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Doctor Manette received him kindly, and so did Lucie. But, Miss

Pross suddenly became afflicted with a twitching in the head and

body, and retired into the house. She was not unfrequently the

victim of this disorder, and she called it, in familiar

conversation, "a fit of the jerks."

The Doctor was in his best condition, and looked specially young.

The resemblance between him and Lucie was very strong at such

times, and as they sat side by side, she leaning on his shoulder,

and he resting his arm on the back of her chair, it was very

agreeable to trace the likeness.

He had been talking all day, on many subjects, and with unusual

vivacity. "Pray, Doctor Manette," said Mr. Darnay, as they sat

under the plane-tree--and he said it in the natural pursuit of

the topic in hand, which happened to be the old buildings of

London--"have you seen much of the Tower?"

"Lucie and I have been there; but only casually. We have seen

enough of it, to know that it teems with interest; little more."