"A Tale of Two Cities"
by Charles Dickens

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     He looked abstractedly from one to another, and said, in a lower voice, after a pause:

     "Will you answer his question to me then? How does this happen?"

     "Citizen Doctor," said the first, reluctantly, "he has been denounced to the Section of Saint Antoine. This citizen," pointing out the second who had entered, "is from Saint Antoine."

     The citizen here indicated nodded his head, and added:

     "He is accused by Saint Antoine."

     "Of what?" asked the Doctor.

 

     "Citizen Doctor," said the first, with his former reluctance, "ask no more. If the Republic demands sacrifices from you, without doubt you as a good patriot will be happy to make them. The Republic goes before all. The People is supreme. Evremonde, we are pressed."

     "One word," the Doctor entreated. "Will you tell me who denounced him?"

     "It is against rule," answered the first; "but you can ask Him of Saint Antoine here."

     The Doctor turned his eyes upon that man. Who moved uneasily on his feet, rubbed his beard a little, and at length said:

 
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