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Mr. Stryver had left them in the passages, to shoulder his way

back to the robing-room. Another person, who had not joined the

group, or interchanged a word with any one of them, but who had

been leaning against the wall where its shadow was darkest, had

silently strolled out after the rest, and had looked on until the

coach drove away. He now stepped up to where Mr. Lorry and Mr.

Darnay stood upon the pavement.

"So, Mr. Lorry! Men of business may speak to Mr. Darnay now?"

Nobody had made any acknowledgment of Mr. Carton's part in the

day's proceedings; nobody had known of it. He was unrobed, and

was none the better for it in appearance.

"If you knew what a conflict goes on in the business mind, when

the business mind is divided between good-natured impulse and

business appearances, you would be amused, Mr. Darnay."