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1、TheProjectGutenbergEtextofATaleofTwoCitiesbyCharlesDickens[TherestofDickensisforthcoming]CONTENTSBooktheSecond--theGoldenThreadChapterIFiveYearsLaterChapterIIASightChapterIIIADisappointmentChapterIVCongratulatoryChapterVTheJackalChapterVIHundredsofPeopleChapterVIIMonseigneu
2、rinTownChapterVIIIMonseigneurintheCountryChapterIXTheGorgon'sHeadChapterXTwoPromisesChapterXIACompanionPictureChapterXIITheFellowofDelicacyChapterXIIITheFellowofnoDelicacyChapterXIVTheHonestTradesmanChapterXVKnittingChapterXVIStillKnittingChapterXVIIOneNightChapterXVIIINine
3、DaysChapterXIXAnOpinionChapterXXAPleaChapterXXIEchoingFootstepsChapterXXIITheSeaStillRisesChapterXXIIIFireRisesChapterXXIVDrawntotheLoadstoneRockIFiveYearsLaterTellson'sBankbyTempleBarwasanold-fashionedplace,evenintheyearonethousandsevenhundredandeighty.Itwasverysmall,veryd
4、ark,veryugly,veryincommodious.Itwasanold-fashionedplace,moreover,inthemoralattributethatthepartnersintheHousewereproudofitssmallness,proudofitsdarkness,proudofitsugliness,proudofitsincommodiousness.Theywereevenboastfulofitseminenceinthoseparticulars,andwerefiredbyanexpressc
5、onvictionthat,ifitwerelessobjectionable,itwouldbelessrespectable.Thiswasnopassivebelief,butanactiveweaponwhichtheyflashedatmoreconvenientplacesofbusiness.Tellson's(theysaid)wantednoelbow-room,Tellson'swantednolight,Tellson'swantednoembellishment.NoakesandCo.'smight,orSnooks
6、Brothers'might;butTellson's,thankHeaven!--AnyoneofthesepartnerswouldhavedisinheritedhissononthequestionofrebuildingTellson's.InthisrespecttheHousewasmuchonaparwiththeCountry;whichdidveryoftendisinherititssonsforsuggestingimprovementsinlawsandcustomsthathadlongbeenhighlyobje
7、ctionable,butwereonlythemorerespectable.Thusithadcometopass,thatTellson'swasthetriumphantperfectionofinconvenience.Afterburstingopenadoorofidioticobstinacywithaweakrattleinitsthroat,youfellintoTellson'sdowntwosteps,andcametoyoursensesinamiserablelittleshop,withtwolittlecoun
8、ters,wheretheoldestofmenmadeyourchequeshakeasifthewindrustledit,whiletheyexaminedt
