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Something especially reckless in his demeanour, not only gave him

a disreputable look, but so diminished the strong resemblance he

undoubtedly bore to the prisoner (which his momentary

earnestness, when they were compared together, had strengthened),

that many of the lookers-on, taking note of him now, said to one

another they would hardly have thought the two were so alike. Mr.

Cruncher made the observation to his next neighbour, and added,

"I'd hold half a guinea that he don't get no law-work to do.

Don't look like the sort of one to get any, do he?"

Yet, this Mr. Carton took in more of the details of the scene

than he appeared to take in; for now, when Miss Manette's head

dropped upon her father's breast, he was the first to see it, and

to say audibly: "Officer! look to that young lady. Help the

gentleman to take her out. Don't you see she will fall!"