"A Tale of Two Cities"
by Charles Dickens

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     "Here, in Paris?"

     "Has been here some days--three or four--I don't know how many--I can't collect my thoughts. An errand of generosity brought him here unknown to us; he was stopped at the barrier, and sent to prison."

     The old man uttered an irrepressible cry. Almost at the same moment, the bell of the great gate rang again, and a loud noise of feet and voices came pouring into the courtyard.

     "What is that noise?" said the Doctor, turning towards the window.

 

     "Don't look!" cried Mr. Lorry. "Don't look out! Manette, for your life, don't touch the blind!"

     The Doctor turned, with his hand upon the fastening of the window, and said, with a cool, bold smile:

 
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