Calico Illustrated Classics: A Tale of Two Cities

Calico Illustrated Classics: A Tale of Two Cities — page 9
His wife begged the king the queen and the court for any tidings of him in vain This doctor’s wife was a lady of great courage But she had suffered so intensely from this that she determined to spare her child A girl Yes a girl Therefore she raised her daughter in the belief that her father was dead Miss Manette your mother took this course with you You had no dark cloud of worry about whether your father died in prison The expression on Miss Manette’s face had deepened into one of pain and horror He has been found alive Greatly changed it is most likely Your father has been taken to the house of an old servant in Paris We are going there I will identify him if I can You will restore him to life love rest and comfort A shiver ran through Miss Manette’s frame She said in a low voice It will be his ghost not him Mr Lorry rubbed her hands There there The best and worst are known to you now 12