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It was but the inquiry of his first confusion and astonishment,

the answer being obvious. If the impression were not produced by

a real corresponding and sufficient cause, how came he, Jarvis

Lorry, there? How came he to have fallen asleep, in his clothes,

on the sofa in Doctor Manette's consulting-room, and to be

debating these points outside the Doctor's bedroom door in the

early morning?

Within a few minutes, Miss Pross stood whispering at his side. If

he had had any particle of doubt left, her talk would of

necessity have resolved it; but he was by that time clear-headed,

and had none. He advised that they should let the time go by

until the regular breakfast-hour, and should then meet the Doctor

as if nothing unusual had occurred. If he appeared to be in his

customary state of mind, Mr. Lorry would then cautiously proceed

to seek direction and guidance from the opinion he had been, in

his anxiety, so anxious to obtain.