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Seeing in this arrangement the hope of rendering real service in

that pressing emergency, Miss Pross hailed it with joy. She and

Jerry had beheld the coach start, had known who it was that

Solomon brought, had passed some ten minutes in tortures of

suspense, and were now concluding their arrangements to follow

the coach, even as Madame Defarge, taking her way through the

streets, now drew nearer and nearer to the else-deserted lodging

in which they held their consultation.

"Now what do you think, Mr. Cruncher," said Miss Pross, whose

agitation was so great that she could hardly speak, or stand, or

move, or live: "what do you think of our not starting from this

courtyard? Another carriage having already gone from here to-day,

it might awaken suspicion."

"My opinion, miss," returned Mr. Cruncher, "is as you're right.

Likewise wot I'll stand by you, right or wrong."