"A Tale of Two Cities"
by Charles Dickens

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     He was to be told (said Monseigneur) that supper awaited him then and there, and that he was prayed to come to it. In a little while he came. He had been known in England as Charles Darnay.

     Monseigneur received him in a courtly manner, but they did not shake hands.

     "You left Paris yesterday, sir?" he said to Monseigneur, as he took his seat at table.

     "Yesterday. And you?"

     "I come direct."

     "From London?"

 

     "Yes."

     "You have been a long time coming," said the Marquis, with a smile.

     "On the contrary; I come direct."

     "Pardon me! I mean, not a long time on the journey; a long time intending the journey."

     "I have been detained by"--the nephew stopped a moment in his answer--"various business."

     "Without doubt," said the polished uncle.

 
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