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At that moment, the door of the doctor’s office opened, and the

two men came out. In the excitement of the morning, Lucie did not
notice that the colour had gone from her father’s face, but Mr Lorry
could see that an old fear had passed over him, like a cold wind.

The doctor walked downstairs with his daughter to the carriage
that was waiting outside, and they drove away, followed by the
others, to a small, quiet church nearby, where Charles Darnay and
Lucie Manette were married.
Afterwards, when the young couple had left for the first part of

their holiday, Mr Lorry saw that a great change had come over the
doctor. There was a frightened, lost look in his face, and when he
walked away to his room, holding his head, Mr Lorry was reminded
of Defarge’s café, and the long ride through France.
Only a short time later, he heard the sound of knocking, and
hurrying up to the doctor’s room, he found him at his shoemaker’s
bench, with his head bent over his work. Mr Lorry tried to speak to
him, but the doctor worked and worked in silence, and did not hear
a word that his old friend had to say.
Mr Lorry decided that Lucie should know nothing of this during
her holiday. He wrote to her explaining that her father had been
called away suddenly for work, and that she should therefore not
expect to hear from him. Mr Lorry then arranged to take time off

from Tellson’s Bank (for the first time in his life), so that he could
watch the doctor carefully. He sat in a chair near the window in
Doctor Manette’s room. He had discovered that it was useless to try
and talk to his old friend, so he read and wrote and watched.

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