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"My dear Manette, it is the case of an old and a prolonged shock,

of great acuteness and severity to the affections, the feelings,

the--the--as you express it--the mind. The mind. It is the case

of a shock under which the sufferer was borne down, one cannot

say for how long, because I believe he cannot calculate the time

himself, and there are no other means of getting at it. It is the

case of a shock from which the sufferer recovered, by a process

that he cannot trace himself--as I once heard him publicly relate

in a striking manner. It is the case of a shock from which he has

recovered, so completely, as to be a highly intelligent man,

capable of close application of mind, and great exertion of body,

and of constantly making fresh additions to his stock of

knowledge, which was already very large. But, unfortunately,

there has been," he paused and took a deep breath--"a slight

relapse."

The Doctor, in a low voice, asked, "Of how long duration?"

"Nine days and nights."