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He wore a ragged shirt, and his hands were thin and transparent from confinement. It was Lucie's father, Doctor Manette! He scarcely looked up when they entered, for his mind was gone and he knew no one. All that seemed to interest him was his shoemaking. HE WORE A RAGGED SHIRT AND HIS HANDS WERE THIN AND TRANSPARENT FROM CONFINEMENT IT WAS LUCIE'S FATHER DOCTOR MANETTE HE SCARCELY LOOKED UP WHEN THEY ENTERED FOR HIS MIND WAS GONE AND HE KNEW NO ONE ALL THAT SEEMED TO INTEREST HIM WAS HIS SHOEMAKING
 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. 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. 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 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
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