"A Tale of Two Cities"
by Charles Dickens

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     Mr. Lorry had not thought of that, and he looked quickly at Carton to see if it were in his mind. It seemed to be; he returned the look, and evidently understood it.

     "She might think a thousand things," Carton said, "and any of them would only add to her trouble. Don't speak of me to her. As I said to you when I first came, I had better not see her. I can put my hand out, to do any little helpful work for her that my hand can find to do, without that. You are going to her, I hope? She must be very desolate to-night."

 

     "I am going now, directly."

     "I am glad of that. She has such a strong attachment to you and reliance on you. How does she look?"

     "Anxious and unhappy, but very beautiful."

     "Ah!"

 
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