Calico Illustrated Classics: A Tale of Two Cities

Calico Illustrated Classics: A Tale of Two Cities — page 5
A horse and rider came carefully through the mist to the passenger The rider stooped and handed him a small folded paper Lorry opened the paper in the light of the coach lamp and read aloud Wait at Dover for Mam’selle Jerry say my answer was recalled to life Jerry started in his saddle That’s a blazing strange answer Take that message back and they will understand The passenger opened the coach door and got in The coach lumbered on again with wreaths of mist closing around it as it began to head downhill Jerry dismounted his spent horse and turned to walk it down the other side of the hill He muttered to himself Recalled to life Blazing strange message You’d be in a blazing bad way if recalling to life was to come into fashion Jerry 8