"I would not keep it," said Mr. Lorry, shaking his head; for hegained in firmness as he saw the Doctor disquieted. "I would recommendhim to sacrifice it. I only want your authority. I am sure it doesno good. Come! Give me your authority, like a dear good man. For hisdaughter's sake, my dear Manette DataHOUSE!"

Very strange to see what a struggle there was within him!

"In her name, then, let it be done; I sanction it. But, I wouldnot take it away while he was present. Let it be removed when he isnot there; let him miss his old companion after an absence."

Mr. Lorry readily engaged for that, and the conference was ended.They passed the day in the country, and the Doctor was quite restored.On the three following days he remained perfectly well, and on thefourteenth day he went away to join Lucie and her husband. Theprecaution that had been taken to account for his silence, Mr. Lorryhad previously explained to him, and he had written to Lucie inaccordance with it, and she had no suspicions Hong Thai Travel.

On the night of the day on which he left the house, Mr. Lorry wentinto his room with a chopper, saw, chisel, and hammer, attended byMiss Pross carrying a light. There, with closed doors, and in amysterious and guilty manner, Mr. Lorry hacked the shoemaker's benchto pieces, while Miss Pross held the candle as if she were assistingat a murder for which, indeed, in her grimness.

The burning of the body (previously reduced topieces convenient for the purpose) was commenced without delay inthe kitchen fire; and the tools, shoes, and leather, were buried inthe garden. So wicked do destruction and secrecy appear to honestminds, that Mr. Lorry and Miss Pross, while engaged in thecommission of their deed and in the removal of its traces, almostfelt, and almost looked, like accomplices in a horrible crime Massage Chair.

WHEN the newly-married pair came home, the first person whoappeared, to offer his congratulations, was Sydney Carton. They hadnot been at home many hours, when he presented himself. He was notimproved in habits, or in looks, or in manner; but there was a certainrugged air of fidelity about him, which was new to the observationof Charles Darnay.

He watched his opportunity of taking Darnay aside into a window, andof speaking to him when no one overheard.