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Doctor Manette was next questioned. His high personal popularity,

and the clearness of his answers, made a great impression; but,

as he proceeded, as he showed that the Accused was his first

friend on his release from his long imprisonment; that, the

accused had remained in England, always faithful and devoted to

his daughter and himself in their exile; that, so far from being

in favour with the Aristocrat government there, he had actually

been tried for his life by it, as the foe of England and friend

of the United States--as he brought these circumstances into

view, with the greatest discretion and with the straightforward

force of truth and earnestness, the Jury and the populace became

one.