"A Tale of Two Cities"
by Charles Dickens

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     With those words, and a final snap of his fingers, Mr. Stryver shouldered himself into Fleet-street, amidst the general approbation of his hearers. Mr. Lorry and Charles Darnay were left alone at the desk, in the general departure from the Bank.

     "Will you take charge of the letter?" said Mr. Lorry. "You know where to deliver it?"

     "I do."

     "Will you undertake to explain, that we suppose it to have been addressed here, on the chance of our knowing where to forward it, and that it has been here some time?"

 

     "I will do so. Do you start for Paris from here?"

     "From here, at eight."

     "I will come back, to see you off."

     Very ill at ease with himself, and with Stryver and most other men, Darnay made the best of his way into the quiet of the Temple, opened the letter, and read it. These were its contents:

     "Prison of the Abbaye, Paris. "June 21, 1792." MONSIEUR HERETOFORE THE MARQUIS.

 
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