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1But, he was not far off, for presently she heard a troubled movement and a shouting coming along, which filled her with
2fear. A moment afterwards, and a throng of people came pouring round the corner by the prison wall, in the midst of whom
3was the wood-sawyer hand in hand with The Vengeance. There could not be fewer than five hundred people, and they were
4dancing like five thousand demons. There was no other music than their own singing. They danced to the popular
5Revolution song, keeping a ferocious time that was like a gnashing of teeth in unison. Men and women danced together,
6women danced together, men danced together, as hazard had brought them together. At first, they were a mere storm of
7coarse red caps and coarse woollen rags; but, as they filled the place, and stopped to dance about Lucie, some ghastly
8apparition of a dance-figure gone raving mad arose among them. They advanced, retreated, struck at one another's hands,
9clutched at one another's heads, spun round alone, caught one another and spun round in pairs, until many of them
10dropped. While those were down, the rest linked hand in hand, and all spun round together: then the ring broke, and in
11separate rings of two and four they turned and turned until they all stopped at once, began again, struck, clutched, and
12tore, and then reversed the spin, and all spun round another way. Suddenly they stopped again, paused, struck out the
13time afresh, formed into lines the width of the public way, and, with their heads low down and their hands high up,
14swooped screaming off. No fight could have been half so terrible as this dance. It was so emphatically a fallen sport--a
15something, once innocent, delivered over to all devilry--a healthy pastime changed into a means of angering the blood,
16bewildering the senses, and steeling the heart. Such grace as was visible in it, made it the uglier, showing how warped
17and perverted all things good by nature were become. The maidenly bosom bared to this, the pretty almost-child's head
18thus distracted, the delicate foot mincing in this slough of blood and dirt, were types of the disjointed time. This was
19the Carmagnole. As it passed, leaving Lucie frightened and bewildered in the doorway of the wood-sawyer's house, the
20feathery snow fell as quietly and lay as white and soft, as if it had never been. "O my father!" for he stood before her
21when she lifted up the eyes she had momentarily darkened with her hand; "such a cruel, bad sight." "I know, my dear, I
22know. I have seen it many times. Don't be frightened! Not one of them would harm you." "I am not frightened for myself,
23my father. But when I think of my husband, and the mercies of these people--" "We will set him above their mercies very
24soon. I left him climbing to the window, and I came to tell you. There is no one here to see. You may kiss your hand
25towards that highest shelving roof." "I do so, father, and I send him my Soul with it!" "You cannot see him, my poor
26dear?" "No, father," said Lucie, yearning and weeping as she kissed her hand, "no." A footstep in the snow. Madame
27Defarge. "I salute you, citizeness," from the Doctor. "I salute you, citizen." This in passing. Nothing more. Madame
28Defarge gone, like a shadow over the white road. "Give me your arm, my love. Pass from here with an air of cheerfulness
29and courage, for his sake. That was well done;" they had left the spot; "it shall not be in vain. Charles is summoned
30for to-morrow." "For to-morrow!" "There is no time to lose. I am well prepared, but there are precautions to be taken,
31that could not be taken until he was actually summoned before the Tribunal. He has not received the notice yet, but I
32know that he will presently be summoned for to-morrow, and removed to the Conciergerie; I have timely information. You
33are not afraid?" She could scarcely answer, "I trust in you." "Do so, implicitly. Your suspense is nearly ended, my
34darling; he shall be restored to you within a few hours; I have encompassed him with every protection. I must see
35Lorry." He stopped. There was a heavy lumbering of wheels within hearing. They both knew too well what it meant. One.
36Two. Three. Three tumbrils faring away with their dread loads over the hushing snow. "I must see Lorry," the Doctor
37repeated, turning her another way. The staunch old gentleman was still in his trust; had never left it. He and his books
38were in frequent requisition as to property confiscated and made national. What he could save for the owners, he saved.
39No better man living to hold fast by what Tellson's had in keeping, and to hold his peace. A murky red and yellow sky,
40and a rising mist from the Seine, denoted the approach of darkness. It was almost dark when they arrived at the Bank.
41The stately residence of Monseigneur was altogether blighted and deserted. Above a heap of dust and ashes in the court,
42ran the letters: National Property. Republic One and Indivisible. Liberty, Equality, Fraternity, or Death! Who could
43that be with Mr. Lorry--the owner of the riding-coat upon the chair--who must not be seen? From whom newly arrived, did
44he come out, agitated and surprised, to take his favourite in his arms? To whom did he appear to repeat her faltering
45words, when, raising his voice and turning his head towards the door of the room from which he had issued, he said:
46"Removed to the Conciergerie, and summoned for to-morrow?"
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