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was therefore travelling under an assumed name. He said that this

business had, within a few days, taken him to France, and might,

at intervals, take him backwards and forwards between France

and England for a long time to come.”

“Did he say anything about America, Miss Manette? Be

particular.”

“He tried to explain to me how that quarrel had arisen, and he

said that, so far as he could judge, it was a wrong and foolish one

on England’s part. He added, in a jesting way, that perhaps

George Washington might gain almost as great a name in history

as George the Third. But there was no harm in his way of saying

this: it was said laughingly, and to beguile the time.”

Any strongly marked expression of face on the part of a chief

actor in a scene of great interest to whom many eyes are directed,

will be unconsciously imitated by the spectators. Her forehead was

painfully anxious and intent as she gave this evidence, and, in the

pauses when she stopped for the judge to write it down, watched

its effect upon the counsel for and against. Among the lookers-on

there was the same expression in all quarters of the court;

insomuch, that a great majority of the foreheads there, might have

been mirrors reflecting the witness, when the Judge looked up

from his notes to glare at that tremendous heresy abou