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    pickinghiswayoverthewell-wornTurkeycarpet,supposedMiss Manettetobe,forthemoment,insomeadjacentroom,until, havinggotpastthetwotallcandles,hesawstandingtoreceive himbythetablebetweenthemandthefire,ayoungladyofnot morethanseventeen,inariding-cloak,andstillholdingherstraw travelling-hatbyitsribboninherhand.Ashiseyesrestedona short,slight,prettyfigure,aquantityofgoldenhair,apairofblue eyesthatmethisownwithaninquiringlook,andaforeheadwith asingularcapacity(rememberinghowyoungandsmoothitwas), ofliftingandknittingitselfintoanexpressionthatwasnotquite oneofperplexity,orwonder,oralarm,ormerelyofabrightfixed attention,thoughitincludedallthefourexpressionsashiseyes restedonthesethings,asuddenvividlikenesspassedbeforehim, ofachildwhomhehadheldinhisarmsonthepassageacrossthat veryChannel,onecoldtime,whenthehail