"A Tale of Two Cities"
by Charles Dickens

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     "It is very high; it is a little difficult. Better to begin slowly." Thus, Monsieur Defarge, in a stern voice, to Mr. Lorry, as they began ascending the stairs.

     "Is he alone?" the latter whispered.

     "Alone! God help him, who should be with him!" said the other, in the same low voice.

     "Is he always alone, then?"

     "Yes."

     "Of his own desire?"

 

     "Of his own necessity. As he was, when I first saw him after they found me and demanded to know if I would take him, and, at my peril be discreet--as he was then, so he is now."

     "He is greatly changed?"

     "Changed!"

     The keeper of the wine-shop stopped to strike the wall with his hand, and mutter a tremendous curse. No direct answer could have been half so forcible. Mr. Lorry's spirits grew heavier and heavier, as he and his two companions ascended higher and higher.

 
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