If  you  are  sure  of  what  you  say ;  if  you  really  have  the  power
you  think  you  have — as  I  believe  you  have — make  yourself
known  to  these  devils,  and  get  taken  to  La  Force.  It  may
be  too  late,  I  don't  know,  but  let  it  not  be  a  minute  later ! "

Doctor  Manette  pressed  his  hand,  hastened  bareheaded  out


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of  the  I'ooni,  and  was  in  the  court-yard  when  Mr.  Lon-y
regained  the  blind.
His  streaming  white  hair,  his  remarkable  face,  and  the
impetuous  confidence  of  his  manner,  as  he  put  the  weapons
aside  like  water,  carried  him  in  an  instant  to  the  heart  of
the  concourse  at  the  stone.  For  a  few  moments  there  was
a  pause,  and  a  hurry,  and  a  murmur,  and  the  unintelligible
sound  of  his  voice ;  and  then  Mr.  Lorry  saw  him,  surrounded
by  all,  and  in  the  midst  of  a  line  of  twenty  men  long,  all
linked  shoulder  to  shoulder,  and  hand  to  shoulder,  hurried
out  with  cries  of — "  Live  the  Bastille  prisoner !  Help  for
the  Bastille  prisoner's  kindred  in  La  Force!  Room  for  the
Bastille  prisoner  in  front  there !  Save  the  prisoner  Evremonde
at  La  Force ! "  and  a  thousand  answering  shouts.
He  closed  the  lattice  again  with  a  fluttering  heart,  closed
the  window  and  the  curtain,  hastened  to  Lucie,  and  told  her
that  her  father  was  assisted  by  the  people,  and  gone  in  search
of  her  husband.  He  found  her  child  and  Miss  Pross  with
her;  but,  it  never  occurred  to  him  to  be  surprised  by  their
appearance  until  a  long  time  afterwards,  when  he  sat  watching
them  in  such  quiet  as  the  night  knew.
