Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Tale of Two Cities...

THERE WAS ONE MORE STONE FACE TOO MANY UP AT THE CHATEAU.

The Gorgon had surveyed the building again in the night, and had added the one stone face wanting; the stone face for which it had waited through about two hundred years.

It lay back on the pillow of Monsieur the Marquis. It was like a fine mask, suddenly startled, made angry, and petrified.

Driven home into the heart of the stone figure attached to it was a knife. Round its hilt was a frill of paper, on which was scrawled: “Drive him fast to his tomb. This, from JACQUES.”

— Dickens, Tale of Two Cities

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