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He kept his prison bench and tools always by him, but as time went on he gradually used them less and less often. Mr. Lorry, with his flaxen wig and constant smile, came to tea every Sunday with them and helped to keep Doctor Manette cheerful. HE KEPT HIS PRISON BENCH AND TOOLS ALWAYS BY HIM BUT AS TIME WENT ON HE GRADUALLY USED HIM LESS AND LESS OFTEN MISTER LORRY WITH HIS FLAXEN WIG AND CONSTANT SMILE CAME TO TEA EVERY SUNDAY WITH THEM AND HELPED TO KEEP DOCTOR MANETTE CHEERFUL
orward, 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. 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. 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 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
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