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For a year she had tried in every way to find him, but at length, desolate and heartbroken, she had fallen ill and died, leaving little Lucie with only Miss Pross, her English nurse, to care for her. Mr. FOR A YEAR SHE HAD TRIED IN EVERY WAY TO FIND HIM BUT AT LENGTH DESOLATE AND HEARTBROKEN SHE HAD FALLEN ILL AND DIED LEAVING LITTLE LUCIE WITH ONLY MISS PROSS HER ENGLISH NURSE TO CARE FOR MISTER
lways 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. He told her that her father was not dead, but that he had been wickedly thrown into a secret prison in Paris before she was born, and had been lost thus for eighteen long years. This prison was the Bastille--a cold, dark building like a castle, with high gray towers, a deep moat and drawbridge, and soldiers and cannon to defend it. In those days in France the rich nobles who belonged to the royal court were very powerful and overbearing, and the rest of the people had few rights. One could be put into prison then without any trial at all, so that many innocent people suffered. Lucie's mother had guessed that Doctor Manette (for he was a physician) had in some way incurred the hatred of some one of the nobles and had thus been taken from her; but all she certainly knew was that he had disappeared one day in Paris and had never come back.  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 HE TOLD HER THAT HER FATHER WAS NOT DEAD BUT THAT HE HAD BEEN WICKEDLY THROWN INTO A SECRET PRISON IN PARIS BEFORE SHE WAS BORN AND HAD BEEN LOST THUS FOR EIGHTEEN LONG YEARS THIS PRISON WAS THE BASTILLE A COLD DARK BUILDING LIKE A CASTLE WITH HIGH GRAY TOWERS A DEEP MOAT AND DRAWBRIDGE AND SOLDIERS AND CANNON TO DEFEND IT IN THOSE DAYS IN FRANCE THE RICH NOBLES WHO BELONGED TO THE ROYAL COURT WERE VERY POWERFUL AND OVERBEARING AND THE REST OF THE PEOPLE HAD FEW RIGHTS ONE COULD BE PUT INTO PRISON THEN WITHOUT ANY TRIAL AT ALL SO THAT MANY INNOCENT PEOPLE SUFFERED LUCIE'S MOTHER HAD GUESSED THAT DOCTOR MANETTE FOR HE WAS A PHYSICIAN HAD IN SOME WAY INCURRED THE HATRED OF SOME OF THE NOBLES AND HAD THUS BEEN TAKEN FROM HER BUT ALL SHE CERTAINLY KNEW WAS THAT HE HAD DISAPPEARED ONE DAY IN PARIS AND HAD NEVER COME BACK
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