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“Each spoke in her own language; neither understood the other's words; both were very watchful, and intent to deduce from look and manner, what the unintelligible words meant.”
― A Tale of Two Cities
― A Tale of Two Cities
“It flashed upon Miss Pross's mind that the doors were all standing open, and would suggest the flight. Her first act was to shut them. There were four in the room, and she shut them all. She then placed herself before the door of the chamber which Lucie had occupied.”
― A Tale of Two Cities
― A Tale of Two Cities
“Afraid, in her extreme perturbation, of the loneliness of the deserted rooms, and of half-imagined faces peeping from behind every open door in them, Miss Pross got a basin of cold water and began laving her eyes, which were swollen and red. Haunted by her feverish apprehensions, she could not bear to have her sight obscured for a minute at a time by the dripping”
― A Tale of Two Cities
― A Tale of Two Cities
“No, miss,”
― A Tale of Two Cities
― A Tale of Two Cities
“The having originated a precaution which was already in course of execution, was a great relief to Miss Pross. The necessity of composing her appearance so that it should attract no special notice in the streets, was another relief. She looked at her watch, and it was twenty minutes past two. She had no time to lose, but must get ready at once.”
― A Tale of Two Cities
― A Tale of Two Cities
Clark Robbins’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Clark Robbins’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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