lishman born, and for him
there was no danger. He knew nothing of the arrest of Darnay until a day
or two later, when, as he sat in his room, Doctor Manette and Lucie
entered, just arrived from London, deeply agitated and in great fear for
Darnay's safety.

As soon as Lucie had read her husband's letter she had followed at once
with her father and Miss Pross. Doctor Manette, knowing Darnay's real
name and title (for, before he married Lucie, he had told her father
everything concerning himself), feared danger for him. But he had
reasoned that his own long imprisonment in the Bastille--the building
the people had first destroyed--would make him a favorite, and render
him able to aid Darnay if danger came. On the way, they had heard the
sad news of his arrest, and had come at once to Mr. Lorry to consider
what might best be done.

While they talked, through the window they saw a great crowd of people
come rushing into the courtyard of the building to sharpen weapons at a
huge grindstone that stood there. They were going to murder the
prisoners with which the jails were by this time full!

Fearful that he would be too late to save Darnay, Doctor Manette rushed
to the yard, his white hair streaming in the wind, and told the leaders
of the mob who he was--how he had been imprisoned for eighteen years in
the Bastille, and that now one of his kindred, by some unknown error,
had been seized. They cheered him, lifted him on their shoulders and
rushed away to demand for him the release of Darnay, while Lucie, in
tears, with Mr. Lorry and Miss Pross, waited all night for tidings.

But none came that night. The rescue had not proved easy. Next day
Defarge, the wine shop keeper, brought a short note to Lucie from Darnay
at the prison, but it was four days before Doctor Manette returned to
the house. He had, indeed, by the story of his own sufferings, saved
Darnay's life for the time being, but the prisoner, he had been told,
could not be released without trial.

For this trial they waited, day after day. The time passed slowly and
terribly. Prisoners were no longer murdered without trial, but few
escaped the death penalty. The king and queen were beheaded. Thousands
were put to death merely on suspicion, and thousands more were thrown
into prison to await their turn. This was that dreadful period which has
always since been called "The Reign of Terror," when no one felt sure of
his safety.

There was a certain window in the p