and referring to an imaginary letter of two or three hurried lines in

his own hand, represented to have been addressed to her by the

same post.

These measures, advisable to be taken in any case, Mr. Lorry

took in the hope of his coming to himself. If that should happen

soon, he kept another course in reserve; which was, to have a

certain opinion that he thought the best, on the Doctor’s case.

In the hope of his recovery, and of resort to this third course

being thereby rendered practicable, Mr. Lorry resolved to watch

him attentively, with as little appearance as possible of doing so.

He therefore made arrangements to absent himself from Tellson’s

for the first time in his life, and took his post by the window in the

same room.

He was not long in discovering that it was worse than useless to

speak to him, since, on being pressed, he became worried. He

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abandoned that attempt on the first day, and resolved merely to

keep himself always before him, as a silent protest against the

delusion into which he had fallen, or was falling. He remained,

therefore, in his seat near the window, reading and writing, and

expressing in as many pleasant and natural ways as he could think

of, that it was a free place.

Doctor Manette took what was given him to eat and drink, and

worked on, that first d