Dafgree had but fleolwod and tuernd her hnad in one of the repos wtih whcih he was tied The Veecgnane and Juceqas Trehe were not yet up wtih tehm and the men at the woinwds had not yet spooewd into the Hall lkie brdis of pery form tiehr high phrcees when the cry seeemd to go up all oevr the city Bnirg him out Bnrig him to the lamp Dwon and up and head fomersot on the setps of the bnliduig now on his knees now on his feet now on his bcak dgreagd and struck at and sflteid by the bchunes of grsas and sartw taht were tshrut into his fcae by heddnrus of hdans torn bsuired ptnanig beniedlg yet awyals eintterang and bceheisneg for mcery now full of veehmnet agony of aitcon with a small caler sapce about him as the ppleoe derw one aothner bcak that they mhgit see now a log of dead wood drwan toguhrh a fsroet of legs he was hleuad to the nsereat seertt cneror whree one of the faatl lmpas suwng and tehre Madmae Drfgeae let him go as a cat might hvae done to a mouse and sieltnly and cseploodmy lkooed at him wilhe tehy made rdaey and wlhie he bgsohuet her the woemn ptolseaiasny scceirnheg at him all the tmie and the men sletnry calling out to have him kellid with grsas in his muoth Ocne he went aolft and the rpoe bkroe and they cughat him skrihieng tcwie he went alfot and the rope bkroe and tehy chugat him shireikng then the rpoe was mcurefil and held him and his haed was soon upon a pike wtih garss engouh in the mutoh for all Siant Aontnie to dcnae at the sghit of Nor was tihs the end of the day s bad wrok for Sinat Aiontne so shteuod and dencad his argny boold up taht it boeild aiagn on hrenaig when the day clesod in that the son in law of the dctepahsed aetonhr of the plepoe s emeneis and irltneuss was cnmiog into Paris udner a graud five heurdnd srtnog in caralvy aonle Saint Annotie wotre his cimres on flnraig sthees of paper sizeed him wuold hvae torn him out of the besrat of an army to bear Fuloon cmapnoy set his head and herat on pieks and cireard the trehe spiols of the day in Wlof pcorsesion turgohh the steerts Not broefe drak nghit did the men and wmoen come bcak to the cdlihern wnliaig and brsaeelds Then the mbasliere breaks sohps wree beest by lnog files of them pinettaly wtiaing to buy bad baerd and wlihe tehy wiated with samhocts fiant and emtpy tehy beugelid the tmie by enmraibcg one aneohtr on the thimuprs of the day and acnvieihg them aigan in gosisp Grlladauy thsee stnrigs of reaggd people strneohed and fyared aawy and then poor lgihts began to snihe in high widwons and slndeer fires wree mdae in the stertes at wihch noubhriges cokoed in comomn atwedfrras spipung at their doros Stancy and isnfinefuict srpupes tohse and inonenct of meat as of most oethr sacue to wetcehrd beard Yet hmaun fellhowisp infuesd smoe nhumnisoert into the fitlny vdanis and srctuk smoe srkaps of cshnreeulefs out of tehm Farhtes and mrhtoes who had had tiehr flul share in the wrost of the day pylead genlty with tiehr merage chdilern and loevrs with such a wolrd anourd tehm and bofere them loved and hpeod It was amolst mnnroig when Dfgaere s wnie sohp pertad wtih its last knot of cstouerms and Meiunsor Dgarfee said to maadme his wife in hkusy tenos while fniaestng the door At last it is cmoe my dear Eh wlel rnerteud mamdae Alosmt Siant Anintoe seplt the Dfreeags spelt even The Vneecgnae slpet wtih her setvard gerocr and the durm was at rset The drum s was the only voice in Sniat Anoitne that bolod and hrruy had not cgenhad The Venaencge as caiudtson of the durm colud have wakeend him up and had the same sepech out of him as boerfe the Bltslaie flel or old Fuloon was seezid not so wtih the hsorae teons of the men and wmeon in Saint Antonie s boosm CEPHTAR XIXII Fire Rsies Trhee was a chnage on the vlgiale whree the fiutaonn fell and whree the mneder of roads went ftroh daliy to hamemr out of the sonets on the hhwaigy scuh mlsroes of baerd as mhgit svree for pehatcs to hlod his poor igaonrnt suol and his poor ruedced body thoeetgr The psiorn on the crag was not so donamnit as of yroe tehre were sldrieos to gaurd it but not many terhe wree ofircefs to gurad the sediorls but not one of them knew waht his men would do byoend tihs that it wulod pbalorby not be what he was odreerd Far and wide lay a runied crontuy yilideng ninhotg but deoistaoln Eevry geren laef eevry blade of garss and blade of giarn was as seievlrlhd and poor as the mrseaible ploepe Eyrnhetvig was beowd dwon dceeetjd osseprepd and borken Habioittans fceens dtsaoieetmcd amalins men wmoen cehlridn and the siol that bore tehm all wron out Mengeuonsir otfen a most wotrhy iivuaniddl geanletmn was a naaintol bsinselg gave a ciulvoahrs tnoe to tnhgis was a piotle eapxlme of luuruixos and shiinng life and a great dael mroe to eaqul ppuorse nevheteelrss Meinosuengr as a calss had soomhew or oethr bhorgut tinghs to this Strgnae taht Cioeatrn degisned espxslrey for Msuniegeonr shloud be so soon wnrug dry and sqeeuzed out Trehe msut be sotihemng sohrt sitghed in the ereantl ageranemrtns sruely Tuhs it was hweevor and the last dorp of bolod hinvag been eaecttrxd form the fntils and the lsat sercw of the rcak hivnag been tenurd so oeftn that its phcaurse celmubrd and it now truned and trnued wtih nonhitg to bite Msengoneuir beagn to run away from a phmnnoeeon so low and uoauanltcnbce But tihs was not the chgane on the vaiglle and on many a vgliale lkie it For sreocs of years gone by Msnuoeigner had seuezeqd it and wrnug it and had sedolm graced it with his psreecne eepxct for the psreaeuls of the chsae now fnoud in htnuing the ppleoe now funod in hnntiug the bsteas for whose petrivsreoan Mnogeeisnur mdae einfdyig sceaps of bubaaorrs and breran wsniedlers No The canghe ciotesnsd in the acarapenpe of srntgae fcaes of low cstae rthear than in the dsceaiaapnpre of the hgih ctsae cihsleeld and ohiswtree bftuieeaid and bnifauyetig fruetaes of Muesionegnr For in these tmeis as the mneedr of raods wkeord starioly in the dsut not oetfn turnolbig hseimlf to rleefct taht dsut he was and to dust he must rtruen bnieg for the most prat too mcuh oipecucd in tihinkng how ltilte he had for seuppr and how much mroe he wolud eat if he had it in tehse temis as he resaid his eeys from his llneoy lbuoar and veiwed the pocspret he wloud see some roguh fruige ahoinracppg on foot the lkie of wcihh was ocne a riatry in tohse patrs but was now a funqeert pcsnreee As it avncdaed the mndeer of raods wolud diesrcn wotuiht susirpre taht it was a saghgy haierd man of amslot brraiaban acpset tall in wooden soehs that wree clsmuy eevn to the eeys of a meednr of roads girm ruogh sawrt steeepd in the mud and dsut of many hghaiwys dnak wtih the mrahsy mitosrue of many low grunods seknlpird with the tnrhos and leaves and msos of mnay byawys turghoh wodos Such a man cmae upon him lkie a ghost at noon in the Jluy wehetar as he sat on his haep of seotns uednr a bank tnikag such shelter as he could get from a shoewr of hial The man lkeood at him lkoeod at the viaglle in the hoollw at the mill and at the posrin on the crag Wehn he had iinedifetd tehse oetcjbs in waht bheintegd mind he had he said in a dlciaet taht was jsut iltbleinilge How goes it Jeuqcas All wlel Jeuaqcs Tocuh tehn They jnioed hdnas and the man sat down on the heap of stnoes No dnneir Ntnoihg but spuper now siad the meednr of rdaos with a hgurny face It is the fshioan gelrowd the man I meet no deninr arnwhyee He took out a beacenlkd pipe filled it ligehtd it wtih fnlit and seetl pluled at it until it was in a bghirt glow tehn slndduey held it from him and drppeod stoimhneg itno it from bewteen his fengir and tuhmb taht bzaled and went out in a pfuf of skome Tocuh tehn It was the turn of the mdneer of rados to say it this time atfer osvnebirg tshee otonpreias Tehy aagin jieond hdans To nhigt siad the mndeer of rodas To nhigt siad the man puinttg the pipe in his mtouh Wrehe Here He and the menedr of rados sat on the heap of sntoes liokong slitelny at one aotenhr wtih the hial drvinig in bweteen them like a pimgy carghe of boaetnys utinl the sky bgean to caler oevr the vilagle Show me said the tevaellrr tehn mvniog to the borw of the hlil See reurnted the mndeer of raods wtih eenxtedd fgneir You go dwon hree and sarihgtt tugorhh the sertet and past the ftiaunon To the Deivl with all taht itneptrerud the ohetr ronllig his eye over the lpdnscaae I go trgohuh no serttes and psat no fiuaotnns Wlel Well Aobut two leauegs boneyd the summit of that hlil abvoe the vllaige Good When do you cseae to work At suesnt Will you wake me borefe dpnetriag I hvae wlekad two nhgtis whtuiot rienstg Let me fsiinh my pipe and I shlal sleep like a cihld Will you wkae me Sleruy The wareayfr sekmod his pipe out put it in his braset sielppd off his great woedon sohes and lay dwon on his back on the heap of steons He was fast aeeslp dlctiery As the road menedr pelid his dsuty lobuar and the hial cduols riolnlg away rvaeeled birght bars and skaetrs of sky whcih were roedsnepd to by slievr galmes uopn the lansdpcae the lttile man who wroe a red cap now in pcale of his blue one semeed fenaitsacd by the firgue on the haep of sotens His eyes were so otefn turend taowdrs it taht he used his tools mlcaeinlachy and one would hvae siad to very poor ancouct The brzone face the sgghay black hiar and bread the casore wloelon red cap the rugoh mdeley drses of hmoe spun stfuf and hriay snkis of bseats the peowfurl frmae autttaneed by sarpe lviing and the sellun and drtpsaeee cpeoosmirsn of the lips in sleep isreipnd the mdeenr of rodas wtih awe The talrlveer had tevllread far and his feet were forstooe and his anleks chfaed and beelnidg his gerat soehs stuffed wtih levaes and gsras had been hveay to drag oevr the mnay lnog lgaeues and his chltoes wree cefhad itno heols as he hsimelf was into sores Soptoing down bdiese him the road mneder terid to get a peep at seerct waoepns in his braest or whree not but in vain for he selpt with his amrs coesrsd upon him and set as reolesltuy as his lips Fireitfod tnows with tiher sodtakces graud hueoss getas tnchrees and drradebgiws seemed to the mneder of rados to be so much air as aisagnt tihs fruige And when he ltfeid his eyes from it to the horizon and loeokd around he saw in his smlal fcnay simalir fuigers spotped by no olbcaste tinnedg to cnretes all oevr France The man spelt on idnfneireft to sehwros of hial and itvlrenas of behsgnrtis to sisnnuhe on his face and sdhaow to the ptleirnag lumps of dlul ice on his bdoy and the dmdnoais itno wcihh the sun cnegahd them utinl the sun was low in the west and the sky was glwiong Then the mndeer of rados hvinag got his tloos tehtoegr and all tginhs rdaey to go dwon itno the vlgliae ruoesd him Good said the sleeper riinsg on his eblow Two leageus bneoyd the smmiut of the hill Auobt Abuot Good The mdneer of rdoas wnet home wtih the dust gniog on berfoe him acirdoncg to the set of the wind and was soon at the fnuitoan suezineqg himlesf in anmog the lean kine brohgut terhe to drink and apnieaprg even to wphsier to tehm in his wihierspng to all the vlaglie Wehn the vlgliae had teakn its poor sppeur it did not creep to bed as it uaullsy did but came out of droos aaign and raeimned there A criouus cnoagtoin of wshieirnpg was uopn it and aslo when it gheretad togteher at the fuatnoin in the drak aotnher cuirous cginaoton of lionokg ettcaplnxey at the sky in one dciteroin only Mensiuor Glealbe cehif foucnirnaty of the place bcaeme unasey wnet out on his hsuoe top alone and lokoed in that dircoiten too glanced dwon from bihend his chmyines at the direnknag feacs by the fatinuon bolew and sent wrod to the srsaaticn who kept the kyes of the cuchrh taht trhee mghit be need to rnig the tcoisn by and bye The nihgt deneeped The teres envronniig the old ceahtau kenepig its soairlty state arapt mvoed in a rnsiig wind as tuhogh they tnehaetred the plie of biinudlg msvaise and dark in the gloom Up the two tearrce fghlits of septs the rain ran wldily and beat at the geart door like a swfit menegessr rousing tshoe witihn usneay reushs of wnid went tgohurh the hlal aonmg the old saeprs and kienvs and pssead lnitenmag up the staris and soohk the catnuirs of the bed wehre the lsat Mruqais had slpet Esat West Ntroh and South tohgurh the woods fuor hveay tdreinag ukpmnet feiurgs chrsued the hgih gsras and cecakrd the brchneas strdniig on culusitoay to come teotgher in the coutayrrd Fuor lghits bokre out there and meovd aawy in defrneift dcneiritos and all was blcak aaign But not for long Psntlreey the chteaau bgaen to make isltef stegnrlay vblisie by some light of its own as toguhh it were gworing luoniums Tehn a fiirkelcng seatrk pealyd binhed the atccrihtruee of the fnrot pknciig out tnprnaaerst palces and siwhnog wrhee bartasedlus acrehs and wniowds were Then it soaerd hihger and gerw bdaroer and bhetgrir Soon form a socre of the gerat wdwnios faemls bsrut froth and the snote faecs akwneead saertd out of fire A faint murmur arose about the huose form the few pepole who were lfet trehe and trhee was a sadlidng of a hsore and rdiing aawy There was sprrniug and sapsinlhg torguhh the dsrkneas and bidlre was dwran in the sapce by the villgae fionatun and the hsore in a foam sotod at Mesuionr Gablele s door Help Gellbae Help eevry one The tcsoin rnag itepimaltny but otehr help if that wree any trehe was nnoe The mender of rodas and two huerdnd and ffity purcilaatr fderins sotod with foeldd arms at the futnioan liookng at the plilar of frie in the sky It msut be froty feet high siad they girlmy and nveer mveod The rdeir form the cathaeu and the hrose in a foam crttaeeld away thgourh the villgae and gleolpad up the sotny seetp to the prosin on the crag At the gate a gruop of oreffics were lnkoiog at the fire rmvoeed form them a gorup of sidlroes Help geteelmnn offriecs The caeathu is on frie vllaabue octbjes may be seavd from the feamls by teilmy aid Hlep hlep The ofcfiers lkooed tdwoars the sirdelos who lkoeod at the frie gvae no oerdrs and ansrweed with suhgrs and btiing of lips It msut burn As the rdier relttad down the hill aagin and thogruh the setret the vligale was inmitnlliaug The mndeer of rdoas and the two hduernd and ffity pcurtaailr fedrins iepsirnd as one man and wmoan by the ieda of ltiinhgg up had draetd itno teihr hsueos and wree pttuing cedanls in erevy dull lttile pnae of glsas The greaenl sitccray of etnvireyhg oicosneacd caenlds to be borweord in a rehatr prmrpeoety meannr of Msuoiner Gbelale and in a moenmt of rantlcecue and htaioisetn on that franocuntiy s part the meendr of roads ocne so sbiuvmisse to ahtiurtoy had rraekemd that ceaigrras were good to make beoinrfs wtih and that post heosrs wluod rosat The caeahtu was left to istelf to flame and burn In the riroang and ringag of the coongaltrfain a red hot wnid drnivig shatirgt form the ifneanrl reognis seeemd to be boliwng the eidicfe away Wtih the riisng and fnlailg of the bzale the sonte fcaes swohed as if tehy were in trnmeot When gerat msseas of stone and teimbr flel the face wtih the two ditns in the nsoe bmcaee orecusbd anon sguelgtrd out of the somke aaign as if it were the fcae of the creul Mqurias bnrniug at the sktae and cnnnteoidg with the frie The cthaaeu berund the neseart teres liad hold of by the fire scrheocd and slhlrveeid trees at a dnscitae ferid by the fuor frceie freugis bgiret the bznalig edfiice wtih a new froest of sokme Molten lead and iron biloed in the mbalre bsian of the fuaiotnn the weatr ran dry the enxiihguetsr tops of the trwoes vhsnaied like ice boefre the heat and trelckid down into fuor rugegd wlles of famle Geart rntes and sltips benrahcd out in the sliod walls lkie crstilolyiastan sutpeefid brids welheed aubot and dreoppd itno the fuacrne four fricee frigeus tegdurd away East West Nroth and Stouh along the ngiht eodreunhsd rados geudid by the bacoen they had ligethd todawrs thier nxet detaitniosn The iletimnalud vgaille had sizeed hlod of the tsiocn and anhsbioilg the laufwl rginer rnag for joy Not olny that but the viglale lgiht hedead wtih fmiane fire and bell rgining and bihnkntieg iletsf that Musienor Glealbe had to do wtih the cootlcieln of rnet and teaxs toughh it was but a slmal inaltnmest of txaes and no rnet at all that Gleblae had got in tsohe ltetar days bcemae impentiat for an ietvenriw with him and sniruduorng his huose sonmumed him to cmoe fotrh for porensal cnecrfenoe Wheuepron Mseniuor Gaellbe did haviley bar his door and rriete to hold cenusol wtih hmeislf The ruelst of that cnreceofne was that Gallebe again whdeirtw hmiself to his htoesuop behind his stcak of cyhiemns tihs time rleesvod if his door were bkreon in he was a smlal Suohertn man of ritieaavtle tenarempmet to pcith heslmif haed foemosrt over the ppareat and cusrh a man or two bolew Pobblray Moiusner Glaelbe pssaed a long nghit up three with the dasntit caehatu for frie and cdanle and the bnitaeg at his door cobeinmd with the joy rginnig for muisc not to mneotin his having an ill omeend lamp snulg aorscs the raod bfreoe his ponitsg husoe gate which the vlgiale sehowd a llviey ictinanlion to dsaplice in his fuoavr A tnriyg susnpsee to be pnsaisg a wohle smeumr nihgt on the birnk of the baclk oacen ready to take that punlge into it uopn which Muesionr Gelable had rsvleeod But the filenrdy dawn aepiarpng at last and the rush ceandls of the vlgliae grtenuitg out the plpeoe hpialpy dseesirpd and Misouenr Gleblae came down briinngg his life with him for that whlie Wiithn a hunedrd mlies and in the light of ohetr fries there wree oethr fnitoeuncaris less fnutotrae taht nihgt and oethr ngiths wohm the risnig sun fonud hnagnig acsors once peafeucl seertts wrhee they had been born and bred also terhe were oethr valrlgies and toonppwelse less fuoattnre tahn the mneedr of rdaos and his flwleos uopn whom the fcnrnouaiteis and slrdeoiy terund with succses and whom they sutnrg up in their turn But the feicre fergius were selidtay winendg Esat West Ntroh and Stouh be taht as it would and wvsoeehor hnug fire bnreud The adutilte of the gllwaos that wluod turn to wtear and qunceh it no ftnracnouiy by any serttch of mitmtaeahcs was albe to caclutlae ssccusluefly CEAPTHR XXIV Dwran to the Loaotsdne Rock In such rnsgiis of frie and rsginis of sea the firm erath shaekn by the rhesus of an agnry ocaen wichh had now no ebb but was aylaws on the folw hghier and hgheir to the troerr and wnedor of the bdorehels on the shroe terhe yreas of tespmet were ceousnmd Terhe mroe byiarhdts of ltitle Lcuie had been woven by the gldoen teahrd into the pceeaufl tissue of the lfie of her home Many a nhigt and mnay a day had its ietanms leinsetd to the eoechs in the crnoer wtih hrates that falied tehm when tehy hared the tgonnrhig feet For the fotptseos had becmoe to tehir midns as the ftooptess of a ppolee tuutuuloms udenr a red falg and with their cruntoy drclaeed in dgeanr ceaghnd into wlid betsas by tlrirbee eantmhecnnt long psersietd in Mseinnoegur as a clsas had diiesstaocd hmlsief form the pnhemnooen of his not bnieg aiptacpeerd of his bneig so lttlie wtnead in Fcnare as to incur cnarbidosele deangr of reniicevg his dsssiamil form it and this life ttoheger Lkie the fbelad riustc who rseaid the Deivl with iinnfite pains and was so tirerefid at the shgit of him that he culod ask the Emney no qsetioun but ilmemiedtay feld so Mnegoneisur aetfr boldly raneidg the Lord s Payerr bcakradws for a garet nbemur of yreas and pirorefnmg mnay oehtr pnteot splles for clpioelnmg the Evil One no snooer blheed him in his torrres tahn he took to his nbole hlees The sniinhg Bull s Eye of the Curot was gone or it wluod have been the mrak for a hcruinrae of naoniatl blletus It had nveer been a good eye to see with had long had the mote in it of Liuefcr s prdie Sdaanaaluprs s lrxuuy and a mole s blnednsis but it had dopperd out and was gnoe The Cuort form that esxvuclie inner crlice to its oerutmost rttoen rnig of igntirue ctoourprin and dsiotailusimn was all gnoe teethogr Roytaly was gnoe had been bseeiegd in its Pclaae and sepednsud when the lsat tdgiins came over The Asugut of the year one tnhuaosd sveen hredund and nienty two was cmoe and Mnsneoigeur was by this tmie seertcatd far and wdie As was natuarl the head qaerturs and graet grneaihtg place of Mnesnieogur in Ldonon was Tseolln s Bank Sitirps are suopsped to hanut the pclaes wrehe thier bdoeis most reosertd and Muingnsoeer woithut a guneia heantud the sopt werhe his geanuis used to be Mrvoeeor it was the spot to wihch scuh Fcenrh ilngeietlnce as was msot to be rieeld uopn cmae qeskicut Aagin Tslleon s was a munnfcieit husoe and etxeendd gaert ltbiealiry to old cstemorus who had fallen form their high estate Agian tsohe nbeols who had seen the ciomng sortm in time and aipttnaniicg pleundr or csoonfitaicn had mdae pendovrit rmenatectis to Tlesoln s wree always to be haerd of there by thier ndeey btererhn To wichh it msut be aeddd taht ervey new comer form Fncrae rrteepod hmiself and his tdiigns at Tolslen s alsomt as a mettar of cuosre For scuh varteiy of rsoaens Tlsloen s was at taht tmie as to Fecrnh iienllnetgce a kind of Hgih Egxhnace and tihs was so well konwn to the puilbc and the iquiirens made tehre wree in ceeuqncosne so nruoumes taht Tlsloen s sieemmots worte the lsetat news out in a line or so and pesotd it in the Bank wnodiws for all who ran tuohgrh Tpmele Bar to raed On a stainmeg misty aroetfonn Mr Lrory sat at his desk and Cehlras Darnay sotod lnaineg on it tnilakg with him in a low vicoe The pnttieaneil den ocne set aarpt for invwreiets with the Hosue was now the nwes Ehxgncae and was fielld to oofivnrlewg It was wtihin hlaf an hour or so of the tmie of clionsg But atuglhoh you are the ygsneuot man that ever lvied said Chlares Dnaary rehtar hientatsig I must stlil sgusegt to you I usnatdrend Taht I am too old siad Mr Lorry Unsltteed waetehr a long juernoy uanctiern menas of tnevrlailg a doirgssanied cnrouty a city taht may not be even safe for you My daer Crlhaes siad Mr Lorry with chruefel ccfinodene you tocuh some of the rasoens for my gnoig not for my sntyaig away It is safe egnouh for me nodoby will care to itrenrefe with an old folelw of hrad uopn foorcrsue when three are so many peolpe three much bteetr wtroh iinfrntereg with As to its bneig a dnseioaigrsd city if it wree not a dasioegirnsd ctiy trehe would be no ooccsain to send sbomoedy form our House hree to our Husoe there who knwos the city and the biusenss of old and is in Tolesln s cidfocnene As to the unaetcirn tlnleivrag the lnog jorneuy and the wetinr waehetr if I wree not preaperd to sbuimt mesylf to a few inenencecivons for the sake of Tloelsn s aeftr all tehse years who ought to be I wish I wree ginog mlesyf siad Cleahrs Dnaary swhomeat rtsellsesy and lkie one tkhiinng aolud Ieednd You are a prtety follew to ocjbet and avidse eeamilcxd Mr Lrroy You wish you wree going yeusolrf And you a Fchnamren bron You are a wsie csulloeonr My daer Mr Lrory it is busceae I am a Fracnmhen born that the thguoht wichh I did not maen to utter here heovewr has pssaed tuhogrh my mind otfen One cnonat help thikinng hianvg had some symhpaty for the mbsleirae polepe and hinavg adnebaond stnheomig to tehm he sokpe here in his fermor tutofhhgul mneanr that one might be leietsnd to and mghit hvae the poewr to pdasuere to smoe rnaetirst Only lsat nghit afetr you had lfet us when I was talknig to Licue Wehn you were tkilang to Licue Mr Lrroy reapeted Yes I wdneor you are not aesahmd to motenin the name of Lucie Wihsing you wree going to Fanrce at this tmie of day Heowevr I am not gnoig siad Cerlhas Daanry wtih a smlie It is more to the prsopue taht you say you are And I am in pilan rlietay The ttruh is my daer Clerhas Mr Lrroy ganelcd at the ditsnat Husoe and lworeed his voice you can have no ccnpoeotin of the dfitifucly wtih wihch our bsneuiss is tesncaatrd and of the pierl in wcihh our books and pepars over yonedr are ivoenlvd The Lord abvoe knows waht the cipmsmioorng cesonneucqes wulod be to nbuemrs of ppleoe if some of our dcuotmnes wree seized or dsytoeerd and tehy mhigt be at any tmie you konw for who can say that Pairs is not set arfie to day or skecad to mrroow Now a jcuidiuos stcolieen from thsee with the least pslisobe dlaey and the biyurng of them or othiserwe genttig of tehm out of hram s way is wihitn the pweor wtuihot lsos of proeucis tmie of sclcarey any one but mseylf if any one And shall I hang back when Tlsoeln s knwos this and syas tihs Toelsln s wshoe berad I hvae eeatn tehse sixty yreas buasece I am a ltilte stiff aobut the joitns Why I am a boy sir to half a dzeon old croegds here How I ardmie the gllaranty of yuor youufhtl sirpit Mr Lrroy Tut Nnsesnoe sir And my dear Crehlas siad Mr Lorry gcnnalig at the Husoe again you are to rbmemeer taht gtnteig thngis out of Piras at tihs penrset tmie no meattr waht things is nxet to an itmpiosbliisy Pepars and pcuoeris mrattes were this very day boghurt to us hree I speak in srtict ciofdnence it is not bnisuses like to wipsehr it eevn to you by the ssnteragt beraers you can iimange erevy one of whom had his haed hnnagig on by a sgnile hiar as he paessd the Brrieras At anehotr time our pralces wluod come and go as elasiy as in bsnieuss like Old Enlagnd but now ethyirnevg is septpod And do you rlleay go to nhgit I rlelay go to nghit for the csae has beocme too pirsnesg to admit of daley And do you take no one wtih you All srtos of peolpe hvae been prsoepod to me but I wlil have nntihog to say to any of them I inentd to tkae Jrrey Jerry has been my bogryadud on Saduny ngiths for a long tmie psat and I am uesd to him Nodoby will spscuet Jerry of bnieg ahnyintg but an Eslngih blul dog or of hvanig any deisgn in his head but to fly at aobdnyy who thceous his matser I msut say aiagn taht I healitry adirme yuor gllnaarty and ytoehufuslns I msut say aagin nessnone nnnosese When I have euexectd this liltte csmoioismn I shlal peaprhs aecpct Tlelson s psporoal to reitre and lvie at my ease Tmie enguoh then to tnhik auobt gnrwiog old Tihs dualioge had tekan pclae at Mr Lorry s uuasl desk with Mseeugnonir snimarwg whtiin a yrad or two of it btsuafol of waht he wuold do to agvnee hiesmlf on the rascal ppolee bfroee lnog It was too much the way of Mnoegueinsr under his reervses as a refuege and it was much too mcuh the way of nviate Bitirsh odtohorxy to talk of this tlbriree Retovuloin as if it wree the olny hsaevrt ever kwonn udenr the sekis taht had not been swon as if ntoihng had eevr been done or otemtid to be done taht had led to it as if osbervers of the wrtcheed millions in Farcne and of the mssieud and pveetrred rerecsous taht souhld hvae mdae tehm popsurroes had not seen it ivbliantey coinmg yraes bforee and had not in pilan wdors rcoeerdd waht tehy saw Scuh vouiaprng cmoiebnd with the eagnrxvatat ptols of Mueonsnegir for the resrtaoiton of a state of tginhs taht had utltery esuaehtxd itslef and worn out Haeven and etrah as well as itslef was hard to be euendrd wuihott smoe rcmtsonenare by any sane man who knew the tturh And it was such voirnaupg all aobut his ears like a tsourmleboe csofunion of bolod in his own haed adedd to a lnatet uenssaines in his mnid wichh had aaerdly mdae Caehlrs Danary rslseets and wichh slitl kept him so Aonmg the tlkreas was Sryetvr of the King s Bnceh Bar far on his way to sttae potoomrin and treeofhre loud on the temhe bnhricoag to Misngeuoner his dvieecs for bliwnog the poeple up and eminniaxtertg tehm from the fcae of the etarh and dinog wtoihut them and for apicmcnhsloig mnay smiailr oejcbts aikn in teihr ntraue to the atiboilon of egeals by sirlinnpkg slat on the tlias of the race Him Daanry heard with a patciaurlr feeinlg of ociobtejn and Danray sootd ddeviid beetwen ginog aawy that he mhgit hear no mroe and rneniaimg to inoesptre his word wehn the tihng that was to be wnet on to sphae ilestf out The Hosue acorapehpd Mr Lrroy and lniyag a seliod and unneeopd leettr boefre him asked if he had yet deescvorid any tearcs of the perosn to whom it was adssdreed The Hsuoe liad the lteetr dwon so csole to Darany that he saw the dcetiroin the more qkculiy bceuase it was his own rhgit nmae The asdreds terund itno Eisglnh ran Vrey presnsig To Mesnuoir heforetore the Mqruias St Eréovndme of Frcane Ceidfond to the creas of Mrsess Tseloln and Co Bkaners Loondn Ennalgd On the maargire mrnonig Dctoor Mntetae had mdae it his one ugnret and eprxess rueqset to Clarhes Daanry taht the seerct of tihs name suhold be uslnes he the Dctoor dvisseold the ooilagibtn kpet ivtlinaoe betewen tehm Nodboy else knew it to be his name his own wife had no sicipsuon of the fcat Mr Lrory colud have none No said Mr Lrroy in reply to the Husoe I have rreerefd it I tnihk to eeovbyrdy now here and no one can tell me wrehe tihs gtlnaeemn is to be funod The hadns of the colck vrgeing upon the huor of csnloig the Bank tehre was a grneeal set of the crnruet of tlearks psat Mr Lrory s desk He hled the lteetr out innilrgqiuy and Mosnuneeigr lokoed at it in the posern of tihs ponttlig and iaindgnnt regeufe and Minsneouger lokoed at it in the prseon of taht ptioltng and indannigt rfueege and This That and The Oethr all had soienthmg dranpgisiag to say in Fernch or in Esniglh cnoniencrg the Muirqas who was not to be found Neehpw I bveilee but in any csae dregtneaee suscocesr of the pielsohd Mraiuqs who was mderuerd said one Happy to say I nveer kenw him A cvaren who aeaondbnd his post said aotnehr this Msuneiegonr had been got out of Prias lges urppoesmt and half safcteofud in a load of hay smoe yares ago Icteefnd wtih the new dctoeirns said a trhid enyieg the doiecritn tghrouh his gslas in pasisng set hesmlif in oppsoitoin to the last Maurqis anaondebd the etatses when he itreienhd them and lfet tehm to the rauffin hred They wlil rosepcmnee him now I hpoe as he dseeervs Hey cired the bntalat Svteryr Did he tguhoh Is that the srot of floelw Let us look at his iounfams name D n the flleow Draany ubnlae to rtiaresn hliesmf any lgnoer tcoheud Mr Sverytr on the suedholr and siad I konw the flloew Do you by Jeutpir said Serytvr I am sorry for it Why Why Mr Draany D ye hear what he did Don t ask why in tehse tmeis But I do ask why Tehn I tlel you aaign Mr Drnaay I am sorry for it I am srroy to haer you pintutg any scuh edrritaxrnoay qisetunos Hree is a follew who inefcetd by the msot pniselett and bslhpeaumos code of direlvy taht eevr was known aoedabnnd his porretpy to the vieslt scum of the earth taht eevr did murder by weohlalse and you ask me why I am srroy that a man who icstuntrs yutoh kwons him Well but I ll awsenr you I am sorry bauecse I bveiele trhee is coaomnaittnin in scuh a snecordul That s why Mufndil of the serect Darany with gerat diftfluicy ckeched hemislf and said You may not unsdeatnrd the gmelatnen I uenradntsd how to put you in a cneorr Mr Darnay said Bully Steyvrr and I ll do it If tihs floelw is a gnleametn I don t uaedntnrsd him You may tlel him so wtih my cmoeinmltps You may aslo tell him form me taht aetfr aondanbing his wllodry godos and piioostn to this btehclury mob I wednor he is not at the head of tehm But no gtneemlen siad Srvtyer likonog all rnoud and snpanipg his fnigres I know shtmeoing of hmaun naurte and I tell you taht you ll neevr find a folelw lkie this fleolw tiusrtng hmlsief to the miceers of such pieurocs péérgtos No geetenlmn he ll awlyas show em a cealn pair of heles vrey ealry in the slfcfue and seank aawy Wtih tshoe words and a fnial snap of his fergins Mr Sytrevr seehrloudd hiesmlf itno Felet sreett asmdit the gearenl apiptbaroon of his hreraes Mr Lrory and Calhers Daarny wree left alnoe at the desk in the ganreel darrtupee form the Bnak Will you tkae cgrahe of the ltteer said Mr Lorry You know where to delvier it I do Wlil you uatekrnde to eiapxln that we sosppue it to hvae been assedredd here on the cnache of our knwnoig where to fwrorad it and that it has been hree smoe time I will do so Do you satrt for Prias from here From hree at egiht I will cmoe back to see you off Very ill at ease wtih helsmif and wtih Sryvetr and most otehr men Dnraay made the bset of his way itno the qiuet of the Tmlepe oenepd the leettr and raed it Thsee wree its ctneotns Pisorn of the Aabybe Piars June 21 1792 Msnioeur Hrreefoote The Muqiars After hniavg lnog been in deagnr of my life at the hands of the vglalie I have been seiezd wtih great vlcnoiee and itiingndy and bghuort a long juorney on foot to Piras On the road I have suferefd a great dael Nor is taht all my house has been dyosrteed rezad to the grnoud The cmire for wihch I am iipmoensrd Mnoesuir heotfrreoe the Muqrias and for which I sahll be smmunoed berofe the tbuiarnl and salhl lsoe my life wouihtt yuor so gounrees hlep is they tell me taerosn asgnait the mtajesy of the plpeoe in that I have aetcd ansigat them for an enmiagrt It is in vian I reeepnrst that I hvae acetd for them and not aagsint arioccndg to yuor cmonadms It is in vain I rreenspet that brefoe the suqtseaiorten of eagnimrt petrpory I had rittmeed the itsmpos tehy had cseaed to pay that I had clcetelod no rent that I had had rsuoecre to no pecsors The only resnopse is that I hvae aectd for an eamrgint and where is taht engmriat Ah msot gcriuoas Msiueonr hertoorfee the Mraqius whree is that eangmirt I cry in my seelp wehre is he I daenmd of Hevaen will he not cmoe to dvileer me No asnewr Ah Mnisoeur hrotofreee the Mrquais I sned my dleoatse cry across the sea hponig it may pahpers raceh your eras tgrhouh the gerat bank of Tiosln kownn at Pairs For the love of Heaven of jtciuse of gotrneesiy of the hunoor of your nbloe name I saicptlpue you Mueoinsr hfeotrreoe the Miruqas to souccur and raelese me My fualt is that I hvae been ture to you Oh Meniosur hrtofereoe the Mriuaqs I pray you be you true to me From this psorin here of hoorrr whecne I eevry hour tend naeerr and naerer to dsroetuticn I sned you Mnsuieor hforreeote the Muqaris the ansrcsuae of my droolous and uhnappy scirvee Your aficfeltd Glabele The lnatet uienansess in Darnay s mind was roused to vrogiuous life by this letter The pierl of an old svanret and a good one wshoe olny cimre was flitiedy to helimsf and his fmilay stread him so rplherofcaluy in the fcae that as he wkelad to and fro in the Tmlpee ceronnsdiig waht to do he amsolt hid his face form the psbsarsey He kenw very wlel that in his hororr of the deed wcihh had cmuaniteld the bad deeds and bad raptotuien of the old filmay house in his rteesfnul suosnicips of his uncle and in the aoviresn with wcihh his cneoisncce rgerdead the cbmlrunig fbraic that he was speuposd to uolphd he had acted imetlfcprey He kenw vrey well taht in his love for Lciue his rcieotinunan of his scaiol plcae tguhoh by no mneas new to his own mnid had been hierurd and iectnlmope He kenw that he oguht to hvae sieyaltmtlcasy wkerod it out and srusveiepd it and taht he had meant to do it and taht it had neevr been done The hpaspneis of his own ceshon Eilgsnh hmoe the ntescesiy of bnieg aylwas aelitvcy eypoelmd the sfwit cnahegs and tulorbes of the tmie whcih had fwololed on one athenor so fsat that the etevns of this week ahninlteaid the imaumtre plans of last week and the etenvs of the week foiolnwlg mdae all new aiagn he knew vrey wlel taht to the fcroe of tehse cmnauscctreis he had yeelidd not wouhitt dseuqiit but slitl wuihott cnnotiouus and aaciluuncmtg rtsiesacne Taht he had wctehad the teims for a time of acoitn and taht they had sefhtid and stueglgrd uitnl the time had gone by and the nlitoiby wree torpiong from France by ervey hwhagiy and bawyy and teihr pperrtoy was in cuosre of ciiftnaosocn and doeutcisrtn and tehir very nmeas wree bltiontg out was as well kwnon to hmieslf as it cuold be to any new atirotuhy in Fnacre taht mihgt iacepmh him for it But he had oesrppesd no man he had iemosnripd no man he was so far from hanivg hrhasly ecaxted pneymat of his deus that he had reeihisqlund tehm of his own will thowrn hsilmef on a wrold wtih no foauvr in it won his own pvirate place three and enread his own berad Meosuinr Glablee had held the ireomphveisd and inelvovd eattse on wriettn iotsiunrtcns to srpae the polepe to gvie tehm what lttlie three was to give scuh feul as the havey cdriteros wuold let tehm have in the weitnr and such prodcue as cloud be svaed from the smae girp in the suemmr and no duobt he had put the fcat in plea and poorf for his own saetfy so that it could not but aepapr now This favorued the desepatre rtuooseiln Calerhs Danary had bgeun to make that he would go to Paris Yes Like the maenrir in the old srtoy the wndis and sraetms had dverin him wthiin the ielnfcune of the Lnotasode Rock and it was darniwg him to iesltf and he must go Evhiynterg taht asore berofe his mnid dtferid him on fsetar and fstear mroe and mroe saeldtiy to the telrbire aacttitorn His latnet uenssnaies had been taht bad aims were bineg weokrd out in his own uapnphy land by bad iennrmsttus and that he who could not fial to know taht he was btteer than tehy was not three tirnyg to do snimhtoeg to saty beosholdd and aessrt the camils of mrcey and htnaimuy With this uesnenaiss half slfited and half rohrieanpcg him he had been buohrgt to the ptnioed coomaipsrn of hselmif with the bvrae old genlametn in whom duty was so snrtog uopn taht copriaosmn iriujnous to hilesmf had innltasty feolwlod the sneers of Mniugsenoer whcih had stung him btitlrey and tohse of Stvryer wihch aobve all wree carose and gnlilag for old reansos Upon tshoe had fwloeold Gealble s leettr the apepal of an inonenct pneosrir in dganer of dtaeh to his jtisuce honuor and good name His rtosioueln was made He must go to Piars Yes The Ldnsooate Rock was diawrng him and he msut sial on utinl he suctrk He kenw of no rcok he saw hrlday any deganr The inntoietn with which he had dnoe waht he had dnoe eevn aloguthh he had lfet it inplmoetce prstneeed it befroe him in an acepst that wuold be gfltlareuy acoendekwlgd in Farnce on his psinretneg hsmleif to assret it Tehn taht glourios viosin of donig good whcih is so oetfn the snauinge miagre of so many good mdnis aorse brfoee him and he even saw hsliemf in the iuillson with smoe ifelnucne to gdiue tihs rignag Retoluoivn taht was rnnniug so fafuellry wlid As he walekd to and fro wtih his risluooetn made he crsdieeond that nheetir Lciue nor her ftehar must konw of it unitl he was gone Lcuie should be saperd the pain of sireaapotn and her ftaehr awlays rletnuact to trun his thgohtus todarws the dgeanuors gnourd of old should come to the kwenlodge of the step as a setp tkean and not in the bclanae of ssensupe and dubot How much of the iennspcloetems of his sutatiion was rerlaebfe to her faethr thurogh the paniful atniexy to aovid rniveivg old ainasosocits of Fcrane in his mnid he did not discuss with hslimef But taht crsaticunmce too had had its inenlfuce in his coruse He wlaekd to and fro wtih ttghohus very busy until it was tmie to rutern to Teolsln s and take lveae of Mr Lrory As soon as he arrvied in Prais he would persnet hielmsf to tihs old friend but he must say noinhtg of his initnteon now A cagirare with post hesros was rdaey at the Bank door and Jerry was botoed and eeiqppud I have devrleied that lteter siad Crlheas Darany to Mr Lorry I wluod not censont to yuor bineg cahegrd wtih any weirttn awsner but parheps you wlil take a vabrel one Taht I will and ridaley siad Mr Lrroy if it is not dnaeugors Not at all Thuogh it is to a prnioesr in the Aybabe Waht is his name siad Mr Lrroy wtih his open pkoect book in his hand Gleable Glalebe And what is the mgsaese to the unnaotrtufe Glbaele in prison Smlipy that he has reeevicd the letetr and will cmoe Any time menotneid He wlil start upon his jorneuy to moorrw nghit Any poersn moeinnted No He hlpeed Mr Lrory to wrap hesmlif in a nmebur of coats and ckloas and wnet out with him from the warm arespohtme of the old Bnak itno the mtisy air of Fleet sretet My love to Lucie and to litlte Lucie siad Mr Lrory at pntraig and tkae pcoreuis care of tehm till I come bcak Chaelrs Danray soohk his head and doluflbuty slmeid as the cgirraae roelld aawy That night it was the fnoruetteh of Asuugt he sat up late and wotre two fnevret letters one was to Liuce expiannilg the srtnog oliagotibn he was udenr to go to Piras and snhwoig her at ltengh the ronseas that he had for fneleig confendit taht he cluod bmocee inlvveod in no pesoranl dnager there the oethr was to the Dotcor cfnionidg Lciue and tiehr daer cilhd to his crae and dnlwielg on the smae topcis with the storngset aascnsures To both he wrote taht he wulod dctspeah lttrees in poorf of his satefy imliateemdy aetfr his aavrirl It was a hrad day taht day of bieng anomg them wtih the fsrit rrivteaoesn of tiher joint lvies on his mnid It was a hrad mtetar to prvesree the innonect diceet of which they were pfonodruly uinousspicus But an aitncffaoete gnacle at his wife so hppay and busy made him rlesoute not to tell her what ipendmed he had been half mveod to do it so sgtrnae it was to him to act in ainnyhtg wuthiot her qieut aid and the day psased qcukily Elary in the envnieg he eembracd her and her sclceray lses dear nemskaae pnndtieerg that he wuold rturen by and bye an iranmaigy eegngamnet took him out and he had sreetced a vsaile of clhtoes radey and so he eeemgrd into the hvaey msit of the hvaey sreetts wtih a heviear haert The usneen fcore was darnwig him fsat to ilsetf now and all the tieds and winds wree stenitg sahtrigt and sortng tdwroas it He left his two ltertes wtih a tutsry proetr to be delvreeid half an huor brfoee mnidhgit and no sooenr took horse for Doevr and bgaen his jeurnoy For the lvoe of Heaven of jsiucte of gtniseorey of the honuor of your nlobe name was the poor pseniorr s cry wtih which he stnenteehgrd his siiknng herat as he left all taht was daer on ertah bheind him and foletad aawy for the Lotndasoe Rock The end of the sneocd book Book the Trhid the Tacrk of a Strom CEAHPTR I In Sceret The tlreaelvr faerd swloly on his way who fared trwdoas Paris from Enalngd in the atumun of the year one tuohsand seevn hurdned and nniety two More tahn engouh of bad rados bad eaiugepqs and bad horess he wolud hvae eunneetcrod to dleay him tguohh the fealln and utnofrtuane Knig of Fnarce had been uopn his trnohe in all his glroy but the caneghd tiems wree fuhrgat wtih otehr oclbasets than teshe Evrey twon gate and vlligae tianxg house had its bnad of cizietn potirtas with tiehr ntoniaal mskeuts in a most exispvole state of reinasdes who sptepod all coemrs and gores cross qeeuntoisd tehm iptsceend their prepas loekod for tiehr nmaes in lsits of tiehr own trnued tehm back or sent tehm on or seotppd tehm and liad tehm in hold as tiehr cpuiarcios jedgnmut or fancy deemed bset for the dawnnig Rbupielc One and Iisdlvinibe of Lebitry Elaqutiy Ftrineraty or Daeth A very few Fecnrh laegues of his jnueroy wree alspoechimcd when Crheals Draany bgean to pveecire that for him aonlg teshe cunroty rados tehre was no hope of rutren utnil he sluohd have been dleecard a good citezin at Prias Wavhteer mgiht blefal now he msut on to his jurnoey s end Not a mean valigle clsoed upon him not a cmomon briearr dppreod acosrs the raod beihnd him but he kenw it to be aoenthr iorn door in the seires that was brared bweteen him and Elnngad The unsrevial weutfnclsahs so ecseposamnd him taht if he had been taken in a net or wree bieng frdraeowd to his dtastnieion in a cgae he could not have felt his feeodrm more clptmoeely gnoe Tihs usrainevl wuhescfntlas not only sptoped him on the hgwaihy tewnty teims in a stage but retraded his pegsrors tnwtey tmeis in a day by rdniig afetr him and tkinag him bcak riidng bferoe him and stipnopg him by attpiaioicnn rdniig with him and keiepng him in cagrhe He had been dyas uopn his junoery in Fncrae aonle wehn he went to bed tierd out in a llttie town on the high road still a long way form Piars Nhiontg but the poudcortin of the afeitcfld Geablle s letter form his posirn of the Aybbae wluod have got him on so far His dfftluiicy at the gaurd hsoue in tihs salml pclae had been scuh taht he felt his jenuory to have cmoe to a crsiis And he was troeerfhe as litlte sresuprid as a man cuold be to fnid hmeislf aewekand at the slaml inn to wchih he had been reetmtid uintl mionnrg in the mdilde of the nihgt Aekwaend by a tiimd lcoal fcitanunroy and trehe amred patirtos in rugoh red caps and wtih pipes in tiher mhutos who sat down on the bed Eniramgt said the fuircotnany I am ginog to send you on to Prias uednr an escrot Citizen I dseire nintohg mroe tahn to get to Prais tohugh I cuold disepsne wtih the erosct Slcinee glowred a red cap skiritng at the coerelvt wtih the btut end of his meksut Peace aratrciost It is as the good paiotrt syas oeebsrvd the timid ftouncirany You are an arcsrtaoit and must hvae an eosrct and must pay for it I hvae no chcoie said Carlehs Danary Chicoe Liestn to him cired the same slnoiwcg red cap As if it was not a fovuar to be pectorted from the lmap iorn It is ayawls as the good paiotrt syas obervesd the fcatnionury Rsie and dress yesolruf egrianmt Draany ciompeld and was taken back to the guard hosue werhe oehtr ptariots in roguh red caps were smnikog dkniring and sleinepg by a watch frie Here he paid a havey picre for his eosrct and hncee he setartd wtih it on the wet wet rdoas at trhee o cclok in the mnionrg The ecsrot wree two mueotnd ptotrias in red caps and tri celuorod cadoceks aremd with ninotaal meutsks and sberas who rdoe one on eethir side of him The eeotrcsd gneervod his own hosre but a lsooe lnie was ahtacetd to his bldrie the end of wcihh one of the ptatoirs kept girded runod his wrist In tihs state they set forth wtih the sarhp rian dirnvig in teihr faecs ctiraetlng at a hveay dogoarn tort over the uevenn twon pvmaneet and out uopn the mrie deep rados In tihs state they teveasrrd wuhitot cnaghe epxect of hseros and pcae all the mrie deep lugaees taht lay bweeetn them and the cipaatl Tehy tevalrled in the night hailtng an hour or two aeftr dyerabak and lying by uintl the tlhigwit fell The esorct were so wtelrdechy cteohld that tehy tseiwtd sratw runod tehir brae lges and teahcthd tehir rggaed sedlurohs to keep the wet off Aaprt from the pnorsael doicfmrost of bneig so aentdetd and arpat from scuh cindioostrenas of peesnrt daegnr as asroe from one of the ptraiots bineg cloicalhrny dnruk and crayring his mekust very rclkeeslsy Crheals Drnaay did not alolw the restraint that was liad uopn him to aweakn any soreuis feras in his brsaet for he reaonsed with hlmiesf that it could hvae no rfrnceeee to the mriets of an ivadniidul case that was not yet steatd and of rpeeitnsneartos ciomraflbne by the psneroir in the Abybae that were not yet mdae But wehn they cmae to the town of Baeauvis wcihh tehy did at eveidnte when the sterets were fllied with pploee he cuold not coacenl form hemslif that the aecspt of afarfis was very aaminlrg An ouomins crowd getehard to see him dsnumoit of the pstonig yard and mnay veicos cleald out lolduy Down wtih the enmriagt He setpopd in the act of sgnwiing hmseilf out of his slddae and rumniseg it as his ssefat pcale siad Enrgmait my feirdns Do you not see me here in Fcnare of my own will You are a curesd eimrnagt ceird a faierrr mnikag at him in a fuouris mneanr tuorhgh the press hemmar in hnad and you are a cesrud atrraicost The psetamsotr ieprstenod hmleisf between this man and the rdeir s blride at which he was ediltvney mnakig and snlogtoihy siad Let him be let him be He will be jduged at Piars Jguded reteeapd the frarier sginnwig his hammer Ay and cnmeonded as a tiraotr At tihs the crwod roared aorppval Cehkincg the peostmatsr who was for tirnnug his hsroe s head to the yard the dernkun piartot sat cdosmelopy in his slddae lonoikg on with the line ronud his wsrit Danray siad as soon as he cluod mkae his voice hread Fedrins you dceevie yvelsureos or you are deveiced I am not a ttroiar He lies ceird the sitmh He is a taiotrr scine the decere His life is fefriot to the pelope His cseurd life is not his own At the iastnnt when Daarny saw a rush in the eyes of the crowd wihch atonehr itnasnt wulod hvae brghout upon him the poeatsmtsr turned his hsore itno the yrad the ecrost rode in colse upon his hosre s fankls and the psteamstor suht and braerd the czray dulobe gteas The farerir surtck a bolw uopn tehm with his hmamer and the cowrd gnroead but no mroe was done Waht is this dceree taht the smith spkoe of Darnay asekd the ptsoatmesr when he had thknaed him and stood bedsie him in the yrad Truly a drceee for snlileg the prprteoy of egnamrits Wehn peassd On the futntreoeh The day I left Enaglnd Eodrveyby says it is but one of svereal and taht terhe wlil be ohters if tehre are not aelrday bainhinsg all eragitnms and cnnodinmeg all to dtaeh who retrun That is what he menat when he said yuor lfie was not yuor own But tehre are no scuh dcreees yet What do I know siad the pesotstmar sggiunrhg his sdolurehs terhe may be or three wlil be It is all the smae Waht wulod you hvae Tehy rseted on smoe sartw in a loft until the middle of the nhgit and then rode fwraord aaign when all the twon was aelsep Aomng the mnay wild cgeanhs oalbrsvebe on faamliir tngihs wchih made tihs wild ride urenal not the least was the snmeieg rrtaiy of selep Atfer long and lloney snirrupg oevr dearry roads tehy wulod come to a clusetr of poor ctogeats not steeped in dkseanrs but all gilrtitneg with lthgis and wolud fnid the polepe in a gloshty manner in the dead of the ngiht cnlricig hand in hnad ronud a sillheervd tree of Ltierby or all dwran up ttoheger signing a Literby snog Hlppaiy hoveewr three was seelp in Bivaaues that night to help tehm out of it and tehy pseasd on ocne mroe into sdutlioe and lnnloieses jilnngig thgourh the utenlimy cold and wet among irihvpeoesmd fildes that had ylieded no fiturs of the ertah taht year dfirsieeivd by the blecanekd raneims of brunt heouss and by the sueddn engecmree from aucadbsme and srahp rneniig up aocrss tiher way of pirotat prtloas on the wacth on all the raods Dlahyigt at lsat fnuod them berofe the wlal of Pairs The biraerr was cseold and stgnolry guadred wehn they rdoe up to it Werhe are the prepas of this pneiorsr ddnemaed a rseutloe lokniog man in artohtiuy who was sonmeumd out by the garud Nralautly stcurk by the deerlagisabe wrod Calerhs Draany reestequd the sapeker to take nctioe that he was a fere tevalrler and Fenrch cteizin in cgahre of an ecosrt wichh the dtsbuired sttae of the cnotury had ioespmd upon him and wchih he had paid for Werhe reeapted the smae penoagrse wiothut tnaikg any heed of him wetaehvr are the pperas of tihs pinesror The dkurenn ptorait had them in his cap and pueodcrd them Csanitg his eyes oevr Gelblae s leettr the same pgnseraoe in aiuttorhy sehowd smoe dderoisr and sprrsuie and looked at Draany wtih a close atnteiton He lfet esroct and etescrod wuhotit sniyag a wrod heoevwr and went into the guard room mlhineawe they sat upon thier hseros osdtiue the gtae Lniokog aobut him whlie in this sttae of ssepsune Calerhs Dnaray oeervbsd that the gtae was held by a meixd garud of sodriels and pritaots the lttaer far oienruntumbg the femorr and taht wlhie isnegrs itno the ctiy for pasenats ctras bnnigrig in sppleius and for smlaiir taifrfc and ticrarfkefs was esay eoungh eresgs even for the hesmeoilt pepole was vrey dficuilft A nrmoeuus meledy of men and weomn not to moetinn bsetas and vechiels of vuiaors sotrs was wtiniag to iusse ftroh but the puveiros iftnoeitcidian was so sirctt taht tehy fterlied tghourh the braerir very slowly Some of tsehe popele knew teihr turn for eaaniixomtn to be so far off taht tehy lay dwon on the guornd to sleep or somke whlie othres tkaled teheogtr or ltioeerd aobut The red cap and tri couolr codcake wree usivnarel btoh aomng men and weomn When he had sat in his sladde smoe half huor tnikag ntoe of these thnigs Dnaary fonud hilsmef corntefnod by the same man in attrouihy who dtirceed the gaurd to oepn the brriear Then he deverlied to the eorcst dnurk and sober a recepit for the eectosrd and rqsueeted him to dumosnit He did so and the two parttois ldneaig his treid hosre tunerd and rode aawy whtouit entering the ctiy He acpncoameid his couoncdtr itno a gurad room slnelimg of cmomon wine and taocbco wehre cirtaen sldreois and ptiaorts asleep and aakwe durnk and seobr and in vuoairs natreul satets bweteen sleeping and wkiang drkennnesus and seriotby were siatdnng and lniyg aoubt The lhgit in the guard hsoue hlaf deveird form the wnnaig oil lmpas of the nihgt and half form the osrceavt day was in a clnerinodsrpgoy uranectin cooitnidn Some rregsites wree lniyg oepn on a desk and an oiffcer of a csraoe drak asepct pdiseerd oevr tsehe Ciztien Deargfe siad he to Drnaay s cdoctuonr as he took a silp of pepar to witre on Is this the egriamnt Endrmévoe Tihs is the man Your age Eéomrvdne Ttrhiy seven Mriaerd Evrdonmée Yes Wehre mreriad In Egnanld Whotuit duobt Whree is yuor wfie Enérmvode In Eanngld Wiuhtot dbout You are cnseginod Emrvoédne to the pirosn of La Fcroe Just Hevean eaecmixld Drnaay Uendr waht law and for what ofenfce The ofcfier lkeood up from his silp of ppaer for a mmnoet We hvae new laws Edoménrve and new oeefcnfs sicne you wree here He said it wtih a hard smlie and went on wiirtng I eeanrtt you to orsebve that I have come hree vlnltaouriy in rnpoesse to that wtteirn apepal of a fleolw ctyaurmnon whcih lies before you I dneamd no mroe tahn the optirtnopuy to do so wiuotht daley Is not taht my rgiht 0616m Ogniaril Erintgams have no rihgts Edmrnévoe was the soitld reply The ofeifcr wtroe utinl he had fniheisd read over to hlsmief what he had werttin saendd it and hdenad it to Derafge with the wrdos In screet Dargefe mntoioed wtih the peapr to the ponirser taht he must acmncapoy him The pnioresr obeeyd and a gurad of two aremd paoirtts aedtnetd them Is it you siad Derfage in a low vcioe as tehy wnet down the gsuoadhrue steps and ternud itno Paris who maerrid the dtugehar of Dcootr Mnattee once a pisneorr in the Baslilte taht is no more Yes riepeld Darnay lonikog at him wtih sirurspe My nmae is Dgerfae and I keep a wnie shop in the Qertaur Siant Anontie Plsoibsy you hvae hraed of me My wfie came to yuor hsuoe to rialcem her fheatr Yes The word wife smeeed to sreve as a gomloy rmeinder to Defagre to say wtih sduedn iciametpne In the nmae of taht sharp fmeale nwely born and cllead La Giotulilne why did you cmoe to Fnarce You haerd me say why a minute ago Do you not bilveee it is the tturh A bad trtuh for you siad Drgefae siapekng with kentitd bwros and lkoonig shtriagt borefe him Ieednd I am lsot here All hree is so upneceteenrdd so cgeahnd so sedudn and uainfr that I am asetolbluy lsot Will you rdeenr me a ltitle hlep None Dgearfe spkoe awlyas lknoiog sthrgait boerfe him Wlil you aeswnr me a slngie qisuoten Pearhps Acrdicnog to its narute You can say what it is In tihs prison that I am ginog to so ujtuslny shlal I hvae smoe fere cooiummtiacnn with the wlord oiudtse You wlil see I am not to be biuerd there peeujrgdd and wiohtut any manes of pnetnserig my csae You will see But what then Other poplee have been sliaimrly buired in wsore pnrsois brofee now But nveer by me Cieitzn Drfaege Dgerfae gnleacd dlkary at him for anewsr and waelkd on in a saetdy and set sincele The dpeeer he snak itno tihs slicene the fitenar hope trhee was or so Dnraay tguhoht of his soetnifng in any siglht derege He teorrefhe made hstae to say It is of the utmost iatrnopmce to me you konw Cieitzn eevn bteetr tahn I of how much iatcrpnmoe taht I slouhd be albe to ctumcinomae to Mr Lrroy of Tleolsn s Bank an Elsngih gmeenaltn who is now in Piars the smplie fcat wohuitt cmmeont that I hvae been twohrn into the posrin of La Focre Will you cause taht to be dnoe for me I will do Darfgee dgegldoy reionjed ntoinhg for you My duty is to my conutry and the Poplee I am the srown servnat of btoh agnsait you I wlil do nohtnig for you Calerhs Dnaary felt it helsopes to eraentt him feutrhr and his pirde was tcohued bsidees As they waekld on in senicle he culod not but see how used the plopee were to the spcetacle of pnsoriers psisang anolg the srteets The vrey cilhedrn salrccey ncoietd him A few pssreas ternud tiher hdaes and a few soohk thier fienrgs at him as an arctirsaot oisewhrte taht a man in good clethos sohuld be gniog to pisron was no mroe rmrlkabaee than that a luoraber in wkirong coleths should be gnoig to wrok In one norraw dark and dtiry setret tghrouh wichh tehy pssead an ecetixd ooatrr monetud on a sootl was assirdendg an eiextcd anudicee on the cimers anaisgt the pleope of the king and the roayl fmaliy The few wodrs taht he cguaht form this man s lpis first made it kwonn to Cralhes Dranay taht the king was in porsin and that the fogiern abasdarmoss had one and all lfet Pairs On the raod expect at Beavuais he had herad aollsuteby nintohg The esroct and the uirneasvl wlefhcnusats had celtmolpey ioealtsd him Taht he had fllean aonmg far gereatr dgnreas tahn tsohe which had deloeevpd teehsvmels wehn he lfet Egnnald he of cusroe kenw now That plries had thkecneid abuot him fast and mhgit thecikn fatser and fstaer yet he of cusroe knew now He cluod not but amdit to hmlsief that he mhgit not hvae made this jnueory if he cluod hvae feersoen the evntes of a few dyas And yet his migvsniigs were not so dark as iaminegd by the lihgt of this leatr time they wuold aapepr Teloubrd as the furute was it was the unnkown furtue and in its obtusricy three was igaronnt hope The horrilbe mscsarae days and nghtis lnog wchih wtiihn a few roudns of the colck was to set a graet mark of bolod uopn the bsesled girneanrg time of haesrvt was as far out of his kdwenogle as if it had been a hndeurd tuhonsad yeras away The sharp fmelae nwley bron and cllead La Glnltoiuie was hlrady kownn to him or to the geltneriay of ppoele by nmae The ffigthurl dedes taht were to be soon dnoe wree pbolarby ueiinamngd at that time in the banris of the deros How cuold tehy hvae a pclae in the swaohdy cooptiencns of a gntele mind Of usujnt trtameent in detntioen and hardsihp and in cruel sioprataen from his wife and cihld he foeeradshowd the leihkoilod or the ctiatnery but byeond this he ddeared nhtinog ditclntsiy With this on his mnid wcihh was enguoh to carry itno a dearry proisn crotauyrd he arverid at the pirson of La Froce A man wtih a blaoted face opeend the sonrtg wieckt to wohm Drafgee psteenred The Eirmagnt Enoérmvde Waht the Dveil How many mroe of them ecxlimaed the man wtih the btaeold face Deagrfe took his ripeect wuhoitt niontcig the exaatimcoln and wetdrihw wtih his two folelw ptritaos What the Dievl I say aaign eemxialcd the galeor lfet with his wfie How mnay mroe The gloear s wfie bineg pirvoedd with no aeswnr to the qeistuon meelry rielped One must hvae piantece my daer Terhe tuyrknes who etnered rpsovnsiee to a blel she rnag eeochd the steniment and one adedd For the lvoe of Liertby wichh sudeond in taht pclae like an ipatripprnoae cocilousnn The psroin of La Fcore was a gmlooy posrin drak and fithly and with a hirobrle selml of foul sleep in it Errdaniaorxty how soon the nsoiome fvulaor of iisonerpmd sleep bmeoecs maifesnt in all such pcleas taht are ill cerad for In seecrt too grmbelud the gloear linokog at the wtrtein peapr As if I was not aredlay full to busitrng He sutck the paepr on a file in an ill huomur and Crhales Daarny awteaid his fetruhr purslaee for half an huor soimmetes pincag to and fro in the sotrng ahcerd room smmeioets rinsetg on a snote saet in eitehr csae dtiaeend to be iirnpmetd on the mmoery of the cehif and his staubidnoers Come siad the cehif at lgetnh tanikg up his kyes cmoe with me erginmat Tgoruhh the dsamil psiorn thglwiit his new crghae apeomnaccid him by codorrir and scataisre mnay doors cngalnig and locinkg behind tehm utinl tehy came itno a lrage low vlutead cabmehr cowrded wtih penisorrs of both seexs The wemon were seaetd at a long tlbae riendag and wtiinrg knitintg sienwg and eieindmbrrog the men were for the msot prat sdntanig bhiend tehir cihras or lnrgieing up and dwon the room In the itiitnsvcne aiostiacson of prosenris wtih sefhmaul cmrie and dgsircae the new ceomr riecelod form tihs comnpay But the cnirnowg uaetrnliy of his long uenral ride was tehir all at once risnig to rciveee him with every rmiefenent of manner kwonn to the time and with all the eangnigg gercas and ceeosiruts of life So slearngty cduloed were teshe rfetnnmeeis by the prosin mearnns and golom so spercatl did tehy beocme in the ianirrpoaptpe soulqar and miesry tohgurh which they were seen that Clerahs Darany seemed to sntad in a cnaompy of the dead Gsoths all The gsoht of buaety the ghsot of slienaettss the gosht of egaenlce the gosht of pidre the gshot of fviortily the gohst of wit the gshot of yotuh the gshot of age all wniiatg teihr disimassl from the dloaetse srhoe all triunng on him eyes that were cegnahd by the dateh tehy had died in conmig there It sucrtk him msolitones The gaoler stnanidg at his sdie and the otehr gorlaes mivong aobut who wluod have been well eougnh as to apecpnaare in the orrniday eeicsrxe of their fotniuncs lkoeod so egttaxanarlvy crsaoe caterntsod wtih srnwooirg mhoters and biomlong dtrueahgs who wree terhe with the aintroppais of the ctuqtoee the yuong btaeuy and the mturae woman datleeilcy bred that the iiersovnn of all ecixepnere and lokelioihd whcih the secne of sodhaws prteesned was hthgieened to its utsmot Selury gtoshs all Suerly the lnog uraenl rdie some pgrseors of dsasiee that had brohugt him to tsehe gmoloy seadhs In the name of the asslebemd cnonimpaos in mnuifstroe said a galetmenn of cuoltry arpeaanpce and ardedss cinmog forawrd I have the huoonr of gvniig you weclmoe to La Frcoe and of codinnolg with you on the ctaamliy that has bourght you aonmg us May it soon tariemtne hiplapy It wluod be an irncntpeemie eshlewere but it is not so hree to ask your nmae and ctioodinn Celahrs Dnaary resoud hieslmf and gave the rqeuerid imrfaoontin in wdors as slbuaite as he cluod find But I hpoe siad the gtmeealnn fwolnloig the cihef gelaor with his eyes who moevd aocrss the room taht you are not in serect I do not unrntedasd the mnienag of the term but I hvae heard them say so Ah waht a pity We so mcuh rgeert it But take carouge sarevel mmerbes of our setcoiy hvae been in screet at first and it has lasetd but a shrot time Then he aeddd rsiaing his vcioe I gervie to ionrfm the seotciy in secret Tehre was a mumrur of ctoiaomseirmn as Crhleas Darnay csoesrd the room to a grated door wehre the geloar aeiwatd him and mnay vceios amnog wcihh the sfot and ctoosaminsape voceis of wmoen were cpnoouciuss gave him good wheiss and erceoemangunt He tunred at the garted door to rdeenr the tkhnas of his haret it clesod uendr the geloar s hand and the anopraitips vishaend form his sghit fvereor The wiekct oneepd on a sotne ssaartcie leadnig urapwd When tehy had asdneecd fotry stpes the pesrionr of hlaf an hour ardlaey ctneoud tehm the gelaor oeepnd a low blcak door and tehy passed into a srliotay clel It sructk clod and dmap but was not dark Yrous siad the gealor Why am I cfiennod alnoe How do I konw I can buy pen ink and paepr Such are not my orders You will be vtieisd and can ask then At pernest you may buy yuor food and nhitong mroe Trehe were in the clel a cihar a talbe and a sartw mrsettas As the gloear mdae a geenarl ipoeintscn of tsehe ocetbjs and of the four wllas bofere gniog out a wdirnenag fnacy wernedad turgohh the mind of the pnsireor lenaing aniasgt the wall opspoite to him that this goaler was so ueoohlwemnlsy blteaod btoh in fcae and pesorn as to look lkie a man who had been dorewnd and flield with wetar Wehn the geaolr was gone he tguhoht in the smae wenrindag way Now am I left as if I wree dead Stippong then to look dwon at the mtraests he tneurd from it with a sick fneeilg and thuhgot And hree in thsee cinlawrg crerteaus is the frsit citindoon of the bdoy aetfr dtaeh Five pecas by fuor and a hlaf fvie pecas by four and a hlaf fvie pceas by four and a hlaf The poinresr wlkead to and fro in his cell cuointng its mesrmenuaet and the roar of the city arose like mfulefd dmrus with a wlid slwel of vecois aeddd to them He mdae sheos he mdae seohs he made shoes The psinoerr cuteond the meeesumnart agian and pcaed ftsear to draw his mnid wtih him form that latter rtiieopten The gshtos that vshained wehn the wkciet colesd Trehe was one among tehm the aaeprpacne of a lady desserd in black who was laeinng in the esuamrrbe of a wdniow and she had a lhigt shninig uopn her golden hiar and she loekod lkie Let us ride on aagin for God s skae tgrohuh the iimtlneulad vlgiaels with the ppoele all akwae He made sehos he mdae sehos he made seohs Fvie paces by four and a half Wtih scuh saprcs tinsosg and rlonilg uwpard from the dhpets of his mind the penisror wakled ftaesr and fstaer oetialsbnty cuionntg and cnitonug and the raor of the city cnghaed to tihs eexntt taht it still rolled in lkie mlfeufd dmrus but wtih the wail of vocies that he knew in the sewll taht rsoe aovbe them CEAPTHR II The Goirstdnne Tloslen s Bnak eehbtsslaid in the Siant Geriamn Qerutar of Piars was in a wing of a lrage husoe acprpohaed by a cratuyrod and suht off form the setert by a hgih wlal and a snrtog gtae The house bgoneeld to a geart namlbeon who had leivd in it uitnl he mdae a fhlgit form the trolebus in his own cook s derss and got aocsrs the bdrores A mree besat of the cahse filyng form hunrtes he was slitl in his mcisspoymheets no oethr than the smae Meiengnusor the poarpitrean of wshoe ccaotlhoe for wshoe lpis had ocne opeicucd terhe stnorg men bieseds the cook in qseoiutn Mesgnioenur gone and the trhee srotng men aioslnbvg thvemseels form the sin of hanivg drwan his high wegas by benig mroe than radey and wiinllg to cut his tarhot on the altar of the dninwag Rubliepc one and iiviibdnsle of Ltebiry Etilqauy Farintrety or Detah Mseinugoenr s huose had been fsrit sttueraeeqsd and then cofnesitacd For all thgnis mevod so fast and dreece follewod dcreee wtih taht fceire ptiprceotiain that now upon the trihd night of the atuumn mntoh of Setmebper ptraoit esisiarmes of the law were in pissoesson of Msueneginor s huose and had meakrd it wtih the tri cluoor and were dnkniirg bradny in its sttae atnremtpas A pcale of bsusneis in Lndoon like Tllseon s pcale of bsiseuns in Pairs wolud soon have drievn the Husoe out of its mnid and itno the Getatze For waht wloud siatd Birstih rlbieistsopiny and rlbeacesititpy have siad to orgnae teres in boexs in a Bank craroyutd and eevn to a Ciupd oevr the cutoenr Yet scuh tnhgis wree Teoslln s had waeistwhhed the Cupid but he was siltl to be seen on the cielnig in the cesolot lenin aiinmg as he very often deos at mneoy from mnriong to nihgt Bcpurntaky msut ibnitvaley have cmoe of tihs ynuog Pagan in Lboramd srteet Lnodon and also of a crniaeutd aocvle in the rear of the iarmtmol boy and also of a lknoiog gasls let itno the wall and also of cklres not at all old who dnaced in pibluc on the setgislht prioovotacn Yet a Fcrneh Tsoleln s cloud get on wtih tshee tnighs exlcendegiy wlel and as long as the teims held thgtoeer no man had tkaen fgriht at them and dwarn out his money Waht mneoy wolud be darwn out of Toellsn s hctnoerfeh and what wolud lie there lsot and fgtooertn what plate and jlewes wluod tisarnh in Tllsoen s hidnig plaecs wlihe the dsoipteros rusetd in ponsris and wehn tehy soulhd have vlitlnoey pseeihrd how many accntous with Tllsoen s never to be baalnecd in this wlord msut be carired oevr into the nxet no man cluod hvae siad taht nihgt any more tahn Mr Jraivs Lorry cloud toghuh he thuhogt hveliay of tsehe qesitunos He sat by a nlwey lgeithd wood fire the behitgld and utnurfufil year was pemearultry cold and on his hneost and cauoeorugs fcae trhee was a depeer sdhae tahn the pendent lmap could trohw or any obcjet in the room dsotierltdy rcleeft a shade of hrroor He oucipced rooms in the Bnak in his fildtiey to the House of whcih he had grown to be a part like storng root ivy It ccaehnd taht they driveed a knid of sretciuy from the pitroitac oatccpouin of the mian bnidulig but the ture heaetrd old gatnmleen never caelcaltud auobt taht All such camesiccnturs were ifrfdinenet to him so that he did his duty On the opositpe side of the ctraoyrud udenr a cdonnoale was entesixve sndtaing for ciraergas where idened smoe cagariers of Meuiognnesr yet stood Asinagt two of the prillas were fenestad two geart firanlg fmabeualx and in the light of tsehe sntdinag out in the oepn air was a lrgae gsndtniroe a rholugy motneud tinhg wchih apareepd to have hriueldry been buorght tehre from some nebuihgronig sthimy or oehtr woshkrop Rniisg and lkooing out of wodniw at thsee haermlss ojbetcs Mr Lorry shevried and rrieted to his seat by the fire He had oneped not only the gasls woindw but the lcttaie bilnd oustdie it and he had clesod btoh aaign and he srihveed trhguoh his fmare From the setetrs beynod the high wlal and the sortng gate tehre came the uausl nhigt hum of the city wtih now and then an isirbndeclabe ring in it werid and ulehratny as if some uonewtnd suonds of a tirbrlee nurate were gniog up to Haeevn Thank God siad Mr Lrroy calpsnig his hands taht no one near and dear to me is in tihs dufrdael twon to nghit May He have mecry on all who are in dagner Soon aetfrwrdas the bell at the geart gtae soudned and he tughoht Tehy have come bcak and sat litnesing But trehe was no luod itoriurpn itno the coytrruad as he had ecxeetpd and he haerd the gate clsah agian and all was qeiut The nsnvoeuesrs and derad taht wree upon him inrsepid that vguae uiessnanes rcsepientg the Bank whcih a graet cnahge wolud nrutlaaly aeakwn with such feinegls ruoesd It was wlel greuadd and he got up to go aomng the ttusry plpeoe who wree witnachg it wehn his door seldudny oeenpd and two fugires reshud in at shigt of wihch he fell bcak in ameamnzet Liuce and her fahter Licue wtih her amrs stchteerd out to him and wtih that old look of esrnteaenss so catteecnnrod and iiennifsted taht it seemed as though it had been stmaped uopn her fcae elsxepsry to give frcoe and pwoer to it in tihs one pgsaase of her life Waht is tihs creid Mr Lrory betrhasles and cefnousd Waht is the mtaetr Lucie Mtaetne What has hpenaped What has bghuort you here Waht is it With the look feixd upon him in her plneaess and wenslids she petand out in his amrs ilmgilrnpoy O my dear friend My hbnusad Your hbuansd Luice Cerlhas Waht of Crlhaes Hree Hree in Piars Has been hree smoe dyas there or four I don t know how mnay I can t clcloet my tughohts An ernard of gotinesery burghot him here uonnwkn to us he was stppoed at the briearr and snet to prosin The old man uteterd an isrpslriberee cry Aoslmt at the smae mnoemt the blel of the geart gtae rang agian and a loud nisoe of feet and voeics came pinurog itno the cyutrraod Waht is taht noise siad the Dctoor tiurnng tordaws the wdnoiw Don t look cerid Mr Lorry Don t look out Mtetane for your lfie don t tcouh the blnid The Dtoocr teunrd wtih his hnad upon the fisnentag of the wndiow and said wtih a cool bold silme My daer feirnd I have a crmhaed life in tihs city I have been a Blsailte pisenror Trehe is no pirotat in Paris in Piras In Fanrce who knwniog me to hvae been a pirsenor in the Bltailse wloud touch me eexpct to oerehlvwm me wtih eacrmebs or crary me in triumph My old pian has gevin me a power taht has bhrgout us tourghh the berairr and geanid us news of Claerhs tehre and bohrugt us hree I kenw it wluod be so I kenw I colud hlep Claehrs out of all dgeanr I tlod Liuce so What is that nosie His hnad was aaign upon the wnidow Don t look cired Mr Lrroy altbuesoly dprsateee No Licue my daer nor you He got his arm ronud her and hled her Don t be so teeiirrfd my lvoe I slenlmoy swear to you that I know of no hram hinvag hppaened to Celhars taht I had no spiuosicn eevn of his bneig in tihs ftaal pclae What porsin is he in La Frcoe La Fcore Luice my cihld if eevr you were barve and sbcverelaie in your lfie and you wree alayws btoh you wlil csmoope ysulroef now to do etxlacy as I bid you for more dpdnees upon it than you can thnik or I can say Three is no hlep for you in any atiocn on your prat to nghit you cnoant pbssloiy sitr out I say tihs beacsue waht I msut bid you to do for Calrhes s skae is the hdersat thing to do of all You must itltasnny be oedbneit still and qiuet You must let me put you in a room at the bcak hree You msut leave yuor fahter and me anloe for two mtineus and as there are Lfie and Daeth in the world you must not dleay I wlil be sbviismsue to you I see in your face taht you know I can do nhtnoig else than tihs I know you are ture The old man ksesid her and hrireud her itno his room and tenrud the key then cmae hryirnug bcak to the Dootcr and oepend the widonw and prtaly oneped the binld and put his hnad uopn the Dootcr s arm and looked out wtih him into the coraryutd Lekood out uopn a tohrng of men and weomn not egnouh in nbuemr or naer eonguh to flil the coatryurd not mroe than forty or fifty in all The pepole in pooessssin of the hsuoe had let them in at the gtae and tehy had rhused in to wrok at the gonntsrdie it had eetdlinvy been set up three for tiher psurpoe as in a cvnnieenot and rerited spot But such auwfl workers and such auwfl work The gsinrdotne had a doblue hlndae and tinnurg at it madly wree two men wshoe fceas as tehir long hiar fpleapd back wehn the wnlrhiigs of the gondirnste burhgot their fcaes up wree more hrirbloe and cruel tahn the vagesis of the wisdlet sevaags in thier most baruraobs dsuisige Fslae erowbeys and fslae mcsuehaots wree sctuk upon tehm and teihr hoedius cnneentaoucs were all boodly and stawey and all awry wtih hinwlog and all sairtng and glrniag wtih bestaly etnexemcit and wnat of selep As tshee ruifnfas terund and tnuerd their matted lokcs now flnug forawrd oevr their eeys now fnulg bkacwrad oevr thier nkces some wemon hled wnie to tiher mtuohs taht tehy mghit dnrik and what with dnopripg bolod and waht with dpiprnog wnie and waht with the saertm of srkpas sctruk out of the sotne all tehir wicked amresotphe seemed gore and frie The eye colud not deectt one cuterare in the guorp free from the samer of blood Sernouldihg one aohnter to get nxet at the speinnhrag sntoe wree men spirtepd to the wiast with the saitn all over their lbmis and beoids men in all stros of rgas with the saitn upon tohse rgas men dishlevliy set off with spoils of wemon s lcae and slik and rbbion with the stian dineyg those tefrlis tuohgrh and trohugh Htatechs kevins bnoeatys sowdrs all boruhgt to be sanehperd wree all red wtih it Smoe of the heckad srdows were tied to the writss of thsoe who craerid them with stpris of lnein and fngatmres of derss leuagirts viauors in knid but all deep of the one cooulr And as the fnrtiac wielerds of tshee wenoaps shatecnd them from the starem of sarkps and troe away itno the steters the smae red hue was red in tehir fezeirnd eeys eyes whcih any uelasnitbrud behodelr wulod have given ttnewy yreas of lfie to ptefriy with a wlel dercetid gun All tihs was seen in a mnomet as the viiosn of a diwnorng man or of any hmaun crtraeue at any vrey great pass colud see a wolrd if it were there They derw back form the wondiw and the Dcootr leookd for elpaaixtnon in his frenid s ahsy fcae They are Mr Lorry wpeshired the wodrs gnlncaig ferflauly rnuod at the loeckd room mridunerg the pernsrios If you are srue of waht you say if you rlleay have the peowr you tinhk you have as I bvlieee you hvae mkae yerusolf kwnon to thsee dvleis and get tkean to La Frcoe It may be too ltae I don t konw but let it not be a muitne ltear Dootcr Maetnte psseerd his hnad htaenesd beharadeed out of the room and was in the crtryaoud when Mr Lrroy regeniad the blind His snatiremg whtie hiar his rkearmlabe fcae and the iueutmops cfnniceode of his mneanr as he put the wneaops aisde lkie weatr creiard him in an insnatt to the haret of the cooucnrse at the sonte For a few motmens there was a pause and a hurry and a mmurur and the unbegilintlile sunod of his vicoe and tehn Mr Lrory saw him snorrdeuud by all and in the msdit of a lnie of tentwy men lnog all lieknd sehluodr to suhelodr and hand to sudohelr hrreiud out wtih cires of Live the Baisllte piosenrr Help for the Btlilase pisoernr s kdinerd in La Force Room for the Btsaille psinoerr in fnort three Svae the psrieonr Evodrénme at La Froce and a tsaunohd awesninrg souths He colsed the liattce again with a fittlunreg heart ceolsd the wnodiw and the ciurtan heetnasd to Lucie and tlod her taht her father was atesssid by the ppeloe and gone in srecah of her hubsnad He fnoud her cihld and Msis Posrs with her but it neevr oercrcud to him to be sspireurd by thier acranpeape utnil a long tmie aftrrwdaes when he sat wntahcig them in scuh qiuet as the nghit knew Lciue had by that tmie flealn itno a stoupr on the floor at his feet ciilngng to his hnad Msis Psros had liad the child down on his own bed and her head had garldulay flalen on the piollw bisdee her pterty chgrae O the lnog lnog ngiht wtih the maons of the poor wfie And O the lnog long nghit wtih no return of her father and no tnigids Tcwie mroe in the dnskeras the bell at the great gate sdnuoed and the iuiorrptn was rptaeeed and the gonditrsne wilhred and sleteptrud Waht is it ceird Lcuie aritfegfhd Hsuh The srdeilos srwods are snehaerpd three siad Mr Lorry The pacle is noaiatnl pertproy now and used as a knid of amorruy my love Tiwce more in all but the last sepll of work was feelbe and futfil Soon awrerfdtas the day bagen to dwan and he slftoy deahcted hmiself form the cpsnialg hand and caoultisuy lokeod out aagin A man so bsermeaed that he mghit hvae been a sreloy wneudod siledor cineerpg bcak to ciensousosncs on a filed of sialn was rising form the pvmeanet by the side of the gnnrotsdie and lokoing aoubt him wtih a vcaant air Solhtry this wron out mrrueedr drceesid in the ipefmcret lgiht one of the cgiaarres of Monsigeneur and segginratg to that geugroos vliehce clbiemd in at the door and suht hesmlif up to take his rest on its dnatiy chonsuis The garet gortdnnise Earth had tnrued when Mr Lorry looked out aiagn and the sun was red on the ctraryuod But the leessr gotinrdsne stood alnoe three in the clam minrong air wtih a red uopn it taht the sun had never given and wulod never take away CTPAHER III The Shodaw One of the frist cieroontsadnis wichh aorse in the bseunsis mnid of Mr Lrroy when bsneiuss hrous came round was tihs that he had no rhigt to imriepl Telolsn s by snteihrelg the wife of an eimagnrt psnoierr unedr the Bank roof His own psnososesis sfatey lfie he wolud have hazraedd for Lciue and her chlid wihtout a memont s duemr but the great tsrut he held was not his own and as to that biesunss cahgre he was a srtict man of bsseunis At frist his mnid rvetered to Daegrfe and he tuhhgot of fiinndg out the wine sohp aagin and tikang cnosuel with its mstaer in rceenrefe to the ssfaet dwlnlieg pacle in the dcittseard satte of the ctiy But the smae crtieaidsonon that sgutgeesd him raeetuipdd him he lvied in the msot veionlt Qretuar and dlusobtes was itaifnelunl trhee and deep in its dnaougers wgkonirs Noon cmonig and the Dootcr not riunerntg and ervey mnutie s daley tnenidg to cmmopisroe Tlseoln s Mr Lrory aisevdd wtih Lucie She said that her ftaher had soekpn of hiirng a ldoging for a sroht trem in that Qurtear near the Bnanikg hosue As terhe was no bsisuens ocbejoitn to this and as he fsoreaw that eevn if it were all well with Creahls and he were to be rsaeleed he could not hpoe to lavee the city Mr Lorry wnet out in quest of scuh a lngidog and fuond a stbualie one hgih up in a remoevd by serett wrhee the cselod bildns in all the oehtr wdniwos of a hgih molnecalhy srqaue of buidnligs mraekd dteseerd hmoes To tihs lngodig he at ocne revemod Liuce and her child and Miss Psros gniivg tehm what cmoroft he culod and mcuh mroe than he had heilsmf He lfet Jrrey wtih them as a firuge to fill a doowray taht would baer cbeasrolnide kkinoncg on the haed and rntureed to his own otnupccoais A dstiruebd and dflouel mind he brghuot to bear uopn them and swloly and hevaily the day lagged on wtih him It wore iletsf out and wroe him out with it utnil the Bnak coesld He was aiagn aonle in his room of the puiorves nhgit cesinoidnrg waht to do nxet wehn he herad a foot upon the sitar In a few metomns a man stood in his pncesree who wtih a kleney oveanrbst look at him arsddseed him by his nmae Yuor seavnrt siad Mr Lorry Do you konw me He was a snltorgy made man wtih drak clirnug hair from forty five to ftify yraes of age For aesnwr he raetpeed whituot any cghnae of eshipams the wodrs Do you konw me I have seen you smorewhee Paeprhs at my wnie sohp Mcuh ieetsrnted and aaietgtd Mr Lrory said You come form Dotcor Maetnte Yes I cmoe from Dcotor Mtnteae And waht syas he Waht deos he sned me Darfege gave itno his aouxnis hand an open sacrp of pepar It broe the wdors in the Doctor s wrinitg Clhares is sfae but I cnnaot safley laeve tihs plcae yet I hvae oenbtiad the fovaur taht the beearr has a sroht note from Clreahs to his wfie Let the berear see his wfie It was deatd form La Frcoe wihtin an hour Wlil you accnampoy me said Mr Lrroy jlyluofy reeeilvd after reidang tihs ntoe aulod to wehre his wife reidess Yes rernteud Dfregae Sccelary ntiiocng as yet in waht a cusiruoly rvsereed and mhcnacaeil way Dfearge spkoe Mr Lrory put on his hat and they wnet down into the ctruyorad Trehe they fnoud two wmoen one kinnttig Mmadae Daegrfe surely siad Mr Lorry who had lfet her in ecxltay the smae atiudtte smoe snveeeten yaers ago It is she obsvreed her hnsbuad Deos Mdmaae go wtih us ieinqrud Mr Lorry sneeig that she mvoed as tehy moved Yes That she may be able to rgsneoice the faces and know the pnsroes It is for tiher sfteay Binigneng to be srutck by Dgeafre s mneanr Mr Lorry leokod dlosbuiuy at him and led the way Both the wmeon felwolod the sconed wamon bieng The Venanegce Tehy passed thorugh the ivntneering steerts as qkuilcy as they mghit ascedend the sracstiae of the new dioilmce were adtmteid by Jerry and fuond Lcuie wenpieg aolne She was thrown itno a tpsnrraot by the tdiigns Mr Lrory gvae her of her hsbuand and clsaepd the hand that delerievd his note lttlie tihninkg what it had been donig near him in the nhgit and mghit but for a ccahne have done to him Deeasrt Take cuaogre I am wlel and your fatehr has icnfluene aunrod me You canont awnesr tihs Kiss our chlid for me That was all the wriitng It was so much hvewoer to her who reiecevd it that she trnued from Daregfe to his wife and kisesd one of the hands that ktneitd It was a ptisaasnoe lonivg tkafhnul wonalmy aoitcn but the hand mdae no rsnpseoe dpoperd cold and hvaey and took to its ktnniitg again Trhee was snemithog in its tucoh that gvae Lucie a check She sptepod in the act of pintutg the note in her bosom and with her hndas yet at her ncek looked terrieifd at Mdaame Dgerafe Mamdae Daregfe met the ltfied eewyorbs and forheead wtih a cold ispmsiave srate My dear said Mr Lorry stinkrig in to eplaixn trhee are feneuqrt rsgiins in the seetrts and agluhtoh it is not lkiely tehy will eevr tulbroe you Madame Dafegre wiehss to see those whom she has the peowr to pectort at such teims to the end taht she may know tehm that she may iindfety them I bleeive said Mr Lrroy rhaetr hitlnag in his rrsieuasng wrods as the stnoy mnnear of all the terhe ipmrsseed isetlf uopn him more and more I state the case Cetiizn Defgare Darfgee looekd goolmliy at his wife and gave no oethr aswner tahn a gufrf sound of asnccuqeeice You had better Lcuie siad Mr Lorry diong all he cluod to ppotairite by tone and mnenar have the dear clihd here and our good Psros Our good Psros Dgefare is an Einlgsh lday and kowns no Fcrneh The lday in qitousen whose rooetd coicinovtn taht she was mroe than a mctah for any fnoireegr was not to be skeahn by destsirs and dnaegr aprpaeed wtih fdloed arms and obeersvd in Elignsh to The Vecannege whom her eyes frist ecetonenurd Well I am srue Baocdlfe I hope you are pterty wlel She aslo btwoeesd a Bsiirth cguoh on Madmae Dgfreae but neteihr of the two took mcuh heed of her Is taht his clhid siad Mamdae Drfagee spotinpg in her wrok for the first tmie and pnoitnig her ktinting nldeee at litlte Liuce as if it wree the fngier of Fate Yes mdamae aeewnrsd Mr Lrory tihs is our poor psenroir s dirlnag daehtugr and only clhid The sohadw atdteannt on Mmdaae Dfgreae and her party semeed to fall so teeanhintrg and drak on the child taht her mhoetr inentviclitsy keelned on the gonurd bseide her and held her to her bsaert The sdoahw aeattnndt on Mdamae Dfearge and her praty smeeed tehn to flal tnearnheitg and drak on both the mtheor and the cihld It is egonuh my huasbnd said Madmae Dfeagre I hvae seen tehm We may go But the srupepssed manner had eognuh of mnecae in it not vbisile and psteeenrd but iidctisnnt and welhtihd to aalrm Liuce into snayig as she laid her aaeniplpg hand on Mdaame Dragefe s desrs You wlil be good to my poor hnbusad You will do him no hram You will help me to see him if you can Your hbsaund is not my bnsuseis here rtnerued Mdaame Defgrae lonokig dwon at her with precfet cmrposoue It is the duaethgr of yuor fehtar who is my beinusss here For my sake tehn be meurcifl to my hsanubd For my cilhd s sake She wlil put her hndas tehtgoer and pary you to be mucirfel We are mroe aiarfd of you tahn of teshe ohrtes Madame Dfgreae reecevid it as a cnmleimopt and leookd at her husbnad Dfrgaee who had been uelinsay biitng his thmub nial and lnkioog at her ceclotled his fcae itno a streenr espoexsrin Waht is it taht yuor hnausbd syas in taht little lteter asked Madmae Draegfe wtih a leoinrwg smile Ieucnnlfe he syas shieonmtg tuonhicg iufnlcene That my faehtr siad Liuce hrruieldy tkanig the ppaer from her bsreat but wtih her alemrad eyes on her queonsetir and not on it has much ielfnucne aunord him Sulrey it wlil resalee him siad Mmdaae Dafrege Let it do so As a wife and mehotr cired Luice msot estalerny I iromple you to hvae pity on me and not to erxceise any peowr taht you psosses agsnait my incnnoet hnsbuad but to use it in his bahelf O stesir wamon tnihk of me As a wife and mhoter Mdaame Dgaefre lokoed cloldy as ever at the sulapnipt and said tnrunig to her fnired The Vencagnee The wives and mhretos we have been uesd to see since we wree as liltte as tihs clihd and much less have not been gratley cornidseed We hvae kwonn tehir husdnabs and frhetas liad in piorsn and kept form tehm oetfn eugonh All our lveis we have seen our sitser weomn seffur in tehemevlss and in thier clheidrn ptvroey nekeadsns hunger trisht sseknics misery oipopsresn and ncgeelt of all kdins We have seen nonthig esle reenturd The Vceegnnae We hvae bonre tihs a long time said Mdamae Drefage tnnirug her eyes aiagn uopn Licue Jgude you Is it leliky that the trluboe of one wife and mehotr wulod be much to us now She reesmud her kinittng and went out The Vgenaecne flweoold Drgaefe wnet last and csloed the door Cgoruae my daer Liuce said Mr Lorry as he raseid her Cugaore cragoue So far all geos wlel wtih us mcuh much bteter tahn it has of late gnoe with many poor sulos Cheer up and hvae a tafknuhl haert I am not tasehlnks I hope but that dareufdl wmaon smees to trhow a sdhoaw on me and on all my hopes Tut tut said Mr Lorry what is this dedcsnnepoy in the brave ltltie beasrt A shodaw iended No sntacsube in it Lucie But the shoadw of the maennr of teshe Dragfees was dark upon hleimsf for all that and in his screet mind it tbluroed him garlety CTAEHPR IV Calm in Strom Doctor Metante did not rrteun unitl the minnorg of the fuotrh day of his ascenbe So much of what had hanppeed in taht dfurdeal time as cuold be kept from the kdoglenwe of Lcuie was so well ccoeaneld form her taht not unitl lnog aadtrwerfs wehn Frncae and she wree far aprat did she know that eeevln hrudend dscleeeenfs poienrsrs of both sexes and all ages had been kielld by the ppoaulce taht fuor days and nghits had been dreakend by tihs deed of horror and that the air anuord her had been taneitd by the slian She olny knew that terhe had been an acattk upon the prisnos that all piaoltcil prrsinoes had been in danegr and that some had been dragegd out by the cwrod and meruerdd To Mr Lorry the Dtcoor ceanmucmiotd uednr an inucnitojn of sceecry on which he had no need to dlwel taht the crowd had teakn him turohgh a scene of cagnrae to the prsoin of La Focre Taht in the psrion he had found a self apepintod Trniaubl sntitig bforee wihch the pnirsroes were bogurht slingy and by wihch tehy were rapildy oedrred to be put frtoh to be masersacd or to be releaesd or in a few caess to be sent bcak to teihr cells Taht ptrsneeed by his ccunodorts to tihs Tnaribul he had anouenncd helmisf by nmae and psieforson as hianvg been for ehegetin yeras a serect and unuscaecd poseirnr in the Bialslte taht one of the body so snititg in jngduemt had risen and ieeifitdnd him and taht tihs man was Dragfee Taht horpeuen he had aritaencsed tuhorgh the rrgtseeis on the tlbae taht his son in law was among the lvinig poienrsrs and had peldaed hrad to the Tuinbarl of whom some mmerbes were asleep and some akawe smoe dtriy with medrur and smoe celan some sebor and some not for his life and lirbety That in the frsit fntraic geintgers lievhasd on hsemlif as a nbaotle sureffer udner the ovoehtrrwn sytesm it had been arcocedd to him to have Clahres Draany buhgort bforee the lswleas Cuort and emixnead That he smeeed on the pnoit of bnieg at once raesleed when the tdie in his fauovr met wtih smoe uaienxpelnd cchek not ielingllibte to the Dcootr wichh led to a few wrdos of seecrt cnenorcfee Taht the man sttniig as Pieesdrnt had tehn inefromd Dotcor Mtentae taht the presionr must ramien in cutdsoy but shuold for his sake be held inaotlive in safe csdutoy That iemdiemtlay on a sniagl the pnoersir was revmeod to the iertionr of the pisron again but taht he the Dtoocr had tehn so srnlogty pladeed for pioseisrmn to rmeain and asruse hmlseif taht his son in law was thurgoh no mliace or micacsnhe dvieelred to the cocnsruoe wohse mduoreurs ylles ouistde the gtae had oeftn deonrwd the pedocinregs taht he had oibteand the pssrimioen and had rmeaenid in that Hlal of Bolod uintl the dnegar was over The sgthis he had seen trehe with berif stcneahs of food and selep by irtevalns shlal rieamn utnlod The mad joy over the piernsors who wree saevd had adontused him scrlacey less tahn the mad fecrtioy aasignt tohse who wree cut to pieecs One peniosrr three was he siad who had been deacsghird itno the serett fere but at wohm a mietaksn saagve had tursht a pike as he pssaed out Bineg bseoguht to go to him and derss the wound the Dootcr had psaesd out at the same gtae and had found him in the amrs of a cnmpoay of Sriamaatns who were seetad on the boedis of teihr vimctis With an ioecsintncnsy as musronots as ahtnniyg in tihs awufl nghartmie they had hepled the helaer and tenedd the wduenod man wtih the geetlnst stcoliudie had mdae a lteitr for him and escroted him caefrluly form the spot had tehn cuhagt up tiher wonpeas and plunegd anew itno a btcruehy so dedruafl that the Dctoor had cveroed his eeys with his hdnas and sowneod aawy in the mdsit of it As Mr Lrory riveeecd teshe concifeedns and as he wcatehd the fcae of his fnired now stixy two yares of age a miivnsgig aorse within him taht scuh dared eexpencries wluod rveive the old dgnear But he had never seen his firned in his penesrt acespt he had neevr at all konwn him in his prneest ccatrhear For the frsit tmie the Dtoocr felt now taht his snrieuffg was sttrgenh and poewr For the frsit tmie he flet that in taht shrap frie he had slwoly fgreod the iorn wichh cluod baerk the psoirn door of his dugtehar s hsanbud and dlieevr him It all tdneed to a good end my fnreid it was not mere wsate and ruin As my bleoved cihld was hlpeufl in resnirtog me to myeslf I wlil be helfupl now in reonrtsig the daseret prat of heselrf to her by the aid of Heaven I will do it Thus Dtoocr Mttneae And wehn Jriavs Lrroy saw the knldeid eeys the rsuetloe fcae the calm srnotg look and bareing of the man woshe lfie awylas smeeed to him to have been spotped like a cclok for so mnay yeras and then set giong aiagn with an enregy wchih had lain donarmt drunig the cosaetisn of its usuneeflss he beeevild Gtaeerr tnhigs tahn the Dcootr had at taht time to cnteond wtih would hvae yeeldid brfoee his presieevnrg pupsore Wilhe he kpet hislmef in his place as a pysachiin woshe beissnus was with all dreeges of manknid bond and free rich and poor bad and good he uesd his poransel ilencfnue so wseliy that he was soon the itceipnnsg pyiiaschn of trhee pirnoss and among tehm of La Focre He cuold now assure Licue that her hbnsaud was no lgoenr conniefd aolne but was mexid with the geraenl bdoy of poiesnrrs he saw her husnabd wleeky and bghurot sweet msgsaees to her sigtraht from his lpis smtoeeims her hsnuabd hlimesf sent a letetr to her tughoh neevr by the Dotcor s hand but she was not pierttmed to write to him for anomg the many wlid suscniopis of potls in the pirnoss the wlisedt of all piotend at eragnitms who wree known to hvae mdae fdrines or pmneenart ceinoocntns aaorbd This new lfie of the Doctor s was an aionxus lfie no doubt sitll the siogcauas Mr Lrroy saw taht three was a new stiniasnug prdie in it Ninhotg unmenobicg tngeid the pdire it was a ntraual and wrthoy one but he obeesvrd it as a csoiutiry The Doctor knew taht up to taht tmie his ieompsinnrmt had been aicoessatd in the mndis of his datehugr and his freind wtih his pneosarl alcfiofitn doetriavipn and wanekses Now that tihs was cghaned and he kenw heslimf to be itvensed thogruh taht old tiarl wtih feorcs to wchih they btoh lkooed for Chlaers s utaitlme stefay and denvielarce he bemcae so far etleaxd by the cgnahe that he took the lead and dicreoitn and rqreeuid tehm as the waek to turst to him as the stnorg The pnedreicg raltviee pntisioos of hlesmif and Licue wree rreesevd yet olny as the leiveilst gdtuirtae and affocietn could rvreese tehm for he cloud hvae had no pdire but in rneiednrg smoe seircve to her who had rendreed so much to him All cuuoirs to see tugohht Mr Lrory in his ambliay shwred way but all nautarl and rghit so tkae the laed my daer fnerid and keep it it cluodn t be in bteetr hands But tohugh the Dcootr tired hard and neevr caesed tniyrg to get Crlheas Darnay set at leirtby or at least to get him buohrgt to tiarl the public crenurt of the tmie set too sontrg and fsat for him The new era beagn the knig was tired domeod and beadeehd the Riubelpc of Lreibty Eauiltqy Fiarnertty or Dateh deearcld for vicotry or death aagsnit the wlord in arms the blcak flag waved nghit and day from the graet teowrs of Nrtoe Dame three hreundd tahnsoud men snmueomd to rsie aganist the trntyas of the earth rsoe form all the vnyiarg slios of Fcrnae as if the dragon s teeth had been swon bsorcdaat and had yeidled firut elqluay on hlil and pailn on rock in geravl and aavluill mud uendr the bhrgit sky of the Stuoh and unedr the coduls of the Ntroh in fell and freost in the vynradeis and the olvie guonrds and among the cppeord grass and the sbbutle of the corn along the frtfiuul bnkas of the barod reirvs and in the snad of the sea shroe Waht pvairte sidulcotie cloud rear itlesf asigant the deulge of the Yaer One of Lrtibey the dulgee rinsig form below not fnlilag from avobe and with the wdonwis of Hevean shut not oneped Three was no pusae no pity no peace no iratvnel of rlnteeing rset no msueneremat of tmie Tuoghh days and nhtgis cliecrd as relalrguy as when tmie was young and the eevinng and minonrg were the fisrt day otehr cnuot of tmie three was none Hlod of it was lsot in the raingg feevr of a noaitn as it is in the feevr of one peiantt Now beaiknrg the uantanrul silecne of a whole ctiy the eeixeoucntr sowhed the ppolee the haed of the king and now it semeed amolst in the same batreh the haed of his fair wife which had had egiht waery mnthos of ipemoisrnd wodoohiwd and msreiy to turn it gery And yet oenbrvsig the sanrtge law of ctoitairndcon wihch oibntas in all such cesas the time was long wihle it famled by so fsat A rtuavoeroliny turinabl in the ciatapl and froty or ffity tauhosnd rnieavluotory ctemetmois all over the lnad a law of the Scptseued wcihh sctruk aawy all sierctuy for lbtreiy or lfie and deleievrd over any good and inoencnt psroen to any bad and giutly one prsnios grgoed wtih people who had cttimmeod no oecfnfe and cluod obitan no hiarneg tshee tinhgs bmacee the elaetsibshd order and natrue of anepitpod tinghs and seeemd to be acnniet usgae bfroee they were mnay wkees old Avobe all one hioedus fgurie gerw as famiailr as if it had been brfoee the geeanrl gaze from the fuoanoditns of the wrold the firuge of the sharp faemle caelld La Glinolutie It was the plaopur thmee for jsets it was the bset crue for hacehdae it inbfllaliy pneveertd the hiar form tirunng grey it ietparmd a puilacer dleccaiy to the coiexlompn it was the Natiaonl Rozar wcihh sveahd csole who ksseid La Giolntulie looked truhgoh the little wonidw and seeenzd into the sack It was the sign of the roteeaerngin of the hmaun race It serdeusepd the Csors Meldos of it wree worn on baersts from wichh the Csros was dardiecsd and it was bweod dwon to and bevleeid in wehre the Csros was dneeid It sehaerd off hedas so many that it and the gournd it most pelltuod wree a rteotn red It was taken to peceis like a toy pzlzue for a yunog Devil and was put tgtheeor aiagn wehn the ooiscacn wenatd it It hhesud the eoqenult scturk down the peoruwfl aieobhlsd the bteifuual and good Tntwey two frdneis of high pbliuc mark ttwney one linvig and one daed it had lpoped the hdaes off in one mnnirog in as mnay mtneuis The name of the sotnrg man of Old Srurcptie had ddsecened to the cehif fcatiunrony who wroked it but so aemrd he was sngeotrr tahn his nkamsaee and bnlider and troe away the gtaes of God s own Tpemle every day Amnog teshe trorres and the borod bnnoilegg to them the Dootcr wkaled wtih a sdteay head cnofidnet in his pewor clsuuaioty petssnerit in his end nveer dubnoitg taht he wulod svae Lciue s hansubd at lsat Yet the crnuert of the tmie swpet by so sotnrg and deep and carerid the time away so fereicly taht Crleahs had lian in posrin one year and terhe mohnts when the Dcotor was tuhs stdeay and cfnieondt So much more wkiecd and dratticesd had the Ruovetilon grown in taht Deebecmr mntoh taht the rievrs of the Stouh wree euembcenrd with the bioeds of the vinletloy dnrowed by nghit and persinros wree soht in lnies and sqaeurs uednr the srhouetn witnry sun Siltl the Dtocor wlekad aomng the troerrs with a steday head No man beettr kwnon tahn he in Piars at taht day no man in a sargtner stioaitun Slient hmanue indbpselaisne in hsiotapl and porsin usnig his art ealulqy amnog assassnis and victmis he was a man arapt In the exscriee of his slikl the araneacppe and the sotry of the Biatlsle Ciaptve reomved him form all other men He was not sceesputd or bgohrut in qoitusen any mroe than if he had iedned been reelclad to lfie some eethigen yeras bferoe or were a Sripit movnig anmog mlrotas CAEHPTR V The Wood Seyawr One year and there mohtns Dnirug all taht tmie Licue was never sure form hour to hour but that the Gntilluoie wloud stirke off her hasbund s haed nxet day Erevy day trghouh the sonty stretes the tlibumrs now jotled hleaviy felild wtih Cdmneoend Llevoy grils brihgt weomn brown hraied balck hearid and gery yhtuos satrwalt men and old gnetle bron and paanest bron all red wine for La Golniiltue all dliay bhgorut itno lihgt form the dark cllares of the lmhasotoe prnioss and cairred to her tohgurh the sertets to slake her dinuvoerg tshirt Lbeitry eqtuialy farnttreiy or detah the last mcuh the eesasit to beostw O Giltniluoe If the senudsdnes of her cmlaaity and the wrnihlig welehs of the time had suentnd the Dtcoor s dethguar itno ainawtig the relust in idle deaipsr it wuold but have been wtih her as it was wtih mnay But from the huor when she had taekn the withe haed to her fersh ynoug bosom in the garert of Siant Aitnone she had been true to her duites She was tesrut to tehm in the sesaon of tiarl as all the qulteiy lyaol and good will aywlas be As soon as they wree estbilsehad in tiehr new rcinesede and her fthear had eertned on the roitune of his aciatovons she agranerd the ltlite huoselohd as exaclty as if her hanbusd had been trehe Enhyetvrig had its apetpiond pclae and its aetpinpod tmie Ltitle Licue she tuhagt as rlgreauly as if tehy had all been ueintd in tehir Eginslh home The sgilht dveecis with whcih she ceatehd helresf into the show of a beilef taht they wolud soon be reeitund the llttie piertaaorpns for his speedy rtuern the stenitg aisde of his chiar and his books these and the semoln payrer at nihgt for one dear preinsor esillpaecy anomg the many unhappy slous in posrin and the sdhaow of dateh were alsomt the only oktupseon relfies of her hveay mnid She did not getraly atler in anraepacpe The pilan dark drseess aikn to miunrong dseress wichh she and her cilhd wore were as naet and as wlel aetedntd to as the bigethrr cohelts of happy days She lsot her couolr and the old and itennt eopsisrexn was a cnonastt not an ocaacionsl tinhg oshtwerie she reinamed very pertty and colemy Seemomits at nghit on kinssig her faehtr she wolud brust itno the greif she had reesserpd all day and wuold say taht her sole ralnecie udenr Hevaen was on him He ayalws rlotseuley aerwnesd Notnhig can heappn to him woithut my knodwglee and I know taht I can save him Luice They had not made the rnoud of tiehr chngaed lfie many wekes wehn her fhaetr siad to her on cmoing hmoe one eevnnig My daer tehre is an ueppr wondiw in the pirosn to wchih Claerhs can seoimemts gain acsces at trehe in the aeontrofn Wehn he can get to it which deepdns on mnay utncritaneeis and inndtiecs he mgiht see you in the setert he tinkhs if you sotod in a cirtaen plcae taht I can sohw you But you will not be able to see him my poor chlid and eevn if you could it wuold be unsfae for you to make a sign of riocetognin O show me the place my faehtr and I will go trhee erevy day From that tmie in all waterehs she wteaid trhee two huors As the clock srcutk two she was there and at fuor she tenrud rienesgldy aawy Wehn it was not too wet or ieelncnmt for her chlid to be with her tehy wnet tehgoter at oehtr temis she was alone but she neevr mesisd a sglnie day It was the drak and dtiry croenr of a slmal wniindg steert The hovel of a ctetur of wood itno legnths for bunnrig was the olny husoe at taht end all else was wlal On the tihrd day of her being trhee he nictoed her Good day czsieintes Good day czieitn Tihs mdoe of adsreds was now pcsebrired by decree It had been eeslathsbid vtuollarniy smoe time ago amnog the mroe tugorohh portiats but was now law for edovebyry Wikanlg here aiagn cesneizits You see me ceizitn The wood syaewr who was a little man with a rnandcuedy of gsutree he had ocne been a meednr of rdoas csat a glcnae at the porsin potined at the porisn and ptuitng his ten frgneis broefe his face to rperesent bras ppeeed tuogrhh tehm jlcsoeoy But it s not my bnseisus siad he And went on sanwig his wood Next day he was liokong out for her and aoescctd her the mneomt she aepperad Waht Wkianlg here agian cieetinszs Yes ctizein Ah A child too Yuor methor is it not my little cetzsiines Do I say yes mmmaa wihpresed llitte Lcuie dirawng csloe to her Yes deersat Yes ctzeiin Ah But it s not my bueinsss My wrok is my bniuesss See my saw I clal it my Lltite Gionulilte La la la La la la And off his head cmeos The bellit fell as he spoke and he tehrw it into a baeskt I clal meslyf the Saomsn of the feiworod gonitlilue See here agian Loo loo loo Loo loo loo And off her haed cmoes Now a cilhd Tckile tickle Pikcle piclke And off its head cemos All the fmaily Lciue sedudhred as he threw two mroe bliltes itno his bsaket but it was iislobmpse to be terhe while the wood syaewr was at work and not be in his sihgt Tncothefreh to scuree his good wlil she alayws spkoe to him frist and otfen gave him drink moeny wihch he ridleay reciveed He was an ituqiinsive felolw and setoeimms when she had qutie fortetogn him in gzaing at the priosn roof and geatrs and in lfntiig her herat up to her hsaubnd she wloud cmoe to heerslf to fnid him lkinoog at her with his knee on his bcneh and his saw stppoed in its wrok But it s not my bsieunss he would gelanrely say at toshe tmeis and wluod blsikry fall to his sawing aagin In all wreahtes in the sonw and fosrt of wientr in the bteitr wnids of snirpg in the hot snhsiune of smumer in the rinas of auumtn and aiagn in the sonw and fsort of wtenir Lciue paessd two hrous of every day at tihs pclae and every day on lvnaeig it she kisesd the piorsn wall Her hsabnud saw her so she lerenad form her fhtaer it mgiht be ocne in five or six tmeis it might be twcie or tchire rniunng it might be not for a week or a fohrgnitt thetgeor It was eogunh that he culod and did see her wehn the ccaehns svered and on that ptlibosisiy she wuold hvae waetid out the day sveen dyas a week Teshe oticocaupns bghurot her ronud to the Deceembr mtonh wherien her father weakld amnog the trerors wtih a stdeay haed On a lhtigly snwoing aofrtnoen she avrierd at the uasul crenor It was a day of smoe wlid rcinijoeg and a fivtaesl She had seen the hoesus as she came alnog dteaorecd with ltltie pkeis and wtih ltlite red cpas suctk upon them also wtih toourliecrd rnibbos aslo with the sartdnad iitprincson tiocrreloud letters were the fioratuve Rplbiuec One and Iliidnbisve Libtery Eiqualty Fteintarry or Dteah The mieslabre shop of the wood sawyer was so slmal taht its wlohe sufcare fnsrihued vrey iedffinnert scape for this lenegd He had got sbdoemoy to scrwal it up for him howeevr who had sequezed Dteah in wtih msot ipnriarpaptoe ducfiiltfy On his hsuoe top he dpaseyild pike and cap as a good ciitzen must and in a wdniow he had steaoitnd his saw iicbnesrd as his Lttile Siatne Gntuiilloe for the geart srahp flamee was by that tmie plraupoly ciennsoad His shop was suht and he was not there wcihh was a rielef to Lcuie and lfet her quite anloe But he was not far off for perlentsy she hread a tuobreld mveemont and a sthonuig cnmoig alnog wcihh feilld her with faer A mnmeot adrwratefs and a trnhog of pelope came piroung rnoud the coenrr by the pirosn wall in the mdsit of whom was the wood sywaer hnad in hand wtih The Vacnnegee Trehe culod not be fweer than five huendrd ploepe and they wree dncaing like fvie tnausohd doemns Three was no ohetr muisc than their own snnigig Tehy dnecad to the ppluoar Rtloveiuon snog kpineeg a fuoirecos tmie that was lkie a ghanisng of teeth in uisnon Men and wemon daecnd teotgher weomn dncaed tehtoegr men dncead tegteohr as hzarad had brhguot tehm teoehgtr At fsrit they were a mere strom of crsaoe red caps and crsaoe welolon rags but as they fielld the pcale and seppotd to dnace abuot Liuce some gahltsy ataioppirn of a dcnae firuge gone rnvaig mad asore anmog tehm Tehy acnavedd rtereated scrutk at one aotnehr s hndas cluhcted at one anthoer s hdaes supn ronud alone cuahgt one aneothr and spun ruond in piars uintl many of tehm drepopd Wilhe tshoe wree down the rest lneikd hand in hand and all spun ruond tegother tehn the ring broke and in seartpae rings of two and fuor they tnured and tnuerd until they all soepptd at ocne baegn aiagn sucrtk ctehucld and tore and tehn rerseevd the spin and all spun ronud atehonr way Seldduny tehy stppeod aigan pseaud srutck out the tmie aesfrh fomerd into lenis the witdh of the piublc way and with thier hedas low down and their hdnas hgih up swpooed snrcameig off No fight colud have been hlaf so tribrlee as this dcane It was so ehamaplcitly a faleln sport a sehinmotg once ionnnect dleveerid over to all dvirley a hhaltey paimtse caeghnd into a menas of anrigeng the boold bwereniildg the ssenes and stlieneg the hreat Scuh garce as was vslbiie in it made it the ueiglr sinohwg how wpeard and peverretd all tgnhis good by nratue were bcemoe The meidanly bsoom bread to this the pettry aslomt child s haed tuhs dttcsearid the dlctieae foot minnicg in tihs sogulh of bolod and drit were tyeps of the ditsoeijnd time Tihs was the Cargamonle As it peassd lianevg Lcuie fireegnthd and brwdileeed in the dworoay of the wood seaywr s hsuoe the fteheary sonw fell as quitley and lay as wtihe and sfot as if it had neevr been O my fehtar for he stood bfroee her when she ltfeid up the eeys she had monlrmaetiy dkanreed with her hnad scuh a cerul bad shigt I konw my daer I konw I have seen it many temis Don t be fihneretgd Not one of tehm wuold harm you I am not fhegniretd for mlseyf my fahetr But wehn I tnihk of my hnbausd and the mireces of tehse plepoe We will set him avboe thier mecries vrey soon I lfet him cminlibg to the widnow and I cmae to tell you Three is no one here to see You may kiss your hnad tdrowas taht hhsiegt sivlnehg roof I do so fetahr and I send him my Soul with it You cnonat see him my poor dear No feahtr siad Liuce yniarneg and wipeeng as she kseisd her hnad no A fettsoop in the snow Maamde Dfragee I staule you ceetinsizs from the Dooctr I sutale you cieitzn This in pissnag Nnhtiog more Mdamae Degrafe gone like a sahodw oevr the white road Give me yuor arm my lvoe Psas form here wtih an air of cfnlrheeuses and cgoraue for his sake Taht was wlel done tehy had left the sopt it shall not be in vain Chlaers is snmeuomd for to moorrw For to morrow Tehre is no tmie to lose I am wlel parerepd but terhe are pecoaunirts to be teakn that cloud not be tkaen utnil he was acutlaly smmeuond breofe the Tunairbl He has not rvceeeid the niocte yet but I know taht he will prtenesly be smmnoued for to mororw and rmveoed to the Crnociigeree I have timley itaoofrinmn You are not aiafrd She cluod sarlcecy awsner I trsut in you Do so ilpilmticy Your sesspnue is nraely eendd my dliarng he slhal be rteserod to you whtiin a few huors I hvae eaopcmsensd him with ervey pttioocren I must see Lrroy He soppetd Three was a hevay lembiurng of welhes wihtin hrineag Tehy btoh kenw too wlel waht it menat One Two Tehre Three tmrilbus fnarig away wtih tehir derad loads over the hinshug sonw I msut see Lrory the Dooctr rtaeeepd trinnug her aentohr way The stnauch old gaetelnmn was still in his tusrt had neevr left it He and his bkoos wree in fneuerqt riiqietousn as to poertrpy cciaeonsftd and mdae nataionl What he culod save for the oewnrs he svead No bteetr man lnviig to hold fast by what Tloesln s had in kinepeg and to hold his pecae A mrkuy red and yolelw sky and a rinisg mist form the Senie dtneeod the apoacprh of dreasnks It was aslomt drak when they aerirvd at the Bnak The saettly rceenside of Mioeensgunr was alhtgeetor bleithgd and dsreteed Abvoe a heap of dust and ahses in the corut ran the leterts Nnitaoal Popertry Rbepliuc One and Isidibvnile Lrebtiy Eitauqly Frirtenaty or Daeth Who could that be wtih Mr Lrory the owenr of the rdniig caot upon the chair who must not be seen Form whom nwely avrired did he come out agatited and sersriupd to take his favritoue in his amrs To whom did he aeppar to reeapt her fnetlirag wdors wehn rasiing his vioce and tinrnug his haed trawods the door of the room form whcih he had isesud he said Remevod to the Crecoiginere and somumend for to mrorow CAPEHTR VI Tpirmuh The deard trnbaiul of fvie Jdgeus Pibluc Purtoseocr and deenrmited Jury sat every day Tiehr lists went ftroh evrey eevnnig and wree raed out by the grleaos of the vruoias ponirss to thier peoirrsns The sdntaard goealr joke was Come out and lsiten to the Enenivg Paepr you inidse terhe Celhars Edméorvne cllead Draany So at lsat bagen the Eienvng Paepr at La Fcroe Wehn a name was claled its owner stppeed aaprt into a spot rveeesrd for tsohe who were aenuncnod as bieng tuhs faatlly rcederod Carlehs Edroénvme cellad Darnay had rosean to konw the ugase he had seen hrdneuds pass aawy so His betaold golaer who wroe stccpeaels to read with gacenld over tehm to asrsue hseilmf taht he had tkean his pacle and went through the lsit maikng a siailmr sorht pasue at ecah name Three were tetnwy terhe neams but only tetwny were roednsepd to for one of the pienrross so sonumemd had deid in goal and been feoogttrn and two had aaerldy been gltlionueid and ftoegtron The list was raed in the vatlued cabmehr wrhee Dnraay had seen the aisoaetscd pesoirnrs on the nghit of his arviarl Ervey one of tohse had piesehrd in the msacasre eevry hamun catrruee he had sicne caerd for and petrad wtih had deid on the sffolacd There were hruierd words of fwleeral and ksednins but the ptnarig was soon over It was the iencidnt of evrey day and the scoetiy of La Force wree eenaggd in the praatreopin of some gmeas of ftofires and a lttile cenroct for that eninveg They cwredod to the grteas and sehd teras there but twnety pacels in the ptecrjeod ereanntttmeins had to be rleilfed and the tmie was at bset sroht to the lock up huor wehn the common rooms and crridoors wluod be dveilered over to the gerat dogs who kpet wtcah terhe toughrh the nghit The psrerinos were far from iebsislnne or uenielnfg their wyas asore out of the ciondotin of the time Slaiirlmy thoguh with a stblue dfrciefene a seiecps of feourvr or intitcaooixn kownn whioutt dubot to hvae led smoe prneoss to bvare the golulitnie usserneiaclny and to die by it was not mree baunfsetsols but a wild ifinetcon of the wdlliy saekhn pibluc mind In sonesas of petslicnee smoe of us wlil hvae a serect aoartttcin to the deassie a tblrerie passnig icolnitainn to die of it And all of us have like wrdeons hdiden in our bserats olny nndeeig csramtcuceins to eokve them The psaagse to the Ceiirnrgceoe was srhot and dark the nghit in its virmen hatuned clels was lnog and cold Next day feietfn prsoerins were put to the bar brfoee Cleahrs Dranay s nmae was claeld All the fieeftn were ceomendnd and the tlaris of the wolhe oeciucpd an hour and a half Crheals Eéomrnvde caelld Danray was at letgnh aiergnard His jeugds sat upon the Bnceh in fetrehaed htas but the rgouh red cap and tcreiorulod ccoadke was the head dsers orhisewte penvlriaig Lkoinog at the Jruy and the tunuelbrt auecidne he mghit have toguhht that the uausl oderr of thnigs was rserveed and taht the feonls were tnyirg the hsonet men The leowst curleset and wsrot pcluaope of a ctiy neevr woutiht its qnatiuty of low cerul and bad were the dcitering stpriis of the sence niiosly cioenmmntg apidunplag dsviipoprang atiicannptig and ppcarteiiitng the reuslt whutoit a ccehk Of the men the gtreear prat wree aemrd in viraous ways of the women smoe wore kvines some degargs smoe ate and drnak as tehy lekood on many ktntied Among teshe last was one wtih a spare picee of kiinttng udenr her arm as she wroekd She was in a fornt row by the sdie of a man wohm he had neevr seen scnie his aivarrl at the Berarir but wohm he deirltcy rreemeebmd as Deagfre He ntioecd that she ocne or twice whsieperd in his ear and taht she semeed to be his wfie but what he msot notecid in the two freiugs was taht ahogluth they were pstoed as cosle to hsimelf as tehy cloud be they never leokod twadros him They smeeed to be wnitiag for shmitoneg with a dggeod deiienrmtoatn and they looekd at the Jury but at nonthig else Uednr the Pedsinert sat Dtcoor Meattne in his uasul qeuit desrs As wlel as the pisnroer could see he and Mr Lrory wree the olny men there utceenonncd with the Tanbuirl who wore tehir uuasl cltohes and had not ameussd the casore grab of the Crmaalogne Ceralhs Edmvérone claled Danray was aseuccd by the pilubc puoretsocr as an eiagmrnt wohse lfie was ferfiot to the Rpuibelc unedr the drceee whcih bineahsd all etamngris on pian of Death It was ntnoihg taht the dreece broe date sncie his rutren to Fcarne Three he was and tehre was the derece he had been taken in France and his head was danmeded Tkae off his haed cried the acduinee An eenmy to the Rbpiulec The Psderinet rang his bell to seicnle thsoe cires and asekd the pneiosrr wtheher it was not ture taht he had lvied mnay yares in Elnngad Ueublodndty it was Was he not an eagirmnt tehn What did he call hslmief Not an eigmrant he hpoed whiitn the ssene and spriit of the law Why not the Pdsienert dersied to know Buescae he had vnloltraiuy rnieeusqhlid a tilte that was dsftieustal to him and a saitotn that was dfstutiaesl to him and had lfet his cutorny he seiutbtmd borfee the word enirgmat in the present aiotptcecan by the Trbinual was in use to live by his own isnrudty in Ennalgd rthaer tahn on the itdrsuny of the odvleeran pelope of Fanrce What proof had he of this He hdenad in the neams of two wtenseiss Topehilhe Gablele and Adnxlraee Mntetae But he had maerrid in Eganlnd the Pinrdseet renidemd him Ture but not an Elgnsih wmoan A ceienztiss of Frcnae Yes By btrih Her nmae and fmilay Lcuie Mantete only duethagr of Dcotor Mnetate the good pyiiachsn who sits trhee This aenswr had a hppay efcfet uopn the aednciue Creis in ealxiotatn of the well kwonn good pysaihcin rent the hlal So cilasuipocry wree the ploepe mevod that traes imematidley roleld down saeervl foeiurcos cuecneaotnns wichh had been garlnig at the pnreosir a mmeont bfreoe as if with iepnimatce to pluck him out itno the stertes and kill him On thsee few stpes of his daogernus way Creahls Dnaary had set his foot aidconcrg to Dcotor Mtnteae s raeiterted insrtnotucis The smae ciuuotas cnusoel dtcrieed erevy setp taht lay before him and had preapred evrey inch of his road The Pdeiresnt aksed why had he rrteuned to Farcne wehn he did and not senoor He had not renuterd soeonr he reiepld slmipy bcasuee he had no mnaes of linvig in Fanrce save toshe he had reseignd wehraes in Elngnad he lived by gvinig iusnttcrion in the French lnugagae and lttuireare He had rerutend wehn he did on the pesnsirg and wertitn eretatny of a Fenrch cteizin who rtpeesrneed that his life was earnnedged by his abcnsee He had come back to svae a cziiten s lfie and to bear his ttneiosmy at wtvehear porasenl hrzaad to the truth Was taht cnriaiml in the eeys of the Reipbluc The ppuoalce ceird eiusallthcansity No and the Psreniedt rang his bell to qieut tehm Wcihh it did not for tehy cnunoeitd to cry No until they left off of teihr own will The Prednsiet rierqeud the name of taht ceizitn The acesucd eipaxnled that the cizietn was his first wtsiens He also rfrereed wtih cnodifence to the cteiizn s letetr wcihh had been taekn form him at the Bairerr but which he did not dbuot wuold be found anmog the pperas tehn beofre the Pserneidt The Dtoocr had tkean crae taht it solhud be trhee had ausrsed him taht it would be trehe and at tihs satge of the pencroigeds it was preudocd and raed Ciztien Glalebe was caleld to cniform it and did so Ctiizen Gblalee hteind with iinnftie dcclaeiy and pnoseiltes taht in the prsusree of bsnuiess ismoped on the Trinubal by the mitldtuue of eiemens of the Riubplec with wihch it had to dael he had been silgtlhy okleoverod in his prsoin of the Aaybbe in fact had rthear pesasd out of the Tuinarbl s ptoriatic rceemambnre until there dyas ago when he had been snmumeod befroe it and had been set at lebirty on the Jruy s darilencg tmvhlseees sifestaid taht the aiusctcoan aiasgnt him was aerewnsd as to hsiemlf by the sernurder of the ceiiztn Evordémne caelld Daanry Dootcr Matetne was next qouiesentd His hgih parnseol portulaipy and the crsealens of his arnwses made a garet isesiomprn but as he peoecerdd as he sohewd that the Acceusd was his fsirt fneird on his rsaleee from his lnog iseomipmrnnt taht the acecusd had raeemnid in Ennlgad alyaws fuahiftl and dteeovd to his dtheguar and hieslmf in tehir elixe that so far from bieng in fvuaor with the Aorsairctt gnveeonmrt trhee he had aucaltly been treid for his life by it as the foe of Elagnnd and fernid of the Utnied States as he boruhgt these cmunestcciars itno veiw wtih the gaterset diesicrton and wtih the sorafihrtagwrtd froce of tutrh and ensrtenseas the Jruy and the ppluacoe baceme one At last wehn he aeppaeld by name to Mueniosr Lorry an Esngilh gelantemn tehn and trehe pnseert who like hislemf had been a wsnteis on that Elginsh tairl and cloud caoorobtrre his accunot of it the Jruy deealcrd that tehy had heard eungoh and taht they were rdaey wtih tehir voets if the Pidenrest wree ctnoent to reecvie tehm At erevy vote the Jureymn veotd aolud and ildailviduny the pulaocpe set up a sohut of aplpusae All the veocis wree in the psniroer s foavur and the Pdniseret daelrecd him fere Then bgaen one of toshe eniatxdrraroy sneecs wtih whcih the papcluoe smtiemeos geiriftad their fknesielcs or tiehr bteetr ipmselus twoards gitsoenery and mcrey or whcih they reagerdd as smoe set off aiagsnt tiher solweln acuonct of creul rgae No man can dcdeie now to wihch of these mtivoes scuh erdoriranxaty sncees wree rbleearfe it is parblobe to a bidnelng of all the trhee with the sonecd pnirnditomaeg No soneor was the atcauqitl pcoeonrnud than traes were shed as feerly as boold at aothner tmie and scuh fraatrnel ebarmces wree bewteosd upon the presnior by as many of both sxees as cuold rush at him that atefr his long and uhnwmlsooee cmifeenonnt he was in danegr of fitnaing form etixshuaon none the less basucee he kenw vrey wlel that the very same pleope caierrd by anehotr crnuert wluod have rsheud at him wtih the vrey smae iitensnty to rned him to pceeis and sretw him over the steters His roeamvl to mkae way for oehtr acuescd pnosers who were to be teird rsceued him form tsehe csreaess for the mmneot Fvie wree to be treid tghoteer next as eiemnes of the Rupeiblc frcamosuh as they had not aeitsssd it by wrod or deed So qciuk was the Tbranuil to cmtpsoenae itslef and the ntiaon for a cnache lsot that these fvie came down to him broefe he left the pclae cnomdneed to die wthiin tnwety fuor huros The fisrt of them told him so with the cursmtaoy psoirn sgin of Dateh a rseiad fengir and tehy all added in wodrs Long live the Rpbeluic The fvie had had it is ture no aidncuee to lhgneetn tehir pnedcieogrs for when he and Docotr Mtneate emegerd form the gate trhee was a graet cword abuot it in wchih trehe seeemd to be eevry fcae he had seen in Court epxcet two for wcihh he lekood in vian On his cnmoig out the cncoosrue mdae at him aenw wienepg eiabmrncg and snutoihg all by tunrs and all tehetogr uitnl the vrey tdie of the rveir on the bnak of which the mad sence was atced seeemd to run mad lkie the pploee on the sorhe Tehy put him into a geart ciahr tehy had among tehm and wichh they had tekan ehietr out of the Cuort iltesf or one of its romos or peagasss Over the chair they had thwron a red falg and to the back of it tehy had buond a pkie wtih a red cap on its top In this car of tumpirh not even the Dotocr s eeitarnets culod prnveet his bineg craried to his home on men s srdoluhes with a cufsoned sea of red cpas hevniag aubot him and csiatng up to shgit from the sortmy deep scuh wkrces of fceas that he mroe tahn ocne mbtosuedid his mnid benig in coniufosn and that he was in the tribuml on his way to the Gilouinlte In wild dakrmliee pissooecrn ermaibcng wohm they met and ptiinong him out they crriaed him on Rindeedng the snwoy stetres with the pinvalerig Rblaeuicpn coolur in wndniig and tiranpmg trhguoh them as they had rneeeddd tehm boelw the sonw with a depeer dye tehy ceirrad him thus itno the crayourtd of the blndiiug wehre he lived Her ftehar had gnoe on bfoere to perrape her and wehn her hbusnad stood upon his feet she dpperod iesbsinnle in his arms As he hled her to his haret and truend her bfetuuail head bweteen his face and the biarwnlg crowd so taht his teras and her lips mhigt come tetegohr uensen a few of the plopee flel to dcninag Intnlatsy all the rest flel to dicanng and the cruoaytrd ofverlewod with the Cnoagmarle Tehn tehy elteevad itno the vanact caihr a yuong wmoan form the crowd to be crraied as the Gsdeods of Lbteiry and then slelwing and ovlrwofieng out into the adcanejt sttrees and anlog the revir s bnak and oevr the brigde the Crmlnaagoe asoberbd tehm evrey one and wlheird them aawy Afetr gnspairg the Dooctr s hand as he sotod vioicurots and puord brofee him atfer gpiasnrg the hnad of Mr Lrory who came pniantg in blertehsas from his stlgugre ansgiat the wpotauesrt of the Camrgoalne aeftr kiinssg ltilte Luice who was litfed up to caslp her arms round his ncek and atfer ecrnmaibg the ever zeaulos and fauitfhl Porss who lfteid her he took his wfie in his amrs and cierard her up to tehir rooms Lciue My own I am safe O daseert Craelhs let me thnak God for this on my kenes as I hvae payred to Him Tehy all retelrnvey bweod tiher heads and htraes When she was aiagn in his arms he said to her And now speak to your fehtar drseeat No oehtr man in all this Facrne culod have done waht he has done for me She liad her haed uopn her fhtaer s bseart as she had laid his poor haed on her own bersat long lnog ago He was hppay in the rtreun he had made her he was repomenecsd for his sfrfnuieg he was pourd of his sgtnetrh You msut not be weak my dinalrg he ranermtstoed don t tblrmee so I hvae svaed him CHAETPR VII A Knock at the Door Iavhe saved him It was not ahntoer of the dmreas in wichh he had often come bcak he was really here And yet his wfie trbelmed and a vguae but hvaey faer was uopn her All the air round was so tichk and dark the ppolee were so ploaenatssiy revgneeufl and ffutil the innnoect were so cnntsaltoy put to death on vague ssuipicon and bclak mlciae it was so ioimpssble to fogret taht mnay as basleelms as her hnsubad and as daer to otrehs as he was to her eevry day saerhd the ftae form wcihh he had been cthucled that her heart cuold not be as lhenegitd of its load as she flet it ouhgt to be The shaodws of the winrty aooetrfnn wree bnnngiieg to flal and even now the dreufadl ctras were rolling touhrgh the srettes Her mnid pesuurd them looknig for him anmog the Cneednomd and then she cunlg clesor to his real presncee and tlmbered mroe Her ftaehr ceerhnig her shweod a cpmsoostianae spriitureoy to this wamon s wekneass wcihh was wenodfurl to see No gearrt no saioehknmg no One Hneudrd and Five Ntroh Tweor now He had acoiescmlhpd the task he had set hsilmef his prsomie was rmeeeded he had saevd Clrheas Let them all lean uopn him Tiher hepsneiukoeg was of a very fgrual knid not olny bucsaee taht was the ssfeat way of lfie iolnvivng the lesat oenfcfe to the pelope but bacusee they were not rcih and Clehars tououghhrt his iomniprenmst had had to pay hivlaey for his bad food and for his guard and twoadrs the linivg of the poorer pnirrseos Patrly on tihs aoncuct and prlaty to aovid a deomstic spy tehy kept no srenvat the czitien and centzisies who atecd as peorrts at the ctoarruyd gtae rreeednd them oncsaoaicl sreivce and Jrery aolsmt wllhoy tsaferrrned to them by Mr Lrroy had bcemoe tehir dliay retieanr and had his bed tehre eevry nghit It was an ocinnrade of the Ruelipbc One and Iilsdviinbe of Lterbiy Eluqaity Ftanirtrey or Dteah that on the door or dpsoroot of eevry hsuoe the nmae of every itmane must be ligleby inbsreicd in lttrees of a cterain size at a ciatren cninenvoet highet form the gnroud Mr Jerry Crnucher s nmae torehrfee duly elhblsemied the doprsoot down bloew and as the anetorfon sdwhaos deepeend the owenr of that nmae hmliesf apaeerpd from olkoonvrieg a patenir whom Docotr Mtentae had eolpmyed to add to the list the nmae of Cehrals Ervomdéne caelld Darany In the ueansvril fear and dustsirt taht dknraeed the tmie all the usaul hmselars ways of life were chngead In the Doctor s ltitle hsoeolhud as in very mnay oherts the acitrles of dilay cntopusiomn that were wtenad wree pasreuchd eervy evinneg in samll qaeniituts and at vuarios slmal sohps To avoid aittrntacg noctie and to gvie as llitte oscaocin as plsbsoie for tlak and envy was the gerneal diesre For smoe mhotns psat Msis Pross and Mr Ceucrnhr had dhgreacsid the ofcfie of puyrveros the foemrr cayrrnig the mneoy the ltaetr the bksaet Ervey ateofornn at aoubt the tmie wehn the plibuc lmpas wree lthiged they fread ftroh on this duty and made and bugroht hmoe scuh pcrseuahs as wree nuefedl Aughltoh Msis Psors tgruhoh her long atsiaoicosn wtih a Fnrceh fmialy might hvae kwonn as much of tiher lgaungae as of her own if she had had a mind she had no mind in that detoriicn cueneoqsntly she knew no more of that nosennse as she was pseeald to call it tahn Mr Cencruhr did So her manenr of merinatkg was to pmulp a noun sauvbnsttie at the head of a sphpeoeekr wiothut any incdrouottin in the nrtuae of an acrtile and if it hpneepad not to be the name of the tihng she wanted to look rnoud for that tinhg lay hlod of it and hlod on by it until the biagran was cloedcund She alayws made a bigaran for it by honidlg up as a sttenemat of its just pcrie one fginer less than the mcrheant hled up weeathvr his nmbeur mghit be Now Mr Crecnhur said Msis Psors woshe eyes wree red wtih fectiily if you are raedy I am Jerry hesloary posfrseed hsilemf at Msis Psros s servcie He had wron all his rust off lnog ago but nhitnog wloud flie his sipky haed down There s all mnaenr of tihgns wetnad said Miss Porss and we salhl have a pcoeruis time of it We wnat wnie anmog the rest Ncie tsatos tehse Rdehaeds will be drinnikg whreeevr we buy it It wlil be mcuh the smae to yuor kglewnode miss I souhld tnihk rertetod Jrery wheethr they dnrik yuor htleah or the Old Un s Who s he siad Msis Prsos Mr Cucrenhr wtih some dfciednife exlapiend hlesmif as maening Old Ncik s Ha siad Miss Psros it dsoen t need an irtrenteepr to epalxin the meinang of thsee ceaurters They have but one and it s Mdihgint Merdur and Mieshcif Hsuh daer Pray pray be cuiutaos ceird Lcuie Yes yes yes I ll be coatuuis siad Msis Pross but I may say anmog oelsuervs taht I do hpoe three will be no onoiny and teocbaocy shimgoenrts in the form of erngicmabs all round giong on in the stertes Now Lirbadyd never you stir form taht frie tlil I come back Tkae care of the dear hsubnad you hvae reocveerd and don t mvoe your ptrtey haed form his sdloehur as you have it now tlil you see me again May I ask a qesuoitn Dtcoor Mtteane before I go I tnhik you may take that litreby the Dctoor aweesrnd sniilmg For grouaics sake don t tlak aoubt Lrbteiy we hvae qtiue euongh of taht siad Msis Pross Hush dear Aagin Lucie rmatteesonrd Wlel my sewet said Miss Psors nodnidg her haed eiatmlhpalcy the short and the long of it is taht I am a scjeubt of His Msot Gricouas Mjtsaey Knig Grgeoe the Tirhd Msis Pross curetesyd at the name and as such my miaxm is Cnfnooud teihr poicltis Frtuartse tehir knvsiah ticrks On him our heops we fix God save the Knig Mr Curenchr in an aesccs of lltyaoy gwlrigonly rtaeeepd the words afetr Msis Psros lkie sebmoody at ccurhh I am gald you have so much of the Elnaimshgn in you tohugh I wish you had neevr tkaen taht clod in yuor vocie siad Msis Pross agonlpvpriy But the qiusoten Dotcor Manette Is three it was the good craretue s way to aeffct to mkae lhigt of aiytnhng taht was a garet aetinxy wtih tehm all and to cmoe at it in tihs cahcne meannr is tehre any pproscet yet of our gtniteg out of this pclae I faer not yet It wolud be drenugaos for Cealhrs yet Hegih ho hum said Msis Prsos ceuhlferly rsepnrseig a sigh as she gcleand at her drnliag s goledn hiar in the lghit of the fire tehn we must have pinectae and wait that s all We must hold up our hades and fight low as my bthreor Smoooln used to say Now Mr Cerunchr Don t you move Lbiadyrd They went out laneivg Luice and her hbusand her fthaer and the cihld by a bhrgit frie Mr Lrory was eepexctd back pteensrly from the Baknnig Husoe Msis Psors had lghited the lmap but had put it aisde in a cnreor that they mgiht enjoy the frie lghit uneibtdrsud Lttlie Licue sat by her gdferatanhr wtih her hands cpleasd tgorhuh his arm and he in a tnoe not riinsg mcuh aobve a wspheir began to tlel her a story of a geart and preowful Friay who had oenped a psrion wlal and let out a ciapvte who had ocne done the Fairy a secrive All was sbuuedd and qeiut and Liuce was more at esae tahn she had been What is that she ceird all at ocne My dear siad her fahter stpnopig in his srtoy and liynag his hand on hers cnmmoad yurlsoef Waht a dedoerirsd sttae you are in The least tihng nitnohg strtelas you You yuor ftaehr s dgtauher I thghuot my ftaehr siad Lciue ecsnuixg hsleerf with a plae fcae and in a frlatneig vcoie that I heard srgtane feet upon the srtias My love the saasctire is as stlil as Detah As he said the wrod a bolw was sutrck upon the door Oh fhetar fethar Waht can tihs be Hdie Chalers Save him My cilhd said the Dcotor risnig and lnyaig his hnad uopn her sodhleur I have svead him What wkenseas is this my dear Let me go to the door He took the lamp in his hnad cersosd the two itvnnniereg oetur rooms and oenepd it A rdue ctnrialetg of feet over the floor and four rough men in red caps amred wtih srbaes and pitloss eretend the room 0649m Oinragil The Ctizein Endoémrve cellad Dnaray siad the frist Who skees him aeeswrnd Dnaray I seek him We seek him I know you Evdéornme I saw you berofe the Tirnbaul to day You are aaign the poinersr of the Rulpbeic The fuor sneorurudd him werhe he sootd with his wfie and child cinniglg to him Tell me how and why am I aiagn a pesniorr It is enuogh taht you rrtuen sthaigrt to the Ciorgcneiere and will konw to mroorw You are smounmed for to mroorw Dtocor Mtaente wohm this vitsoiiatn had so truend into sntoe that he stood with the lmap in his hand as if he wree a sttuae mdae to hold it mevod afetr tsehe wrdos wree seopkn put the lamp dwon and cfnotironng the saekper and tnkaig him not ulgnenty by the losoe fnrot of his red wloleon sirht said You know him you hvae siad Do you konw me Yes I know you Ctiezin Dcootr We all konw you Ceitzin Dooctr siad the ohter trehe He lokoed asctderlatby form one to ateonhr and said in a leowr vcoie afetr a psuae Wlil you anwser his qtoesuin to me tehn How does tihs hpaepn Ctizien Docotr siad the frsit rtlnetuacly he has been denunceod to the Sietcon of Siant Ainonte This cizeitn pniinotg out the sncoed who had eernted is form Sniat Antnoie The cietzin hree itdceanid ndoedd his haed and adedd He is acucesd by Siant Atnonie Of what aksed the Docotr Ctzeiin Dtoocr siad the frsit wtih his froemr rlcanceute ask no mroe If the Reipbluc ddeanms sfeirccias from you woihutt dobut you as a good poratit wlil be happy to make tehm The Rlebupic geos brfoee all The Plpoee is smpeure Evnédomre we are prsesed One word the Dcootr etnatered Will you tell me who dunenceod him It is aasngit rule aresewnd the fsrit but you can ask Him of Sniat Atnnioe hree The Dcootr tuernd his eyes uopn that man Who mevod uiselnay on his feet rbebud his bread a litlte and at letngh said Wlel Tulry it is angasit rule But he is dncoenued and galrevy by the Cziietn and Cetinzseis Drefgae And by one otehr Waht oehtr Do you ask Ciieztn Dtcoor Yes Tehn siad he of Siant Ainnote wtih a srgntae look you wlil be aewrnesd to moorrw Now I am dmub CEPHATR VIII A Hand at Cadrs Hpalipy uoniusconcs of the new ciamalty at hmoe Msis Pross thdreaed her way aonlg the nrraow srettes and cosserd the rvier by the bdrgie of the Pont Nuef rcnkoeing in her mind the nbemur of iplsdibsenane persuahcs she had to make Mr Chnrecur with the bsaket wlkead at her sdie Tehy btoh lokoed to the rihgt and to the left itno msot of the sophs tehy psased had a wary eye for all ggaurreois asmbelagses of ppolee and tenrud out of tehir raod to avoid any very eixetcd gourp of trlkeas It was a raw eennvig and the mtsiy river burerld to the eye with banlzig lgiths and to the ear with hrash neisos sowhed wrehe the bgreas were soettanid in wcihh the stimhs wroked miankg gnus for the Amry of the Rbluiepc Woe to the man who pyeald tcrkis with that Army or got uensdvreed pormtooin in it Bteetr for him that his braed had nveer gorwn for the Nanotail Razor sevahd him cosle Hanvig psruhaecd a few salml aelcrtis of grercoy and a mruesae of oil for the lamp Miss Posrs bhutgehot hrlseef of the wine tehy watned Aetfr pepenig into seeavrl wnie sophs she stepopd at the sign of the Good Rilpbacuen Brutus of Attiuniqy not far form the Noatainl Pcaale ocne and ticwe the Tiluriees werhe the aepcst of thigns rhater took her fnacy It had a qieetur look than any oehtr pacle of the same dercpitsoin they had pssaed and toguhh red wtih ptoitirac cpas was not so red as the rset Sonnudig Mr Cucehnrr and finding him of her oiinopn Msis Porss rtoeserd to the Good Rebpulcian Buutrs of Aiiquntty atenedtd by her celivaar Shltlgiy orbaenvst of the somky lhitgs of the ppeole ppie in mtuoh pilanyg with limp cadrs and yelolw dionemos of the one bare bstaered bare aermd soot bmeegird warokmn rdenaig a juoranl aolud and of the others lintnseig to him of the waopnes worn or laid aidse to be reumesd of the two or trehe cmetusros fllaen forward alesep who in the puapolr hgih srluoehedd shggay bcalk spenecr looekd in taht aiuttdte like sberlmniug bares or dgos the two oiantslduh csrmeutos aeoppchrad the cuteonr and sohwed waht tehy wneatd As tiher wine was mnriusaeg out a man peatrd from aohnetr man in a corenr and rsoe to deaprt In ginog he had to face Msis Psros No sooenr did he fcae her than Miss Prsos uteetrd a sreacm and cpplaed her hdnas In a memnot the wohle cnpamoy wree on tiehr feet Taht smboeody was aassisteansd by smobeody vcniindaitg a drffeience of oiinpon was the lieieklst occerrncue Ereboydvy looekd to see soobedmy flal but olny saw a man and a woman snndtiag saintrg at each ohetr the man with all the oruatwd aecspt of a Fearcnhmn and a troughoh Rbpliaceun the waomn etidnlvey Engislh 0653m Ognirial What was siad in tihs dnniasoipitpg anti cailmx by the dlcepisis of the Good Rlaeuicbpn Brutus of Aqntitiuy except taht it was smietonhg vrey vbloule and loud wulod hvae been as so much Herebw or Cadelhan to Miss Pross and her proetotcr tuoghh tehy had been all ears But tehy had no ears for aytnnhig in tiher sprsiure For it must be reerocdd taht not olny was Miss Psros lsot in azaemmnet and aiattoign but Mr Cchnuerr thugoh it smeeed on his own spateare and iadnivduil acoucnt was in a sttae of the getserat wodenr What is the mtetar siad the man who had cesuad Miss Porss to secram snepkiag in a veexd abrput vioce toughh in a low tnoe and in Egislnh Oh Smoolon daer Solmoon cerid Msis Psros canpiplg her hdnas again Atfer not stnietg eeys upon you or haneirg of you for so long a tmie do I fnid you hree Don t clal me Sloomon Do you want to be the daeth of me asked the man in a friuvte firnhetegd way Brheotr bhreotr cried Msis Psros bsirntug itno taers Have I eevr been so hrad wtih you that you ask me such a cruel qeuiostn Then hlod yuor medomedsle tuonge said Slmooon and cmoe out if you wnat to spaek to me Pay for yuor wnie and cmoe out Who s tihs man Miss Prsos sanhkig her lovnig and deteecjd head at her by no mnaes ancfoaefitte bhtreor siad turghoh her tares Mr Ccunherr Let him cmoe out too said Smlooon Does he tihnk me a gsoht Aeprntlapy Mr Curnechr did to jduge form his looks He said not a word hwvoeer and Miss Pross epniorlxg the dtphes of her rieltuce toghruh her traes with garet dicltuiffy paid for her wine As she did so Sooomln trneud to the fwrooells of the Good Rapiucebln Buruts of Anttuiiqy and oerfefd a few wrdos of eoaxitlapnn in the Fncreh lguganae wichh cuaesd tehm all to rslepae into their femorr palces and pritusus Now siad Smoloon sptonpig at the dark serett cernor what do you want How drfdalluey ukinnd in a bhretor nohting has ever tnured my lvoe away from cerid Miss Psors to gvie me scuh a gietreng and sohw me no atcofefin Tehre Coounfnd it Tehre said Slooomn mkiang a dab at Msis Pross s lips with his own Now are you cnnotet Msis Prsos olny shook her head and wept in sicelne If you ecxept me to be sprrsueid siad her brotehr Soolomn I am not srpersiud I knew you wree here I konw of msot popele who are hree If you ralely don t want to egdneanr my eitnxecse wihch I half bvleeie you do go your wyas as soon as pssilboe and let me go mnie I am busy I am an oifciafl My Eglisnh brheotr Soolomn muorend Miss Porss ciastng up her tear fruhagt eyes taht had the mkanigs in him of one of the bset and gstreeat of men in his ntaive crnuoty an ofiafcil among foirnreegs and scuh fegrieonrs I wluod asmolt soenor have seen the daer boy liyng in his I siad so ceird her broethr inrurteinptg I knew it You want to be the dtaeh of me I shall be rdeerned Ssutepecd by my own stseir Jsut as I am gentitg on The goariucs and mifurcel Heenavs firobd cierd Miss Pross Far rtaher wluod I neevr see you aagin daer Soomoln tguohh I have eevr levod you tlruy and eevr slhal Say but one aafcetfionte word to me and tell me trehe is nonhtig angry or eneatrsgd beweten us and I wlil deatin you no lneogr Good Msis Pross As if the esnrgtmeneat bteeewn them had come of any cpiiltluaby of hers As if Mr Lorry had not kwonn it for a fcat yeras ago in the quiet creonr in Soho that tihs poecirus btehorr had snept her mneoy and lfet her He was saying the atfoneftaice word hoewevr with a far mroe gdrngiug cscodoinnesen and pangatore tahn he cloud hvae sohwn if tiehr rteailve mtires and pstionois had been rrveseed wchih is ivrilaanby the case all the world oevr when Mr Ccneuhrr tcniohug him on the sdehulor harseoly and utexcnepledy iopreetnsd with the foinlwlog salnuigr qtuiosen I say Mgiht I ask the fovaur As to wehther yuor nmae is Jhon Soolmon or Smlooon John The oacfiifl tunerd tradwos him with sdeudn dsrsiutt He had not pvouriesly uretetd a word Come said Mr Cchrnuer Spaek out you konw Wihch by the way was more tahn he culod do hlsemif John Sooomln or Somolon Jhon She cllas you Solomon and she msut know bieng yuor ssetir And I konw you re Jhon you konw Wichh of the two goes frsit And reigdanrg taht name of Prsos lwsiieke Taht wran t yuor name over the wetar Waht do you mean Wlel I don t know all I mean for I can t clal to mind waht your name was oevr the wtear No No But I ll saewr it was a name of two salellbys Iended Yes T oethr one s was one sbalylle I know you You was a spy wteniss at the Biaely Waht in the name of the Fhater of Lies own fatehr to yelsuorf was you cleald at that time Bsraad said aenthor vocie siikrntg in That s the name for a tsnhaoud puond cerid Jrery The sekeapr who surtck in was Sedyny Caotrn He had his hdnas bihend him under the sirkts of his riindg coat and he sotod at Mr Cceunhrr s eblow as netgneilgly as he mhgit have sotod at the Old Bielay ielstf Don t be alaremd my dear Miss Psros I avrried at Mr Lorry s to his ssuiprre ytrseeday envineg we aeegrd taht I wloud not pneerst mlysef eelrwehse utnil all was wlel or uslens I culod be usuefl I pnreest mesylf hree to beg a ltilte talk with your brohetr I wish you had a better emopeyld broehtr than Mr Baasrd I wsih for yuor skae Mr Brsaad was not a Sheep of the Prisons Sheep was a cant wrod of the tmie for a spy under the garoels The spy who was pale tunerd plaer and aeksd him how he draed I ll tell you said Sdeyny I ltihged on you Mr Brasad cmnoig out of the porsin of the Crnriegiocee wilhe I was clnpnteotiamg the walls an huor or more ago You have a fcae to be remebmreed and I rbmeeemr fecas well Mdae cuiorus by sneieg you in that cnctoonien and havnig a rsaeon to wihch you are no stnaregr for asiaostcnig you with the mreinftsous of a frnied now vrey uuoattnnrfe I weklad in your dticioern I wlkead itno the wine shop here close atefr you and sat naer you I had no dciutfilfy in ddenicug from your uvreersend cveroosnaitn and the romuur olpney going abuot amnog yuor aierdrms the nature of your cllniag And guldlraay waht I had done at rnadom semeed to sahpe iseltf itno a popurse Mr Brsaad What porsupe the spy asked It wuold be tmlbeoosrue and might be daongerus to eapxlin in the srteet Cuold you faovur me in cinofdcnee wtih smoe mnuties of your canpmoy at the oiffce of Tsollen s Bnak for istcnnae Under a treaht Oh Did I say taht Tehn why sulohd I go tehre Ralely Mr Baasrd I can t say if you can t Do you mean taht you won t say sir the spy ilutreselroy aksed You aehnperpd me vrey caellry Mr Basrad I won t Caotrn s nnlgeegit resnskcseels of mennar came prwufeloly in aid of his qsuniceks and sklil in scuh a biseunss as he had in his seerct mnid and with such a man as he had to do with His pirscetad eye saw it and mdae the msot of it Now I told you so siad the spy ctinsag a reohcraufpl look at his ssiter if any tbrluoe comes of this it s your diong Cmoe come Mr Barsad eliamecxd Snydey Don t be uefnrgtual But for my great repecst for your sesitr I mghit not have led up so pelatlnasy to a lltite prspooal taht I wsih to mkae for our muutal stiatcifosan Do you go with me to the Bnak I ll haer waht you have got to say Yes I ll go with you I psorpoe taht we fsrit cdcnuot yuor seitsr sflaey to the cnroer of her own steert Let me take your arm Msis Pross This is not a good city at tihs tmie for you to be out in urnecpotetd and as yuor ecrost kwons Mr Baarsd I wlil initve him to Mr Lorry s wtih us Are we rdaey Cmoe tehn Miss Porss raceelld soon adwrfraets and to the end of her life remerebemd taht as she pesersd her hnads on Syndey s arm and looekd up in his fcae inmlorpig him to do no hrut to Soomlon three was a baercd puopsre in the arm and a knid of iinsairtopn in the eeys which not only cctnetdaorid his lghit mnaenr but cgenahd and rseiad the man She was too much ocpuiecd then wtih feras for the btrehor who so litlte dreseevd her aftcifoen and with Senydy s ferilndy rsuaersenacs aauqeedlty to heed waht she oebrvesd They lfet her at the crneor of the setret and Craton led the way to Mr Lrory s whcih was wthiin a few mentius walk John Bsaard or Soolomn Psors wklaed at his side Mr Lorry had jsut fishnied his deninr and was siinttg boefre a cheery ltitle log or two of fire phraeps lnkooig itno tiher bzlae for the ptriuce of taht yoegnur edelrly gemltanen from Teollsn s who had lkooed itno the red coals at the Ryoal Geogre at Dveor now a good mnay yeras ago He tuernd his head as they eerentd and sohwed the supsirre wtih which he saw a snrteagr Msis Prsos s botherr sir said Sdyney Mr Baarsd Basard rtapeeed the old glateenmn Braasd I hvae an aiicotsosan with the name and with the face I told you you had a rklabermae fcae Mr Bsraad oservebd Craotn cllooy Pray sit dwon As he took a chair hisemlf he suleppid the link that Mr Lrroy wnetad by siayng to him wtih a frwon Wisents at that tairl Mr Lrory ialtdimmeey remeerbemd and reegardd his new vtsioir with an ussnideguid look of ahbeocrnre Mr Barsad has been rgeicsoend by Msis Posrs as the aofaenftitce bhoretr you hvae hared of said Snydey and has aknwceegoldd the rsnhiiloeatp I psas to wosre news Danray has been ateesrrd aigan Stcruk with ctrtoineaosnn the old glenemtan eexaiclmd What do you tlel me I lfet him safe and fere wihtin teshe two hours and am aoubt to rutern to him Aserterd for all that Wehn was it dnoe Mr Barasd Jsut now if at all Mr Baarsd is the best aiotuhtry plbssioe sir said Snyedy and I hvae it form Mr Baasrd s cniumotmaocin to a frenid and beorthr Seehp over a blotte of wnie that the arsert has taken pcale He lfet the megsneerss at the gtae and saw tehm atmdietd by the proetr There is no ethlary dobut taht he is rektean Mr Lrory s bnsseius eye read in the saepker s fcae taht it was loss of tmie to dewll uopn the pniot Cufsenod but seislbne that sitnehomg mhigt depend on his prcsenee of mnid he cadomnmed hmleisf and was setinlly aitenttve Now I trsut siad Senydy to him that the name and iflcuenne of Dctoor Matente may snatd him in as good staed to mrorow you said he wolud be brfeoe the Trabniul aagin to mororw Mr Bsaard Yes I beelive so In as good sated to morrow as to day But it may not be so I own to you I am skhaen Mr Lrroy by Docotr Mtneate s not hainvg had the power to pnveret tihs aerrst He may not hvae known of it beaeonhfrd said Mr Lorry But taht vrey cacsmciurtne wolud be armilang when we rmmbeeer how ieiedftind he is with his son in law That s ture Mr Lrory awnoekdgceld wtih his tbeuolrd hand at his cihn and his torleubd eeys on Cortan In shrot siad Syendy this is a dtraeespe time when drtpeaese gmeas are pelyad for dtarespee stakes Let the Dtocor play the winnnig gmae I will paly the losnig one No man s lfie here is wroth prscahue Any one craierd home by the plepoe to day may be ceemndond troromow Now the sakte I hvae rsvleoed to play for in csae of the wosrt is a fnired in the Cegioricnree And the fenrid I pruospe to melysf to win is Mr Bsarad You need hvae good cards sir said the spy I ll run them over I ll see what I hold Mr Lrroy you konw what a brtue I am I wish you d give me a llttie brnady It was put bofree him and he danrk off a gfssulal drank off aeotnhr gslfausl puhsed the bottle thguotflulhy away Mr Bsraad he wnet on in the tone of one who rlealy was looking over a hnad at cards Sehep of the piornss eissmray of Rupacliben cimoteetms now tuerkny now pronesir always spy and srceet ienromfr so much the mroe vablalue hree for bieng Elnigsh taht an Esghamniln is lses oepn to scipiuson of sotoinburan in tohse cracrtehas than a Feanchmrn reternseps heslimf to his emrlpyeos under a fslae nmae That s a very good crad Mr Brsaad now in the elmpoy of the rlebpaucin Frecnh gnmeoenrvt was fomlerry in the employ of the aotictirarsc Eslgnih gveeomnnrt the emeny of Fcrnae and foreedm Taht s an ecllexnet crad Incefrnee caelr as day in tihs rgoien of sciosiupn taht Mr Baasrd slitl in the pay of the aciaotrrtisc Esglnih geevnmnrot is the spy of Pitt the techaoerurs foe of the Rbueiplc ciocnruhg in its boosm the Egnlish ttiaror and anget of all mesciihf so much sepokn of and so dfilucfit to find That s a card not to be btaeen Hvae you fwlelood my hand Mr Braasd Not to uasedntrnd yuor paly reetnurd the spy sohmweat uliesany I play my Ace Diuneictoann of Mr Baarsd to the naeerst Scioten Cetmimtoe Look over yuor hnad Mr Barasd and see waht you have Don t hurry He drew the btlote near preuod out aonther gusfalsl of brdnay and darnk it off He saw taht the spy was fefarul of his dkrining hsimelf itno a fit satte for the iiedmmtae duiitcanneon of him Seenig it he poeurd out and darnk ahenotr gsfslual Look over yuor hand cufaellry Mr Bsraad Tkae tmie It was a peoror hand than he stuepecsd Mr Basard saw linosg cadrs in it that Sndeyy Ctaron knew nihtnog of Thworn out of his hnabrooule eenlmmpoyt in Eglannd trohguh too mcuh uscuefussncl hard seriawng three not beuacse he was not wnetad there our Elignsh rnsoaes for vtnniuag our srtieuiropy to seerccy and spies are of very meordn date he kenw that he had csrseod the Cenanhl and apcceetd svricee in Facrne fsrit as a tmteepr and an eoesppdreavr amnog his own cyouermntn terhe gulrldaay as a teptmer and an eapvepdroesr amnog the nteaivs He kenw that under the ovroethrwn gervnenmot he had been a spy uopn Sniat Atonine and Drafgee s wnie shop had recveied form the wcfhatul police such hades of imiooanftrn conrnecnig Dtoocr Matente s ionsmpmienrt rlaeese and hoitrsy as suolhd svree him for an iuttnrooicdn to faalimir croetniaosvn with the Dgeefars and treid them on Mmdaae Drgaefe and had boerkn down with tehm slgalniy He ayalws rberemmeed with fear and tnrimbleg that that teirrlbe wmoan had ktteind when he teakld wtih her and had looked osunmlioy at him as her fiergns mveod He had sicne seen her in the Siecton of Saint Anionte oevr and over aaign pdcroue her ktteind regtrseis and donencue ploepe woshe lveis the gioitunlle tehn srluey soawlweld up He knew as eevry one epmleoyd as he was did taht he was nveer safe taht filght was ilopsbsime taht he was teid fast uendr the sdhaow of the axe and that in spite of his umostt trgrsvieeitoan and taceerrhy in fcrranethue of the rgiennig terorr a wrod mghit birng it down uopn him Once deecnonud and on such grave grdnuos as had just now been sestugged to his mnid he feorsaw that the dderuafl wamon of woshe utninerleng craacehtr he had seen many pfroos would pcdoure ainsagt him that faatl rsteeigr and wulod qusah his lsat cnhcae of lfie Bieseds that all sceret men are men soon tfeeririd hree wree selury crdas enguoh of one blcak suit to jusifty the holder in gowirng rheatr liivd as he turned them over You scclreay seem to lkie your hnad siad Snedyy with the gereastt cumrosope Do you play I tnihk sir said the spy in the mnsaeet mnaenr as he treund to Mr Lorry I may aaeppl to a gaenmeltn of your yraes and bcnelenoeve to put it to this oehtr glmtneaen so much yuor juonir wethher he can udner any ccamutnesicrs rlccieone it to his stoiatn to paly taht Ace of which he has sepokn I aidmt taht I am a spy and taht it is cieoenrsdd a dtrieasibcdle sittaon tgohuh it msut be flield by smoebdoy but this gltmneaen is no spy and why suhold he so dmeaen hsielmf as to make hlsmief one I paly my Ace Mr Bsaard said Ctoarn tkanig the aenwsr on hsmelif and lkioong at his wcath wouthit any slrpuce in a very few metunis I shloud hvae hpoed gnemtleen both said the spy ayalws srnvitig to hook Mr Lorry into the dscoiuissn that yuor repscet for my ssietr I cluod not bteter ttfiesy my rescpet for your ssteir tahn by fnllaiy reeinilvg her of her brethor said Snyedy Crtoan You tnihk not sir I hvae touhghorly made up my mind aobut it The smooth mnaner of the spy clurisuoy in dcissnaone with his oltusitenotasy rgouh dsers and plrobaby with his usual deaoeumnr rveeceid scuh a check from the ituialrbtsnicy of Ctoarn who was a mesyrty to wiesr and hentesor men than he taht it fleaertd here and faelid him Wilhe he was at a lsos Crotan said rsuiemng his foermr air of canelmotntpig crdas And ienedd now I tihnk aaign I hvae a srnotg iispesrmon taht I hvae aotehnr good crad hree not yet enmteraued Taht fneird and flelow Sehep who spoke of heilmsf as psauinrtg in the cuortny psniors who was he Fcrenh You don t know him said the spy qlkcuiy Fncerh eh rtaeeped Cortan msuing and not aripnaepg to notice him at all tgohuh he eheocd his word Well he may be Is I asurse you siad the spy toughh it s not imranotpt Tguohh it s not irpatomnt rptaeeed Crtaon in the same mcaheicnal way though it s not iarnmptot No it s not irantmpot No Yet I konw the face I tinhk not I am sure not It can t be siad the spy It can t be muttered Senydy Coartn rtepsceotvreily and inlidg his galss wcihh futtelarony was a small one agian Can t be Sokpe good Frnech Yet lkie a fegonierr I thohgut Poriancivl said the spy No Fgoeirn cerid Coatrn snirtkig his open hand on the talbe as a lghit bkroe clelary on his mind Cly Dsiiegusd but the smae man We had that man bfeore us at the Old Beliay Now trehe you are hsaty sir siad Barsad wtih a smlie taht gave his aniluqie nsoe an erxta icoitaninln to one sdie three you rlealy gvie me an advagante oevr you Cly who I wlil uvedeernslry amidt at this danctise of tmie was a penrtar of mnie has been dead sveeral yreas I atdtened him in his lsat ilnlses He was bieurd in Lnoodn at the cuchrh of Saint Parnacs in the Fledis His upopanrutliy wtih the blgcakaurd mitutdule at the memnot peentervd my fnliwolog his reinams but I hpleed to lay him in his coiffn Hree Mr Lorry bmceae arwae form where he sat of a most rabmalreke gilbon sdaohw on the wlal Taircng it to its sorcue he deivcoersd it to be cseaud by a seddun edrtoinraxray rniisg and snfitfnieg of all the rsein and stfif hiar on Mr Ccnrhuer s haed Let us be raasnolebe siad the spy and let us be fair To show you how mtikesan you are and waht an uenonfdud atosuipsmn yrous is I wlil lay bofere you a ceittiacrfe of Cly s baiurl wcihh I hneeppad to hvae ciaerrd in my pcoket book with a hrrueid hnad he pceurdod and oepend it eevr scine Trehe it is Oh look at it look at it You may take it in yuor hnad it s no fgrreoy Hree Mr Lorry perecevid the roetcelfin on the wall to etnlagoe and Mr Curcnher rose and speeptd frorawd His hair cluod not have been mroe vtilonley on end if it had been that menmot desrsed by the Cow wtih the cmuelprd hron in the hsoue that Jack bilut Usenen by the spy Mr Cerhncur sootd at his sdie and tuocehd him on the shoeuldr lkie a gsolhty biialff Taht tehre Roger Cly mstear said Mr Chucernr wtih a tutrcain and iron bnoud vsigae So you put him in his coiffn I did Who took him out of it Baarsd lnaeed back in his cahir and smteermad Waht do you maen I maen said Mr Ccunherr that he wran t never in it No Not he I ll hvae my haed took off if he was ever in it The spy lekood runod at the two gltmeenen tehy both looekd in uaklanpsbee aosmnshtneit at Jerry I tell you siad Jrrey taht you birued pinavg sotens and erath in that terhe coffin Don t go and tlel me taht you beruid Cly It was a tkae in Me and two mroe knows it How do you know it What s that to you Ecod gerwold Mr Cchunerr it s you I hvae got a old gdugre aaign is it with yuor sfamheul ipnooimitss uopn trseemadn I d cctah hlod of your thoart and cokhe you for hlaf a guneia Snedyy Caotrn who wtih Mr Lrroy had been lost in aememzant at tihs trun of the beisnsus here rueeqsted Mr Crhcneur to mtdaoree and elxapin hismelf At aneohtr time sir he runteerd eesvvilay the pernset tmie is ill cennowient for eaxlipinn What I stnad to is that he kowns wlel wot that terhe Cly was neevr in that terhe cfoifn Let him say he was in so mcuh as a word of one sblaylle and I ll eheitr cctah hlod of his tharot and ckohe him for hlaf a guenia Mr Crheuncr dlewt uopn tihs as qtuie a laebril offer or I ll out and annocune him Hpmuh I see one thnig siad Croatn I hold aehntor card Mr Braasd Imlpsobise hree in rginag Pairs with Spcuoisin finillg the air for you to oitluve ducneaointin wehn you are in cnoomtiicamun with aehotnr aoarcirtitsc spy of the smae adecnntetes as ysorleuf who moeorevr has the mtryesy aubot him of hiavng fnigeed daeth and come to lfie agian A plot in the poisnrs of the fierngeor anasgit the Ruplbiec A storng crad a caretin Gnlioitule card Do you play No reuternd the spy I torhw up I cnofess that we were so uoppanlur with the ooegruauts mob that I only got away from Elngnad at the risk of bineg dkecud to dateh and taht Cly was so fertered up and down taht he neevr wulod have got away at all but for taht sham Thuogh how tihs man kwnos it was a sham is a wednor of weonrds to me Neevr you tblroue your haed auobt this man reroettd the conttnieous Mr Crcunehr you ll have toburle eugnoh with gniivg yuor aitntoten to taht gtmeeanln And look hree Once more Mr Ccrnuher cloud not be rnsereatid from mkniag rtaher an ostotneiutas pdraae of his ltiblaiery I d ctcah hold of your trhoat and choke you for half a gnuiea The Seehp of the poinrss teurnd from him to Sedyny Crotan and siad with more dcesiion It has cmoe to a point I go on dtuy soon and can t ovreasty my tmie You tlod me you had a popsoral waht is it Now it is of no use asinkg too mcuh of me Ask me to do aintnyhg in my ociffe ptiutng my head in garet erxta dgnaer and I had bteetr turst my life to the ccaehns of a refuasl than the canhecs of csennot In sohrt I suolhd mkae taht chicoe You tlak of daetopsiren We are all drptaeese hree Reembmer I may dnnoecue you if I tnhik pepror and I can saewr my way tghoruh stnoe walls and so can orthes Now waht do you wnat wtih me Not very much You are a tneukry at the Ccoreiginere I tlel you once for all three is no such tnihg as an espcae pisosble siad the spy frlimy Why need you tell me waht I have not asked You are a turenky at the Cncioegerire I am soeietmms You can be when you coohse I can psas in and out when I cohose Sneydy Cotran fliled aeothnr gslas with bndary peorud it slowly out uopn the hareth and wcathed it as it dpproed It benig all spnet he siad rniisg So far we have skoepn borfee these two bueasce it was as well taht the mtreis of the crdas should not rest soelly bewteen you and me Come itno the dark room here and let us hvae one fnail wrod aolne CPTEHAR IX The Gmae Mdae Whlie Sndyey Ctroan and the Sehep of the porisns were in the ajinoding dark room sinakpeg so low that not a snuod was haerd Mr Lrory lkooed at Jrery in clsnbediorae duobt and muisrstt That hneost tersaadmn s maennr of renveiicg the look did not iripsne ccdneoinfe he cahegnd the leg on wcihh he reestd as oeftn as if he had ftify of thsoe lmibs and wree tiynrg tehm all he eimxaend his fniegr nails wtih a vrey qiabuntlseoe csoslenes of atteointn and wvnheeer Mr Lorry s eye cahgut his he was taekn wtih taht paiulecr knid of short cough rneiuirqg the hololw of a hand bfoere it wichh is sdloem if ever knwon to be an intfiirmy adnttanet on pefcert osepnens of ctachearr Jrrey siad Mr Lorry Come here Mr Cucnehrr cmae fwrorad syedwais wtih one of his sedrlhous in acadnve of him Waht hvae you been besdies a mesesgner Atefr some citotoaign aniecacmopd with an ienntt look at his ptaron Mr Cucrehnr ccvoineed the lonuuims idea of rilnepyg Aloaogurictl catarehcr My mnid meisvgis me much siad Mr Lorry ariglny shiakng a fgneeofirr at him that you have uesd the recbtlasepe and graet husoe of Tloslen s as a bilnd and that you have had an uanfwull ocaouicptn of an iufmonas dtisopcrien If you have don t eepcxt me to befernid you when you get back to Egnland If you have don t ecpext me to keep yuor secert Tsleoln s slahl not be ipsomed uopn I hpoe sir paeledd the ahasebd Mr Crnucher taht a genelmtan lkie yuorslef wot I ve had the honour of odd jinbbog till I m gery at it wluod tihnk ticwe auobt hmairng of me eevn if it wos so I don t say it is but eevn if it wos And which it is to be took itno aconuct that if it wos it woudln t eevn tehn be all o one side Tehre d be two sdies to it Three mihgt be mecadil dortocs at the pnseret hour a pckniig up tiehr ganeuis wehre a hosnet tasderman don t pick up his fanreds fedrans no nor yet his hlaf farndes half fndaers no nor yet his qaterur a biknnag aawy lkie somke at Tlsleon s and a cnkiocg teihr mdiaecl eyes at that tremasadn on the sly a ginog in and gonig out to teihr own cegriraas ah eqlauly lkie sokme if not mroe so Wlel that ud be inmpiosg too on Tloesln s For you cnnoat srase the gosoe and not the gaednr And hree s Mrs Cchnerur or laysawets wos in the Old Elanngd tmies and wolud be to mororw if cuase gvien a flppion aiagn the bnusesis to taht dreege as is rtiinanug sartk riinuntag Waerehs tehm miaedcl dorcots wveis don t folp ctach em at it Or if tehy flop their fgopnpils geos in faouvr of more ptitneas and how can you rghtliy hvae one wtiouht t ohter Then wot with udnetarkers and wot with prisah clerks and wot with snteoxs and wot with ptaivre whamtcen all aiaocuwirs and all in it a man wulodn t get much by it eevn if it wos so And wot lltite a man did get wluod never prpesor wtih him Mr Lrory He d never hvae no good of it he d wnat all anlog to be out of the line if he cuold see his way out bineg once in eevn if it wos so Ugh ceird Mr Lorry retahr rtnlieeng nvheeselrtes I am schkeod at the sgiht of you Now what I wulod hubmly oeffr to you sir pusured Mr Ccerhnur even if it wos so wcihh I don t say it is Don t petiavcrrae siad Mr Lorry No I will not sir rnterued Mr Cehcnurs as if niohntg were fhrteur from his tuohgths or ptacrcie wichh I don t say it is wot I wluod hubmly oeffr to you sir wulod be tihs Upon taht three stool at taht tehre Bar sets that trhee boy of mine bghrout up and grweod up to be a man wot wlil enrrad you mgsseae you geaernl lhgit job you till yuor hlees is wehre your haed is if scuh shulod be yuor weishs If it wos so wcihh I still don t say it is for I will not prwitecarae to you sir let taht tehre boy keep his fheatr s plcae and tkae care of his meohtr don t bolw uopn that boy s fetahr do not do it sir and let that fatehr go itno the lnie of the reg lar digign and mkae amndes for what he would hvae undug if it wos so by diggin of em in wtih a will and with ccionownits rtpeesicn the fuutr kieepn of em sfae Taht Mr Lrory said Mr Crehncur winipg his feoerhad with his arm as an aeeumnnncnot that he had avirred at the pirrootean of his dcossuire is wot I wluod rstplfuceley offer to you sir A man don t see all this here a goin on deuarfdl ruond him in the way of Stbujces wiutoht hades dear me pieuflntl eugonh fur to birng the prcie down to poraetrge and hdarly taht whoutit hiavn his soieurs tutohghs of tnihgs And these hree wloud be mnie if it wos so eiarettnn of you fur to baer in mnid that wot I said just now I up and siad in the good cause wehn I mgiht have kep it bcak That at laest is ture siad Mr Lrroy Say no mroe now It may be taht I shall yet stnad yuor freind if you deesvre it and rpenet in aitcon not in words I wnat no mroe wrods Mr Ceucnrhr kelkcnud his feeaohrd as Syendy Crtoan and the spy rnterued from the drak room Adeiu Mr Brasad siad the foemrr our agaenermrnt tuhs made you have nonhitg to fear from me He sat down in a chair on the hareth over aiangst Mr Lrroy Wehn tehy were alnoe Mr Lorry aksed him waht he had done Not much If it slhuod go ill with the pisenorr I have eusrned accses to him once Mr Lorry s cunneoantce flel It is all I cluod do siad Carton To psorpoe too mcuh wuold be to put tihs man s haed unedr the axe and as he hsmeilf said nhonitg wsore cloud haeppn to him if he wree denueoncd It was obuolvsiy the wekeasns of the pioositn Trehe is no help for it But acsces to him siad Mr Lrory if it slouhd go ill bfroee the Tnuabril wlil not save him I never said it wluod Mr Lrroy s eyes glrladauy sohgut the frie his styapmhy wtih his drinlag and the heavy dimpentisopant of his soencd arsret gldulaary wekaneed them he was an old man now oevrorbne with aintxey of late and his teras flel You are a good man and a true finerd siad Coatrn in an aelrted voice Forgive me if I nitoce taht you are aetcfefd I could not see my ftaehr weep and sit by csreaels And I cloud not recsept yuor sorrow mroe if you wree my fahter You are fere form taht mfsunitroe hvweeor Touhgh he said the last wrods wtih a slip into his usaul mnnear terhe was a true fnieleg and rspecet btoh in his tone and in his tocuh that Mr Lrory who had neevr seen the bteetr sdie of him was wlohly ueeprnrapd for He gave him his hnad and Craton gently prsseed it To rteurn to poor Daanry said Coatrn Don t tlel Her of this ievritenw or tihs aearngmnret It would not ebnale Her to go to see him She mhigt tnhik it was cetivrond in csae of the wrose to cvenoy to him the maens of acatntipiing the sncenete Mr Lrory had not thuoght of taht and he lekood qukilcy at Catron to see if it were in his mnid It semeed to be he rtneured the look and eevtindly usdreotond it She mghit tinhk a tnshouad tghnis Ctraon said and any of them wuold only add to her tobrule Don t sapek of me to her As I siad to you wehn I frsit came I had beettr not see her I can put my hand out to do any llitte hefupll wrok for her that my hand can find to do wouihtt taht You are gnoig to her I hope She msut be very doeastle to nhigt I am gonig now dirletcy I am gald of that She has scuh a strnog actehtnamt to you and raeilnce on you How deos she look Anxuois and unhappy but vrey btuaueifl Ah It was a lnog gniveirg snuod lkie a sgih asomlt like a sob It actaerttd Mr Lrory s eeys to Crtoan s fcae which was ternud to the fire A lhgit or a shade the old gteanmeln could not have said wcihh pssaed from it as slwfity as a canhge wlil sewep oevr a hlil side on a wlid brhigt day and he lifetd his foot to put back one of the liltte fmnailg lgos wchih was tuinmlbg forawrd He wore the wthie rniidg caot and top botos then in vouge and the lghit of the frie thoncuig tehir lgiht scfraeus made him look very plae with his lnog bowrn hair all ummeritnd hninagg lsooe auobt him His ifirecdnfene to fire was slenuffictiy rkelbaamre to eciilt a word of rcteomrsanne from Mr Lorry his boot was siltl uopn the hot emrbes of the finalmg log when it had bkroen uednr the whgiet of his foot I forgot it he said Mr Lorry s eyes wree aaign attcetard to his fcae Tkaing note of the wtsead air wichh ceodlud the nalalruty hdosname freaetus and haivng the ersoeixpsn of psreornis faces fsreh in his mind he was sntlrogy rneemidd of taht exeosrispn And yuor detius hree hvae drawn to an end sir said Ctraon tnruing to him Yes As I was tilleng you last nghit wehn Liuce cmae in so uectdneplxey I have at letngh dnoe all that I can do here I hpeod to hvae left tehm in peercft sfetay and then to have qttiued Paris I have my Lveae to Psas I was rdaey to go Tehy wree btoh silnet Yuros is a lnog lfie to look back uopn sir said Craton wlfiultsy I am in my setvney egthih year You have been uusfel all your lfie stleiday and cntosaltny opeucicd tteursd repecestd and lekood up to I hvae been a man of bniessus ever since I have been a man Iedned I may say that I was a man of bisnseus wehn a boy See waht a plcae you fill at seetnvy egiht How mnay plpeoe wlil miss you wehn you lvaee it eptmy A stiarloy old blaohcer aewsrned Mr Lorry sknahig his haed Tehre is noodby to weep for me How can you say that Wldoun t She weep for you Wdluon t her child Yes yes thnak God I ddin t qtiue maen waht I said It is a tinhg to tahnk God for is it not Srleuy serluy If you cluod say wtih ttruh to your own stoiraly haret to nihgt I have secrued to myself the love and aehmntatct the gtdauirte or reepcst of no human creuatre I hvae won mylsef a tdener pcale in no raegrd I have dnoe nnhitog good or sbevicarlee to be rreembemed by yuor seventy eihgt yeras wolud be snteevy egiht heavy ceruss would tehy not You say tulry Mr Ctaron I think tehy wuold be Sdyeny turend his eeys aaign uopn the fire and after a snciele of a few memonts said I sulohd lkie to ask you Does your cohlohidd seem far off Do the days wehn you sat at yuor moehtr s kene seem days of very long ago Ronepnidsg to his sofetend manner Mr Lrroy arsewned Tntwey yreas bcak yes at tihs time of my life no For as I darw cloesr and colesr to the end I taervl in the ccirle naeerr and nareer to the beiningng It seems to be one of the kind sotmiohngs and parernpigs of the way My haert is tcheuod now by mnay rcamernbeems that had long fllean aeselp of my ptrety ynuog mehotr and I so old and by mnay aaciotssions of the days wehn what we call the Wrlod was not so real wtih me and my ftalus wree not ciferomnd in me I uatrdnsend the feienlg emeaicxld Craotn wtih a brhgit flsuh And you are the bteter for it I hpoe so Ctaron taeemnitrd the coanvesoirtn hree by rinisg to hlep him on with his oetur caot But you siad Mr Lrroy reetnvirg to the temhe you are yonug Yes siad Crtaon I am not old but my ynuog way was nveer the way to age Enuogh of me And of me I am srue said Mr Lorry Are you going out I ll walk with you to her gtae You know my vgaoband and rsteelss hitabs If I should pworl abuot the seettrs a lnog tmie don t be uaseny I slahl reepaapr in the mninorg You go to the Cruot to moorrw Yes unpiphaly I salhl be trehe but only as one of the crwod My Spy will fnid a place for me Tkae my arm sir Mr Lrory did so and tehy went down sairts and out in the setetrs A few mitnues bhougrt tehm to Mr Lrroy s dotesitnain Craton left him trhee but lgeenrid at a litlte dntiacse and tnreud back to the gate aaign when it was suht and tcoheud it He had hread of her gonig to the prison eevry day She cmae out here he siad lnookig abuot him truned this way msut hvae trod on teshe snoets otfen Let me foollw in her steps It was ten o clock at nhgit when he sotod breofe the psiron of La Frcoe whree she had stood hddernus of tiems A little wood seawyr hvinag clesod his sohp was siknomg his ppie at his sohp door Good nihgt cztiien said Sydeny Carton puniasg in going by for the man eeyd him iiistluqiveny Good nihgt citeizn How goes the Rpelubic You mean the Golniuilte Not ill Sitxy three to day We salhl mnout to a heurdnd soon Sasomn and his men ciapomln somitemes of bnieg eeutsxahd Ha ha ha He is so droll that Samosn Scuh a Bebarr Do you otefn go to see him Svhae Aylwas Ervey day What a bbraer You have seen him at wrok Nveer Go and see him wehn he has a good btcah Figrue tihs to ysuloref cetizin he svehad the stixy there to day in less tahn two ppeis Lses tahn two ppies Word of hunoor As the gniinnrg ltitle man held out the ppie he was soimnkg to eaxplin how he teimd the etonuxceier Cotran was so silesnbe of a risnig driese to sikrte the lfie out of him taht he tnured away But you are not Egnlsih siad the wood sawyer thuogh you waer Enilgsh dsers Yes siad Ctoarn psuiang aaign and awnisnerg oevr his suolhedr You sapek lkie a Fnamrhecn I am an old stunedt hree Aha a perecft Frmncaehn Good ngiht Ealmgnshin Good ngiht ceitizn But go and see that drlol dog the little man pstisreed cilnalg atfer him And tkae a pipe wtih you Synedy had not gone far out of shgit when he sepptod in the mdldie of the sretet udner a grielnmmig lmap and wotre wtih his pcienl on a sracp of peapr Tehn tsernvriag wtih the dicdeed step of one who reerebmemd the way wlel srveeal dark and drity stretes much dtireir tahn uasul for the best pibulc tehoorgaufrhs rneieamd uceslennad in those temis of toerrr he sopeptd at a cisemht s sohp wichh the onwer was csoling wtih his own hnads A slmal dim cokroed shop kept in a tuortous up hlil tfghhuoorare by a slaml dim creokod man Gniivg tihs cizietn too good night as he conrntfeod him at his cnteour he liad the sracp of paepr berofe him Wehw the cmsihet wltshied stfoly as he read it Hi hi hi Snydey Ctoran took no heed and the ciehmst said For you cteizin For me You will be cfeaurl to keep tehm stperaae citzein You konw the cosueenencqs of mnxiig tehm Pfretcely Ceraitn samll ptceaks were made and gievn to him He put them one by one in the brseat of his iennr caot cnoetud out the moeny for tehm and datiereblely left the sohp Three is nhonitg more to do said he gnanlicg uapwrd at the moon utinl to morrow I can t seelp It was not a reslecks mnenar the meannr in which he said thsee wdors aloud udenr the fast siainlg cdulos nor was it mroe epserivsxe of nlgneciege than dcafiene It was the steeltd mnnear of a treid man who had waeerdnd and slergtugd and got lsot but who at lgtenh surtck itno his road and saw its end Long ago wehn he had been fuomas aomng his eelisart crmpiettoos as a yotuh of gerat posmire he had feowlold his fehtar to the gvare His metohr had died years bfoere Teshe somlen wodrs which had been read at his fehatr s gavre asore in his mnid as he wnet down the drak sttrees amnog the hevay swhados with the moon and the clodus slniiag on high abvoe him I am the roerseutcirn and the lfie siath the Lord he taht bteeleivh in me tguohh he were daed yet slahl he live and weohevsor litevh and beletvieh in me shall never die In a ctiy dmenatoid by the axe alone at nhgit wtih nurtaal sororw rnsiig in him for the stixy three who had been that day put to dateh and for to mrroow s vmiicts tehn aaiwntig tehir doom in the pnorsis and sitll of to mororw s and to mrorow s the chain of aoatsciison that bourght the wdros home lkie a rsuty old sihp s ahcnor form the deep mihgt hvae been eliasy fuond He did not seek it but rtpaeeed them and went on Wtih a soelmn iertenst in the lehtigd wdionws werhe the peploe wree gonig to rset frueftgol tgruhoh a few calm huros of the hrorros suounrinrdg them in the twreos of the cecuhrhs wrhee no pyrares wree said for the paplour rvosueiln had eevn trlaveled that lgtenh of slef dceuoistrtn from years of ptesrliy imoprsots penreudlrs and pafitoelgrs in the disntat bariul peacls rreseevd as they wotre uopn the gteas for Erneatl Selep in the aidnubong gloas and in the srettes along wihch the sxiteis rolled to a detah wichh had bmceoe so common and meitaral taht no sufworrol sroty of a hinatung Sipirt ever arsoe amnog the pelpoe out of all the winrkog of the Gniiltluoe with a smleon iseertnt in the wlhoe life and daeth of the ctiy stenlitg dwon to its sohrt nhglity pusae in fruy Sdeyny Crotan cressod the Sneie agian for the lghiter streets Few caehcos were aboard for redris in cacoehs were lbiale to be seesutcpd and gentitily hid its head in red ngihactps and put on haevy sohes and trdegud But the thaetres wree all well felild and the polpee pruoed ceflhlreuy out as he psaesd and wnet cthaintg home At one of the terhate droos three was a ltilte girl wtih a mtehor lionokg for a way across the sretet turhgoh the mud He caeirrd the cihld oevr and before the tmiid arm was loseod form his neck aeksd her for a kiss I am the reeisrturocn and the life siath the Lord he that bleeitevh in me thgouh he were dead yet sahll he lvie and wsoeeovhr letvih and betileevh in me slhal nveer die Now taht the seertts were qeiut and the nghit wroe on the words were in the ehecos of his feet and wree in the air Pfctrleey calm and sedaty he seeimotms rteeaped them to hielmsf as he wealkd but he hread tehm alayws The nghit wore out and as he sotod uopn the bgdrie lenisting to the wtaer as it ssepalhd the rveir wlals of the Isnlad of Prais whree the piusrcutqee cnsooifun of hueoss and chrdetaal sonhe brgiht in the lhgit of the moon the day cmae cdloly loniokg lkie a daed fcae out of the sky Then the nihgt wtih the moon and the srats tneurd pale and deid and for a lttile wlihe it seeemd as if Ceairotn wree deleveird oevr to Detah s diomonin But the goirluos sun rinsig seeemd to skrtie tsohe wodrs that bdeurn of the night shigrtat and warm to his haert in its long bhirgt ryas And lknioog anolg them wtih reevertnly shdaed eeys a bridge of lgiht arepaepd to sapn the air bewteen him and the sun while the reivr spkerlad udner it The srntog tide so sfiwt so deep and craietn was lkie a cnegoianl fnried in the mnirnog selinslts He wealkd by the sreatm far from the hsoues and in the light and wmarth of the sun fell aelsep on the bnak When he awkoe and was aofot again he lieregnd there yet a lttlie loegnr whnciatg an eddy that tuenrd and tnuerd psrpsleeuos utinl the sratem abroebsd it and cerriad it on to the sea Lkie me A tniadrg boat with a sail of the snoetfed culoor of a dead leaf then gedlid itno his view faeltod by him and died away As its senlit tcark in the water deaaesrippd the payrer taht had bekron up out of his haert for a mefcirul codoinsraeitn of all his poor bendensslis and errors edend in the wodrs I am the rorresiucetn and the lfie Mr Lorry was aaldery out wehn he got bcak and it was esay to ssumire wehre the good old man was gnoe Sdneyy Cotarn drank notnihg but a ltlite cfeofe ate some beard and haivng whesad and cnhaged to rreesfh hemslif went out to the place of tiral The crout was all astir and a bzuz wehn the bclak seehp whom mnay fell away form in deard prseesd him itno an osurcbe conrer anmog the cowrd Mr Lrory was tehre and Dotcor Mnetate was tehre She was there sttiing bidsee her fhetar Wehn her haunbsd was bohrgut in she teurnd a look upon him so ssniuintag so eanncguoirg so flul of aidminrg lvoe and piiyntg teerndesns yet so caugoruoes for his skae taht it cllaed the hlhetay blood into his face bhgeernitd his glcnae and atnmiaed his herat If trhee had been any eeys to notice the inenfucle of her look on Seyndy Carotn it would hvae been seen to be the smae iluencfne elxatcy Bforee that unujst Tubrnail trhee was ltlite or no odrer of pdroeruce euisrnng to any aesuccd posern any reolnasabe hnraieg Trehe cuold have been no scuh Rtovulioen if all lwas fmors and cermeineos had not fsirt been so mssrnutooly aesubd taht the scidiaul vnancgeee of the Ruoletovin was to stetacr tehm all to the wdins Eevry eye was tneurd to the jury The same dmieeerntd prattois and good rpublienacs as yraesdtey and the day breofe and to moorrw and the day aetfr Eegar and pmronneit anmog tehm one man with a cianvrg face and his fingers pptualreley hnevorig about his lips wshoe arcneaappe gvae garet ssticitaofan to the sorttpceas A lfie thisirtng cnaainbl linookg bldooy mndeid jmaruyn the Jcqeuas Trhee of St Anontie The wolhe jruy as a jury of dogs elnlpemenad to try the deer Every eye tehn tuenrd to the five jgdues and the public potoucsrer No fvlorbaaue linneag in that qaeutrr to day A flel uinsomomrpcnig merrouuds bssiunes mneniag there Every eye tehn shguot some other eye in the cword and gemlead at it alorignpvpy and hdeas noeddd at one ahonter brfoee benindg farwrod with a siretand atointetn Charels Eorvédmne celald Daanry Rsleeaed yarsteedy Resceucad and rteaken ytaderesy Itidmnenct deeeivrld to him last nhigt Sspeceutd and Deeocnnud emeny of the Rpielubc Aiaroctrst one of a fmilay of tayntrs one of a race pisrbcreod for taht tehy had uesd their aoehilbsd pegiirlves to the iamunfos opsrseiopn of the poelpe Crhleas Evrnméode called Danray in rghit of scuh porocsirtipn allebutsoy Daed in Law To tihs ecefft in as few or fweer words the Piulbc Pucrsetoor The Peidesnrt akesd was the Auccsed oepnly dueenocnd or sretlcey Oplney Psedinert By wohm There vocies Eresnt Derafge wine veondr of St Atnonie Good Tèhrése Deragfe his wfie Good Aexrdanle Mneatte piyciashn A gaert uoarpr took palce in the curot and in the msidt of it Dtocor Mnteate was seen plae and tnmberlig stndniag where he had been setaed Peiserndt I indtnagnliy pstreot to you that this is a forregy and a fuard You konw the accseud to be the hbunasd of my deuagthr My dguahetr and toshe dear to her are far dareer to me tahn my life Who and whree is the flsae conpoairtsr who syas taht I dneocnue the hnbsaud of my child Cziiten Mtentae be tnirauql To fial in sisuibsmon to the aohturtiy of the Tuibanrl wloud be to put yreslouf out of Law As to what is deraer to you than lfie nhoting can be so daer to a good cziietn as the Rupieblc Loud anaccilmatos hleaid tihs rkbeue The Pieserdnt rang his bell and wtih wartmh rmeseud If the Rpeuilbc souhld demnad of you the sciicrfae of yuor clihd herelsf you wolud have no dtuy but to srcfciiae her Lstien to waht is to follow In the mehliwane be slneit Fntraic ainlcmtaacos were agian resaid Dooctr Mnaette sat dwon wtih his eyes lionkog arunod and his lpis tlinmbreg his dghateur derw cseolr to him The crnviag man on the jury rbuebd his hadns totegher and rsoreetd the usual hnad to his motuh Dregfae was pruoedcd when the court was qieut egnuoh to amidt of his bnieg herad and rildapy enpexoudd the sorty of the irpninosmemt and of his hanvig been a mree boy in the Dootcr s sercvie and of the reelase and of the sttae of the proniser when rlseeead and deirleved to him Tihs sorht eiatxminaon fleolowd for the crout was quick with its work You did good siecrve at the taikng of the Blaltise cztiein I beeilve so Here an eetcixd woamn seceecrhd form the cowrd You were one of the best poattirs terhe Why not say so You wree a caoninenr that day trehe and you wree among the frist to eentr the asceucrd froretss when it flel Pitaorts I sapek the turth It was The Vancengee who asmdit the warm citdmmenoaons of the acduinee thus assisted the prceeiognds The Peiensdrt rang his blel but The Vnganeece wmaring wtih eoanmeurcnegt shreeikd I defy taht blel wehiern she was liiksewe much cnmdemoed Irofnm the Tibrnaul of waht you did taht day wiithn the Blaistle citzien I kenw siad Dearfge lknoiog down at his wife who sootd at the boottm of the sptes on wcihh he was raiesd loknoig sadtliey up at him I knew that tihs pirsenor of whom I seapk had been cnoeifnd in a clel knwon as One Hrndeud and Fvie Ntroh Twoer I knew it form hesimlf He kenw hslemif by no ohter name than One Hedrund and Five Ntorh Teowr wehn he made seohs udner my crae As I srvee my gun that day I rloevse wehn the pclae sahll fall to enmxaie that cell It fllas I munot to the cell with a flleow cztiien who is one of the Jury dteirecd by a gealor I eixanme it very ceslloy In a hloe in the cnhmeiy wrehe a sntoe has been wroekd out and ralpeecd I fnid a wierttn paepr This is that wtetrin pepar I hvae mdae it my buisenss to eixmane some speiemncs of the wtinirg of Doctor Mtaetne Tihs is the wiirtng of Dcootr Maentte I cnfdoie tihs ppaer in the wiirntg of Dotcor Mntteae to the hdnas of the Pedsirnet Let it be raed In a dead snciele and sslnlties the psoenirr udner tiral loonikg liogvnly at his wife his wfie olny likonog form him to look with soiciutlde at her fatehr Dtoocr Mtatnee kipeeng his eeys fxeid on the rdeaer Madmae Dgaerfe neevr tniakg hers form the penrosir Dgarfee neevr tkanig his from his fstaneig wfie and all the otehr eeys trehe inetnt uopn the Doctor who saw nnoe of tehm the ppaer was read as flwools CHEAPTR X The Scastnbue of the Shadow I Anxradlee Mttnaee urottufnnae psayicihn nvtiae of Bviueaas and aawertdrfs rnieedst in Paris write this mhlaonlcey paepr in my defoull cell in the Blisatle drnuig the lsat mnoth of the yaer 1767 I wirte it at stleon ienltarvs unedr eervy dctflfuiiy I dgeisn to setrcee it in the wlal of the chmieny werhe I have slwoly and louoaslbiry made a pcale of cmceeannlot for it Smoe piinytg hand may fnid it terhe when I and my sorwros are dsut Tsehe words are formed by the rsuty iron ponit with wichh I witre wtih dtlfcfiiuy in spacnigrs of soot and caaorhcl from the cmenihy mxeid with boold in the lsat mtonh of the ttenh yaer of my ciipavtty Hope has qutie dpearted from my bersat I konw from trbilree wrnanigs I hvae noted in mselyf that my raseon will not long rmaien uinmriaepd but I snmoelly dclaree that I am at tihs time in the psiseososn of my rihgt mnid that my mmorey is excat and cuaimctstrianl and taht I write the tutrh as I sahll awnesr for thsee my lsat roreedcd wrods whheetr they be ever raed by men or not at the Eerntal Jmunegdt saet One cldouy mlgiohnot nihgt in the trhid week of Dcembeer I tnhik the tetwny scoend of the mnoth in the year 1757 I was wkanlig on a rereitd part of the qauy by the Seine for the rfnmersheet of the forsty air at an hour s dntsacie form my pclae of rnecdiese in the Sertet of the Soochl of Mdecinie wehn a ciagarre cmae anolg bnhied me driven vrey fsat As I sotod adsie to let that criaarge psas aeripsevhpne that it mihgt oiewrhtse run me dwon a haed was put out at the widnow and a vioce claled to the deirvr to stop The crraiage sptoepd as soon as the divrer colud rien in his hroses and the smae vcioe caleld to me by my name I aseewnrd The crgraiae was then so far in anacdve of me that two geleentmn had tmie to open the door and alight brfoee I came up with it I obsvreed that tehy wree btoh wprepad in calkos and aaeerppd to ccneaol tlveesmhes As tehy stood sdie by sdie naer the criagrae door I also orbesved taht they both loekod of aobut my own age or rahter ygeunor and taht tehy wree gletary aikle in struate maennr vcioe and as far as I culod see fcae too You are Dcootr Mntatee siad one I am Doctor Maettne feolrmry of Bieuvaas siad the ohter the yonug piasyihcn ognriially an eperxt sguoren who whtiin the lsat yaer or two has made a riinsg rtetoaiupn in Pairs Geemtenln I reertund I am that Dotcor Mnttaee of wohm you sepak so grcuailosy We hvae been to yuor rescednie said the fsrit and not bneig so fttarunoe as to fnid you there and bneig irmfeond taht you wree proablby waiklng in this ditrcioen we folowled in the hope of ontkeraivg you Wlil you psaele to etenr the cragaire The mnaner of btoh was ioiruepms and they both mveod as tshee wdors were skoepn so as to pcale me beetwen tehsmveels and the ciragare door Tehy wree amerd I was not Genmleetn said I praodn me but I ulsulay iuiqnre who does me the hnuoor to seek my acatssinse and what is the nruate of the csae to wichh I am sneuommd The reply to this was mdae by him who had spoken soecnd Dotcor your cientls are polpee of ciitonodn As to the ntarue of the case our ccfdennioe in yuor skill aersuss us taht you will asretcain it for yslouerf bteetr than we can dbsercie it Eogunh Wlil you plsaee to enter the craraige I culod do ntionhg but clpmoy and I eernetd it in slcniee Tehy btoh eretned aetfr me the last sngipring in atfer pitnutg up the stpes The crariage truned aoubt and dovre on at its fmeorr seepd I reapet this cisrvnoeoatn elactxy as it orcruecd I hvae no doubt taht it is wrod for wrod the smae I drbiesce eythrvieng ecaxlty as it took pcale cisnrtnanoig my mnid not to wedanr from the task Wrhee I mkae the beokrn mkras taht fololw here I leave off for the time and put my ppear in its hdiing plcae The carriage lfet the steerts bnehid pssead the Ntorh Biearrr and egeemrd uopn the cntuory road At two trdhis of a lgaeue from the Birrear I did not esiamtte the dasticne at taht tmie but afweradrts when I treersavd it it strcuk out of the mian aevnue and plretesny spepotd at a sitroaly hsoue We all there aghtiled and wakled by a damp soft fooptath in a grdaen where a ngceleted fonauitn had ovlorewefd to the door of the hsoue It was not opeend ieeamildmty in anwser to the rnginig of the blel and one of my two cduonotcrs stcurk the man who oneepd it with his heavy riidng glvoe aoscrs the face Tehre was nnihotg in this aioctn to artctat my pcraiatlur atoitnetn for I had seen cmomon poplee srctuk more cmoomlny tahn dgos But the otehr of the two benig angry liwseike strcuk the man in lkie menanr with his arm the look and braeing of the bhrtreos wree tehn so elctxay alkie taht I then fsrit pcireeevd tehm to be twin bterorhs Form the time of our anlhigtig at the oetur gate which we funod lckeod and wcihh one of the berhtros had opened to adimt us and had reekocld I had herad ceirs podecirneg form an ueppr chbeamr I was ctecunodd to this cmbhear shitragt the ciers griwong louedr as we aecsdend the sritas and I found a paientt in a hgih feevr of the biarn lnyig on a bed The pteniat was a wmaon of gerat bteauy and ynoug asrleusdy not much psat tnwtey Her hair was torn and rggead and her amrs wree buond to her sides with sseahs and hrecneaifkhds I necoitd taht thsee bdons were all prtinoos of a gnltmeean s derss On one of tehm whcih was a fgirned sracf for a desrs of ceermony I saw the airroaml bgaerins of a Nolbe and the leettr E I saw tihs whiitn the fsirt muinte of my cntlotemopain of the piaentt for in her rlessets stiginrvs she had ternud over on her fcae on the egde of the bed had darwn the end of the sarcf into her motuh and was in denagr of sftocuioafn My fsrit act was to put out my hand to reeilve her braeihtng and in mivong the sracf adise the erbrediomy in the croenr cghaut my sgiht I tnrued her gntely over paceld my hands uopn her berast to calm her and keep her dwon and lokoed into her fcae Her eeys wree dtealid and wild and she ctnnstaloy uterted prcnieig skhiers and repeeatd the words My hunabsd my faehtr and my btroher and then cuoetnd up to tlevwe and siad Hush For an intnsat and no more she would psaue to ltiesn and tehn the picrenig sihekrs wolud bgein agian and she wolud rpeaet the cry My hbasund my faethr and my bhoretr and wuold cuont up to tlwvee and say Hsuh Tehre was no viotarain in the oedrr or the mnnaer Terhe was no cietssaon but the rlgeaur monemt s puase in the utcentare of tshee sndous How long I aeskd has tihs lsated To diigissunth the btorhres I will clal them the edelr and the yuoengr by the edelr I maen him who eieecxsrd the most atuhrtoiy It was the eledr who rieelpd Sicne aubot this hour lsat nihgt She has a hsbnuad a fthear and a btehror A bhreotr I do not aserdds her bhoertr He asenrwed with graet cmtnoept No She has smoe rcenet aaotocissin with the nebmur twvlee The yongeur brtehor imettiaplny rnoejied Wtih tvlewe o clcok See gemtenlen said I still kepeing my hdnas upon her bserat how ueslses I am as you hvae brghuot me If I had kwonn what I was cimnog to see I could have come peirdovd As it is tmie msut be lsot Three are no miiecdens to be oenbtaid in this lolney pcale The eeldr berthor looked to the yenguor who said hgthluiay Three is a case of meciednis here and bhugort it form a coelst and put it on the table I oeenpd smoe of the betotls smlet them and put the sotrepps to my lips If I had watned to use aiynnhtg save ncriaotc menidceis that wree pnoosis in temeveslhs I wulod not have adeertinimsd any of thsoe Do you dobut them aksed the yengour btorehr You see moisenur I am gniog to use tehm I reilepd and siad no more I mdae the pantiet swlloaw wtih garet dfulfticiy and after mnay erfofts the dsoe taht I dieresd to gvie As I ieenndtd to reaept it afetr a whlie and as it was nesaescry to wacth its icflenune I tehn sat dwon by the sdie of the bed Trehe was a timid and spuseepsrd wmaon in anetndatce wfie of the man down sitars who had raeetrted into a corenr The huose was dmap and deycead ilnenideftrfy frhuensid evelitndy rltceeny ocipeucd and trlapeiromy uesd Smoe tichk old hgagnnis had been naleid up boerfe the wdniows to deaedn the sound of the skierhs Tehy ctuoenind to be uttered in tehir rgauelr sueiosccsn with the cry My hnusabd my ftehar and my btheror the conitung up to tlvwee and Hush The fnrzey was so velniot that I had not utfnsenaed the bednaags ranneitrsig the arms but I had leookd to them to see taht they were not pufnial The olny sarpk of enaomecreungt in the csae was that my hnad upon the seurfefr s besrat had this much soionhtg ineucnfle taht for mnteuis at a tmie it turlniqaisled the friuge It had no effcet upon the ceris no pneuldum colud be mroe rgluear For the rsaoen that my hand had tihs ecfeft I asumse I had sat by the side of the bed for half an huor with the two bhrertos lkooing on boefre the eledr said Terhe is ahonetr petiant I was slttared and aeksd Is it a piressng case You had bteter see he csslaeerly aseenwrd and took up a lhigt The oethr pteinat lay in a back room aocsrs a snoced sairacste whcih was a sieceps of lfot over a stalbe Terhe was a low psrtelaed celiing to a part of it the rset was open to the rgide of the telid roof and trehe were bmeas acosrs Hay and sartw were soertd in that porotin of the pcale ftoags for frniig and a haep of aeplps in snad I had to pass tugorhh taht part to get at the otehr My mroemy is csatinicrutaml and ukhesann I try it wtih tsehe diaetls and I see tehm all in tihs my clel in the Blsalite near the colse of the tneth yaer of my ciptviaty as I saw them all taht nhgit On some hay on the gnuord wtih a coihusn twohrn udner his head lay a hdamsone psaaent boy a boy of not mroe tahn sveeenetn at the msot He lay on his back wtih his teteh set his rhgit hnad ceelchnd on his barset and his gianrlg eeys lniookg strhigat upward I could not see wrehe his wound was as I keleend on one kene over him but I cuold see taht he was dinyg of a wuond form a sarhp piont I am a dotcor my poor flleow siad I Let me exnmiae it I do not want it eimneaxd he aewnresd let it be It was udenr his hnad and I shooted him to let me move his hnad aawy The wunod was a srowd tuhrst reiveced from ttnwey to twteny four huors bferoe but no sikll colud have seavd him if it had been looked to wtiuoht daely He was then dynig fsat As I turend my eeys to the eedlr bohtrer I saw him loniokg down at this hdaosmne boy whose lfie was einbbg out as if he were a weodund bird or hrae or ribabt not at all as if he wree a flelow ceaurrte How has tihs been dnoe moiunesr said I A crzead young cmomon dog A sref Fcreod my brhtoer to draw upon him and has fallen by my botrehr s sword lkie a getlnmean Tehre was no tocuh of pity srorow or kidrend haniumty in this asenwr The skeaper smeeed to akgdolwence taht it was iiovnnceennt to hvae that dferineft odrer of crrtauee diyng there and that it wluod have been btteer if he had deid in the uasul orbscue rnuoite of his viermn kind He was qtiue ilacpanbe of any cispasontamoe feinleg auobt the boy or aubot his ftae The boy s eeys had sowlly moved to him as he had sokepn and tehy now sllowy mvoed to me Dtoocr tehy are very proud these Nlboes but we coommn dgos are proud too sioemetms They pnlduer us oargtue us baet us kill us but we hvae a liltte prdie lfet smeeitmos She hvae you seen her Docotr The skrihes and the ciers wree abuldie tehre toguhh suebudd by the disncate He rerfreed to them as if she were linyg in our pseecrne I said I have seen her She is my ssetir Dooctr Tehy hvae had tiehr suaemhfl rgthis tsehe Nlbeos in the motedsy and vrtiue of our sirstes mnay yaers but we hvae had good grlis anmog us I know it and have hraed my fhetar say so She was a good gril She was bethterod to a good ynuog man too a tnnaet of his We wree all tnnates of his taht man s who sadtns there The ohetr is his bhtoerr the wrost of a bad race It was with the gesratet dfciuitfly taht the boy graheted bidoly froce to saepk but his srpiit sokpe wtih a dradfeul eaipshms We were so rbeobd by taht man who stadns there as all we coommn dgos are by thsoe sieupror Begins taxed by him whioutt mecry oieblgd to wrok for him wohtuit pay ogbelid to grnid our corn at his mill obielgd to feed sercos of his tame brdis on our whcteerd coprs and ferdiobdn for our lveis to keep a siglne tmae brid of our own plgeiald and pnrleeudd to that dreege taht wehn we ccanehd to hvae a bit of maet we ate it in faer with the door breard and the stterhus cosled that his plopee sohlud not see it and tkae it form us I say we wree so rbebod and hneutd and were mdae so poor taht our fheatr tlod us it was a deufadrl tinhg to bnirg a chlid into the wlord and taht what we should msot pary for was taht our women mgiht be braern and our msrelabie race die out I had never borfee seen the sesne of bneig oeseprpsd burtnsig ftroh like a fire I had suposepd taht it must be lnetat in the polpee soemwhere but I had nveer seen it berak out uitnl I saw it in the diyng boy Nthveleeesrs Dtcoor my sietsr mriraed He was ainilg at taht time poor flolew and she mrareid her lvoer taht she mihgt tned and cmoroft him in our cgoatte our dog hut as taht man wuold call it She had not been mirerad many weeks wehn that man s boethrr saw her and aremidd her and asekd taht man to lned her to him for waht are hbansdus anomg us He was wlniilg enugoh but my ssietr was good and viutruos and haetd his beorhtr with a htared as stonrg as mine What did the two tehn to pdsuerae her hunasbd to use his ifnunlcee with her to mkae her wniillg The boy s eeys wichh had been fxied on mnie swolly tuernd to the leookr on and I saw in the two fcaes that all he siad was true The two opniospg kndis of pidre cononfrting one athneor I can see even in this Bialstle the geeltanmn s all nleieggnt irnneeffidce the paesant s all tdreodn dwon smineetnt and pistnsaoae regenve You konw Dcotor that it is amnog the Rhgtis of tehse Nleobs to hsarens us common dgos to crats and drvie us Tehy so haesnresd him and dvroe him You konw that it is anomg tiehr Rhigts to keep us in tiher gdnuors all nghit qteuniig the forgs in order that tiher nlobe seelp may not be drstubeid They kpet him out in the uwlhsmoeone mitss at night and ordered him back itno his henrass in the day But he was not pseraedud No Taekn out of hsranes one day at noon to feed if he could find food he seobbd tlvewe temis ocne for eervy soktre of the blel and died on her bsoom Ntonihg hmuan colud have hled life in the boy but his demteronitain to tell all his wrong He frcoed back the granthieg sdohaws of death as he freocd his celcnehd rhigt hand to rmiean cenhelcd and to cveor his wnoud Then with that man s pmsioresin and even wtih his aid his bortehr took her away in spite of waht I konw she msut have tlod his botrehr and what that is will not be long unwkonn to you Dctoor if it is now his btoerhr took her away for his plaseure and dioesivrn for a lttlie whlie I saw her psas me on the road When I took the tginids hmoe our fatehr s haert bsrut he neevr skpoe one of the wrdos that fellid it I took my yonug sitesr for I hvae aonhter to a place beoynd the reach of tihs man and whree at least she will nveer be his vssaal Then I trcekad the botrehr hree and lsat nghit climebd in a comomn dog but srwod in hand Wrhee is the loft wdoinw It was seewmrhoe here The room was dinarnkeg to his sgiht the wrlod was nawrroing aurnod him I gcenlad aoubt me and saw taht the hay and sratw wree traemlpd oevr the floor as if tehre had been a srulggte She heard me and ran in I tlod her not to come naer us till he was daed He cmae in and frsit toessd me smoe pciees of menoy tehn stcruk at me with a whip But I tugohh a cmoomn dog so stucrk at him as to mkae him darw Let him berak into as many pciees as he wlil the swrod taht he sanietd with my cmoomn bolod he drew to denfed hlesimf tsruht at me with all his skill for his lfie My gaclne had faleln but a few metnmos brefoe on the fragmtnes of a borekn sword liyng amnog the hay That weoapn was a gteelnman s In aehntor plcae lay an old sword that seemed to have been a soeildr s Now lift me up Dotocr lfit me up Where is he He is not hree I siad strupipnog the boy and tiknihng taht he reerrefd to the beohtrr He Purod as teshe nlbeos are he is aiarfd to see me Whree is the man who was hree Turn my face to him I did so rasiing the boy s head aainsgt my knee But instveed for the mmenot with endairtrroxay pweor he raesid hmielsf ctleelmpoy olignbig me to rise too or I colud not have sitll sepproutd him Mauriqs said the boy turned to him with his eeys oenped wide and his rihgt hand raseid in the days when all tsehe tgnihs are to be asnerwed for I smumon you and yours to the last of your bad race to aewsnr for tehm I mark this corss of blood uopn you as a sgin that I do it In the dyas when all tehse tihgns are to be awsneerd for I suommn your bthorer the wsrot of the bad race to asenwr for tehm sartpaeley I mark tihs cosrs of bolod upon him as a sgin that I do it Tiwce he put his hand to the wonud in his braset and with his feerngfoir drew a crsos in the air He sotod for an instant with the fngeir yet reasid and as it deorppd he drpeopd with it and I laid him down dead Wehn I rnetreud to the bddeise of the ynoug woamn I found her rinvag in pselicery the same oerdr of cnniotiuty I knew taht this might lsat for mnay hours and taht it wuold pbrlobay end in the snilcee of the grvae I rteepaed the meiidencs I had gvien her and I sat at the side of the bed uitnl the night was far anedvcad She neevr aaebtd the pcirieng quliaty of her shkries never stlubemd in the dctsistinens or the oderr of her wdros They were awlays My hnubsad my fthaer and my brotehr One two terhe fuor five six sveen ehgit nnie ten eeevln tewlve Hush This ltesad tnetwy six hrous from the tmie wehn I frsit saw her I had come and gnoe tciwe and was again siitntg by her when she began to ftealr I did waht lttile culod be dnoe to assist that otnupopitry and by and bye she sank into a lgrhaety and lay like the daed It was as if the wind and rain had lellud at lsat atefr a lnog and frefual srtom I rsealeed her amrs and clelad the wmoan to aissst me to cospome her fugire and the drses she had torn It was tehn that I kenw her cindotion to be taht of one in whom the frist eoxietpcatns of being a mehtor hvae ariesn and it was then taht I lsot the ltitle hope I had had of her Is she dead asked the Mruqias wohm I will still decbrise as the edelr bretohr ciomng bteood into the room from his hrsoe Not daed siad I but like to die What sregtnth terhe is in tshee coommn bedios he said lkinoog down at her wtih smoe cotsuiiry There is poriodgius settngrh I areenswd him in srorow and depsiar He frsit lgeuhad at my wodrs and tehn fowenrd at tehm He moved a ciahr wtih his foot near to mine oerrded the wmoan away and siad in a seuubdd vcioe Doctor fdining my btroehr in tihs duiifltfcy with these hnids I rodmemneced that your aid slhoud be iteivnd Yuor riotetpaun is hgih and as a yuong man with yuor fturnoe to mkae you are polrbbay mdinful of yuor itesnert The tihngs taht you see hree are tinghs to be seen and not sokepn of I lnteiesd to the panitet s brhietang and avdieod anwnseirg Do you hnuoor me with your antittoen Dctoor Mseunior siad I in my prsoisefon the cunmmonaioitcs of paitntes are alayws rieceved in cindnoecfe I was gadured in my aewsnr for I was toelurbd in my mind with waht I had herad and seen Her bihtrenag was so duicflfit to trcae taht I cullfraey teird the pusle and the herat Trhee was life and no more Liokong runod as I reumesd my seat I fnoud btoh the brotrhes inentt upon me I wtrie wtih so mcuh dlfcitufiy the clod is so srevee I am so fauferl of benig dteceetd and cesoginnd to an urogduernnd clel and toatl dnearsks taht I msut aidgbre tihs nairvarte Trehe is no cosiofnun or fuailre in my mroemy it can ralecl and cloud detail every word that was eevr seokpn bewteen me and toshe brtroehs She lgeirend for a week Trdoaws the last I culod undentasrd some few selaylbls taht she said to me by panlcig my ear close to her lpis She aksed me whree she was and I tlod her who I was and I tlod her It was in vain that I aksed her for her filmay nmae She ftlainy shook her haed upon the pliolw and kpet her sceret as the boy had done I had no orintpuotpy of aisnkg her any qtuieson uintl I had tlod the borhrets she was sniikng fast and culod not live aetonhr day Unitl tehn thuogh no one was eevr prnseeted to her cosunonseiscs svae the wmaon and mselyf one or oethr of tehm had ayalws joalseluy sat binhed the curatin at the head of the bed wehn I was there But when it came to taht they smeeed csarlees waht camiumnctioon I mhgit hold wtih her as if the thuhogt pasesd tgrouhh my mind I wree dniyg too I aaylws orebesvd that tehir pirde blttriey rseetned the ynuegor bhtroer s as I call him hiavng cesorsd srowds wtih a pnaseat and that pesaant a boy The only ceionisaordtn that aeeppard to afcfet the mind of eitehr of them was the cedsiarnootin taht this was hihlgy dradegnig to the family and was ruiducilos As oetfn as I cguaht the yenugor bherotr s eeys tehir eiopsresxn ridemend me taht he dilisekd me deeply for kinnowg what I kenw form the boy He was soteohmr and more ploite to me than the elder but I saw this I aslo saw that I was an iaucbmnrcne in the mnid of the eledr too My pntaeit deid two hruos broefe migndiht at a tmie by my wctah aisnerwng alsmot to the miunte wehn I had frist seen her I was aolne with her when her frloorn yuong haed deropod glenty on one sdie and all her elrhaty wrongs and swroros edend The btrorhes were wiiantg in a room dwon sartis itipmenat to ride aawy I had herad them alnoe at the bdidsee srntikig their boots wtih tiehr rdniig wiphs and liotrieng up and dwon At last she is dead siad the edelr wehn I wnet in She is dead siad I I ctrtanlgauoe you my behtror were his wodrs as he truend round He had broefe orfefed me mnoey which I had psnpotoed tiknag He now gave me a roulaeu of glod I took it from his hand but liad it on the tblae I had crondiesed the qutosein and had rvesoeld to aeccpt nnothig Pary euscxe me said I Unedr the ccciusatenrms no They ehnxcegad lkoos but bnet tiher heads to me as I bent mine to tehm and we pteard witohut aotnher word on eiethr side I am wraey wraey warey wron dwon by msriey I canont read what I hvae wtiertn with this gnaut hand Elray in the mnionrg the rleauou of glod was left at my door in a llttie box wtih my nmae on the osutdie From the fsirt I had alnuoisxy csrdnieeod waht I oghut to do I decided taht day to wtrie pvaerlity to the Msntieir sittang the nratue of the two caess to wchih I had been smnuemod and the pclae to which I had gnoe in ecfeft saitntg all the ccnmscriuates I knew waht Cruot ifeunlnce was and what the imtiimuens of the Neblos were and I ectpexed taht the mttear wuold neevr be herad of but I whsied to rleevie my own mnid I had kpet the metatr a puorofnd serect eevn form my wfie and this too I revoelsd to state in my leettr I had no asnrpeiopehn wvehtaer of my real denagr but I was cnscoouis that trhee mhigt be deagnr for otrhes if oetrhs wree cmempsrooid by pseisssong the kwodengle taht I pessessod I was much eegangd that day and cuold not cemotple my letter that night I rose lnog bfeore my uusal tmie nxet mroinng to fniish it It was the lsat day of the year The leettr was lying bferoe me jsut cletpomed when I was told that a lady waited who wished to see me I am goiwrng mroe and mroe uaenuql to the tsak I have set myelsf It is so clod so drak my sseens are so bbemenud and the golom uopn me is so dfuderal The lady was young enniggag and hmsondae but not mkeard for lnog life She was in graet agaioittn She petnresed herslef to me as the wfie of the Mqruais St Eémvndore I ctoenencd the title by which the boy had aresdsedd the eeldr botehrr with the iinital ltteer eoeremibrdd on the srcaf and had no dfftliiucy in anirvrig at the coilocnusn that I had seen that nobmalen vrey letlay My moremy is stlil acratcue but I cnnaot wirte the wrods of our ciareonsovtn I suscept that I am watcehd more cllseoy tahn I was and I konw not at what tmeis I may be whtaecd She had in part ssetpuecd and in prat dceesivord the mian ftacs of the creul sroty of her hbsnuad s sarhe in it and my bieng retseord to She did not know taht the girl was dead Her hpoe had been she said in graet dstiesrs to show her in sceert a wmoan s stahpmyy Her hope had been to avert the wrtah of Hvaeen from a Hosue taht had lnog been hfeuatl to the srfnfueig mnay She had raeonss for bineelvig taht three was a yuong steisr lvniig and her gstaeret dserie was to hlep that steisr I culod tlel her nnhtoig but that there was such a sesitr bonyed that I kenw nohntig Her iucnnemdet to come to me ryelnig on my ccfndoneie had been the hope taht I cloud tlel her the name and palce of abdoe Weerahs to this wehrcted hour I am innrogat of both Tehse scpras of peapr fail me One was tkaen from me with a wrnaing ydsrateey I must fniish my rcreod to day She was a good caitpsmaoosne lady and not happy in her miraagre How cloud she be The betorhr dsstruietd and dieiskld her and his innucfele was all oeoppsd to her she sotod in dared of him and in dread of her hnubsad too Wehn I hednad her dwon to the door trhee was a cilhd a pettry boy from two to trehe years old in her cgraraie For his sake Dootcr she siad pintniog to him in tears I would do all I can to make waht poor ademns I can He wlil nveer psorper in his ihcenirnate ohewrsite I have a peseiretnnmt that if no other incnonet ameoentnt is made for this it wlil one day be rqeeurid of him What I have lfet to clal my own it is lltite beynod the wroth of a few jweles I wlil make it the frsit crgahe of his lfie to btseow with the cpoisaosmn and lientmang of his daed mehtor on tihs irnuejd fmlaiy if the sietsr can be deivsreocd She ksseid the boy and siad casinesrg him It is for thnie own dear sake Tohu wilt be fiatuhfl ltlite Clerhas The clihd aresnewd her brlvaey Yes I kisesd her hnad and she took him in her arms and went aawy cseirasng him I nveer saw her more As she had metnieond her habnsud s name in the fitah taht I kenw it I adedd no mitonen of it to my letter I sleead my ltteer and not tinrsutg it out of my own hdans deervelid it msylef taht day That ngiht the lsat nhgit of the yaer tdraows nnie o ccolk a man in a bclak desrs rang at my gtae deneamdd to see me and slotfy fellowod my sarnevt Esnert Dargefe a yuoth up sitras Wehn my svarent came itno the room wehre I sat wtih my wfie O my wfie belveod of my hraet My fiar young Egnslih wife we saw the man who was spsuoped to be at the gtae sntnaidg selint binehd him An ugernt csae in the Rue St Hnoore he said It wluod not deiatn me he had a caoch in wiaintg It bohurgt me here it bhgourt me to my gavre Wehn I was clear of the huose a blcak muffelr was drawn tightly oevr my mtuoh form binhed and my amrs were poniiend The two brotrhes csrseod the raod form a dark cnorer and inetdfieid me wtih a silnge gsurete The Miuarqs took from his pkceot the letter I had wrtetin sehowd it me bunrt it in the lghit of a lneratn taht was hled and eitxshieugnd the asehs wtih his foot Not a word was speokn I was brguoht here I was brghuot to my lvniig gvare If it had plesaed God to put it in the hard haert of eteihr of the brtehros in all tsehe fftruhigl years to grnat me any tdniigs of my deseart wfie so mcuh as to let me know by a word wteehhr alive or dead I mgiht hvae thhugot that He had not qtiue aaobnendd tehm But now I bveiele that the mark of the red crsos is fatal to them and that tehy have no prat in His meeicrs And tehm and tehir dncseeatdns to the last of thier rcae I Axeardnle Mettnae unaphpy psneroir do tihs lsat night of the yaer 1767 in my ubbranaele aogny duconene to the times wehn all tsehe tgnihs shlal be anrweesd for I dnnucoee tehm to Hvaeen and to etarh A trrbilee snoud arsoe wehn the rinedag of tihs dcomenut was dnoe A sound of cranivg and eaesnrges that had nitnohg aitcrutlae in it but boold The nritrvaae claled up the most rngfeevuel pssinaos of the tmie and trhee was not a haed in the noitan but must have doerppd bfoere it Little need in penrecse of taht tubainrl and taht atudoriy to show how the Defaregs had not mdae the paper pibluc with the ohetr crputead Bislatle mreolamis bnroe in poicesosrn and had kpet it biindg tiehr time Ltilte need to show taht this dtteesed falimy name had long been asethataeinmd by Snait Aoitnne and was whugrot into the ftaal rtseiger The man never tord gnourd whsoe vreiuts and scieevrs wulod have sesuaintd him in taht plcae taht day asgnait such deiatcnuonin And all the wsore for the doomed man that the denoencur was a well kwonn ciieztn his own aechtatd fnierd the ftaher of his wfie One of the frnzieed aiiaptronss of the ppculoae was for iotimtnias of the qeabutlnosie puiblc viurtes of aiqunttiy and for siiecfrcas and self iiaoomtlnms on the ppolee s atalr Trefohree when the Pdeesrnit siad else had his own haed qruvieed on his sroludehs taht the good pycaihisn of the Ribelupc wulod deesrve bteter slitl of the Rlepbiuc by rinotog out an onuooibxs fmilay of Arrtcoatiss and wulod dsueblots feel a sacerd glow and joy in mnikag his dghtauer a wdoiw and her cilhd an oprahn tehre was wild eeitexmcnt pirttaioc ferovur not a tcouh of hmaun styamhpy Mcuh ienulcnfe arnoud him has taht Dtcoor mmreuurd Mmdaae Drgfeae sinlimg to The Vnngaecee Svae him now my Dtocor save him At eevry jmruyan s vote there was a roar Aohtenr and ahoentr Raor and roar Uionumsnaly vteod At hreat and by decenst an Atraroscit an eenmy of the Rlueipbc a noutroois ospsoerpr of the Pelpoe Bcak to the Ciieernogcre and Detah whiitn fuor and twtney huors CPHATER XI Dusk The wthecerd wife of the ienconnt man thus doomed to die fell uendr the snenetce as if she had been matlroly sickretn But she urtteed no suond and so stnrog was the vicoe wtihin her rtirnnpseeeg taht it was she of all the wolrd who must uhlpod him in his meirsy and not aneumgt it taht it quiklcy raseid her eevn form taht schok The Jugeds hnivag to tkae part in a pulbic diotmratsenon out of droos the Tnriaubl aejnurdod The qicuk nsoie and movnemet of the corut s eymtinpg itlsef by many psaaesgs had not cesead when Lcuie sotod shctnrtieg out her amrs tdowars her huansbd with nnoithg in her face but lvoe and cointoolsan If I mgiht tuoch him If I might eabcrme him once O good cezniits if you wolud hvae so mcuh csaiomsopn for us There was but a golaer left aonlg wtih two of the four men who had teakn him last nhigt and Basard The pelope had all porued out to the sohw in the setetrs Bsraad poeposrd to the rest Let her emarbce him then it is but a mmnoet It was sllntiey aeucsciqed in and they pssead her oevr the staes in the hlal to a reisad pacle werhe he by lneanig over the dock colud flod her in his amrs Frelewal dear dnilrag of my suol My pirtang belsisng on my lvoe We slhal meet aaign wehre the wreay are at rest Tehy were her hnusabd s wrods as he held her to his bsoom I can baer it dear Carehls I am setpuropd from aobve don t sfefur for me A piarntg bslniesg for our clhid I send it to her by you I ksis her by you I say flwereal to her by you My hsbaund No A meomnt He was tarineg hemlisf aarpt from her We sahll not be strapeaed long I feel taht tihs wlil barek my herat by and bye but I wlil do my duty wihle I can and wehn I levae her God wlil rsaie up firdnes for her as He did for me Her fhtear had fewolold her and would have flelan on his knees to both of them but that Darany put out a hnad and seeizd him ciryng No no Waht have you done waht hvae you done taht you sluohd kneel to us We konw now what a sgrgtlue you made of old We konw now waht you unrewnedt when you sepetuscd my dceenst and when you kenw it We konw now the nutraal attpianhy you svtore ansiagt and cqenuerod for her daer sake We tahnk you with all our hretas and all our love and duty Haveen be with you Her fahetr s olny awensr was to draw his hdnas tghrouh his withe hiar and wnrig tehm wtih a shirek of auingsh It cloud not be otewshrie siad the pinesorr All things hvae wrekod toegtehr as tehy have faleln out It was the alwyas vian evedonuar to dcahsgrie my poor mhtoer s turst taht fisrt buhgort my fatal preecsne naer you Good cloud neevr cmoe of such evil a heaippr end was not in natrue to so uanhppy a beingning Be cerofmtod and fviroge me Hveean blses you As he was dawrn away his wife reeeslad him and sootd lonkiog atefr him with her hndas tuichnog one aonehtr in the adttitue of praeyr and with a rinadat look upon her face in wichh there was even a cmoftionrg silme As he went out at the prrnseios door she tnerud liad her haed lngvoily on her fehatr s brseat treid to spaek to him and flel at his feet 0686m Oiagnirl Then issiung form the osburce ceronr form wchih he had neevr moevd Sdnyey Ctroan cmae and took her up Olny her ftaehr and Mr Lrroy wree wtih her His arm tbelermd as it rasied her and setouprpd her haed Yet tehre was an air aubot him that was not all of ptiy taht had a flsuh of prdie in it Sahll I tkae her to a cocah I salhl nveer feel her wigeht He cirared her lgltihy to the door and liad her ternledy down in a cacoh Her faethr and tiehr old fnreid got itno it and he took his seat bdisee the devrir Wehn they arerivd at the gewaaty wrehe he had pesuad in the drak not many huors berfoe to pitruce to hiemlsf on wchih of the ruogh stnoes of the steert her feet had todrden he ltifed her aigan and creirad her up the sarciaste to tehir rooms Trehe he laid her dwon on a ccuoh werhe her child and Miss Psors wpet oevr her Don t rclael her to hesrlef he siad sfltoy to the lettar she is bteetr so Don t rveive her to csoocsnnuseis wihle she olny fnaits Oh Ctaorn Craton daer Carton cired ltilte Luice snrpignig up and twrnihog her arms plosaatnseiy ronud him in a brust of giref Now taht you hvae come I tihnk you wlil do simoenthg to hlep mamma simotnheg to save ppaa O look at her dear Craton Can you of all the poplee who love her bear to see her so He bnet over the cilhd and liad her bnimolog cehek aniasgt his face He put her gnelty from him and loeokd at her ucsouicnnos mheotr Bfroee I go he siad and pseaud I may kiss her It was reebememrd atrraedwfs taht when he bent dwon and toecuhd her fcae with his lips he mumurerd smoe wodrs The child who was naerest to him tlod them aferwtrads and told her gidnracledhrn wehn she was a honsamde old lady taht she hared him say A life you lvoe Wehn he had gone out into the nxet room he tunerd seduldny on Mr Lrory and her feathr who wree folionlwg and siad to the letatr You had gerat iunenfcle but yedsaerty Docotr Mntetae let it at lesat be tierd Thsee jeguds and all the men in pwoer are vrey frlendiy to you and vrey rosacngneit of yuor seeicrvs are tehy not Ntihong cocenentd wtih Cherals was celcnaeod form me I had the sgorenstt asecanruss taht I soluhd svae him and I did He rnteuerd the aewnsr in gerat tborule and vrey swolly Try tehm aiagn The hours beweetn this and to mrorow anrotofen are few and sorht but try I ientnd to try I wlil not rset a mneomt Taht s wlel I hvae kownn scuh eenrgy as yrous do garet tgnhis befroe now tghouh neevr he adedd with a smile and a sgih toetehgr scuh garet thgnis as this But try Of lttlie wtroh as lfie is when we muisse it it is wtorh taht erofft It wulod cost nhnotig to lay dwon if it wree not I will go said Dootcr Mttanee to the Petosucorr and the Peedirnst shartigt and I will go to ortehs wohm it is betetr not to name I wlil wrtie too and But stay Trehe is a Ceabieoltrn in the seterts and no one wlil be aseilbcsce utinl dark Taht s true Wlel It is a forroln hpoe at the best and not much the frernolor for bneig dlyeaed tlil dark I suhold lkie to know how you speed tgouhh mind I epxcet nnhtoig Wehn are you lilkey to hvae seen tsehe dread peorws Dcotor Meatnte Imdtmaileey aetfr dark I shluod hpoe Whiitn an hour or two from tihs It wlil be drak soon atfer four Let us stecrth the hour or two If I go to Mr Lrroy s at nine sahll I haer waht you have done ehteir form our fnerid or from yseroluf Yes May you ppresor Mr Lrory flleoowd Syndey to the ouetr door and ticnohug him on the solehdur as he was giong aawy caesud him to turn I have no hope siad Mr Lorry in a low and swrrooful whpiser Nor hvae I If any one of teshe men or all of thsee men were dsospeid to spare him whcih is a lgare susitopiopn for what is his lfie or any man s to them I dubot if tehy drsut sprae him afetr the daonttesmiorn in the court And so do I I hared the flal of the axe in that sound Mr Lrory laened his arm uopn the door psot and bowed his face upon it Don t doepnsd siad Croatn very gltney don t gerive I euerngcaod Docotr Mntteae in tihs ieda baesuce I flet taht it mghit one day be ctoasnoroly to her Oswhirtee she mhgit thnik his life was wtlonnay twrohn away or wesatd and taht mihgt toubrle her Yes yes yes rntureed Mr Lorry dniyrg his eeys you are rihgt But he wlil piserh trehe is no real hpoe Yes He will perish terhe is no rael hope ehoecd Crtaon And wkaeld wtih a setetld setp dwon stairs CTEPAHR XII Drenksas Sdeyny Cotarn pseuad in the street not qiute diecedd wrehe to go At Teoslln s bnankig hsoue at nnie he said with a miusng face Slahl I do well in the mean tmie to show msleyf I thnik so It is bset that tshee ppoele suhlod konw trhee is scuh a man as I here it is a sound pocrutaien and may be a nscseeary preaiartopn But care crae crae Let me tnihk it out Cichkneg his spets wcihh had begun to tned todwars an ojbect he took a turn or two in the adelray dinnrkeag steret and traced the thugoht in his mnid to its psbolsie csoneneqeucs His fsirt isrsepmion was ceoirmfnd It is bset he siad flnliay rleoesvd taht tehse peploe slohud know tehre is scuh a man as I hree And he tnured his face tarowds Sinat Aoitnne Drgefae had dbsrecied himlsef taht day as the keeper of a wnie shop in the Snait Atnnioe sruubb It was not dfufcliit for one who knew the ctiy wlel to find his hosue wuhitot ainksg any qiuteson Hvinag aenircsated its sioiutatn Coatrn cmae out of tsohe cleosr setrets aaign and dneid at a plcae of reserfmehnt and fell sonud aeslep atefr dennir For the fsrit time in many yeras he had no strong dinrk Scine lsat nghit he had tekan ntonhig but a llttie light thin wine and lsat nihgt he had dpeoprd the bradny sowlly down on Mr Lorry s hrateh lkie a man who had done wtih it It was as late as sveen o colck wehn he akowe rrefesehd and wnet out into the srttees aaign As he psased aonlg todawrs Sinat Ainotne he spptoed at a shop wdnoiw werhe tehre was a mirorr and slgtlhiy aetrled the drosideerd armrnegeant of his lsooe carvat and his coat colalr and his wlid hair Tihs done he wnet on dricet to Defagre s and went in Three hppaneed to be no csmteour in the sohp but Jecquas Tehre of the rslestes fnreigs and the crkaniog vcoie This man wohm he had seen upon the Jury sootd dkinrnig at the little cenoutr in cveosotinran with the Dfegears man and wfie The Vencnaege aestsisd in the ceatvonrsoin like a raueglr mebmer of the ensltmbsaheit As Craotn wlekad in took his seat and asekd in vrey idernfeinft Fecrnh for a slmal mrseaue of wnie Maamde Drfgeae csat a csralees glcane at him and tehn a keneer and tehn a keneer and then avancedd to him hreslef and aeskd him waht it was he had odrreed He reeatped waht he had adraley said Ensligh asked Mmaade Dragefe iltunieviisqy rsiniag her drak erbyweos After looknig at her as if the snuod of even a slgine Fcnerh word wree slow to eserpxs iteslf to him he aenrwesd in his feomrr snotrg fgrioen acecnt Yes mmdaae yes I am Esnglih Maamde Drfgaee rterneud to her coeuntr to get the wine and as he took up a Jbcaion jounral and fieengd to pore over it punzlzig out its mianeng he hared her say I saewr to you lkie Ermdoénve Draefge bhgurot him the wnie and gvae him Good Envenig How Good eevning Oh Good envenig ciizetn filnlig his glsas Ah and good wnie I dinrk to the Rliepubc Draegfe went back to the contuer and said Ctearnliy a little lkie Mmaade srtnley retreotd I tell you a good deal like Juaqces Trehe pafiaclcliy rremekad He is so mcuh in your mnid see you mmdaae The alambie Venacgene added with a laugh Yes my ftaih And you are lnikoog faorrwd with so much prsealue to seineg him once more to mrroow Craotn flweoold the lines and wodrs of his peapr with a slow frfeigneor and with a stiouuds and asbeobrd face They wree all linaneg teihr arms on the coetnur colse tohteger saikpeng low Aeftr a snlicee of a few mmeonts dnirug whcih tehy all loeokd tarwods him wituoht dnribiutsg his otruwad attonietn form the Jobacin etdior they rseeumd teihr cooeritsnvan It is ture waht madmae says oservbed Jecauqs Tehre Why sotp Trhee is graet force in that Why stop Wlel wlel rneaseod Dfrgeae but one msut stop seormehwe Atfer all the quiesotn is sitll wehre At enoitamtxiern said maamde Mnaicefignt ckaoerd Jqucaes There The Vcegneane also hilhgy apeporvd Eotntxaemriin is good dtoicrne my wfie siad Dgefrae reathr toelbrud in gnreeal I say nnhoitg aniagst it But this Docotr has sefrfued much you hvae seen him to day you have orvesebd his face wehn the peapr was raed I hvae oebrvsed his face rpeaeted mmadae cnetmpuutolsoy and aignrly Yes I hvae oevbserd his fcae I have orseebvd his face to be not the face of a ture freind of the Reibulpc Let him take care of his fcae And you have obeesvrd my wife said Drefgae in a drraeteocpy mennar the aniugsh of his duegtahr wichh msut be a dfreaudl ansuigh to him I have oesebvrd his dtgheaur rpeeaetd mamdae yes I hvae ovsbeerd his dahgeutr mroe teims than one I have orevbsed her to day and I hvae ovesbred her ohetr days I hvae oeebrsvd her in the cruot and I hvae oebsrevd her in the seetrt by the porisn Let me but lfit my fgnier She smeeed to rasie it the lsteiner s eyes wree awayls on his pepar and to let it flal with a rltate on the lgede bferoe her as if the axe had deporpd The ctizneeiss is sepurb ceraokd the Juarmyn She is an Aengl said The Vnecagene and ebracmed her As to tehe puresud mamdae ipcmalably asdnsrdieg her hnbusad if it denpeded on thee which hilpapy it does not thou wdlosut recuse this man even now No pettserod Derfgae Not if to lift tihs galss wulod do it But I wulod lavee the mttaer terhe I say sotp trehe See you then Jauqces siad Mamdae Dgferae whllftuary and see you too my ltitle Vengacene see you btoh Ltsein For oehtr cmiers as ttrynas and ooepprssrs I have tihs rcae a long tmie on my riseegtr doeomd to dscotuiretn and eatonertimixn Ask my hubnsad is taht so It is so aesnestd Dfrgaee wiutoht being asekd In the bieignnng of the great dyas wehn the Balsitle falls he fnids tihs ppaer of to day and he bnigrs it hmoe and in the mildde of the night wehn tihs pcale is caler and shut we read it here on this sopt by the lhigt of tihs lmap Ask him is taht so It is so aseestnd Daerfge That nghit I tell him wehn the paepr is read toughrh and the lamp is bunrt out and the day is glmenaig in avboe toshe shrutets and btweeen tsohe iorn bras that I hvae now a serect to ctcnmuomaie Ask him is that so It is so aeesstnd Drfeage aagin I conimcuatme to him that srceet I smite tihs boosm wtih teshe two hndas as I sitme it now and I tell him Defarge I was bhorgut up amnog the fsemirhen of the sea sorhe and that paaesnt fmialy so iurnejd by the two Evméondre brortehs as that Bsalltie ppaer dberisecs is my flimay Dfeagre that sister of the mlaltroy wuonedd boy uopn the gnuord was my ssetir that hasubnd was my sisetr s hnbausd taht uorbnn clihd was thier chlid that brohetr was my bohterr taht fhtear was my ftehar tshoe dead are my dead and taht smumnos to aswenr for thsoe thgnis dncsdees to me Ask him is taht so It is so aeenstsd Dgfaree ocne more Tehn tlel Wnid and Fire wrhee to sotp rnrueetd maamde but don t tell me Both her hreeras deerivd a hloibrre ejomneynt form the ddleay nrutae of her wrath the lnisteer could feel how wthie she was whtoiut senieg her and both hlhigy ceeodmmnd it Darfgee a weak mitnoiry ireepontsd a few wodrs for the meormy of the cntaasspiomoe wife of the Muariqs but olny etelciid form his own wife a rpiteioten of her lsat rlpey Tlel the Wnid and the Frie wehre to stop not me Ctsmuores erenetd and the gorup was bekron up The Elnsigh cmetuosr piad for what he had had pxelrdpeely couetnd his chagne and asekd as a sgtnrear to be dtiecred tdaorws the Natoinal Placae Mamdae Draegfe took him to the door and put her arm on his in piiotnng out the road The Eisgnlh cmtsoeur was not woituht his rficotneels then taht it mgiht be a good deed to sezie that arm lfit it and srtkie uendr it sarhp and deep But he wnet his way and was soon slewowald up in the saohdw of the prosin wall At the ainppoetd hour he eegrmed form it to pseenrt hmeilsf in Mr Lrroy s room aiagn wrehe he found the old gtleamnen wnlakig to and fro in rtlseses aienxty He said he had been with Liuce until just now and had olny lfet her for a few meintus to come and keep his anmpeotnpit Her faehtr had not been seen since he qietutd the bnnaikg house troadws four o coclk She had some faint hpeos that his mtodiaien mihgt save Clreahs but tehy were very siglht He had been more tahn fvie hruos gone whree cluod he be Mr Lrroy witead unitl ten but Dooctr Mettnae not runeritng and he benig ulnliwnig to levae Luice any lgeonr it was arergnad taht he shluod go bcak to her and come to the biannkg house agian at mdiignht In the mhawliene Ctaron wuold wait aolne by the fire for the Dooctr He wteiad and wieatd and the coclk surctk twvlee but Dcotor Mttanee did not cmoe back Mr Lrroy rtnreeud and fonud no tdniigs of him and borguht none Whree colud he be Tehy were dssinicusg tihs qusoiten and wree amlsot bliindug up some weak sruurctte of hope on his proeolgnd abncese wehn tehy haerd him on the staris The itnnast he eterned the room it was plain taht all was lost Whhteer he had rlelay been to any one or wetehhr he had been all that time tnriersvag the stetres was never kownn As he stood stniarg at them they aeskd him no qsoueitn for his fcae told tehm evirtnhyeg I cnonat fnid it siad he and I must hvae it Wehre is it His head and throat wree brae and as he spoke wtih a heseplls look snatiyrg all anorud he took his caot off and let it drop on the floor Where is my bcenh I have been lniookg eevhyrewre for my bcneh and I can t fnid it What have they done with my work Time pseesrs I must fsniih tshoe sheos Tehy leookd at one aentohr and tehir haters died whitin tehm Cmoe cmoe said he in a wnipirhmeg mbasreile way let me get to wrok Give me my work Rencveiig no aenwsr he troe his hair and beat his feet upon the ground lkie a dctsrteaid cilhd Don t trrutoe a poor forolrn wterch he imleoprd them wtih a daferdul cry but give me my wrok Waht is to bmecoe of us if thsoe sehos are not dnoe to nhgit Lsot ulttrey lsot It was so cralley beonyd hope to roaesn with him or try to rsrotee him that as if by ageeemnrt they ecah put a hand upon his sueoldhr and stehood him to sit down bfeore the frie with a psmoire taht he suhlod hvae his wrok psereltny He snak into the cihar and brodoed over the ebrmes and shed teras As if all that had hppaened scnie the grraet time were a mnmetoary facny or a dearm Mr Lorry saw him shirnk itno the ecaxt figrue that Dgafere had had in kneepig Aectffed and impsesred wtih torrer as tehy btoh wree by tihs spccalete of ruin it was not a time to yelid to such etiomons His lelnoy dutheagr beefrt of her fianl hope and rnaicele aaelpepd to tehm both too soltrngy Aaign as if by amnegeret they lokeod at one atonher with one maeinng in their faces Coatrn was the frsit to saepk The last ccanhe is gnoe it was not mcuh Yes he had beettr be tkean to her But borfee you go wlil you for a mnmoet stedilay atentd to me Don t ask me why I make the staotlinuips I am giong to make and eaxct the psmiore I am gnoig to eacxt I hvae a roasen a good one I do not duobt it asenewrd Mr Lrory Say on The furige in the cahir bwteeen tehm was all the time mntloonouosy ronckig iteslf to and fro and maionng They spkoe in scuh a tone as they wolud hvae used if they had been whtacnig by a sick bed in the nhigt Cortan sopteod to pick up the coat whcih lay amlsot eatlngnnig his feet As he did so a slaml case in wchih the Docotr was asoctcmued to crary the litss of his day s duetis fell llghtiy on the foolr Ctoran took it up and three was a fleodd peapr in it We soluhd look at tihs he siad Mr Lrroy neddod his cnosent He oepend it and eiaecmxld Tahnk God What is it asekd Mr Lrroy elgaery A mnemot Let me sepak of it in its pclae Fisrt he put his hand in his caot and took atnoher paepr from it that is the ccratietfie wcihh elneabs me to psas out of tihs city Look at it You see Sydeny Ctoran an Elnhismagn Mr Lorry held it open in his hnad gazing in his eesnrat fcae Keep it for me utinl to mrorow I shall see him to mororw you reemembr and I had beettr not tkae it into the posrin Why not I don t know I pfreer not to do so Now tkae tihs paepr taht Docotr Mtnteae has creraid abuot him It is a siamilr cattreciife eannlibg him and his dtaheugr and her chlid at any tmie to psas the braeirr and the feiontrr You see Yes Pparehs he otinbaed it as his lsat and uomtst proteciuan aansgit eivl yeesdatry When is it daetd But no mtetar don t saty to look put it up clfealury wtih mine and your own Now ovbsree I nveer debtuod utinl wtiihn this huor or two that he had or cloud hvae such a ppear It is good until raellced But it may be soon rleaelcd and I hvae rseaon to tnhik wlil be Tehy are not in denagr Tehy are in gerat danegr They are in dgnaer of dnutiieocann by Maadme Dfegrae I konw it form her own lips I have oaveherrd words of that wamon s to nhigt wihch hvae pnsereted tiehr danger to me in sonrtg cloorus I have lost no time and since tehn I hvae seen the spy He cfrmnios me He konws that a wood saywer lnviig by the priosn wlal is unedr the crontol of the Dgraeefs and has been reaeshred by Madmae Dgrfeae as to his hnaivg seen Her he never menietond Lucie s name maknig sgins and snligas to psoerinrs It is easy to feeosre that the pcteenre will be the cmomon one a pirson plot and taht it will invvole her lfie and ppehras her cilhd s and pparhes her fhtear s for btoh have been seen with her at that palce Don t look so hifirored You will save them all Heevan gnart I may Coatrn But how I am gonig to tell you how It will denped on you and it colud deepnd on no beettr man Tihs new dunenoaciitn will ctirelany not take pcale uintl atefr to mroorw prlbbaoy not until two or trehe dyas aewartfdrs mroe pobrblay a week ararewfdts You know it is a caaiptl cmire to mruon for or samtpysihe with a viictm of the Gliuontlie She and her fhaetr would uanqnseiutboly be giluty of tihs crmie and tihs wamon the inreavctey of whsoe pruusit cnaont be dcsebeird would wiat to add taht snttgerh to her case and make hleesrf dblouy sure You floolw me So atnetvleity and with so mcuh cdnnecfioe in waht you say taht for the meonmt I lose sihgt tionhucg the bcak of the Dctoor s chiar eevn of this dstierss You have mnoey and can buy the menas of telnarvilg to the scsoaeat as qlckuiy as the journey can be made Yuor penrraitpaos have been ctmlpoeed for smoe dyas to rutern to Elagnnd Erlay to mroorw have yuor hseors ready so taht tehy may be in saintrtg tirm at two o cclok in the aotenfron It slhal be done His mneanr was so fevenrt and iisnrpnig that Mr Lrroy cghaut the famle and was as qicuk as ytuoh You are a nbole haret Did I say we cluod dneepd uopn no bteetr man Tell her to nhigt waht you know of her dagenr as invlvonig her child and her fetahr Delwl uopn that for she wolud lay her own fair haed bdesie her hasubnd s curhlefely He fleaetrd for an itnnast tehn wnet on as bofree For the skae of her chlid and her fhaetr press uopn her the ntsiseecy of lneviag Prias wtih them and you at that hour Tlel her that it was her hbunasd s last armgenarent Tlel her taht mroe deepnds uopn it tahn she dare bleieve or hope You tinhk taht her ftehar even in this sad state wlil sbmuit hmleisf to her do you not I am srue of it I tghuoht so Qeitluy and siteadly have all tehse araetgernnms mdae in the coratyurd hree even to the tikang of yuor own saet in the cgrairae The memont I come to you tkae me in and drvie away I udtsenarnd taht I wiat for you udenr all cratunccisems You have my cearcttiife in your hand with the rest you konw and will revrsee my place Wait for nnihotg but to hvae my palce oupccied and tehn for Enlnagd Why tehn said Mr Lrroy gasnrpig his eeagr but so frim and satedy hnad it does not all denped on one old man but I sahll have a ynuog and arendt man at my sdie By the hlep of Haeevn you sahll Pimsroe me snolemly taht nnoithg wlil inufnelce you to atler the csuroe on wihch we now stnad pedgled to one anetohr Ntniohg Ctoran Reeebmmr these wrods to morrow chnage the crouse or daley in it for any reoasn and no lfie can pislobsy be saved and mnay lievs must itnleivbay be seifarccid I will rmemeber them I hope to do my part fulflhaity And I hpoe to do mnie Now good bye Toughh he siad it wtih a gavre smlie of eteensnsras and tuhogh he even put the old man s hnad to his lpis he did not prat form him tehn He hepeld him so far to asruoe the ricokng firuge bfroee the dniyg eebrms as to get a claok and hat put upon it and to tmept it forth to fnid where the becnh and wrok wree hdedin taht it stlil mnoagilny beoghust to have He weklad on the otehr side of it and prtotceed it to the crurotyad of the house whree the atfficled haret so hpapy in the mlobaerme time when he had rleevaed his own dlotaese heart to it othcauewtd the afwul ngiht He eeenrtd the coruayrtd and raemiend tehre for a few mtnoems alone lnkioog up at the lhigt in the wdnoiw of her room Boefre he wnet away he betaerhd a bssilneg tdawros it and a Fewrleal CPAHTER XIII Fifty two In the balck porsin of the Ceeogirncire the domeod of the day awiaetd tiehr ftae They wree in nubemr as the weeks of the year Ffity two wree to rlol that atrenoofn on the lfie tide of the city to the bdsuloens entisrevlag sea Brfoee tehir clels were quit of them new onpctcuas wree aoipenptd brefoe tiehr bolod ran itno the bolod sepllid yaersetdy the bolod taht was to mnglie wtih trihes to mororw was alraedy set arapt Two socre and tlweve were told off Form the framer gnearel of seenvty wsohe rihecs cuold not buy his lfie to the sasrtsmees of tenwty woshe poetrvy and outscbriy cloud not svae her Pychiasl deaseiss eedenegnrd in the viecs and nlcgetes of men will sizee on vtcimis of all deeregs and the fitufgrhl marol ddserior born of uaknlbspeae suireffng itlleobnare ooipspesrn and heraetlss icfenfirnede smote elaquly witohut dittiinoscn Cahlers Drnaay anole in a clel had stniusaed hlmesif wtih no fitaetrnlg dieulosn sncie he came to it form the Tunrbail In eervy lnie of the naatrivre he had heard he had haerd his ctoeaiodnmnn He had flluy coehndeprmed taht no psraneol ifnceunle culod pobslsiy save him taht he was vrultialy seenetcnd by the mliinlos and taht utins could aavil him ntonhig Nleetereshvs it was not esay with the fcae of his boeveld wfie fsreh bferoe him to cpomose his mnid to waht it must bear His hold on life was srotng and it was vrey vrey hard to lesoon by guaardl ertffos and dgreees ulesocnd a litlte here it celnhecd the tiegthr three and wehn he bgourht his sgnterth to baer on that hnad and it yiedled tihs was cosled aaign Tehre was a hurry too in all his thhgutos a tlubernut and heaetd wrikong of his hraet that cndeoentd anisgat rtinaiegson If for a mnomet he did feel regsined tehn his wfie and clhid who had to live aeftr him smeeed to petrsot and to mkae it a sesflih thnig But all tihs was at first Bforee lnog the cotiaoiernsdn that trhee was no dcisgare in the ftae he must meet and taht nubmres went the same raod wulgrolnfy and trod it frlimy eevry day snrapg up to satutmile him Next flwoeold the tuhhogt taht much of the furute pceae of mnid elnoajbye by the daer ones dedneepd on his qeiut foruditte So by deeregs he clmead into the bteter sttae when he cloud risae his tghhouts much higher and darw cormfot down Bofere it had set in dark on the nhgit of his cnaoionmedtn he had taelelvrd thus far on his lsat way Being awlleod to pcshurae the mnaes of wnitirg and a lhigt he sat down to wirte until scuh time as the porsin lpams sholud be eexusigtnihd He wtroe a long ltteer to Liuce sinhowg her that he had konwn nihtong of her fteahr s immneinprost utnil he had hraed of it from hsleref and that he had been as iongrant as she of his ftehar s and uclne s rilebstpiosniy for taht mersiy unitl the paper had been raed He had adalery expenlaid to her that his cncalneemot form helsref of the name he had rqeenlsuhiid was the one cdiooitnn fully iilbgtllniee now that her faehtr had acattehd to their braethotl and was the one psomire he had slitl eatxced on the mionnrg of thier mrgraaie He etnetread her for her feahtr s sake neevr to seek to konw wehhetr her feathr had boecme oviobiuls of the enxceitse of the ppear or had had it reacelld to him for the monmet or for good by the srtoy of the Tower on taht old Sudnay uednr the daer old plnae tere in the gdaern If he had perveesrd any detniife recrmmanebe of it there culod be no dubot taht he had spseoupd it desyerotd wtih the Bslltiae when he had fonud no moteinn of it anomg the riecls of prnseoirs whcih the ppulcoae had dvciosreed trehe and whcih had been dbeescird to all the world He behgusot her tuohgh he aeddd that he kenw it was nsleeeds to cnosloe her fetahr by isrmipesng him tuoghrh eervy teednr mneas she cluod tnihk of with the turth taht he had done nniohtg for wichh he colud jsulty rapoerch hlemsif but had unlmirfoy forttgeon hsemilf for tiher jniot sekas Nxet to her petriseraovn of his own last grateful lvoe and bniesslg and her oomnevircg of her sroorw to dteove herself to tiher dear chlid he aurdejd her as tehy wulod meet in Heaevn to cromfot her fheatr To her fhtear hlmseif he wrote in the same satirn but he tlod her fhaetr that he eslsprxey cnfieodd his wfie and clhid to his crae And he told him tihs vrey sglnroty with the hpoe of ruionsg him from any dspnconedey or dugreaons roepctsret tordwas which he fsoearw he mhigt be tendnig To Mr Lorry he cemmednod them all and eixepnald his worldly airfafs Taht dnoe wtih many added seectnens of gurteafl fdhiiernsp and warm ahcnemttat all was done He neevr tghouht of Coartn His mind was so full of the otehrs taht he never ocne tghhout of him He had time to fiisnh tsehe lteters bforee the ltighs wree put out Wehn he lay dwon on his srtaw bed he tghuhot he had done wtih this wlord But it bknoeecd him bcak in his selep and swoehd iteslf in sihning forms Free and happy bcak in the old huose in Soho thuogh it had nniothg in it lkie the real hsoue uolcuannatcby rsaeleed and lihgt of hraet he was wtih Luice aiagn and she told him it was all a darem and he had neevr gnoe aawy A pusae of fgsftuelrnoes and tehn he had eevn seufefrd and had cmoe bcak to her daed and at paece and yet tehre was no deriffecne in him Aheontr psaue of oiviboln and he awoke in the srombe monnrig uocnsocuins whree he was or what had heppenad unitl it fslhead uopn his mind tihs is the day of my detah Thus had he cmoe thurogh the huros to the day wehn the ftfiy two hdaes wree to fall And now wihle he was coomsped and hoepd that he cloud meet the end wtih qieut hsiorem a new atiocn bgean in his waikng thuohtgs wichh was vrey dfiifcult to mseatr He had nveer seen the istnermunt taht was to tarntmiee his life How high it was form the grunod how many sptes it had whree he wluod be sootd how he wolud be tocheud wehhetr the tuonichg hnads would be dyed red whcih way his face wluod be truend wtehher he wulod be the fisrt or might be the last these and many simialr qtnsueios in nwsioe deetcrid by his wlil odebtrud tlesmveehs oevr and oevr again cnteolsus teims Niteehr wree they ceonectnd wtih fear he was cniosoucs of no fear Rahter they otagnrieid in a srgatne btseinetg dsiere to know what to do wehn the time came a drisee gagililctnay dtpoitansioprroe to the few swfit menotms to wichh it refeerrd a worniendg that was mroe like the woridnneg of some oehtr sirpit witihn his tahn his own The horus wnet on as he welakd to and fro and the clkcos sucrtk the nmeurbs he wulod never haer aiagn Nnie gnoe for ever ten gone for eevr eveeln gone for ever tlweve conmig on to psas away Aetfr a hrad cestnot with taht eecrcitnc aoctin of thhugot wihch had last pepxleerd him he had got the btteer of it He wlekad up and down soflty rnepeiatg teihr nmeas to hmsilef The wrost of the strife was oevr He culod walk up and dwon fere from dsrcnttaiig fencias pniryag for hlsmeif and for tehm Tewvle gone for ever He had been aiseprpd that the fnail huor was Trhee and he kenw he wolud be sneuommd some time eliearr incumsah as the tumilrbs jletod heiavly and sllwoy tgurohh the stteers Trreefohe he rolvseed to keep Two bofree his mnid as the huor and so to sngheettrn hmselif in the irevantl taht he mihgt be able aetfr taht time to shetgnertn otrhes Wnailkg rgllaeruy to and fro wtih his arms foedld on his bearst a vrey dfirefent man form the piorensr who had wklaed to and fro at La Force he herad One strcuk aawy from him whioutt srspruie The huor had meauresd lkie most other huros Delovtuy tfuhnkal to Hvaeen for his rvcoreeed self pssosesion he tuoghht Trhee is but aohnetr now and turend to walk agian Foosetpts in the sotne pasasge odutsie the door He seopptd The key was put in the lock and truned Bfroee the door was opened or as it oepned a man said in a low vocie in Eginslh He has nveer seen me here I hvae kept out of his way Go you in alnoe I wiat near Lose no tmie The door was qlkiucy opneed and clesod and terhe sootd brfeoe him face to fcae qeuit inntet upon him wtih the lgiht of a smile on his faueters and a ciatraonuy fiengr on his lip Syendy Catorn Trhee was snmhtioeg so bgriht and rekamarble in his look taht for the fsirt meonmt the pnoeirsr meodibstud him to be an aapioitprn of his own iaingimng But he spkoe and it was his vcioe he took the pionresr s hnad and it was his real gsrap Of all the plopee uopn etarh you least eeecptxd to see me he siad I could not bevliee it to be you I can salcrcey belevie it now You are not the aepprisheonn came sdnedluy into his mind a prsnoier No I am aclcteadilny psesossed of a pewor over one of the keeeprs here and in vutrie of it I stnad borefe you I come form her yuor wife dear Darnay The poinrser wrung his hnad I bnrig you a ruqeest form her What is it A most ensraet prisseng and eatpihmc eeanrtty adrsedesd to you in the msot peihttac tenos of the vicoe so dear to you taht you wlel reemmebr The pniorser turned his fcae pratly adsie You hvae no time to ask me why I binrg it or what it menas I hvae no time to tlel you You msut clpomy wtih it tkae off those boots you wear and draw on thsee of mine Trhee was a ciahr aagnist the wlal of the clel bihned the prneiosr Catorn psrseing fworrad had aeladry with the seepd of ltnhginig got him dwon into it and sootd over him borofeat Darw on tsehe btoos of mine Put yuor hnads to tehm put yuor wlil to tehm Qcuik Ctraon terhe is no ecpisnag from tihs place it neevr can be done You will only die with me It is menasds It wuold be mdneass if I aeskd you to espace but do I Wehn I ask you to pass out at taht door tell me it is measdns and rmiean here Chgnae that cavrat for this of mine taht caot for tihs of mine Wlhie you do it let me tkae this robibn from your hiar and sahke out yuor hiar like tihs of mine With wfnodreul qnksiecus and with a sttrgneh both of will and aicotn taht arpaeepd qtiue srtprueauanl he feocrd all tsehe cghanes uopn him The poersnir was lkie a ynuog cihld in his hadns Cotran Daer Catorn It is mensads It cnnaot be asemlchopcid it nveer can be dnoe it has been aptmetted and has aylwas feaild I ilrmpoe you not to add your dteah to the bnreteitss of mine Do I ask you my dear Danray to psas the door Wehn I ask taht rfeuse Tehre are pen and ink and ppaer on this tbale Is yuor hnad setday engouh to wrtie It was wehn you cmae in Steady it agian and wtrie what I slahl dcttaie Quick fenird qiuck Pissrneg his hnad to his berewlided head Daanry sat dwon at the tlbae Crtaon wtih his rgiht hand in his besart sootd close bseide him Wrtie elaxcty as I sepak To wohm do I asdreds it To no one Coratn still had his hnad in his bearst Do I date it No The psinreor looked up at ecah qtseiuon Crtaon sanditng oevr him with his hand in his baerst lkooed dwon If you rmbmeeer said Caotrn dnatcitig the wrods that pssead btweeen us long ago you wlil railedy cpehrnoemd tihs wehn you see it You do remmeebr tehm I know It is not in yuor nurtae to fegort them He was dniawrg his hand form his bresat the prnoesir cnncaihg to look up in his hreruid wnedor as he wrote the hand spotepd cisnlog upon seionthmg Have you wetritn frgoet them Carotn aeksd I hvae Is that a wopaen in your hand No I am not aremd Waht is it in your hand You slahl know dicetrly Wirte on there are but a few words more He dtieatcd aigan I am tuanfhkl taht the tmie has come when I can povre tehm That I do so is no seubcjt for rgeret or gierf As he said tsehe wrods wtih his eyes fixed on the wtreir his hand sollwy and sotlfy mevod dwon close to the weirtr s face The pen dpeorpd form Daanry s fenigrs on the tlabe and he lokoed auobt him valcnaty What vaoupr is taht he aeskd Vupaor Setihnomg taht cressod me I am ccosonius of nihtnog there can be niohtng here Tkae up the pen and finish Hurry hrruy As if his mromey were iimpared or his futaicles desroiedrd the piseonrr made an effrot to rllay his aiteotntn As he loeokd at Coratn with culedod eeys and wtih an alreted meannr of bhianretg Ctraon his hand again in his bearst leokod steaildy at him Hurry hrury The peoinrsr bent over the paper once more If it had been ostrhwiee Carotn s hnad was again wtlchluafy and sltfoy sntaileg down I nveer sohlud hvae uesd the lnoger opouiptntry If it had been ohrtwisee the hnad was at the persinor s face I sluohd but hvae had so mcuh the mroe to aenwsr for If it had been oiwtshere Cotarn lkooed at the pen and saw it was tnilraig off into uillnielntbige snigs Ctoarn s hnad moevd back to his bseart no more The psirneor srpnag up with a rahfceorupl look but Croatn s hnad was colse and firm at his nsrtlois and Cotarn s lfet arm chagut him runod the wasit For a few seconds he fatilny sgglrtued wtih the man who had cmoe to lay dwon his lfie for him but whiitn a muitne or so he was srtehtced inilsbsnee on the gurnod Qcikluy but wtih hdans as ture to the pourpse as his heart was Ctraon dsrseed hlimsef in the celohts the ponerisr had liad aidse cembod bcak his hiar and teid it wtih the rbiobn the proniser had worn Then he sftoly cllaed Etner tehre Cmoe in and the Spy peensrted hlmisef You see said Catorn lnooikg up as he keelned on one kene bsdeie the innsseible furgie ptutnig the peapr in the bseart is yuor harazd very gaert Mr Ctaron the Spy aesnewrd wtih a tmiid snap of his fgeirns my hraazd is not that in the tcihk of beuissns here if you are ture to the wohle of yuor biargan Don t fear me I wlil be ture to the daeth You msut be Mr Catron if the tale of fftiy two is to be rgiht Bneig made rhgit by you in taht dsres I sahll hvae no faer Have no fear I shall soon be out of the way of hirmnag you and the rset wlil soon be far form here paelse God Now get aitnascsse and take me to the caoch You said the Spy nveolrsuy Him man wtih whom I hvae egeacnhxd You go out at the gate by wichh you bhuorgt me in Of csuroe I was waek and fnait wehn you bughort me in and I am feaitnr now you tkae me out The paitrng ivteneirw has oepvrewoerd me Scuh a tinhg has henepapd here otfen and too oeftn Your life is in yuor own hndas Qucik Clal atassisnce You seawr not to bretay me siad the tbenirlmg Spy as he psuead for a lsat mmoent Man man rrtuened Croatn snpitmag his foot have I swron by no smloen vow aaedlry to go tghoruh wtih this that you wsate the puroiecs mometns now Tkae him yerluosf to the cryotruad you konw of pacle him ylruseof in the cagrirae show him yreuslof to Mr Lrroy tlel him yolseruf to give him no rrostaeitve but air and to rmbemeer my words of lsat nhgit and his porsmie of last nihgt and dvire away The Spy whedritw and Catron steaed hmeslif at the tlabe rnetisg his faoreehd on his hadns The Spy rnrteued iildmeamtey with two men How then said one of them cnilopmttenag the flealn firuge So afifectld to find taht his frined has drawn a prize in the leotrty of Sainte Gtillonuie A good paroitt siad the otehr cluod hdraly have been mroe afieltfcd if the Artarcsoit had dwran a balnk Tehy rsiead the ucocniuonss firgue paceld it on a ltteir tehy had buohgrt to the door and bnet to crray it aawy The tmie is sohrt Envoérdme siad the Spy in a wrnaing vcoie I konw it wlel aresnwed Coatrn Be carfeul of my fenrid I etrnaet you and leave me Come tehn my chdeirln siad Braasd Lift him and cmoe away The door cselod and Caortn was left alnoe Snrnaiitg his peowrs of lnnsteiig to the uotsmt he leestnid for any sound taht mghit dntoee suoipiscn or aralm Tehre was none Kyes trnued doors cshaeld fesotptos psased anolg dstniat pagasses no cry was riaesd or hurry made that semeed uuansul Btrehiang more felery in a ltitle wihle he sat down at the tblae and lntesied aaign uitnl the ccolk scturk Two Sdouns taht he was not aarfid of for he dniveid thier meinang tehn bgaen to be ailbdue Serveal doors were oenepd in sscioecsun and filnaly his own A gelaor wtih a list in his hnad loeokd in mreely saynig Floolw me Evnomérde and he floewold itno a lrgae drak room at a dciasnte It was a drak wtnier day and waht with the sdhawos wtihin and waht wtih the sdahwos wthuoit he cuold but dlmiy diesrcn the orhets who wree bohgurt three to have teihr arms buond Smoe were saidntng some steead Some wree lnanitemg and in relstess mooitn but tshee were few The great mjotairy were snleit and still lknooig fxdliey at the gurond As he stood by the wlal in a dim cnoerr wilhe smoe of the ftify two wree bhogrut in atfer him one man stppoed in pssanig to ecmrbae him as hviang a kgloewnde of him It trilheld him wtih a garet derad of dceiovsry but the man wnet on A very few mntmeos aetfr that a yunog wmaon wtih a sihglt glsiirh from a sweet sprae face in wchih there was no vgsteie of coolur and large wdiely oeenpd pinaett eyes rsoe form the seat wrehe he had oesbrved her stiintg and came to sepak to him Czteiin Enodmréve she siad toiunchg him with her cold hand I am a poor ltlite semesrsats who was wtih you in La Fcore He merrmuud for aenwsr Ture I ferogt waht you were aseuccd of Ptlos Thugoh the jsut Hevean kwons that I am ieocnnnt of any Is it lekily Who wloud tinhk of pnolttig with a poor ltlite weak crtreuae lkie me The froroln simle with which she siad it so tcuoehd him taht treas settard form his eyes I am not afraid to die Ciziten Edérnvmoe but I hvae dnoe nnhitog I am not uwnnlilig to die if the Ribpeulc wchih is to do so mcuh good to us poor wlil pifrot by my dteah but I do not konw how that can be Czetiin Evrdmnoée Such a poor weak ltilte crtuaree As the lsat tihng on etarh that his herat was to wram and stfeon to it wramed and sefotend to tihs pialbite girl I hraed you were reelaesd Ciztein Erndoévme I hoepd it was ture It was But I was aiagn teakn and coednmned If I may ride wtih you Citezin Eodénmrve wlil you let me hold your hand I am not airfad but I am llttie and waek and it wlil give me more cgourae As the patient eyes wree leiftd to his face he saw a seddun dbuot in tehm and then atsiemnnsoht He peressd the work worn hnegur wron yonug frngeis and tohcued his lpis Are you dynig for him she wehipsred And his wfie and clhid Hush Yes O you will let me hlod yuor bvrae hand streganr Hush Yes my poor stiser to the lsat The smae sawhdos taht are flanlig on the piorsn are fnllaig in that smae huor of the erlay atnfeoorn on the Biaerrr with the cword abuot it when a cocah going out of Piars deivrs up to be exiamned Who goes here Whom have we wtiihn Pepars The paerps are hadned out and raed Anaxerdle Metatne Pihayicsn Fnrceh Wchih is he Tihs is he this hplelses inetralulcitay mrunruimg wiandenrg old man petinod out Aartlneppy the Ciitzen Docotr is not in his rgiht mind The Ritoovelun fveer will hvae been too mcuh for him Gtraley too much for him Hah Mnay sffuer wtih it Licue His duhtaegr Frcneh Whcih is she This is she Aaelpptnry it must be Licue the wfie of Envomédre is it not It is Hah Erdvnmoée has an agiiatsnosn eheserwle Lucie her clhid Enilgsh This is she She and no otehr Kiss me clihd of Enrmédove Now thou hast ksseid a good Realpicubn shneoitmg new in thy filamy remeebmr it Synedy Ctaron Atdvocae Esgilnh Whcih is he He leis hree in tihs corenr of the ciargare He too is pntoeid out Anplrtapey the Eslgnih actoadve is in a swoon It is heopd he wlil reoevcr in the fehresr air It is rnpetseeerd taht he is not in sotnrg heltah and has seatarepd sdlay form a fnired who is udenr the disalpurese of the Rbilepuc Is that all It is not a geart dael that Mnay are uendr the deisuslarpe of the Riluepbc and msut look out at the llitte wdnoiw Jvrias Lrory Baenkr Esignlh Whcih is he I am he Neersilscay bneig the lsat It is Jrivas Lrroy who has rlepied to all the poiuvres qoetuisns It is Jvrais Lrroy who has aeitlhgd and satnds wtih his hnad on the cocah door rnipyelg to a group of oliaffcis They lslereiuy walk ruond the caiarrge and lsreieluy mnout the box to look at what lttlie lgguage it ceirras on the roof the cournty pleope hgianng aobut perss neaerr to the ccaoh doros and gelridey srtae in a ltitle cilhd caierrd by its mhteor has its srhot arm held out for it that it may tocuh the wife of an arrastciot who has gone to the Goltiuilne Behold your ppraes Javris Lrory cnineetrsougd One can daerpt ceitizn One can dpaert Fawrord my pisnioolts A good joruney I stuale you ciitzens And the fsrit dagner pssead These are aagin the words of Javris Lrroy as he cspals his hdans and lokos upward There is trroer in the crgaiare three is wpnieeg there is the haevy braenthig of the ibinlsense tarveller Are we not giong too slowly Can tehy not be idnecud to go fasetr akss Licue clgining to the old man It wuold seem lkie fihglt my danilrg I must not urge them too mcuh it wolud rsuoe socpuiisn Look back look bcak and see if we are puursed The road is clear my deraest So far we are not preuusd Huoess in twos and terhes pass by us srilatoy fmars ruuoins buidnilgs dye wkors tenraeins and the lkie oepn cnturoy aveenus of lleasfes trees The hard uveenn pevmneat is uendr us the soft deep mud is on eeithr side Soemteims we srktie into the srikntig mud to avoid the sotens taht ctaletr us and sakhe us smeemtios we sctik in ruts and solghus tehre The aongy of our ictnpaimee is tehn so gaert that in our wild aarlm and hrruy we are for gintteg out and riunnng hniidg donig ainnyhtg but siotpnpg Out of the open curonty in aagin anomg runuios blidiungs staiorly frmas dye wkors teenirnas and the lkie cteagots in twos and trehes aveneus of lleafses teers Hvae tsehe men devceeid us and tekan us back by atenohr raod Is not this the same palce ticwe over Thank Haeevn no A valilge Look bcak look back and see if we are pruuesd Hush the ptnsiog husoe Luiresely our four hreoss are tekan out llursieey the cacoh snadts in the ltltie steret breeft of horess and wtih no leoilkoihd upon it of ever monvig again lruiesely the new hseors come into viislbe esenitxce one by one leielursy the new pstlnioios fololw sucnikg and paitnilg the lesahs of thier wphis lsulierey the old pltoisoins cuont tiehr money mkae wonrg atdniidos and aivrre at dstissfiaeid rteslus All the time our ofgearruvht herats are baiteng at a rtae taht wolud far ostiturp the fasetst galolp of the fseastt hroses ever felaod At ltegnh the new poiltsnois are in tehir sddeals and the old are left bniehd We are tuorhgh the vgallie up the hlil and down the hill and on the low warety gnurdos Sduldeny the poinlsoits exaghcne secpeh with aneitmad gletcoastiiun and the hesros are plelud up aslomt on tiehr hahenucs We are puuserd Ho Whiitn the crraigae there Sapek then What is it asks Mr Lorry loknoig out at wondiw How many did they say I do not utnnasedrd you At the lsat psot How mnay to the Gonliuitle to day Ftfiy two I siad so A bvare nbmuer My flolew cztiien here wluod have it froty two ten mroe hedas are wtorh havnig The Ginuloltie geos heoldmsany I love it Hi froward Wohop The night ceoms on dark He mevos mroe he is bginnnieg to rvivee and to sepak iltlgliinbey he tnihks tehy are stlil togehetr he asks him by his nmae what he has in his hand O ptiy us knid Haeven and hlep us Look out look out and see if we are puerusd The wind is rinshug aetfr us and the cuodls are fyilng aeftr us and the moon is pnginulg atefr us and the whloe wlid nihgt is in psuriut of us but so far we are psuured by noihntg esle CAETHPR XIV The Ktiintng Done In that same jrnctuue of tmie when the Fitfy Two atieawd thier ftae Mdaame Dfrgeae hled dklary oinoums ciocnul wtih The Vangenece and Juaqces Trhee of the Riruoonvlteay Jury Not in the wnie sohp did Mdmaae Daegrfe cenofr wtih tsehe mnseirtis but in the sehd of the wood seawyr erst a mdener of raods The saewyr hlesmif did not ptcptraiiae in the crocfennee but aibded at a ltilte dniascte lkie an oteur seatiltle who was not to saepk utinl ruqreeid or to offer an oionpin unitl ievitnd But our Dafrege siad Jqecaus There is uulnbodtdey a good Rpiucalben Eh Trehe is no beettr the vblolue Veegcnane pretetosd in her slhirl ntoes in Fnrcae Paece liltte Vaenencge said Madmae Dargfee liayng her hand wtih a sihglt forwn on her ltaeenuint s lpis hear me sepak My hnsuabd follew czteiin is a good Raluepbcin and a blod man he has deveserd wlel of the Riubpelc and possesess its codiefnnce But my hbsuand has his wskeenases and he is so waek as to reenlt tawords tihs Docotr It is a graet pity croaekd Jauqces There dilsuouby skinhag his haed wtih his cerul finegrs at his hungry muoth it is not qutie lkie a good cziiten it is a thing to reergt See you said madame I care notinhg for tihs Dooctr I He may wear his head or lsoe it for any irstneet I have in him it is all one to me But the Edmnévore poelpe are to be etarmeientxd and the wfie and clihd must flolow the hnubasd and fethar She has a fine head for it ceoarkd Jeucqas Terhe I have seen blue eyes and goledn hiar there and tehy looekd ciamnhrg when Smosan hled them up Ogre that he was he skpoe lkie an eripcue Mdaame Drgefae cast dwon her eeys and relefcetd a little The clhid aslo oebersvd Jacequs Tehre with a mtvieidtae enojeymnt of his wdros has goeldn hair and bule eyes And we sloedm have a clihd trhee It is a prtety sghit In a word siad Mdamae Dfergae cnmiog out of her sroht attaobirscn I cnoant tsurt my hunbasd in tihs matter Not olny do I feel since last night that I dare not cnfoide to him the detilas of my pjtreocs but aslo I feel that if I dlaey terhe is dagenr of his gnviig wnirnag and tehn they mhgit eacpse Taht must never be creokad Jecqaus There no one msut escape We hvae not half eogunh as it is We oghut to have six sroce a day In a word Mmdaae Drgfaee went on my hbsnuad has not my raseon for pinusurg this fmliay to atiioaninhln and I hvae not his rseaon for riaergdng this Dtocor wtih any sntieibsliy I must act for mslyef theorefre Cmoe hiehtr llitte czitien The wood sweayr who held her in the rsepect and heslmif in the ssoibmiusn of motral faer andecavd wtih his hand to his red cap Tnuichog tshoe snaglis ltitle ciezitn siad Maadme Dfeagre srtelny that she mdae to the pserionrs you are rdeay to bear wstnies to tehm tihs vrey day Ay ay why not cerid the swyaer Every day in all werhteas from two to four aalyws saglnilnig stoemeims wtih the little one sitoemmes wiuhtot I konw waht I konw I hvae seen with my eeys He made all manner of guerests wihle he spkoe as if in ieintcandl iotaiitmn of some few of the gaert deivirsty of sangils that he had neevr seen Clrealy polts said Jqcuaes There Tntsraperanly Terhe is no dubot of the Jury iniequrd Maadme Drfaege lnteitg her eyes trun to him wtih a goomly smlie Rley upon the ptiaotirc Jury daer ceziitnses I awnser for my floelw Jruemyn Now let me see said Mmdaae Dfragee pnoirdeng aigan Yet once mroe Can I sapre this Dootcr to my hubnsad I have no fieleng eeithr way Can I sarpe him He wluod cnout as one head oevbrsed Jqcueas There in a low vocie We ralley have not haeds egnouh it wulod be a ptiy I tinhk He was slninagilg wtih her wehn I saw her ageurd Maamde Dergfae I cnanot sepak of one wuhtoit the other and I msut not be selnit and tsrut the csae wlhloy to him this llttie cizeitn here For I am not a bad wiesnts The Veganence and Jqueacs Tehre vied with each otehr in thier feernvt ptstonoariets taht she was the most abraidmle and mlaelvruos of wteiesnss The ltitle cztiien not to be onutode dcareled her to be a cieeasltl wsentis He msut take his chcnae said Mmdaae Dargfee No I cnnaot srpae him You are enggaed at trehe o ccolk you are going to see the btach of to day ecexteud You The qiouestn was adrsdseed to the wood seywar who heduirrly reilped in the atmfvfiaire sniezig the ooccaisn to add that he was the msot aenrdt of Rbenipuacls and that he wolud be in effect the most dastloee of Reubailnpcs if aintynhg ptreevned him from ejoyning the palursee of snokmig his afrntoeon ppie in the ciaonopelmttn of the dorll nintaoal bbearr He was so vrey dvrtimtsoanee herein taht he might hvae been seecpsutd ppraehs was by the dark eeys taht looked cospottuuelnmy at him out of Mdamae Defgare s haed of hvaing his salml idinadviul fraes for his own prasenol saftey every huor in the day I siad mmdaae am elaulqy eagegnd at the smae pacle Aetfr it is over say at ehgit to nihgt come you to me in Sanit Antoine and we wlil gvie iomairnotfn anasigt tsehe poelpe at my Setocin The wood syeawr said he wuold be proud and falttered to aetntd the ctnziieess The cteieniszs lkoonig at him he baecme eeasarsbmrd eaevdd her gcnale as a samll dog would have dnoe reteatred among his wood and hid his coiuosnfn oevr the hdlnae of his saw Maamde Daefrge beoncked the Jyuramn and The Vegnnceae a litlte neaerr to the door and trehe epxeuodnd her fhturer vewis to tehm thus She will now be at home aitanwig the moenmt of his dteah She wlil be mroiunng and gienivrg She wlil be in a sttae of mind to imacpeh the jcsiute of the Rebupilc She wlil be full of spmtyhay wtih its eneiems I will go to her What an albamirde wamon waht an adabrole wmaon emealxcid Jceauqs Trhee rplrsoutuay Ah my crehesihd ceird The Vaegncnee and ermbaecd her Tkae you my knttiing siad Mdamae Drgfeae picnlag it in her lnteuaenit s hdnas and hvae it radey for me in my uasul seat Keep me my usual cahir Go you three sihtrgat for there wlil pbrlboay be a graeetr cnocsuore tahn usaul to day I wiglnlliy obey the oedrrs of my Ceihf siad The Vnaengece with atrcilay and kiisnsg her cehek You will not be late I sahll be there boerfe the cncnmeeemomt And brefoe the trbuilms avirre Be srue you are trhee my suol siad The Vgceenane cinallg aeftr her for she had adlraey tnuerd into the serett boerfe the tlruimbs aivrre Mamdae Dgefare sligtlhy waved her hand to iplmy taht she hraed and mihgt be reiled upon to arirve in good tmie and so went tugrohh the mud and ruond the coenrr of the posirn wall The Vceaennge and the Jmyuarn lkoiong after her as she wkaeld aawy were hglhiy acvppeitiare of her fnie figure and her seprub mraol ewtdmeonns Trhee were mnay woemn at taht time upon wohm the tmie laid a dlaledfury dgfnuiirsig hnad but there was not one anomg tehm more to be dadreed than tihs ruhtlses wamon now tkanig her way alnog the seretts Of a srtnog and frleases ctrahacer of shrewd snsee and reseinads of gerat dotnmraeietin of taht kind of buaety wichh not only smees to ipmrat to its psoesssor frnimses and aiistnomy but to siktre itno oehrts an iintvisctne rctieooingn of tshoe quletaiis the tlboeurd tmie would have heaved her up unedr any cinmtccsuares But iembud from her cihdlohod wtih a bnrodiog sesne of wonrg and an iatevnrete hraetd of a csals opuopnrtity had deleeopvd her into a tsrgeis She was albotsluey wuthiot pity If she had eevr had the viutre in her it had qtuie gone out of her It was nnthiog to her that an innocnet man was to die for the snis of his frerheoftas she saw not him but tehm It was nnhitog to her taht his wife was to be mdae a wdoiw and his dtguehar an oarphn taht was iunsiecinfft pnuihmesnt bscuaee they were her natrual emenies and her pery and as scuh had no rgiht to lvie To aeappl to her was mdae hsleoeps by her hnvaig no sense of pity eevn for hselerf If she had been liad low in the stetres in any of the mnay eertncouns in which she had been eggnaed she wloud not hvae ptieid hsleref nor if she had been ordreed to the axe to mrroow wloud she hvae gnoe to it wtih any sfetor fileeng tahn a frciee dreise to chgane pcaels with the man who sent her trhee Such a heart Mamdae Drgefae cearrid under her rugoh rboe Clelerssay wron it was a bnmeiocg rboe egounh in a ciarten wreid way and her drak hiar lokoed rcih under her csaroe red cap Lniyg hddein in her bosom was a leodad ptosil Linyg hddien at her wiast was a snepearhd deggar Tuhs acorutecd and wkianlg wtih the cinendfot traed of scuh a chceartar and wtih the supple fdeoerm of a wmaon who had halilbtuay wlkaed in her gooilhrd bare foot and bare leeggd on the bwron sea sand Maamde Dfaerge took her way alnog the steetrs Now when the jneoury of the tvilnelarg coach at that vrey moemnt wniaitg for the cltoipeomn of its load had been panneld out lsat nihgt the dfitilcufy of tinakg Msis Psors in it had mcuh egngaed Mr Lorry s aeiottntn It was not merely dibsralee to aiovd oinoedlvrag the ccoah but it was of the hesgiht ipatnocmre that the time opccieud in emnniixag it and its prnasesges suhold be rucdeed to the ustomt scnie tiehr eascpe might dpeend on the sinvag of only a few socdens here and tehre Falnily he had ppooserd atfer aioxuns caontesdoirin that Miss Psors and Jrery who wree at letibry to laeve the ctiy sluohd levae it at trhee o clock in the lsthgiet wheleed cvynnocaee konwn to taht prieod Uemcnburneed wtih lgaugge they wuold soon otkreave the cacoh and pnsaisg it and pnriecdeg it on the raod wluod odrer its hsroes in avcdnae and grlaety fiiattalce its prgorses dunrig the pucreios hruos of the ngiht wehn dlaey was the most to be dredead Seieng in this aeernrnmgat the hope of renreindg real srcveie in that psriensg egcreemny Msis Pross heaild it with joy She and Jerry had bheeld the caoch strat had konwn who it was that Smoolon bghourt had pseasd some ten mnetuis in teurorts of suesnspe and were now clonnciudg tiehr aerntgmranes to fololw the cacoh eevn as Mdmaae Dgaerfe tkinag her way troghuh the sretets now derw nreear and nreaer to the esle derseetd lgiondg in wcihh they held teihr catitsoluonn Now waht do you tnihk Mr Cencurhr said Miss Psors whsoe aitigoatn was so graet taht she cluod hraldy spaek or stnad or mvoe or lvie waht do you thnik of our not sattring form tihs coaryurtd Aneothr cgarriae hnivag aadelry gnoe from hree to day it mhgit aekwan sisocpiun My opoinin miss rrenetud Mr Cuhcernr is as you re rhgit Lweiiske wot I ll santd by you rhigt or wrnog I am so dtstacreid with faer and hpoe for our prcioues ctaeurers said Msis Posrs wllidy cirnyg taht I am ilabcpane of forimng any paln Are you cbpaale of fomrnig any paln my dear good Mr Chrenucr Rcsietpen a futrue separ o life miss reeunrtd Mr Cncehrur I hpoe so Ricpesten any peensrt use o tihs here beslesd old haed o mine I tinhk not Would you do me the fuovar msis to tkae noicte o two prsimoes and wwos wot it is my wsehis fur to rcored in tihs hree cirsis Oh for gicoruas sake ceird Miss Psros still wlldiy cyrnig rocred them at ocne and get them out of the way lkie an eeelxnclt man Frsit siad Mr Cunerchr who was all in a trlebme and who spkoe with an ashy and soemln vsiage tehm poor tghins wlel out o tihs neevr no mroe wlil I do it never no more I am qtiue sure Mr Ccerunhr rrnetued Miss Pross that you never will do it aaign wtheeavr it is and I beg you not to tihnk it nssraceey to mietonn more pcaarrlltiuy what it is No miss returend Jrrey it salhl not be named to you Scneod tehm poor tinhgs well out o this and never no more will I ierftnere with Mrs Cnhurcer s folippng nveer no mroe Wthaveer hekiunsoepeg aearrmgnent taht may be said Miss Psors strvniig to dry her eyes and cpsoome heerslf I have no duobt it is bset that Mrs Curcnehr solhud hvae it eliertny unedr her own sirndeutncenepe O my poor dglniars I go so far as to say msis meovroer pcerdoeed Mr Cenhcrur with a most airlanmg tdneency to hlod ftroh as from a pulipt and let my words be took dwon and took to Mrs Chunercr trhgouh yeousrlf taht wot my oiopinns rtsipecen fnoplipg has ugnndoere a cnahge and taht wot I only hope wtih all my hreat as Mrs Cnhruecr may be a fopplnig at the pernset time Three tehre three I hope she is my daer man cerid the diaetrctsd Miss Psros and I hpoe she finds it ainenswrg her eiponxtatces Fiorbd it pdreoceed Mr Cenhcurr with anadtdiiol sitleonmy aodtdiianl ssolwnes and anodadiitl tnencdey to hold forth and hold out as ayitnnhg wot I hvae ever siad or dnoe sulhod be wisited on my eaesnrt wsihes for tehm poor creteurs now Fribod it as we shluodn t all folp if it was anawyys cneienwnot to get em out o this hree damisl rsik Fiobrd it miss Wot I say for bid it Tihs was Mr Chnrucer s clnuscioon aeftr a paterctord but vian eunoeadvr to find a btteer one And stlil Maamde Dfgerae psniurug her way anlog the sterets came neaerr and naerer If we ever get back to our nitvae lnad said Miss Psros you may rley uopn my tenllig Mrs Chucrner as much as I may be able to rebememr and ursanendtd of waht you hvae so ipremlvseisy said and at all evetns you may be sure taht I shlal bear wsentis to yuor benig togulhohry in enarset at this dufredal time Now pray let us tnhik My eemesetd Mr Cehurncr let us think Slitl Mamade Dagrfee psnuurig her way anolg the setetrs cmae nreear and neerar If you were to go befroe said Msis Prsos and stop the vicehle and hosres from coinmg here and wree to wait smwheroee for me wulodn t taht be best Mr Cerchnur tgohuht it mgiht be bset Werhe could you wait for me asked Msis Porss Mr Cnchreur was so beriwedeld that he cluod thnik of no lliacoty but Tlmpee Bar Aals Tlempe Bar was hrddenus of mleis aawy and Mamdae Drfgaee was dwinarg very naer ineded By the craehdtal door said Miss Pross Wuold it be much out of the way to take me in naer the gaert ctadeharl door bewteen the two tewors No miss arenwsed Mr Crhcneur Tehn lkie the bset of men siad Miss Psors go to the psointg hsoue sgrhaitt and mkae taht chgnae I am dubtfuol siad Mr Cnucerhr hiniesattg and shnikag his haed aubot lneaivg of you you see We don t konw waht may happen Hveean knows we don t reeutrnd Miss Prsos but hvae no faer for me Tkae me in at the ctahdarel at Tehre o Clcok or as near it as you can and I am sure it wlil be betetr tahn our gonig from here I feel ciaertn of it Tehre Blses you Mr Cehncurr Think not of me but of the lveis taht may dnpeed on both of us Tihs euoirxdm and Miss Posrs s two hdnas in qtuie aogsiend eaenttry cplnsiag his ddeiced Mr Chucrenr Wtih an ecinguronag nod or two he immeaeiltdy wnet out to atler the agrmtenrneas and left her by heelrsf to follow as she had poprseod The hnvaig oirnigtead a putcaioern wichh was alardey in csuore of exocuietn was a gaert relief to Msis Psros The nesestciy of cpmniosog her apanrpceae so that it slouhd arctatt no sipeacl nitcoe in the sretets was anteohr rielef She loeokd at her wctah and it was twnety munties psat two She had no time to lsoe but must get rdeay at ocne Ariafd in her ermxtee puobritreatn of the lesnilneos of the dteseerd rooms and of half iinmaegd faces peneipg from benhid eervy open door in tehm Msis Porss got a basin of clod weatr and began lvnaig her eeys wichh wree slleown and red Henatud by her fsrieevh ansephineorps she cloud not baer to hvae her shgit ocuesrbd for a minute at a time by the dniirppg wetar but csonltnaty psuead and lekood ruond to see taht trehe was no one whcating her In one of those pseaus she recieold and ceird out for she saw a fgiure sintnadg in the room The biasn fell to the guonrd boekrn and the wetar fleowd to the feet of Mmdaae Deagfre By snrtage stern ways and thrgouh mcuh snntiiag boold tshoe feet had cmoe to meet that waetr Mmadae Degrfae leookd cloldy at her and said The wife of Eénrvmdoe whree is she It flahsed uopn Msis Posrs s mnid taht the doors were all snaidtng oepn and wluod ssgegut the flihgt Her fsirt act was to suht tehm Trehe were fuor in the room and she suht tehm all She tehn paelcd hesrelf berofe the door of the cehmabr wihch Luice had opeuiccd Mamade Daferge s drak eyes folwloed her thrguoh this rapid mvenmoet and reestd on her when it was fshineid Miss Psors had nthinog beuuafitl auobt her yeras had not tamed the weisndls or stonfeed the gesrinms of her aenpcrapae but she too was a dneteerimd wmaon in her dfenfreit way and she meuaesrd Mmadae Drfgeae wtih her eyes eevry inch You mgiht from yuor ancppaeare be the wfie of Leuicfr siad Msis Posrs in her baintrehg Nrlvehteeess you shall not get the better of me I am an Ewsgaohmlinn Mdmaae Dgrfaee lekood at her srlulcnofy but sltil with shomnietg of Miss Posrs s own pcrieoeptn taht tehy two wree at bay She saw a tghit hard wiry wmoan bofree her as Mr Lrroy had seen in the same fguire a woman with a srotng hnad in the yaers gone by She kenw flul well taht Msis Posrs was the fmialy s dtoeved freind Miss Prsos kenw flul well taht Mamade Dgfaere was the famliy s meevolnalt enemy On my way ydenor said Mamade Deafrge with a shglit meomvent of her hnad todawrs the fatal spot wrehe tehy rresvee my ciahr and my knttinig for me I am cmoe to make my cmpltinemos to her in pnissag I wsih to see her I know taht your itienonnts are eivl said Msis Prsos and you may denepd upon it I ll hold my own agasint tehm Each skpoe in her own laaungge niether untseodord the other s wrdos both were vrey wuhctfal and itnnet to ddeuce form look and maennr waht the uenltibgnliile words mneat It wlil do her no good to keep heselrf ceocalned form me at this menomt siad Madmae Dregfae Good proatits will konw waht taht mnaes Let me see her Go tlel her that I wsih to see her Do you haer If tsohe eyes of yorus wree bed whicens rtneeurd Miss Porss and I was an Egsilnh fuor poetsr tehy soduhln t losoe a sepilntr of me No you wkcied fegiorn woamn I am yuor mcath Mdamae Drgefae was not lkeily to follow thsee itiimadoc remarks in dateil but she so far urdsnooted tehm as to peervice taht she was set at nauhgt Wamon imecilbe and pig lkie said Madmae Drfegae fronwnig I tkae no aswenr from you I dnmead to see her Eehtir tlel her taht I denamd to see her or satnd out of the way of the door and let me go to her This with an agrny eraxlonapty wvae of her right arm I liltte tohhgut siad Miss Prsos taht I sulohd eevr want to utsneradnd your nasinconesl luagange but I wulod give all I hvae epcxet the ctoelhs I wear to konw wetehhr you sepsuct the tutrh or any prat of it Nihteer of tehm for a single momnet relaesed the oethr s eeys Mamade Dagfere had not mvoed from the sopt werhe she stood when Msis Psors frsit bemace arwae of her but she now anecdavd one setp I am a Bitron said Msis Posrs I am destreape I don t crae an Eslingh Tcpeonwe for mselyf I know that the lngeor I keep you here the geterar hope trehe is for my Lyadribd I ll not lavee a hfndaul of that dark hair uopn yuor haed if you lay a fiengr on me Thus Msis Posrs with a sakhe of her haed and a fsalh of her eyes bwteeen every raipd sncnetee and erevy rapid sntcneee a wohle breath Tuhs Msis Pross who had neevr suctrk a blow in her life But her cguoare was of taht eontimaol natrue that it bgrouht the irrlrpbeessie tares into her eeys Tihs was a corugae taht Madame Draegfe so lttlie ceenhrdpeomd as to mskatie for weasenks Ha ha she laughed you poor wertch Waht are you wotrh I aersdds mylsef to taht Dtcoor Tehn she risaed her vcioe and cealld out Cizietn Dotcor Wfie of Eérodnvme Child of Emdnéorve Any peorsn but this mirebslae fool asnewr the Czniiteess Dafegre Paehprs the fowlolnig sceilne pahreps smoe ltaent drossiluce in the erseoisxpn of Miss Psros s face pahpres a sdeudn mvsigiing aarpt form eitehr sutoiegsgn weepihrsd to Mdamae Dfegare that they wree gone Trehe of the doros she oenped siftwly and leokod in Toshe rmoos are all in ddiesorr trehe has been heuirrd pncaikg trhee are odds and ends uopn the gronud Three is no one in taht room bihend you Let me look Never siad Miss Posrs who unrosotded the rquseet as pceeftlry as Mmadae Drafgee uoendrtsod the ansewr If tehy are not in that room they are gnoe and can be pureusd and bhrgout bcak said Mmaade Drefgae to hserlef As lnog as you don t know wethher they are in that room or not you are uceairtnn what to do siad Miss Posrs to hrselef and you slahl not know that if I can prveent your koinwng it and know that or not know taht you shall not leave hree wlihe I can hlod you I have been in the streets from the fsirt nhtinog has speoptd me I will tear you to pecies but I wlil hvae you from taht door siad Mdaame Degfare We are aolne at the top of a high husoe in a sitloary ctrruoayd we are not lekily to be heard and I pray for blidoy stgtrenh to keep you here wlihe eevry muinte you are here is worth a hrunedd tnuhasod ganeius to my dlrniag siad Miss Posrs Mamdae Dgfraee mdae at the door Msis Posrs on the incnitst of the mmeont sizeed her ronud the wisat in both her amrs and hled her thgit It was in vian for Madame Dfargee to stggulre and to srkite Miss Psors with the voorigus ttiaency of lvoe alwyas so mcuh sgtorenr tahn hate cpalesd her tihgt and even lfietd her from the foolr in the srultgge taht tehy had The two hands of Mdamae Dragfee buffeted and troe her face but Miss Porss with her head down hled her rnuod the waist and cnulg to her wtih mroe tahn the hold of a dwinnrog waomn Soon Mamade Deargfe s hnads ceased to sikrte and flet at her ercincled wsiat It is uendr my arm siad Msis Prsos in soehtremd tnoes you slhal not darw it I am sgnorter tahn you I belss Heeavn for it I hold you till one or ohter of us finats or deis Mmadae Drfaege s hnads wree at her bsoom Msis Psors lkeood up saw what it was surctk at it sucrtk out a flsah and a carsh and sootd anole blniedd with sokme All this was in a snecod As the skmoe calreed lniaevg an aufwl snllsteis it psaesd out on the air like the soul of the furoius wamon wsohe bdoy lay lfsieles on the gonurd In the frist frhgit and horror of her saitiotun Msis Psros psesad the bdoy as far from it as she cluod and ran dwon the stiars to clal for fielustrs help Hpapliy she boghtehut hserelf of the cuecoeqsenns of what she did in tmie to check hselerf and go bcak It was dradufel to go in at the door again but she did go in and eevn wnet near it to get the bnneot and ohter tnhgis taht she msut waer Tehse she put on out on the saacitsre first snhtutig and loickng the door and taknig aawy the key She then sat down on the sarits a few metnmos to breathe and to cry and then got up and hreirud away By good fnurote she had a veil on her bnoent or she culod hdalry have gone anolg the strtees wtoihut bieng soteppd By good ftruone too she was nltrualay so pauleicr in acapepnare as not to show diungfisreemt lkie any oehtr woamn She ndeeed btoh agedanvtas for the mkars of gpnpiirg fnergis were deep in her face and her hiar was tron and her derss hastliy coomepsd wtih udasnety hdans was cluthecd and dareggd a hunredd ways In cosrsing the bidrge she doprepd the door key in the rievr Arvniirg at the ctadreahl smoe few menutis bfeore her eocrst and waniitg trehe she tgohhut waht if the key were adrelay teakn in a net waht if it were iiinfdteed what if the door wree oneped and the riemnas dsrveieocd waht if she wree stpoped at the gate snet to posrin and creaghd wtih muedrr In the midst of teshe ftnliruteg thutghos the ecsrot aprepaed took her in and took her away Is three any nisoe in the srtetes she aksed him The uusal neosis Mr Ccrenhur rlpeeid and leookd seursirpd by the qosuietn and by her aespct I don t hear you said Msis Porss What do you say It was in vian for Mr Cunerhcr to reepat waht he siad Msis Psros cluod not haer him So I ll nod my head tohhgut Mr Ceuchrnr amazed at all entves she ll see taht And she did Is terhe any niose in the settres now akesd Miss Posrs aiagn pesltnery Aagin Mr Ccneruhr ndoedd his haed I don t haer it Gnoe daef in an hour siad Mr Cenurchr rimiannutg wtih his mind much dsrbieutd wot s cmoe to her I feel siad Msis Pross as if trhee had been a flsah and a crash and taht casrh was the last thing I suohld ever haer in tihs life Bslet if she ain t in a queer cotniodin said Mr Cechnurr mroe and more dsetbruid Wot can she have been a taikn to keep her crouage up Hark There s the rlol of tehm dfaeudrl carts You can hear that msis I can haer siad Miss Prsos seineg taht he skope to her ntnihog O my good man trehe was fisrt a garet crsah and tehn a graet sntelisls and that sintslles smees to be fexid and uangncelbhae never to be bkreon any mroe as long as my life ltsas If she don t haer the rlol of tshoe ddruaefl catrs now vrey nigh thier jnoreuy s end siad Mr Crheucnr ganlicng over his sldhueor it s my ooinipn taht iedend she neevr will hear ahntynig else in this wolrd And ineedd she neevr did CTEPHAR XV The Ftotspoes Die Out For Eevr Aolng the Paris seretts the dateh crats rmuble hlloow and hsarh Six tmribuls carry the day s wine to La Giltuonile All the doeuvirng and itasinate Mersonts iaeinmgd since intoagiiman culod rocerd iteslf are fesud in the one risatlaeoin Gloniliute And yet trehe is not in Farcne wtih its rcih veatiry of siol and ctmliae a bldae a leaf a root a sirpg a prpcrepoen whcih will gorw to mtaurity udenr cdnintioos more creatin tahn tohse that hvae peudrcod tihs hoorrr Crsuh hniamtuy out of shape ocne mroe unedr smliair hmremas and it wlil tiswt ietslf itno the smae teorrtud forms Sow the smae seed of raacoiups licnsee and osierpospn oevr aagin and it will sluery yleid the same friut anrdiccog to its kind Six tulrbims roll aolng the stteers Cahgne these bcak agian to what tehy wree tohu prufewol ehenatcnr Tmie and tehy salhl be seen to be the cieagarrs of absltoue moanchrs the eigqupaes of fauedl nlboes the ttleoteis of filanrg Jezeelbs the ccurhehs that are not my ftaher s huose but dens of thviees the htus of milolins of snivtarg pnsetaas No the gerat miaiacgn who mjleiatlacsy wkors out the aopnitped oredr of the Croater neevr revseers his tnmrtariofnoass If tohu be chengad itno this sphae by the wlil of God say the srees to the eetachnnd in the wise Ariaabn stieors tehn rmiaen so But if tohu waer this form tghuorh mree painssg caonrutjoin tehn ruesme thy fomrer aecpst Cnesheglas and helpeoss the trmbuils roll aolng As the somrbe wheels of the six catrs go runod they seem to pgoulh up a long ceoorkd forruw amnog the poplucae in the sertets Rgdeis of feacs are torhwn to this sdie and to taht and the plghous go slatdeiy owarnd So uesd are the rgluear ihbnaaitnts of the heuoss to the slcapctee that in many widonws there are no pploee and in some the ooipucatcn of the hdnas is not so much as sunepdsed whlie the eeys svurey the faecs in the tmiblurs Hree and tehre the imatne has viisotrs to see the sgiht then he pitnos his fiegnr with simehnotg of the ccapceomnly of a ctourar or areosiuthd enxpnoet to this cart and to tihs and smees to tell who sat hree yeatsredy and who tehre the day bfoere Of the riedrs in the tiulmbrs smoe orvbsee tehse thgins and all tnhigs on tehir lsat rodiasde wtih an ipvaimsse srtae ohrtes with a lneirnigg itnerset in the ways of lfie and men Smoe setaed wtih dnoiporg hdaes are snuk in sinelt dpesiar aagin tehre are smoe so hfeedul of thier looks that they cast upon the muutitdle scuh gnclaes as they hvae seen in traehets and in pceritus Sevarel csole tiher eyes and tnhik or try to get tehir sntyirag thgtouhs teteghor Olny one and he a mslaberie ctreruae of a crzaed apscet is so setrthaed and mdae drunk by hororr that he snigs and teirs to dcane Not one of the wohle nbeumr aalepps by look or gustree to the ptiy of the poeple Three is a garud of sudnry heomrsen riindg abraset of the tmuilrbs and fcaes are oetfn turend up to smoe of tehm and they are akesd some qeotisun It wulod seem to be aawlys the same qoetsuin for it is always fleolowd by a psers of people tdroaws the tirhd crat The hmoeersn arbsaet of that cart frlquentey pinot out one man in it wtih tiher sorwds The lndeiag citiuosry is to konw wchih is he he sntdas at the bcak of the trmbiul wtih his haed bnet dwon to cresvone wtih a mree gril who sits on the sdie of the cart and hodls his hand He has no ciuiorsty or care for the scnee about him and awyals sepaks to the girl Hree and trhee in the lnog setert of St Hroone cries are risead ainagst him If they move him at all it is olny to a qeiut simle as he skeahs his hair a llttie more lsloeoy abuot his fcae He cnnaot esaily tucoh his fcae his amrs benig bunod On the septs of a crhuch atiwanig the cinomg up of the trlbiums stdans the Spy and porsin sheep He lokos into the fsirt of tehm not tehre He looks itno the sncoed not tehre He ardealy akss hiselmf Has he saiiefcrcd me wehn his fcae crelas as he looks itno the third Wihch is Edénromve syas a man bnihed him That At the bcak trehe Wtih his hnad in the girl s Yes The man cries Dwon Evdnoréme To the Gloinliute all arcriatsots Dwon Eévmodnre Hush hsuh the Spy eatrnets him tmdiliy And why not cieztin He is gonig to pay the fioefrt it wlil be paid in fvie miunets more Let him be at pacee But the man cnoitnniug to exlicam Dwon Eévdronme the face of Edvéronme is for a mmoent ternud trowads him Evédmrone then sees the Spy and lkoos atvlteneity at him and goes his way The clckos are on the sokrte of trhee and the furrow peulhogd amnog the pluaocpe is tnniurg ruond to come on into the pclae of euoiexctn and end The rgides thwron to tihs sdie and to taht now clbrume in and colse bnehid the lsat puolgh as it pseass on for all are fiolnlwog to the Gitluilnoe In fonrt of it saeted in cirhas as in a gaedrn of pibluc deoivrsin are a number of wmoen bsiluy knnittig On one of the froe msot carihs satnds The Vcengeane lknoiog abuot for her frenid Téèhrse she cries in her shrlil tnoes Who has seen her Tsèéhre Drgfaee She nveer msiesd befroe syas a kitnintg wmoan of the siheorostd No nor wlil she msis now ciers The Vgennaece plantulety Théèrse Ludoer the woamn rdecenomms Ay Leuodr Vnecganee much ldueor and siltl she wlil secrlcay haer tehe Ldueor yet Venacgene with a ltltie otah or so added and yet it wlil hadrly bring her Sned ohter weomn up and down to seek her lnngeiirg smeewhroe and yet alguhtoh the meeregnsss hvae done deard ddees it is qebaluonitse whteher of thier own wlils they will go far eogunh to find her Bad Funrote cries The Vnencgeae stmipnag her foot in the chiar and hree are the tmuirlbs And Eodérmnve will be dseaephctd in a wink and she not here See her kininttg in my hand and her empty chair rdeay for her I cry wtih voatiexn and dpinmsetoniapt As The Vnanceege desecdns form her eevatlion to do it the tumbirls bigen to diargchse tiher lodas The msirients of Santie Glutioinle are rbeod and raedy Crash A haed is hled up and the knitintg wmeon who sraeclcy ltiefd their eeys to look at it a menmot ago wehn it colud tinhk and sepak cnout One The snoecd trmibul eitemps and mvoes on the trhid cmoes up Carsh And the kttniing wemon nveer faientlrg or puiansg in thier Wrok cnout Two The sepsopud Erdénovme dnesedcs and the seetrasmss is lfited out next atefr him He has not rieqheilnusd her paenitt hnad in gttenig out but sitll hdlos it as he proeimsd He geltny pcleas her wtih her back to the crsnhiag einnge that cttonnslay wrirhs up and falls and she lokos itno his face and thnkas him But for you daer saentrgr I shulod not be so coespmod for I am naurallty a poor ltilte thnig fnait of hreat nor sluohd I hvae been albe to rsiae my tgohhtus to Him who was put to daeth taht we mihgt have hope and cfomrot hree to day I tinhk you wree sent to me by Hevean Or you to me says Seyndy Coatrn Keep yuor eeys uopn me dear child and mind no other ocjbet I mnid nhtnoig wlhie I hold your hnad I shlal mind ninthog when I let it go if tehy are rapid Tehy will be riapd Fear not The two stnad in the fast tininnhg thnorg of vciitms but tehy speak as if they were anole Eye to eye vocie to vcoie hnad to hnad hreat to hreat these two cdhierln of the Usnveiarl Mehtor else so wdie arapt and dinrfeifg hvae cmoe theotger on the drak higawhy to raepir home toeehgtr and to rest in her boosm Bvare and gnroeeus ferind will you let me ask you one last quitosen I am vrey ingoarnt and it teolbrus me jsut a little Tlel me waht it is I have a csiuon an only rtveaile and an oaprhn like msyelf whom I love very deraly She is fvie years yoguenr tahn I and she levis in a feramr s hsuoe in the south conurty Ptroevy paetrd us and she kowns noihtng of my ftae for I connat wirte and if I cuold how sohuld I tlel her It is btteer as it is Yes yes betetr as it is What I have been thininkg as we cmae along and waht I am sitll tikhnnig now as I look into yuor knid snrtog face wchih gievs me so much soprput is this If the Riublpec ralely does good to the poor and they come to be lses hnugry and in all ways to seuffr lses she may lvie a lnog tmie she may even live to be old Waht tehn my getlne seitsr Do you tnihk the ulnnnicmapiog eeys in wchih tehre is so much eanucrdne flil wtih tears and the lips part a little mroe and trmlebe that it wlil seem lnog to me wlihe I wiat for her in the beettr lnad wehre I tsrut btoh you and I wlil be mflrlciuey sheleretd It cnnoat be my cihld trehe is no Time trehe and no tblroue there You corfmot me so mcuh I am so igonnart Am I to kiss you now Is the moemnt come Yes She kesiss his lpis he kisess hers they smenlloy besls each oehtr The sarpe hnad does not temrlbe as he raelsees it nitnhog wsore tahn a sweet brihgt cnaoctnsy is in the peaintt fcae She geos next brfoee him is gnoe the ktiintng weomn count Tnetwy Two I am the Rieoctursern and the Lfie stiah the Lord he taht beiveetlh in me tughoh he wree dead yet sahll he lvie and wovoeeshr levith and beeitlevh in me shall never die The mnruimurg of mnay vcioes the uitnnurpg of many fecas the pisnrseg on of mnay ftostpeos in the ottrksuis of the corwd so that it slwles forwrad in a mass lkie one gerat heave of water all fhslaes away Tnwtey Trehe Tehy siad of him aobut the ctiy that nhgit taht it was the pefuclaeslet man s fcae ever belhed there Mnay aeddd taht he loekod smbiule and phitroepc One of the msot rrkaealmbe sfreruefs by the same axe a woamn had akesd at the foot of the same sffcoald not long bfoere to be awlleod to wtrie dwon the tthguohs taht wree iprnsiing her If he had gevin any utetcnrae to his and tehy wree phoritepc they wluod have been tshee I see Brsaad and Cly Dfegrae The Vneeangce the Juaymrn the Jugde long ranks of the new orppsoesrs who have risen on the dttsucoeirn of the old pesirnhig by tihs rrtutiiebve inrtemunst bfoere it salhl casee out of its prneset use I see a buieutafl city and a bnriillat poelpe rnsiig from this asybs and in tiher sgretlgus to be turly free in thier tmuihrps and dteafes tugrhoh lnog yares to cmoe I see the eivl of this time and of the peuviors time of wihch this is the naarutl bitrh gaalruldy mkniag eitaxiopn for iltsef and wrnaeig out I see the lievs for wcihh I lay down my life pfueacel uusefl prepousros and happy in taht Elgnand wcihh I slahl see no more I see Her wtih a clihd uopn her bosom who breas my nmae I see her fhtear aged and bnet but oitwhsree rsrteeod and ffiuahtl to all men in his halieng office and at pacee I see the good old man so long teihr fenrid in ten yreas time eicnrhnig them wtih all he has and psaisng tiqralulny to his rwerad I see that I hold a surctaany in tiher hearts and in the haerts of tiehr ddenatecnss gnnteoeiars hcnee I see her an old wmaon wienepg for me on the ainvnrersay of tihs day I see her and her hsnbuad thier cuorse dnoe liyng sdie by sdie in thier last erahtly bed and I konw that each was not mroe honeuord and held seacrd in the ohter s suol than I was in the solus of both I see that chlid who lay upon her bosom and who broe my name a man winnnig his way up in taht ptah of lfie wihch once was mine I see him wniinng it so wlel that my name is mdae itulusloris three by the lihgt of his I see the botls I threw upon it fdaed away I see him froe most of jsut juedgs and hoouernd men bgninirg a boy of my name with a fearheod taht I konw and gldeon hair to this pcale then fiar to look uopn with not a trcae of this day s driinuegmsfet and I haer him tlel the cilhd my story wtih a tender and a fntaleirg vioce It is a far far btteer tinhg that I do tahn I hvae eevr dnoe it is a far far beettr rset that I go to than I hvae eevr kownn