"A Tale of Two Cities"
by Charles Dickens

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     "You know the Old Bailey, well, no doubt?" said one of the oldest of clerks to Jerry the messenger.

     "Ye-es, sir," returned Jerry, in something of a dogged manner. "I do know the Bailey."

     "Just so. And you know Mr. Lorry."

     "I know Mr. Lorry, sir, much better than I know the Bailey. Much better," said Jerry, not unlike a reluctant witness at the establishment in question, "than I, as a honest tradesman, wish to know the Bailey."

 

     "Very well. Find the door where the witnesses go in, and show the door-keeper this note for Mr. Lorry. He will then let you in."

     "Into the court, sir?"

     "Into the court."

     Mr. Cruncher's eyes seemed to get a little closer to one another, and to interchange the inquiry, "What do you think of this?"

     "Am I to wait in the court, sir?" he asked, as the result of that conference.

 
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