"A Tale of Two Cities"
by Charles Dickens

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     "This is the man."

     "Your age, Evremonde?"

     "Thirty-seven."

     "Married, Evremonde?"

     "Yes."

     "Where married?"

     "In England."

     "Without doubt. Where is your wife, Evremonde?"

 

     "In England."

     "Without doubt. You are consigned, Evremonde, to the prison of La Force."

     "Just Heaven!" exclaimed Darnay. "Under what law, and for what offence?"

     The officer looked up from his slip of paper for a moment.

     "We have new laws, Evremonde, and new offences, since you were here." He said it with a hard smile, and went on writing.

 
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