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"Don't be afraid to hear me. Don't shrink from anything I say. I

am like one who died young. All my life might have been."

"No, Mr. Carton. I am sure that the best part of it might still

be; I am sure that you might be much, much worthier of yourself."

"Say of you, Miss Manette, and although I know better--although

in the mystery of my own wretched heart I know better--I shall

never forget it!"

She was pale and trembling. He came to her relief with a fixed

despair of himself which made the interview unlike any other that

could have been holden.