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"It's plain enough, I should think, why he may be. It's a

dreadful remembrance. Besides that, his loss of himself grew out

of it. Not knowing how he lost himself, or how he recovered

himself, he may never feel certain of not losing himself again.

That alone wouldn't make the subject pleasant, I should think."

It was a profounder remark than Mr. Lorry had looked for. "True,"

said he, "and fearful to reflect upon. Yet, a doubt lurks in my

mind, Miss Pross, whether it is good for Doctor Manette to have

that suppression always shut up within him. Indeed, it is this

doubt and the uneasiness it sometimes causes me that has led me

to our present confidence."