CHAPTER XIV[ToC]
THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY
"The instant he entered the room it was plain that all was lost....
"'I cannot find it,' said he, 'and I must have it. Where is it?... Where is my bench?... Time presses; and I must finish those shoes.'
"They looked at one another, and their hearts died within them.
"'Come, come!' said he, in a whimpering miserable way: 'let me get to work. Give me my work.'
"...Carton was the first to speak:
"'The last chance is gone: it was not much....'"
Charles Dickens: "A Tale of Two Cities."