`Citizen Doctor,' said the first, reluctantly, `he has been denounced to the Section of Saint Antoine. This citizen,' pointing out the second who had entered, `is from Saint Antoine.'

The citizen here indicated nodded his head, and added: `He is accused by Saint Antoine.'

`Citizen Doctor,' said the first, with his former reluctance, `ask no more. If the Republic demands sacrifices from you, without doubt you as a good patriot will be happy to make them. The Republic goes before all. The People is supreme. Evrémonde, we are pressed.'

`One word,' the Doctor entreated. `Will you tell me who denounced him?'

`It is against rule,' answered the first; `but you can ask Him of Saint Antoine here.'

The Doctor turned his eyes upon that man. Who moved uneasily on his feet, rubbed his beard a little, and at length said:

`Well! Truly it is against rule. But he is denounced-and gravely-by the Citizen and Citizeness Defarge. And by one other.

`Then,' said he of Saint Antoine, with a strange look, `you will be answered to-morrow. Now, I am dumb!'