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As he held her to his heart and turned her beautiful head between

his face and the brawling crowd, so that his tears and her lips

might come together unseen, a few of the people fell to dancing.

Instantly, all the rest fell to dancing, and the courtyard

overflowed with the Carmagnole. Then, they elevated into the

vacant chair a young woman from the crowd to be carried as the

Goddess of Liberty, and then swelling and overflowing out into

the adjacent streets, and along the river's bank, and over the

bridge, the Carmagnole absorbed them every one and whirled them

away.

After grasping the Doctor's hand, as he stood victorious and

proud before him; after grasping the hand of Mr. Lorry, who came

panting in breathless from his struggle against the waterspout of

the Carmagnole; after kissing little Lucie, who was lifted up to

clasp her arms round his neck; and after embracing the ever

zealous and faithful Pross who lifted her; he took his wife in

his arms, and carried her up to their rooms.