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of two cities. But

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before that... Let's

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take a moment

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to relax

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and prepare

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for sleep. Close

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your eyes and

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get comfortable. Begin

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to breathe slowly

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and evenly. And

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as you breathe,

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feel yourself

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sink. deeper

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into relaxation.

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Now, I will count

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backwards from 10

2:36

before recapping our

2:38

last episode. After

2:41

each descending number,

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I want you

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to feel yourself

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dropping further and

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further into a

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restful, comfortable place.

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10. 9,

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8, 7,

3:00

6, 6,

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5,

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4,

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3,

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2,

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1.

3:14

The

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year

3:19

was

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1774.

3:23

when France and England

3:25

were ruled by kings

3:28

and queens claiming divine

3:30

right. In France

3:32

Catholicism was extreme,

3:34

with people being executed

3:37

for mild offences,

3:39

such as failing to bow

3:41

down to a procession of

3:43

monks. Meanwhile, the guillotine

3:46

was somewhere in production,

3:48

awaiting to be unveiled

3:50

for yet unknown

3:52

devastation. In

3:55

England, crime was rife.

3:57

High women were commonplace.

3:59

and burglaries were so

4:02

frequent that families had

4:04

to send all their

4:06

furniture to storage if

4:08

they were travelling for

4:10

any length of time.

4:13

Justice was enforced with

4:15

inconsistency and sentences of

4:17

hangings were bestowed upon

4:19

murderers and petty thieves

4:22

alike. In the following

4:24

year 1775 A male

4:26

carriage was travelling through

4:28

the mud and sludge

4:30

with great difficulty over

4:33

the hills between London

4:35

and Dover, carrying three

4:37

passengers along with the

4:39

guard and the coachman.

4:42

Each was suspicious of

4:44

the other. The coachman

4:46

alerted the guard to

4:48

a rider approaching at

4:50

a gallop and the

4:53

guard read his gun.

4:55

with a hoarse voice,

4:57

requested a passenger by

4:59

the name of Jarvis

5:02

Lori, a bankman. When

5:04

he was allowed to

5:06

approach with caution, he

5:08

gave a note to

5:10

the passenger which read,

5:13

Wait at Dover for

5:15

Mademoiselle, to which Mr.

5:17

Lori responded with the

5:19

message, recalled to life.

5:23

The messenger continued

5:25

on after the

5:27

carriage had left,

5:29

wondering at the

5:31

strange words he

5:33

had been instructed

5:35

to pass on,

5:37

while Mr. Lorry

5:39

bumped along in

5:41

a days, dreaming

5:43

of the bank,

5:45

and of rescuing

5:47

a nondescript person

5:49

who had been

5:51

buried alive for

5:53

18 years. we

5:55

pick up with

5:57

the male carriage

5:59

arriving in Dover.

6:01

So just lie

6:03

back and relax

6:05

as I turn

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to the next

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page. of a

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tale of two

6:18

cities.

6:28

When the male got

6:30

successfully to Dover in

6:32

the course of the

6:34

forenoon, the head draw

6:36

at the Royal George

6:38

Hotel opened the coach

6:40

door as his custom

6:42

was. He did it

6:44

with some flourish of

6:46

ceremony for a male

6:48

journey from London in

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winter was an achievement

6:52

to congratulate an adventurous

6:54

traveler upon. By

6:57

that time, there was

6:59

only one adventurous traveler

7:01

left to be congratulated,

7:04

for the two others

7:06

had been set down

7:08

at their respective roadside

7:10

destinations. The Miljui inside

7:13

of the coach, with

7:15

its damp and dirty

7:17

straw, its disagreeable smell,

7:19

and its obscurity, was

7:22

rather like a larger

7:24

dog kennel. Mr.

7:27

Lorry, the passenger, shaking himself

7:29

out of it in

7:31

chains of straw, a tangle

7:34

of shaggy wrapper, flapping cat,

7:36

and muddy legs, was rather

7:39

like a larger sort of

7:41

dog. There will be a

7:44

packet to Calais tomorrow, draw.

7:46

Yes, sir, if the

7:48

weather holds in the wind

7:51

sets tolerable fair. The tide

7:53

will serve pretty nicely

7:55

at about 2 in the

7:58

afternoon, sir. Bed,

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sir? I shall not go

8:02

to bed till night. But

8:04

I want a bedroom and

8:06

a barber. And then breakfast,

8:08

sir. Yes, sir, that way,

8:10

sir, if you please. Show

8:12

Concord. Gentlemen's releasing hot water

8:14

to Concord. Pull off gentlemen's

8:16

boots in Concord. You will

8:18

find a fine sea coal

8:20

fire, sir. Fetch Barber, the

8:22

Concord. Stir about there now.

8:25

For Concord. The

8:28

Concord bed chamber being always

8:30

assigned to a passenger by

8:33

the male, and passengers by

8:35

the male being always heavily

8:38

wrapped up from head to

8:40

foot. The room had the

8:43

odd interest for the establishment

8:45

of the Royal George. It

8:47

although but one kind of

8:50

man was seen to go

8:52

into it, all kinds and

8:55

varieties of men came out

8:57

of it. Consequently... another draw,

8:59

and two porters, and several

9:02

maids, and the landlady, were

9:04

all loitering by accident at

9:07

various points of the road,

9:09

between the concord and the

9:12

coffee-room, when a gentleman of

9:14

sixty, formerly dressed in a

9:16

brown suit of clothes, pretty

9:19

well worn, but very well

9:21

kept, with large square cuffs,

9:24

and large flaps, and large

9:26

flaps. to the pocket, passed

9:29

along his way to his

9:31

breakfast. The coffee room had

9:33

no other occupant that forenoon

9:36

than the gentleman in brown.

9:38

His breakfast table was drawn

9:41

before the fire, and as

9:43

he sat, with its light

9:45

shining on him, waiting for

9:48

the meal, he sat so

9:50

still that he might have

9:53

been sitting for his portrait.

9:57

very orderly and methodical

9:59

he looked with a

10:01

hand on each knee

10:04

and a loud watch

10:06

ticking a sonorous sermon

10:09

under his flapping waistcoat,

10:11

as though it pitted

10:13

its gravity and longevity

10:16

against the levity and

10:18

evanescence of the brisk

10:20

fire. He had a

10:23

good leg and was

10:25

a little vain of

10:27

it. for his brown

10:30

stockings fitted sleek and

10:32

close and were of

10:35

a fine texture. His

10:37

shoes and buckles too,

10:39

though plain, were trim.

10:42

He wore an odd

10:44

little sleek, crisp, flaxen

10:46

wig, setting very close

10:49

to his head, which

10:51

wig it is to

10:53

be presumed was made

10:56

of hair. but which

10:58

looked far more as

11:01

though it was spun

11:03

from filaments of silk

11:05

or glass. His linen,

11:08

though not of a

11:10

fineness in accordance with

11:12

his stockings, was as

11:15

white as the tops

11:17

of the waves far

11:19

at sea. A

11:24

phase, habitually suppressed and

11:26

quieted, was still lighted

11:28

up under the quaint

11:30

wig by a pair

11:33

of moist bright eyes,

11:35

but it must have

11:37

cost their owner in

11:39

years gone by, some

11:42

pains to drill to

11:44

the composed and reserved

11:46

expression of Telson's bank.

11:48

He had a healthy

11:51

colour in his cheeks.

11:53

and his face, though

11:55

lined, bore few traces

11:57

of anxiety. But

12:00

perhaps the confidential bachelor

12:03

clerks in Telson's bank

12:05

were principally occupied with

12:07

the cares of other

12:10

people, and perhaps second-hand

12:12

cares, like second-hand clothes,

12:15

come easily off and

12:17

on. Completing his resemblance

12:19

to a man who

12:22

was sitting for his

12:24

portrait, Mr. Lorry dropped

12:27

off to sleep. The

12:30

arrival of his breakfast roused

12:32

him, and he said to

12:34

the draw as he moved

12:36

his chair to it, I

12:38

wish a commendation prepared for

12:40

a young lady who may

12:42

come here at any time

12:44

today. She may ask for

12:46

Mr. Jarvis-Lorry, or she may

12:48

only ask for a gentleman

12:51

from Tellson's bank. Please let

12:53

me know. Yes, sir. Tellson's

12:55

bank in London, sir. We

12:57

oftentimes have the honour to

12:59

entertain your gentleman in there

13:01

travelling backwards and forwards between

13:03

London and Paris, sir. Vastile

13:05

to travelling, sir, in Telson

13:07

and Company's house. Yes, we

13:09

are quite a French house

13:11

as well as an English

13:13

one. Yes, sir. Not much

13:15

in the habit of such

13:17

travelling yourself, I think, sir.

13:19

Not of late years, it's

13:21

15 years since we... since

13:23

I came last from France.

13:26

Indeed, sir. That was

13:28

before my time here,

13:30

sir. Before our people's

13:33

time here, sir. The

13:35

George was in other

13:37

hands at that time,

13:39

sir. I believe so.

13:41

But I would hold

13:43

a pretty wager, sir,

13:46

that a house like

13:48

Telson and company was

13:50

flourishing, a matter of

13:52

fifty. Indeed, sir. rounding

13:56

his mouth and both his

13:59

eyes as he stepped back.

14:01

backward from the table, the

14:04

waiter shifted his napkin from

14:06

his right arm to his

14:08

left, dropped into a comfortable

14:11

attitude, and stood surveying the

14:13

guest while he ate and

14:16

drank, as from an observatory

14:18

or watchtower. According to the

14:21

immemoral usage of waiters in

14:23

all ages, when Mr. Lorry

14:26

had finished his breakfast, He

14:28

went out for a stroll

14:31

on the beach. The little,

14:33

narrow, crooked town of Dover

14:36

hid itself away from the

14:38

beach and ran its head

14:41

into the chalk cliffs like

14:43

a marine ostrich. The beach

14:46

was a desert of heaps

14:48

of sea and stones, tumbling

14:51

wildly about, and the sea

14:53

did what it liked. and

14:55

what it liked was destruction.

14:58

It thundered at the town

15:00

and thundered at the cliffs

15:03

and brought the coast down

15:05

madly. The air among the

15:08

houses was of so strong

15:10

episcatory flavor that one might

15:13

have supposed sick fish went

15:15

up to be dipped in

15:18

it as sick people went

15:20

down to be dipped in

15:23

the sea. A

15:26

little fishing was done

15:28

in the port, and

15:30

a quantity of strolling

15:32

about by night, and

15:34

looking seaward, particularly at

15:36

those times when the

15:38

tide made and was

15:40

near flood. Small tradesmen,

15:42

who did no business

15:44

whatever, sometimes unaccountably realised

15:47

large fortunes, and it

15:49

was remarkable that nobody

15:51

in the neighbourhood, could

15:53

endure a lamp lighter.

15:55

The day declined into

15:57

the afternoon and the

15:59

air which had been

16:01

at intervals clear enough

16:03

to allow the French

16:05

coast to be seen,

16:07

became again charged with

16:09

mist and vapor. Mr.

16:11

Lorry's thoughts seemed to

16:14

cloud too. When it

16:16

was dark and he

16:18

sat before the coffee

16:20

room fire, awaiting his

16:22

dinner as he had

16:24

awaited his breakfast. His

16:26

mind was busily digging,

16:28

digging, digging in the

16:30

live red calls. A

16:32

bottle of good claret

16:34

after dinner does a

16:36

digger in the red

16:38

calls no harm, otherwise

16:41

than as it has

16:43

a tendency to throw

16:45

him out of work.

16:47

Mr. Lorry had been

16:49

idle a long time.

16:51

and had just poured

16:53

out his last glassful

16:55

of wine with his

16:57

complete in appearance of

16:59

satisfaction as is ever

17:01

to be found in

17:03

an elderly gentleman of

17:05

a fresh complexion who

17:08

has got to the

17:10

end of a bottle.

17:12

When a rattling of

17:14

wheels came up the

17:16

narrow street and rumbled

17:18

into the in-yard, he

17:20

set down his glass

17:22

untouched. This

17:25

is Mademoiselle," said he.

17:27

In a very few

17:29

minutes, the waiter came

17:31

in to announce that

17:33

Miss Manet had arrived

17:35

from London and would

17:37

be happy to see

17:39

the gentleman from Telsons.

17:41

Oh, so soon? Miss

17:43

Manet had taken some

17:45

refreshment on the road

17:47

and required Nom then,

17:49

and was extremely anxious

17:51

to see the gentleman

17:53

from Telsons immediately. if

17:55

it suited his pleasure

17:57

and convenience. The gentleman

17:59

from Telson had nothing

18:01

left for it, but

18:04

to empty his glass

18:06

with an air of

18:08

stolid desperation, settle his

18:10

odd little flaxen wig

18:12

at the ears, and

18:14

follow the waiter to

18:16

Miss Manet's apartment. It

18:18

was a dark, large

18:20

room, furnished in a

18:22

funereal manner, with black

18:24

horse hair, and loaded

18:26

with heavy dark tables.

18:29

These had been oiled

18:31

and oiled until the

18:33

two tall candles on

18:35

the table in the

18:37

middle of the room

18:40

were gloomily reflected on

18:42

every leaf, as if

18:44

they were buried in

18:46

deep graves of black

18:48

mahogany, and no light

18:50

to speak of could

18:53

be expected from them

18:55

until they were dug

18:57

out. The obscurity was

18:59

so difficult to penetrate.

19:01

that Mr. Lorry, picking

19:03

his way over the

19:06

well-worn turkey carpet, supposed

19:08

Miss Manet to be

19:10

for the moment in

19:12

some adjacent room, until,

19:14

having got past the

19:16

two tall candles, he

19:18

saw, standing to receive

19:21

him by the table

19:23

between them and the

19:25

fire, a young lady

19:27

of not more than

19:29

seventeen, in a riding

19:31

cloak. and still holding

19:34

her straw traveling hat

19:36

by its ribbon in

19:38

her hand. As his

19:40

eyes rested on a

19:42

short, slight, pretty figure,

19:44

a quantity of golden

19:47

hair, a pair of

19:49

blue eyes that met

19:51

his own with an

19:53

inquiring look, and a

19:55

forehead with a singular

19:57

capacity. remembering how young

20:00

and smooth it was,

20:02

of rifting and knitting

20:04

itself into an expression

20:06

that was not quite

20:08

one of perplexity or

20:10

wonder or alarm or

20:13

merely of a bright

20:15

fixed attention, though it

20:17

included all the four

20:19

expressions. As his eyes

20:21

rested on these things,

20:23

sudden vivid likeness passed

20:26

before him of a

20:28

child whom he had

20:30

held in his arms.

20:32

on the passage across

20:34

that very channel, one

20:36

cold time, when the

20:38

hail drifted heavily and

20:41

the sea ran high.

20:43

The likeness passed away,

20:45

like a breath, along

20:47

the surface of the

20:49

gaunt pier glass behind

20:51

her, on the frame

20:54

of which a hospital

20:56

procession of Cupids, several

20:58

headless. and all cripples

21:00

were offered black baskets

21:02

of dead sea fruit

21:04

to divinities of the

21:07

feminine gender. And he

21:09

made his formal bow

21:11

to Miss Manette. Pray,

21:13

take a seat, sir.

21:15

In a very clear

21:17

and pleasant young voice,

21:20

a little foreign in

21:22

its accent, but a

21:24

very little indeed. I

21:27

kiss your hand, miss," said

21:30

Mr. Lorry, with the manners

21:32

of an earlier date, as

21:35

he made his formal bow

21:37

again and took his seat.

21:39

I received a letter from

21:42

the bank, so, yesterday, informing

21:44

me that some intelligence or

21:46

discovery... The word is not

21:49

material, miss. Either word will

21:51

do. Respecting the small property

21:54

of my poor father. whom

21:56

I never saw so long

21:58

dead. Mr. Lorry

22:00

moved in his chair and

22:03

cast a troubled look towards

22:05

the hospital procession of Cupids,

22:07

as if they had any

22:09

help for anybody in their

22:11

absurd baskets. Rendered it necessary

22:13

that I should go to

22:15

Paris, there to communicate with

22:17

a gentleman of the bank,

22:20

so good as to be

22:22

dispatched to Paris for the

22:24

purpose. Myself. as I was

22:26

prepared to hear so. She

22:28

curtsied to him. Young ladies

22:30

made curtsies in those days,

22:32

with a pretty desire to

22:34

convey to him that she

22:37

felt how much older and

22:39

wiser he was than she.

22:41

He made her another bow.

22:43

I replied to the bank,

22:45

sir, that as it was

22:47

considered necessary, by those who

22:49

know, by those who know.

22:51

and who are so kind

22:54

as to advise me that

22:56

I should go to France,

22:58

and that as I am

23:00

an orphan and have no

23:02

friend who could go with

23:04

me, should esteem it highly

23:06

if I might be permitted

23:08

to place myself during the

23:10

journey, under that worthy gentleman's

23:13

protection. The gentleman had left

23:15

London, but I think a

23:17

messenger was sent after him

23:19

to beg the favour of

23:21

his waiting for me here.

23:23

I was happy. said Mr.

23:25

Lorry, to be entrusted with

23:27

the charge. I shall be

23:30

more than happy to execute

23:32

it. Sir, I thank you

23:34

indeed. I thank you very

23:36

gratefully. It was told me

23:38

by the bank that the

23:40

gentleman would expect to me

23:42

the details of the business,

23:44

and that I must prepare

23:47

myself to find them of

23:49

a surprising nature. I have

23:51

done my best to prepare

23:53

myself. and I naturally have

23:55

a strong and eager interest

23:57

to know what they are.

24:00

naturally, said Mr. Lorry.

24:02

Yes, I... After a

24:05

pause, he added, again

24:07

settling the crisp, flaxen

24:10

wig at the ears,

24:12

it is very difficult

24:14

to begin. He did

24:17

not begin, but in

24:19

his indecision met her

24:22

glance. The young forehead

24:24

lifted itself into that

24:26

singular expression. But it

24:29

was pretty and characteristic,

24:31

besides being singular. And

24:34

she raised her hand

24:36

as if with an

24:38

involuntary action she caught

24:41

at or stayed some

24:43

passing shadow. Are you

24:45

quite a stranger to

24:48

me, sir? Am I

24:50

not? Mr. Lorry opened

24:53

his hands. and extended

24:55

them outwards with an

24:57

argumentative smile. Between the

25:00

eyebrows and just over

25:02

the little feminine nose,

25:05

the line of which

25:07

was as delicate and

25:09

fine as it was

25:12

possible to be, the

25:14

expression deepened itself as

25:17

she took her seat,

25:19

thoughtfully, in the chair

25:21

by which she had

25:24

hitherto remained standing. He

25:27

watched her as she

25:29

mused, and the moment

25:31

she raised her eyes

25:33

again, went on. In

25:35

your adopted country, I

25:37

presume I cannot do

25:39

better than address you

25:41

as a young English

25:43

lady, Miss Manette. If

25:45

you please, sir? Miss

25:47

Manate, I'm a man

25:49

of business. I have

25:52

a business charge to

25:54

acquit myself of it.

25:56

In your reception of

25:58

it. Don't heed me

26:00

any more than if

26:02

I was a speaking...

26:04

machine. Truly I am

26:06

not much else. I

26:08

will with your leave

26:10

relate to you miss

26:12

the story of one

26:14

of our customers. Story?

26:16

He seemed willfully to

26:18

mistake the word she

26:20

had repeated when he

26:22

added in a hurry.

26:24

Yes, customers. In the

26:26

banking business we usually

26:28

call our connection our

26:30

customers. He was a

26:32

French gentleman. He was

26:35

a French gentleman. A

26:37

scientific gentleman. A man.

26:39

A man of great

26:41

acquirements. A doctor? Not

26:43

of Bouvet. Why, yes.

26:45

Of Bouvet? Like Monsieur

26:47

Manette, your father. The

26:49

gentleman was of repute

26:51

in Paris. I had

26:53

the honour of knowing

26:55

him there. Our

26:57

relations were business relations, but

26:59

confidential. I was at that

27:02

time in our French house

27:04

and had been, oh, 20

27:07

years. At that time, I

27:09

may ask at what time,

27:11

sir. I speak missive 20

27:14

years ago. He married an

27:16

English lady, and I was

27:18

one of the trustees. His

27:21

affairs. like the affairs of

27:23

many other French gentlemen and

27:25

French families, were entirely in

27:28

Telson's hands. In a similar

27:30

way I am, or have

27:33

been, trustee of one kind

27:35

or another for scores of

27:37

our customers. These are mere

27:40

business relations, miss. There is

27:42

no friendship in them. No

27:44

particular interest, nothing like sentiment.

27:47

I have passed from one

27:49

to another in the course

27:51

of my business life. Just

27:54

as I pass from one

27:56

of our customers to another

27:59

in the course of my

28:01

business In short, I have

28:03

no feelings. I am a

28:06

mere machine. To go on.

28:08

But this is my father's

28:10

story, sir, and I begin

28:13

to think. The curiously roughened

28:15

forehead was very intent upon

28:17

him. That when I was

28:20

left an orphan through my

28:22

mother's surviving, my father, only

28:24

two years, it was you

28:27

who brought me to England.

28:30

I'm almost sure it was

28:33

you." Mr. Lorry took the

28:35

hesitating little hand that confidingly

28:37

advanced to take his, and

28:40

he put it with some

28:42

ceremony to his lips. Then

28:44

he conducted the young lady

28:47

straight away to her chair

28:49

again, and holding the chair

28:51

back with his left hand,

28:54

and using his right, by

28:56

turns to rub his chin,

28:58

Pull his wig at the

29:01

ears or point what he

29:03

said He stood looking down

29:05

into her face while she

29:08

sat looking up into his

29:10

Miss Manette it was I

29:12

and you will see how

29:15

truly I spoke of myself

29:17

just now in saying I

29:19

had no feelings and that

29:22

all the relations I hold

29:24

with my fellow creatures a

29:26

mere business relations. When you

29:29

reflect that I have never

29:31

seen you since. No, you

29:33

have been the ward of

29:36

Tellson's house since, and I

29:38

have been busy with the

29:40

other businesses of Tellson's house

29:43

since. Feelings? I have no

29:45

time for them. No chance

29:47

of them. I pass my

29:50

whole life miss in turning

29:52

an immense pecuniary mangle. After

29:56

this odd description of

29:58

his daily routine of

30:00

employment, Mr. Laurie flattened

30:02

his flaxen wig upon

30:04

his head with both

30:07

hands, which was most

30:09

unnecessary, for nothing could

30:11

be flatter than its

30:13

shining surface was before,

30:15

and resumed his former

30:18

attitude. So far, Miss,

30:20

as you have remarked,

30:22

this is the story

30:24

of your regretted father.

30:26

Now comes the difference.

30:29

If your father had

30:32

not died when he

30:34

did, or don't be

30:36

frightened, how you start."

30:38

She did indeed start

30:40

and caught his wrist

30:42

with both her hands.

30:45

Pray, said Mr. Laurie

30:47

in a soothing tone,

30:49

bringing his left hand

30:51

from the back of

30:53

the chair to lay

30:55

it on the supplicatory

30:58

fingers that clasped him

31:00

in so violent a

31:02

tremble. Pray. control your

31:04

agitation as a matter

31:06

of business. As I

31:08

was saying, her look

31:11

so discomposed him that

31:13

he stopped, wondered, and

31:15

began anew. As I

31:17

was saying, if Monsieur

31:19

Manet had not died,

31:21

if he had suddenly

31:24

and silently disappeared. If

31:27

he had been spirited away,

31:29

if it had not been

31:31

difficult to guess to what

31:33

dreadful place that though no

31:36

art could trace him, if

31:38

he had an enemy in

31:40

some compatriot who could exercise

31:42

a privilege that I, in

31:44

my own time, have known

31:46

the boldest people afraid to

31:49

speak of in a whisper,

31:51

across the water there, for

31:53

instance the privilege of filling

31:55

up blank forms. for the

31:57

consignment of anyone to the

31:59

oblivion. of a prison for

32:02

any length of time. If his

32:04

wife had implored the

32:06

king, the queen, the court,

32:08

the clergy, for any

32:10

tidings of him, and

32:12

all quite in vain, then

32:15

the history of your father

32:17

would have been the history

32:19

of this unfortunate

32:22

gentleman. The doctor

32:24

of Beauvay. I

32:28

entreat you to tell me more,

32:30

sir. I will. I'm going to. You

32:33

can bear it? I can bear anything

32:35

but the uncertainty you leave

32:38

me in at this moment.

32:40

You speak collectively, and

32:43

you are collected. That's good.

32:45

Though his manner was less

32:47

satisfied than his words. A

32:50

matter of business. Regarded

32:52

as a matter of business. Business

32:55

that must be done. Now,

32:57

if this doctor's wife, though

32:59

a lady of great courage

33:01

and spirit, had suffered

33:04

so intensely from this

33:06

cause before her little

33:08

child was born, the

33:10

little child was a daughter,

33:12

sir? A daughter? A matter of

33:14

business, sir, don't be distressed.

33:16

Miss if the poor lady

33:18

had suffered so intensely

33:20

before her little child

33:23

was born, that she came

33:25

to the determination... of

33:27

sparing the poor child,

33:29

the inheritance of

33:32

any part of the agony

33:34

she had known the pains

33:36

of. By rearing her in

33:38

the belief that her father

33:41

was dead, no, don't kneel

33:43

in heaven's name, why should

33:45

you kneel to me? For

33:47

the truth, oh dear, good,

33:49

compassionate self, for

33:51

the truth, a matter

33:54

of business. You confuse

33:56

me and how can I transact

33:58

business if I'm confused? Let

34:01

us be clear-headed. If you

34:03

could kindly mention now, for

34:06

instance, what nine times nine

34:08

pence are, or how many

34:11

shillings in 20 guineas, it

34:13

would be so encouraging. I

34:16

should be so much more

34:18

at ease about your state

34:21

of mind." Without directly answering

34:23

to this appeal, she sat,

34:26

so still, when he had

34:28

very gently raised her, and

34:31

the hands that had not

34:33

seized, to clasp his wrists.

34:36

was so much more steady

34:38

than they had been that

34:41

she communicated some reassurance to

34:43

Mr. Jarvis Lori. That's right.

34:46

That's right. Courage. Business. You

34:48

have business before you. Useful

34:51

business. Miss Menet. Your mother

34:53

took this course with you.

34:56

And when she died, I

34:58

believe broken-hearted. having never slackened

35:01

her unavailing search for your

35:03

father. She left you at

35:06

two years old, to grow

35:08

to be blooming, beautiful, and

35:11

happy, without the dark cloud

35:13

upon you of living in

35:16

uncertainty whether your father soon

35:18

wore his heart out in

35:21

prison or wasted there through

35:23

many lingering years. As

35:27

he said the words, he

35:29

looked down with an admiring

35:32

pity on the flowing golden

35:34

hair, as if he pictured

35:36

to himself that it might

35:38

have been already tinged with

35:40

grey. You know that your

35:43

parents had no great possession,

35:45

and what they had was

35:47

secured to your mother and

35:49

to you. There's been no

35:51

new discovery of money, or

35:54

of any other property. But

35:57

he felt his wrist

35:59

held closer and he

36:02

stopped. The expression in

36:04

the forehead which had

36:06

so particularly attracted his

36:09

notice and which was

36:11

now immovable had deepened

36:14

into one of pain

36:16

and horror. But he

36:18

has been found. He

36:21

is alive. He is

36:23

alive. Greatly changed, it

36:26

is too probable, almost

36:28

a wreck it is

36:30

possible. Though we will

36:33

hope the best. Still,

36:35

alive. Your father has

36:38

been taken to the

36:40

house of an old

36:42

servant in Paris and

36:45

we are going there.

36:47

I, to identify him

36:50

if I can, you.

36:52

To restore him to

36:54

life. Love. Duty. Rest.

36:57

comfort. A shiver rammed

37:00

through her frame and

37:02

from it through his.

37:05

She said in a

37:07

low, distinct, awestricken voice

37:09

as if she was

37:12

saying it in a

37:14

dream. I'm going to

37:17

see his ghost. It

37:19

will be his ghost.

37:21

Not him. Mr.

37:24

Lorry quietly chafed the hands

37:26

that held his arm. There,

37:28

there, there. See now? The

37:30

best and the worst are

37:33

known to you now. You

37:35

are well on your way

37:37

to the poor wrong gentleman

37:39

and with a fair sea

37:41

voyage and a fair land

37:44

journey. You will be soon

37:46

at his dear side. She

37:48

repeated in the same tone,

37:50

sunk to a whisper. I

37:54

have been free. I have

37:56

been happy. Yet his ghost

37:59

has never haunted. only one

38:01

more thing," said Mr. Lorry,

38:03

laying stress upon it as

38:05

a wholesome means of enforcing

38:08

her attention. He has been

38:10

found under another name, his

38:12

own, long-forgotten or long concealed.

38:15

It would be worse than

38:17

useless now to inquire which

38:19

Worse than useless to seek

38:21

to know whether he has

38:24

been for years overlooked or

38:26

always designedly held prisoner. It

38:28

would be worse than useless

38:30

now to make any inquiries

38:33

because it would be dangerous.

38:35

Better not to mention the

38:37

subject. Anywhere or in any

38:40

way and to remove him.

38:42

For a while at all

38:44

events out of France. Even

38:46

I. Safe as an Englishman.

38:49

And even Telsons. Important as

38:51

they are to French credit,

38:53

avoid all naming of the

38:55

matter. I carry about me

38:58

not a scrap of writing

39:00

openly referring to it. This

39:02

is a secret service altogether.

39:05

My credentials, entries, and memoranda

39:07

are all comprehended in the

39:09

one line. Recalled to life.

39:11

Which may mean anything. But

39:14

what is the matter? She

39:16

doesn't notice a word, mismannered,

39:18

perfectly still and silent, and

39:20

not even fallen back in

39:23

her chair. She sat under

39:25

his hand, utterly insensible, with

39:27

her eyes open and fixed

39:30

upon him, and with that

39:32

last expression, looking as if

39:34

it were carved or branded

39:36

into her forehead. So close

39:39

was her hold upon his

39:41

arm. that he feared to

39:43

detach himself, lest he should

39:45

hurt her. Therefore he called

39:48

out loudly for a... without

39:50

moving. A wild-looking woman, whom

39:52

even in his agitation Mr.

39:55

Lorry observed to be all

39:57

of a red colour, and

39:59

to have red air, and

40:01

to be dressed in some

40:04

extraordinary, tight-fitting fashion, and to

40:06

have on her head a

40:08

most wonderful bonnet, like a

40:10

grenadier wooden measure, and a

40:13

good measure too, or a

40:15

great stilton cheese. came running

40:17

into the room in advance

40:20

of the inn servants, and

40:22

soon settled the question of

40:24

his detachment from the poor

40:26

young lady, by laying a

40:29

brawny hand upon his chest,

40:31

and sending him flying back

40:33

against the nearest wall. I

40:35

really think this must be

40:38

a man, was Mr. Lorry's

40:40

breathless reflection, simultaneously with his

40:42

coming against the wall. Why,

40:45

look at you all! bawled

40:47

this figure addressing the inservants.

40:49

Why don't you go and

40:51

fetch things instead of standing

40:54

there staring at me? Not

40:56

so much to look at,

40:58

am I? Why don't you

41:00

go and fetch things? I'll

41:03

let you know if you

41:05

don't bring smell in salts.

41:07

Cold water and vinegar, quick,

41:10

I will. There was an

41:12

immediate dispersal for these restoratives,

41:14

and she softly laid the

41:16

patient on a sofa and

41:19

tended her with a great

41:21

skill and gentleness. calling her

41:23

my precious and my bird

41:25

and spreading her golden hair

41:28

aside over her shoulders with

41:30

great pride and care. And

41:32

you in brown, she said

41:35

indignantly turning to Mr. Lorry.

41:37

Couldn't you tell her what

41:39

you had to tell her

41:41

without frightening her to death?

41:44

Look at her with a

41:46

pretty pale face in her

41:48

cold hands. Do you call

41:50

that being a banker being

41:53

a banker? Mr.

41:55

Lorry was so exceedingly disconcerted

41:57

by the question, so... hard

42:00

to answer that he could

42:02

only look on at a

42:04

distance with much feebler sympathy

42:07

and humility, while the strong

42:09

woman, having banished the inn

42:11

servants under the mysterious penalty

42:14

of letting them know, something

42:16

not mentioned if they stayed

42:18

there, staring, recovered her charge

42:21

by a regular series of

42:23

gradations, and coaxed her to

42:26

lay her drooping head upon

42:28

her shoulder. I

42:30

hope she will do well

42:33

now," said Mr. Lorry. No

42:35

thanks to you in Brown

42:38

if she does. My darling,

42:40

pretty. I hear hope, said

42:42

Mr. Lorry, after another pause

42:45

of feeble sympathy and humility,

42:47

that you are to accompany

42:50

mismannered to France. A likely

42:52

thing, too, replied the strong

42:54

woman. If it was ever

42:57

intended that I should go

42:59

across saltwater. Do you suppose

43:02

Providence would have cast my

43:04

lot in an island?" This

43:06

being another question, hard to

43:09

answer. Mr. Jarvis Laurie withdrew

43:11

to consider it. You

44:55

You You

45:57

You You

47:57

You You

48:57

You You