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1"As I was saying; if Monsieur Manette had not died; if he had suddenly and silently disappeared; if he had been spirited
2away; if it had not been difficult to guess to what dreadful place, though no art could trace him; if he had an enemy in
3some compatriot who could exercise a privilege that I in my own time have known the boldest people afraid to speak of in
4a whisper, across the water there; for instance, the privilege of filling up blank forms for the consignment of any one
5to the oblivion of a prison for any length of time; if his wife had implored the king, the queen, the court, the clergy,
6for any tidings of him, and all quite in vain;--then the history of your father would have been the history of this
7unfortunate gentleman, the Doctor of Beauvais." "I entreat you to tell me more, sir." "I will. I am going to. You can
8bear it?" "I can bear anything but the uncertainty you leave me in at this moment." "You speak collectedly, and you--are
9collected. That's good!" (Though his manner was less satisfied than his words.) "A matter of business. Regard it as a
10matter of business--business that must be done. Now if this doctor's wife, though a lady of great courage and spirit,
11had suffered so intensely from this cause before her little child was born--" "The little child was a daughter, sir." "A
12daughter. A-a-matter of business--don't be distressed. Miss, if the poor lady had suffered so intensely before her
13little child was born, that she came to the determination of sparing the poor child the inheritance of any part of the
14agony she had known the pains of, by rearing her in the belief that her father was dead--No, don't kneel! In Heaven's
15name why should you kneel to me!" "For the truth. O dear, good, compassionate sir, for the truth!" "A--a matter of
16business. You confuse me, and how can I transact business if I am confused? Let us be clear-headed. If you could kindly
17mention now, for instance, what nine times ninepence are, or how many shillings in twenty guineas, it would be so
18encouraging. I should be so much more at my ease about your state of mind." Without directly answering to this appeal,
19she sat so still when he had very gently raised her, and the hands that had not ceased to clasp his wrists were so much
20more steady than they had been, that she communicated some reassurance to Mr. Jarvis Lorry. "That's right, that's right.
21Courage! Business! You have business before you; useful business. Miss Manette, your mother took this course with you.
22And when she died--I believe broken-hearted--having never slackened her unavailing search for your father, she left you,
23at two years old, to grow to be blooming, beautiful, and happy, without the dark cloud upon you of living in uncertainty
24whether your father soon wore his heart out in prison, or wasted there through many lingering years." As he said the
25words he looked down, with an admiring pity, on the flowing golden hair; as if he pictured to himself that it might have
26been already tinged with grey. "You know that your parents had no great possession, and that what they had was secured
27to your mother and to you. There has been no new discovery, of money, or of any other property; but--" He felt his wrist
28held closer, and he stopped. The expression in the forehead, which had so particularly attracted his notice, and which
29was now immovable, had deepened into one of pain and horror. "But he has been--been found. He is alive. Greatly changed,
30it is too probable; almost a wreck, it is possible; though we will hope the best. Still, alive. Your father has been
31taken to the house of an old servant in Paris, and we are going there: I, to identify him if I can: you, to restore him
32to life, love, duty, rest, comfort." A shiver ran through her frame, and from it through his. She said, in a low,
33distinct, awe-stricken voice, as if she were saying it in a dream, "I am going to see his Ghost! It will be his
34Ghost--not him!" Mr. Lorry quietly chafed the hands that held his arm. "There, there, there! See now, see now! The best
35and the worst are known to you, now. You are well on your way to the poor wronged gentleman, and, with a fair sea
36voyage, and a fair land journey, you will be soon at his dear side." She repeated in the same tone, sunk to a whisper,
37"I have been free, I have been happy, yet his Ghost has never haunted me!" "Only one thing more," said Mr. Lorry, laying
38stress upon it as a wholesome means of enforcing her attention: "he has been found under another name; his own, long
39forgotten or long concealed. It would be worse than useless now to inquire which; worse than useless to seek to know
40whether he has been for years overlooked, or always designedly held prisoner. It would be worse than useless now to make
41any inquiries, because it would be dangerous. Better not to mention the subject, anywhere or in any way, and to remove
42him--for a while at all events--out of France. Even I, safe as an Englishman, and even Tellson's, important as they are
43to French credit, avoid all naming of the matter. I carry about me, not a scrap of writing openly referring to it. This
44is a secret service altogether. My credentials, entries, and memoranda, are all comprehended in the one line, 'Recalled
45to Life;' which may mean anything. But what is the matter! She doesn't notice a word! Miss Manette!" Perfectly still and
46silent, and not even fallen back in her chair, she sat under his hand, utterly insensible; with her eyes open and fixed
47upon him, and with that last expression looking as if it were carved or branded into her forehead. So close was her hold
48upon his arm, that he feared to detach himself lest he should hurt her; therefore he called out loudly for assistance
49without moving. A wild-looking woman, whom even in his agitation, Mr. Lorry observed to be all of a red colour, and to
50have red hair, and to be dressed in some extraordinary tight-fitting fashion, and to have on her head a most wonderful
51bonnet like a Grenadier wooden measure, and good measure too, or a great Stilton cheese, came running into the room in
52advance of the inn servants, and soon settled the question of his detachment from the poor young lady, by laying a
53brawny hand upon his chest, and sending him flying back against the nearest wall. ("I really think this must be a man!"
54was Mr. Lorry's breathless reflection, simultaneously with his coming against the wall.) "Why, look at you all!" bawled
55this figure, addressing the inn servants. "Why don't you go and fetch things, instead of standing there staring at me? I
56am not so much to look at, am I? Why don't you go and fetch things? I'll let you know, if you don't bring
57smelling-salts, cold water, and vinegar, quick, I will." There was an immediate dispersal for these restoratives, and
58she softly laid the patient on a sofa, and tended her with great skill and gentleness: calling her "my precious!" and
59"my bird!" and spreading her golden hair aside over her shoulders with great pride and care. "And you in brown!" she
60said, indignantly turning to Mr. Lorry; "couldn't you tell her what you had to tell her, without frightening her to
61death? Look at her, with her pretty pale face and her cold hands. Do you call that being a Banker?" Mr. Lorry was so
62exceedingly disconcerted by a question so hard to answer, that he could only look on, at a distance, with much feebler
63sympathy and humility, while the strong woman, having banished the inn servants under the mysterious penalty of "letting
64them know" something not mentioned if they stayed there, staring, recovered her charge by a regular series of
65gradations, and coaxed her to lay her drooping head upon her shoulder. "I hope she will do well now," said Mr. Lorry.
66"No thanks to you in brown, if she does. My darling pretty!" "I hope," said Mr. Lorry, after another pause of feeble
67sympathy and humility, "that you accompany Miss Manette to France?" "A likely thing, too!" replied the strong woman. "If
68it was ever intended that I should go across salt water, do you suppose Providence would have cast my lot in an island?"
69This being another question hard to answer, Mr. Jarvis Lorry withdrew to consider it.
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