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But he would not go into the coach without his bench and shoemaking tools, and, to quiet him, they were obliged to take them, too. BUT HE WOULD NOT GO INTO THE COACH WITHOUT HIS BENCH AND SHOEMAKING TOOLS AND TO QUIET HIM THEY WERE OBLIGED TO TAKE THEM TO
e's heart almost broke to see him. She wanted to throw her arms about him, to lay her head on his breast and tell him she was his daughter who loved him and had come to take him home at last. But she was afraid this would frighten him. She came close to him, and after a while he began to look at her. She greatly resembled her dead mother, and presently her face seemed to remind him of something. He unwound a string from around his neck and unfolded a little rag which was tied to it, and there was a lock of hair like Lucie's. Then he suddenly burst into tears--the first he had shed for long, long years--and the tears seemed to bring back a part of the past. Lucie took him in her arms and soothed him, while Mr. Lorry went to bring the coach that was to take them to England. Through all their preparations for departure her father sat watching in a sort of scared wonder, holding tight to Lucie's hand like a child, and when they told him to come with them he descended the stairs obediently. IN THE BASTILLE LUCY'S HEART ALMOST BROKE TO SEE HIM SHE WANTED TO THROW HER ARMS ABOUT HIM TO LAY HER HEAD ON HIS BREAST AND TELL HIM SHE WAS HIS DAUGHTER WHO LOVED HIM AND HAD TO COME TAKE HIM HOME AT LAST BUT SHE WAS AFRAID THIS WOULD FRIGHTEN HIM SHE CAME CLOSE TO HIM AND AFTER A WHILE HE BEGAN TO LOOK AT HER SHE GREATLY RESEMBLED HER DEAD MOTHER AND PRESENTLY HER FACE SEEMED TO REMIND HIM OF SOMETHING HE UNWOUND A STRING FROM ROUND HIS NECK AND UNFOLDED A LITTLE RAG WHICH WAS TIED TO IT AND THERE WAS A LOCK OF HAIR LIKE LUCY'S THEN HE SUDDENLY BURST INTO TEARS THE FIRST HE HAD SHED FOR LONG LONG YEARS AND THE TEARS SEEMED TO BRING BACK A PART OF THE PAST LUCY TOOK HIM IN HER ARMS AND SOOTHED HIM WHILE MISTER LORRY WENT TO BRING THE COACH THAT WAS TO TAKE THEM TO ENGLAND THROUGH ALL THEIR PREPARATIONS FOR DEPARTURE HER FATHER SAT WATCHING IN A SORT OF SCARED WONDER HOLDING TIGHT TO LUCIE'S HAND LIKE A CHILD AND WHEN THEY TOLD HIM TO COME WITH THEM HE DESCENDED THE STAIRS OBEDIENTLY
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