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Lucie had no memory of her father, and had always believed he also had died when she was a baby. One day, however, through a Mr. Lorry, the agent of a bank, she learned a wonderful piece of news. LUCY HAD NO MEMORY OF HER FATHER AND HAD ALWAYS BELIEVED HE ALSO HAD DIED WHEN SHE WAS A BABY ONE DAY HOWEVER THROUGH A MISTER LORRY THE AGENT OF A BANK SHE LEARNED A WONDERFUL PIECE OF NEWS
 agent of an English bank doing business in Paris The Marquis de St. Evrémonde A French nobleman Charles Darnay His nephew A young Frenchman living in England as a tutor Later, the Marquis de St. Evrémonde, and Lucie's husband Gabelle The steward of Darnay's French estates Defarge A Paris wine shop keeper A leader of the revolutionists Madame Defarge His wife Barsad A spy and turnkey A TALE OF TWO CITIES I HOW LUCIE FOUND A FATHER A little more than a hundred years ago there lived in London (one of the two cities of this tale) a lovely girl of seventeen named Lucie Manette. Her mother had died when she was a baby, in France, and she lived alone with her old nurse, Miss Pross, a homely, grim guardian with hair as red as her face, who called Lucie "ladybird" and loved her very much. Miss Pross was sharp of speech and was always snapping people up as if she would bite their heads off, but, though she seldom chose to show it, she was the kindest, truest, most unselfish person in the world.  SECTION FIFTY ONE OF TALES FROM DICKENS THIS IS A LIBER OFOX RECORDING ALL THE BRAVOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER POLICE VISIT LIBERVOX DAT ORG RECORDING BY J SANDS TALES FROM DICKENS BY HALLEY ERMINE REEVES A TALE OF TWO CITIES HOW LUCY FOUND A FATHER A LITTLE MORE THAN A HUNDRED YEARS AGO THERE LIVED IN LONDON ONE OF THE TWO CITIES OF THIS TALE A LOVELY GIRL OF SEVENTEEN NAMED LUCIE MANETTE HER MOTHER HAD DIED WHEN SHE WAS A BABY IN FRANCE AND SHE LIVED ALONE WITH HER OLD NURSE MISS PROSS A HOMELY GRIM GUARDIAN WITH HER HAIR AS RED AS HER FACE WHO CALLED LUCY LADYBIRD AND LOVED HER VERY MUCH MISS PROSS WAS SHARP OF SPEECH AND WAS ALWAYS SNAPPING PEOPLE UP AS IF SHE WOULD BITE THEIR HEADS OFF BUT THOUGH SHE SELDOM CHOSE TO SHOW IT SHE WAS THE KINDEST TRUEST MOST UNSELFISH PERSON IN THE WORLD
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