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He took them through a dirty courtyard behind the shop and up five flights of filthy stairs to a door, which he unlocked for them to enter. In the dim room sat a withered, white haired old man on a low bench making shoes. His cheeks were worn and hollow, his eyes were bright and his long beard was as white as snow. HE TOOK THEM THROUGH A DIRTY COURTYARD BEHIND THE SHOP AND UP FIVE FLIGHTS OF FILTHY STAIRS TO A DOOR WHICH HE UNLOCKED FOR THEM TO ENTER IN THE DIM ROOM SAT A WITHERED WHITE HAIRED OLD MAN ON A LOW BENCH MAKING SHOES HIS CHEEKS WERE WAN AND HOLLOW HIS EYES WERE BRIGHT AND HIS LONG BEARD WAS AS WHITE AS SNOW
cie with only Miss Pross, her English nurse, to care for her. Mr. Lorry himself, who told Lucie this story, having known her father, had brought her, a baby, to London in his arms. Now, he told her, after all these years, her father had been released, and was at that moment in Paris in charge of a man named Defarge, who had once been his servant. But the long imprisonment had affected his mind, so that he was little more than the broken wreck of the man he had once been. Mr. Lorry was about to go to Paris to identify him, and he wished Lucie to go also to bring him to himself. You can imagine that Lucie's heart was both glad and sorrowful at the news; joyful that the father she had always believed dead was alive, and yet full of grief for his condition. She hastily made ready and that same day set out with Mr. Lorry for France. When they reached Paris they went at once to find Defarge. He was a stern, forbidding man, who kept a cheap wine shop in one of the poorer quarters of the city. IED LEAVING LITTLE LUCIE WITH ONLY MISS PROSS HER ENGLISH NURSE TO CARE FOR MISTER LORRY HIMSELF WHO TOLD LUCIE THIS STORY HAVING KNOWN HER FATHER HAD BROUGHT HER A BABY TO LONDON IN HIS ARMS NOW HE TOLD HER AFTER ALL THESE YEARS HER FATHER HAD BEEN RELEASED AND WAS AT THAT MOMENT IN PARIS IN CHARGE OF A MAN NAMED DEFARGE WHO HAD ONCE BEEN HIS SERVANT BUT THE LONG IMPRISONMENT HAD AFFECTED HIS MIND SO THAT HE WAS LITTLE MORE THAN THE BROKEN WRECK OF A MAN HE HAD ONCE BEEN MISTER LORRY WAS ABOUT TO GO TO PARIS TO IDENTIFY HIM AND HE WISHED LUCIE TO GO ALONG TO BRING HIM TO HIMSELF YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT LUCIE'S HEART WAS BOTH GLAD AND SORROWFUL AT THE NEWS JOYFUL THAT HER FATHER SHE HAD ALWAYS BELIEVED DEAD WAS ALIVE AND YET FULL OF GRIEF FOR HIS CONDITION SHE HASTILY MADE READY AND THAT SAME DAY SET OUT WITH MISTER LORRY FOR FRANCE WHEN THEY REACHED PARIS THEY WENT AT ONCE TO FIND DEFARGE HE WAS A STERN FORBIDDING MAN WHO KEPT THE CHEAP WINE SHOP IN ONE OF THE POORER QUARTERS OF THE CITY
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