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1"Now understand me," pursued Mr. Lorry. "As a man of business, I am not justified in saying anything about this matter,
2for, as a man of business, I know nothing of it. But, as an old fellow, who has carried Miss Manette in his arms, who is
3the trusted friend of Miss Manette and of her father too, and who has a great affection for them both, I have spoken.
4The confidence is not of my seeking, recollect. Now, you think I may not be right?" "Not I!" said Stryver, whistling. "I
5can't undertake to find third parties in common sense; I can only find it for myself. I suppose sense in certain
6quarters; you suppose mincing bread-and-butter nonsense. It's new to me, but you are right, I dare say." "What I
7suppose, Mr. Stryver, I claim to characterise for myself--And understand me, sir," said Mr. Lorry, quickly flushing
8again, "I will not--not even at Tellson's--have it characterised for me by any gentleman breathing." "There! I beg your
9pardon!" said Stryver. "Granted. Thank you. Well, Mr. Stryver, I was about to say:--it might be painful to you to find
10yourself mistaken, it might be painful to Doctor Manette to have the task of being explicit with you, it might be very
11painful to Miss Manette to have the task of being explicit with you. You know the terms upon which I have the honour and
12happiness to stand with the family. If you please, committing you in no way, representing you in no way, I will
13undertake to correct my advice by the exercise of a little new observation and judgment expressly brought to bear upon
14it. If you should then be dissatisfied with it, you can but test its soundness for yourself; if, on the other hand, you
15should be satisfied with it, and it should be what it now is, it may spare all sides what is best spared. What do you
16say?" "How long would you keep me in town?" "Oh! It is only a question of a few hours. I could go to Soho in the
17evening, and come to your chambers afterwards." "Then I say yes," said Stryver: "I won't go up there now, I am not so
18hot upon it as that comes to; I say yes, and I shall expect you to look in to-night. Good morning." Then Mr. Stryver
19turned and burst out of the Bank, causing such a concussion of air on his passage through, that to stand up against it
20bowing behind the two counters, required the utmost remaining strength of the two ancient clerks. Those venerable and
21feeble persons were always seen by the public in the act of bowing, and were popularly believed, when they had bowed a
22customer out, still to keep on bowing in the empty office until they bowed another customer in. The barrister was keen
23enough to divine that the banker would not have gone so far in his expression of opinion on any less solid ground than
24moral certainty. Unprepared as he was for the large pill he had to swallow, he got it down. "And now," said Mr. Stryver,
25shaking his forensic forefinger at the Temple in general, when it was down, "my way out of this, is, to put you all in
26the wrong." It was a bit of the art of an Old Bailey tactician, in which he found great relief. "You shall not put me in
27the wrong, young lady," said Mr. Stryver; "I'll do that for you." Accordingly, when Mr. Lorry called that night as late
28as ten o'clock, Mr. Stryver, among a quantity of books and papers littered out for the purpose, seemed to have nothing
29less on his mind than the subject of the morning. He even showed surprise when he saw Mr. Lorry, and was altogether in
30an absent and preoccupied state. "Well!" said that good-natured emissary, after a full half-hour of bootless attempts to
31bring him round to the question. "I have been to Soho." "To Soho?" repeated Mr. Stryver, coldly. "Oh, to be sure! What
32am I thinking of!" "And I have no doubt," said Mr. Lorry, "that I was right in the conversation we had. My opinion is
33confirmed, and I reiterate my advice." "I assure you," returned Mr. Stryver, in the friendliest way, "that I am sorry
34for it on your account, and sorry for it on the poor father's account. I know this must always be a sore subject with
35the family; let us say no more about it." "I don't understand you," said Mr. Lorry. "I dare say not," rejoined Stryver,
36nodding his head in a smoothing and final way; "no matter, no matter." "But it does matter," Mr. Lorry urged. "No it
37doesn't; I assure you it doesn't. Having supposed that there was sense where there is no sense, and a laudable ambition
38where there is not a laudable ambition, I am well out of my mistake, and no harm is done. Young women have committed
39similar follies often before, and have repented them in poverty and obscurity often before. In an unselfish aspect, I am
40sorry that the thing is dropped, because it would have been a bad thing for me in a worldly point of view; in a selfish
41aspect, I am glad that the thing has dropped, because it would have been a bad thing for me in a worldly point of
42view--it is hardly necessary to say I could have gained nothing by it. There is no harm at all done. I have not proposed
43to the young lady, and, between ourselves, I am by no means certain, on reflection, that I ever should have committed
44myself to that extent. Mr. Lorry, you cannot control the mincing vanities and giddinesses of empty-headed girls; you
45must not expect to do it, or you will always be disappointed. Now, pray say no more about it. I tell you, I regret it on
46account of others, but I am satisfied on my own account. And I am really very much obliged to you for allowing me to
47sound you, and for giving me your advice; you know the young lady better than I do; you were right, it never would have
48done." Mr. Lorry was so taken aback, that he looked quite stupidly at Mr. Stryver shouldering him towards the door, with
49an appearance of showering generosity, forbearance, and goodwill, on his erring head. "Make the best of it, my dear
50sir," said Stryver; "say no more about it; thank you again for allowing me to sound you; good night!" Mr. Lorry was out
51in the night, before he knew where he was. Mr. Stryver was lying back on his sofa, winking at his ceiling.
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