"A Tale of Two Cities"
by Charles Dickens

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     "Do I ask you, my dear Darnay, to pass the door? When I ask that, refuse. There are pen and ink and paper on this table. Is your hand steady enough to write?"

     "It was when you came in."

     "Steady it again, and write what I shall dictate. Quick, friend, quick!"

     Pressing his hand to his bewildered head, Darnay sat down at the table. Carton, with his right hand in his breast, stood close beside him.

 

     "Write exactly as I speak."

     "To whom do I address it?"

     "To no one." Carton still had his hand in his breast.

     "Do I date it?"

     "No."

     The prisoner looked up, at each question. Carton, standing over him with his hand in his breast, looked down.

 
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