PR 4574 .B4 pi. 1 Copy 1 I PR 4574 ■ B4 Ipl. 1 Copy 1 R E,C AULEU TO UIFE • -.— 0— - l^' io^y(xT ACT I. 7N A C T — AN INTeRVAL OF TWO YEARb — t THE HOME AT 5 OHO, PARLOR Or uR » manette's h ouse well a tastefully Fmt- NISHEO DISCOVERED M|SS PWQSS, ; »|SS P« I WONDER NO'/K IF MR, OARNtlY WILL 3E Ht HE TO-OAY, ITS PR£TTV CLEAr^ HE 'jVILL CA-^RY off my PET, BUT /JHETHER THE DOCTOR LIKES HIM ORtNiOT I CANNOT FOR WY LI Ft MAKE OUT. jENTER LUCIE, BONNET Hi MANTLE; AH HERE 19 MY LADY 3IR0. tCOES TO LUCIE TAKES OFF HEW BONNET, FOLDS HER MANTLE ft SMOOTHS HER HAIR- LUC I E « THANK YOU PROSS, YOU UU I TE SPOIL ME jKISSES HER; MISS P« I HAVE LIVED V | TH YOU SINCE YOU VERE TEN YEARG OLD, AND YOU ARE NOT SPOILT YET. «HERE IS DR. WANETTE? LUCIE. FATHER LEFT ME TO VISIT A PATIENT, HE WILL BE HERE PRESENTLY, ESPECIALLY AS WE EXr>ECT MR. LORRY, OUR USUAL SUNDAY VISITOR. THERE HE |S, PERHAPS, I HEAR A KNOCK. MISS P. AS IF MR. LORRY 'ERE OUR ONLY USUAL SUNDAY VISITOR. •EXIT; LUCIE iLISTENING: CAN IT aE MR, DARNEY? NO, ffciE VOICE SOUNDS LIKE MR. CARTON'S, iSEATS HERSELF: tEN'^ER SYDNEY CARTON, DRESS CARELESS HAIR LOOSE.: SYDt GOOD MORNING, MISS MANETTE. LUCIE, GOOD MORNING, MR, CARTON, ; LOOKS AT HtWt ARE YOU NOT WELLf SVO. NO, THE LIFE I LEAD, IS WOT CONDUCIVE TO HEALTH* .VHAT IS TO BE EXPECTED OF, OR BY, SUCH PROFLIGATES? LUCIE. IS IT NOT--FORGtVE ME, I HAVf: BEGUN THE OUESTION ON MY LlPS~A PITY TO LIVE NO aETTEft LIFEf SVO. GOO KNOWS IT IS A SHAME. LUCIg« THEN «HY NOT CHANGE IT? 3 YD« IT IS TOO LATE FOR THAT. I SHALL NEVCR f3£ BETTER THAN I AM, I SHALL SINK LOWER AND BE V'ORSE, tUEANS ELBOW ON TABLE, AND COVERS FACE WITH HAND,! PRAY FORGIVE ME, MfSS MANETTE, I BREAK DOWN BEFORE THE KNOWLEDGE OF .VHAT I .i/ANT TO SAY TO YOU. WILL YOU HEAR ME? LU CIE. IF IT WILL DO YOU ANY GOOD. IF IT WILL MAKE YOU ANY HAPPIER, t SHALL BE VERY GLAD. 3YD^ GOD BLESS YOU FOR YOUR S'^^EET COMPASS I ON, ; RE MOVES HAND FROM FACE i OON*T BE AFRAID TO HEAR ME, DON'T SHRINK FROM ANYTHING I SAY, I AM LIKE ONE iVHO DIED YOUNG, ALL MY LIFE MIGHT HAVE SEEN. LUCIE. NO, Mf», CA-^TOH, I AM SURE THC REST PART OF IT MIGHT STILL BE, YOU WIGHT 3E MUCH .VORTHItR Oi" Yt.tlRSELF. / ■^AY OF" YOj — AND ALTHOUGH I VNOiV B'ZrTZ^ , I SH^LL MrVER FO^^GeT IT — IF IT HAD 5EeN OOSSIBLE THAT YOU COULO HAV'; ■^ET'JRNeO THE LOVE OF THE MAN YOl, SEE HEFORE YOU. SELF FLUNG -AWAY > -VASTE D. ORUNKE IM^ POOR C^EATURt OF WISf-.-llSE AS VOii KMOA HIM TO DE , HE '.'UiULD HAVE BEEN CONSCIOUS THIS DAY Ar.'D hJOUR, IN SPITE OF HIS HAPPINESS THAT HE WOULD =t^lNC YOU TO f/ISERY, TO SOi^ROW AND REPENTRNCE, BLIGHT YOU, OI«G'^ACP: YOl), PULL YOU OOWN WITH H • fv" « KNOW VERyi VELL THAT YOU CAN HAVE NO TrNOERNESr, F07 I'E, I M'JK Fv)R NONE, I AM EVEN THANKFUL THAT IT CANNOT BE, LUCIE. WITHOUT |T CAN I NOT SAVE YCiJ, CAN I NOT RECALL YOU — FORGIVE ME AGAIN--TO A BETTER COURSE, CAN I IN NO WAY REPAY YOUR CONFIDENeE^ I KVO'.'I YOU 'OULD SAY THIS TO NO ONE ELSE, CAN I TURN IT TO MO GOOD ACCOUNT fOR YOURSELF' t SYn« :S!ifl-|VG 'Its ^!EA^>; to V.VE, no f.MS5 MANETTE TO NONE, IF YOU WILL HEAR ME A LITTLE LO\'GER, ALL YOU CAN DO FOR ME IS DONE, I WISH YOU TO K\OV<, THAT yru HAVE ?ECN THE LAST OREAf.' OF MY SOUL, THF SIGHT or voi> .VIT" YOUR r.\THER, OF THIS HOME, WADE SUCH A HOME BY v.'P, H'»'= ST|.--,->rD fiLD SHADOWS THAT I "THOUGHT H^O DIED OUT OF MF , I HAVE HAD UNFORMED IDEAS OF "TRIVING AFRESH, OF SHAKING OFF SLOTH AN.'J SENSUALITY — A DREAM, ALL A DRCAM, THA"' END1 ! Tvl NOTMINGj- ANL- LEAvr?? THr '-LrrPET vhcre nr .jas; siuT i /vish YOti to ■cnow -^mat yov INSPinF'.' IT. LUC IE« ■■.'ILL r.'OT"l^)G OF !T ->E(.*A|N? OH f-'R, CARTON TRY AGAI^|, ^VO, i>;o u:iE, NO usf.. !.ur jr. IT I '^^ THCN MY Ml '".rORTtlNT -0 H l VC HAOT YOU •■flORE UNHAPPY T!!AN arFORf: YOU :<\Ztt WE, HYD, DONT SAY tjaT, YOU :VOULU HAVE RECLAIMED IF ANYTHING COULD, LUC IE HAVE I NO POfltR FOPc GOOD? VCa, LET MC CA««Y THfWUCM TH€ REST OF MY MI9DI«ECTC0 LIFE, THE REMEMBRANCE THaT I OPENED MY HEAST TO YOU, AND THAT THEIHE WAS SOMETHING LEFT IN ME THAT YOU COULD P»TY AND OEPLOnE. rt » LL YOU LET ME clELIEVE WHEN t RECALL THIS DAY, THAT THE LA!iT CONFIDENCE OF MY LIFE WAS REPOSED IN YOUl* PUI«: AND INNOCENT 9RE*53T, THAT IT LIES THECIE ALONE, AND VV)LL BE SHARED BY NO ONE. LUCIE, VE9, 3Y0, YOU *ILL NOT REVEAL IT EVEN TO YOU*» NEAREST AND 0EARE3T? LUCIE, MR. CARTON THE SECRET IS YOURS NOT MINE, AND I PROMISE TO RESPECT • T. svo. THANK YO»t, AND 000 BLESS YOU. {MOVES TOWARD P OOR! BE UNDER NO APPREHENSION OF MY EVER RESUMING THIS CONVERSATION, 9Y SO MUCH A3 ONE PASSING WORD, BUT IN THE HOUR OF DEATH, I SHALL THANK AND BLESS YOU, THAT THE LAST AVO*AL OF MYSELF, WAS MADE TO YOU, AND THAT MY NAME AND FAULTS AND MISERIES, WERE GENTLY CARTIEO IN YOUR HEART. iLUClE rtEEPS, HE -.CTURNS TO HER! 9E COMFORTED, I AW NOT WORTH iiV^H feeling; an HdUR OR T.VO HE^CE, THE LOW COMPANIONS AND LOW HABITS THAT I SCORN, BUT YIELD TO, «ILL RENDER ME LESS WORTHY OF THOSE TEAP3, THAN ANY WRETCH WHO CREEPS ALONG THE STREETS; BUT I SHALL ALWAYS BE TOWARD YOU -VHAT I AM NOW, AILL YOU BELIEVE THIS OF MEf Lucie. I WILL. SYO« THE TIME WILL COME SOBN, WHEN NEW TIES WILL BE FORMED AROIiND YOU-. .VHEN THE LITTLE PICTURE OF A HAPPY FATHER'S FACE LOOKS UP IN YOURS . WHEN YOUR OWN BRIGHT BEAUTY, SPRINGS UP ANEW AT YOUR FEET, REMEM- BER THERE IS A MAN WHO 'OULO GIVE HIS LIFE TO KEEP A LIFE YOi/ LOVE BESIDE YOU. GOO BLESS YOti AGAIN. IExIt S YO L« enter miss PROSS R. LUCIE WCE WHY UADY-BIRO, WHAT IS TH£ MATTER? WHO HAS VEXED YOU? LUCIE« PLEASE DON*T ASK ME ANY QUESTIONS, MISS !»• |in« LORRY IS COMING UP STAIRS, LUCIE. I maiWC HURWIEOLY: I WILL 3E (VITH HIM DIRECTLY. .EXIT LUCIE. R, GNTC9 MR, LORRY. Li MR. L. ah! MISS PROSS HOW DO YOU DO. OR. MANETTE AT HOME? MISS P. eXPCCTEO HOME. MR. L. ANC LUCIE? Ufa Pm eOWINe, SHE IS IN HER ROOM. MR. L« HOW ARE YOU^ M|8» W» NOTHING TO SOAST OF. MR. L. INDEED. M I SS P. I AM MUCH Put OUT ABOUT MY LADY-8IR0. INOECO. MISS P. iSHARPteVi CANjT YOU SAY ANYTHINS BUT INDEED? I OONT i*ANT DOZENS OF PEOPLE MHO ARE NOT AT ALL l^'ORTHV OF LAOY-B I RD, COM |NG HERE ArS»R uen« 00 DOZENS COME, MtSS P. YES, AND YOU BEGAN IT. ""^^^~ MR. L. I, MfSS PROSSi ""^^^ MISS P. YES, SVHO Bf^OljGHT HES FATHER HACK? NO IMPUTATION ON HIM, I COULO FOPCIVE HIW, 9IJT IN THE ^E MET ANOTHER FRIEND, L'tC IE, AH MR. DARNEYl ;SHAKES HA..Dt If < TH HtMj YOU HAD I HOPE, A SAFE AND PLEASANT JOURNEY. DAP., PRINCIPALLY PLEA??ANT, BECAUSE I J(AS ON THE ROAD TO HOME AND. LONDON tCXIT MISS P. R«? MK. L« THERE CERTAINLY IS A WONOElBlFUL Lf'tCNFSS SET-'^EEN OUR YOUNP. FRIEND HERE ANC MR, CAr.TON. OR. M. ALIKE, AND YET VERY UNLIKE. "^HC OAY 13 VERv riULT=IY, LUCtE SHALL ..;: ^i.L ADJOURN TO T-«L ^F.„r■^ inV.P. TH^ i'LANrTf^EE IN TH€ YARDf ^UCIL. A GOOD IDEA FATHER, COME MR, ^i r: (Y, iTAKeS ..R, US ARM, S EXIT WITH HIM L. OR. MANrTTE PREPARE" T( F'l.LO.. THEM,* DAR, OR, WAXETTE, ViLL "> v'u ALLOW NX A (VORD WITH YOu? OR, M. IS LUCIE THE TOPIC* DAW. SHE IS. IT l» HARD FOR ME TO HEAR HER SPOKEK OF IN THAT TONE OF YOURS CHARLES OARNEY, DAH, IT IS A TONE OF FERVENT AOMJhmTION, TKUE HOMAiC ANU OEE.' LuVt. OR, M. I 9EUIEVE IT, 1 UO you Jli&flCE, I OtUlLVC JT, DAR« SHALL I CO ON RIRf on. M, JOITH EFFORT; YES- YES GO ON, OAR, UE Ah or. MA\eTTE, I LOVE Y OJ^ OAU«HTC!< FOVVuV, D^ZAILY, T 1 'i 1 '■•ITEREST- EOLY. YOU HAVE LOVED YOURSELF; L»:T YOUR OLD LOVE PLEAD FOR ME. OR. M, icXCITCDLYJ NOT THAT SIR, LET THAT 3E , I ADJURE Yf^n PO VOT RECALL THAT. OAR, FORGIVE MC. OR, IV»« HAVE YOU SPOKEN TO LUCIEf OAR, NEVER, OR, M, I KNOW YOUR FORBEARANCE IS TO BE REFERRED TO, REn^rCT FOR HER FATHER, ANO HER FATHER TnA^JCS VCU. ; OFFERS HIS HAND, WHICH OAR TAICCS.; OAR, OR, MANETTE, 8CT«VEEN YOU AND YOUR DAUGHTER, THERE IS AN AFFECTION to« 30 UNUSUAL, SO TOUCHING, THAT IT CAN HAVE FEH PARALLEUS, AND KNOVS- INC THIS, SEEING YOU ANO HER .V I TH THIS HALLOV'JED LIGHT Af^OUNO YOU, I HAVE FO-'^aORNE AS LONG AS IT WAS IN THE NATURE OF WAN TO DO IT, aUT I LOVE HER, HEAVEN IS MY .VITNEBS THAT I LOVE HER DEVOTEDLY. DR. M« I BELIEVE IT. OAR. BUT DO NOT BELIEVE, THAT IF I WERE ONE DAY HAPPY ENOUGH TO MAKE HER MY *IFE, I WOULD PUT ANY SEPARATION BETWEEN HER ANO YOUJ NO I A/OULO NOT COME TO DIVIDE >V|TH LUCIE HER PRIVILEGE AS YOUR COM- PANION ANO FRIEND, BUT TO BIND HER CLOSER TO YOU, IF SUCH A THING WEnC POSSIBLE. DR. M. YOU BPEAK FEELINGLY AND MANFULLY. HAVE YOU *(»»'. BBASON TO SUP- POSE THAT LUC It LOVES YOU? OAR. NONE, AS YET NONE, DR. M, 00 YOU SEEK ANY PROMISE FROM ME? PAR. YES, I WELL UNDERSTAND THAT WITHOUT YOU, I CAN HAVE NO HOPE. EVEN IF MISS MANETTE HELD ME IN HER HEART— DO NOT THINK I HAVE T^C Pr^ESUMPTION TO ASyuME AS MUCH — I COULD RETAIN NO PLACE IN IT AGAINST HER FATHER, OR. M« IF THAT BE SO, DO YOU SEE WHAT 10 INVOLVED ON THE OTHER HANDf PAR. perfectly. i know a word from her father in any t.uitofts favor would 0otvMETH