suffer for me. A parting blessing for our child.”

“I send it to her by you. I kiss her by you. I say farewell to her

by you.”

“My husband. No! A moment!” He was tearing himself apart

from her. “We shall not be separated long. I feel that this will

break my heart by-and-by; but I will do my duty while I can, and

when I leave her, GoD will raise up friends for her, as He did for

me.”

Her father had followed her, and would have fallen on his knees

to both of them, but that Darnay put out a hand and seized him,

crying:

“No, no! What have you done, what have you done, that you

should kneel to us! We know now, what a struggle you made of

old. We know now, what you underwent when you suspected my

descent, and when you knew it. We know now, the natural

antipathy you strove against, and conquered, for her dear sake.

We thank you with all our hearts, and all our love and duty.

Heaven be with you!”

Her father’s only answer was to draw his hands through his

white hair, and wring them with a shriek of anguish.

“It could not be otherwise,” said the prisoner. “All things have

worked together as they have fallen out. It was the always-vain

endeavour to discharge my poor mother’s trust that first brought

my fatal presence near you. Good could never come of such evil, a

happier end was not in nature to so unhappy a beginning