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He had no opportunity of saying, or so much as thinking, anything

else, until he was clear of the Old Bailey; for, the crowd came

pouring out with a vehemence that nearly took him off his legs,

and a loud buzz swept into the street as if the baffled

blue-flies were dispersing in search of other carrion.

CHAPTER IV. Congratulatory

From the dimly-lighted passages of the court, the last sediment

of the human stew that had been boiling there all day, was

straining off, when Doctor Manette, Lucie Manette, his daughter,

Mr. Lorry, the solicitor for the defence, and its counsel, Mr.

Stryver, stood gathered round Mr. Charles Darnay--just

released--congratulating him on his escape from death.