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At such times Lucie would hurry to him and walk up and down with him till he was calm again. She never knew why he did this, but she came to believe he was trying vainly to remember all that had happened in those lost years which he had forgotten. AT SUCH TIMES LUCIE WOULD HURRY TO HIM AND WALK UP AND DOWN WITH HIM TILL HE WAS CALM AGAIN SHE NEVER KNEW WHY HE DID THIS BUT SHE CAME TO BELIEVE HE WAS TRYING VAINLY TO REMEMBER ALL THAT HAD HAPPENED IN THOSE LOST YEARS WHICH HE HAD FORGOTTEN
abor. His master, who hired him, was the lion; Carton was content, through his own indolence and lack of purpose, to be the jackal. His conscience had always condemned him for this, and now, as he saw the innocent Darnay's look, noble and straightforward, so like himself as he might have been, and as he thought of Lucie's sweet face and of how she had wept as she was forced to give testimony against the other, Carton felt that he almost hated the man whose life he had saved. The trial brought Lucie and these two men (so like each other in feature, yet so unlike in character) together, and afterward they often met at Doctor Manette's house. It was in a quiet part of London that Lucie and her father lived, all alone save for the faithful Miss Pross. They had little furniture, for they were quite poor, but Lucie made the most of everything. Doctor Manette had recovered his mind, but not all of his memory. Sometimes he would get up in the night and walk up and down, up and down, for hours. WHO WAS FAST GROWING RICH BY HIS LABOUR HIS MASTER WHO HIRED HIM WAS THE LION CARTON WAS CONTENT THROUGH HIS INDOLENCE AND LACK OF PURPOSE TO BE THE JACKAL HIS CONSCIENCE HAD ALWAYS CONDEMNED HIM FOR THIS AND NOW AS HE SAW THE INNOCENT DARNAY'S LOOK NOBLE AND STRAIGHTFORWARD SO LIKE HIMSELF AS HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN AND AS HE THOUGHT OF LUCIE'S SWEET FACE AND OF HOW SHE HAD WEPT AS SHE WAS FORCED TO GIVE TESTIMONY AGAINST THE OTHER CARTON FELT THAT HE ALMOST HATED THE MAN WHOSE LIFE HE HAD SAVED THE CHILD BOUGHT LUCIE AND THESE TWO MEN SO LIKE EACH OTHER IN FEATURE YET SO UNLIKE IN CHARACTER TOGETHER AND AFTERWARD THEY OFTEN MET AT DOCTOR MANETTE'S HOUSE IT WAS IN A QUIET PART OF LONDON THAT LUCIE AND HER FATHER LIVED ALL ALONE SAVE FOR THE FAITHFUL MISS PROSS THEY HAD LITTLE FURNITURE FOR THEY WERE QUITE POOR BUT LUCY MADE THE MOST OF EVERYTHING DOCTOR MANETTE HAD RECOVERED HIS MIND BUT NOT ALL OF HIS MEMORY SOMETIMES HE WOULD GET UP IN THE NIGHT AND WALK UP AND DOWN UP AND DOWN FOR HOURS
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