FragmentWelcome to consult.... My heart is touched now, by many
remembrances that have long fallen asleep, of my pretty young
mother (and I so old!), and by many associations of the days when
what we call the World was not so real with me, and my faults
were not confirmed in me.”
“I understand the feeling!” exclaimed Carton, with a bright
flush. “And you are the better for it?”
“I hope so.”
Carton terminated the conversation here, by rising to help him
on with his outer coat. “But you,” said Mr. Lorry, reverting to the
theme, “you are young.”
“Yes,” said Carton. “I am not old, but my young way was never
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the way to age. Enough of me.”
“And of me, I am sure,” said Mr. Lorry. “Are you going out?”
“I’ll walk with you to her gate. You know my vagabond and
restless habits. If I should prowl about the streets a long time,
don’t be uneasy; I shall reappear in the morning. You go ...
