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late acquisition of a violin player in the servants' hall, and the possibility of raising five couple with the help of Mrs. Grant and a new intimate friend of Mr. Bertram's just arrived on a visit. It had, however, been a very happy one to Fanny through four dances, and she was quite grieved to be losing even a quarter of an hour. While waiting and wishing, looking now at the dancers and now at the door, this dialogue between the two above-mentioned ladies was forced on her-- ¡¡¡¡ "I think, ma'am," said Mrs. Norris, her eyes directed towards Mr. Rushworth and Maria, who were partners for the second time, "we shall see some happy faces again now." ¡
¡¡¡ "Yes, ma'am, indeed," replied the other, with a stately simper, "there will be some satisfaction in looking on _now_, and I think it was rather a pity they should have been obliged to part. Young folks in their situation should be excused complying with the common forms. I wonder my son did not propose it."

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I do not think so. I do not think," said Doctor Manette with the firmness of self-conviction, "that anything but the one train of association would renew it. I think that, henceforth, nothing but some extraordinary jarring of that chord could renew it. After what has happened, and after his recovery, I find it difficult to imagine any such violent sounding of that string again. I trust, and I almost believe, that the circumstances likely to renew it are exhausted." ¡¡
¡¡He spoke with the diffidence of a man who knew how slight a thing would overset the delicate organisation of the mind, and yet with the confidence of a man who had slowly won his assurance out of personal endurance and distress. It was not for his friend to abate that confidence. He professed himself more relieved and encouraged than he really was, and approached his second and last point. He felt it to be the most difficult of all; but, remembering his old Sunday morning conversation with Miss Pross, and remembering what he had seen in the last nine days, he knew that he must face it.

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I do not think so. I do not think," said Doctor Manette with the firmness of self-conviction, "that anything but the one train of association would renew it. I think that, henceforth, nothing but some extraordinary jarring of that chord could renew it. After what has happened, and after his recovery, I find it difficult to imagine any such violent sounding of that string again. I trust, and I almost believe, that the circumstances likely to renew it are exhausted." ¡¡
¡¡He spoke with the diffidence of a man who knew how slight a thing would overset the delicate organisation of the mind, and yet with the confidence of a man who had slowly won his assurance out of personal endurance and distress. It was not for his friend to abate that confidence. He professed himself more relieved and encouraged than he really was, and approached his second and last point. He felt it to be the most difficult of all; but, remembering his old Sunday morning conversation with Miss Pross, and remembering what he had seen in the last nine days, he knew that he must face it.

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disfiguring such cases, and of which the State Trials of this country were full. But, there my Lord interposed (with as grave a face as if it had not been true), saying that he could not sit upon that Bench and suffer those allusions. ¡¡¡¡Mr. Stryver then called his few witnesses, and Mr. Cruncher had next to attend while Mr. Attorney-General turned the whole suit of clothes Mr. Stryver had fitted on the jury, inside out; showing how Barsad and Cly were even a hundred times better than he had thought them, and the prisoner a hundred times worse.
Lastly, came my Lord himself, turning the suit of clothes, now inside out, now outside in, but on the whole decidedly trimming and shaping them into grave-clothes for the prisoner. ¡¡¡¡And now, the jury turned to consider, and the great flies swarmed again. ¡¡¡¡Mr. Carton, who had so long sat looking at the ceiling of the court, changed neither his place nor his attitude, even in this excitement. While his learned friend, Mr

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education, and have always been as liberal to me in all things as it was possible to be. You have been the soul of generosity. Surely there are some ways in which I might begin life with hardly any outlay, and yet begin with a good hope of getting on by resolution and exertion. Are you sure that it would not be better to try that course? Are you certain that you can afford to part with so much money, and that it is right that it should be so expended? I only ask you, my second mother, to consider. Are you certain?' ¡¡¡¡My aunt finished eating the piece of toast on which she was then engaged, looking me full in the face all the while; and then setting her glass on the chimney-piece, and folding her hands upon her folded skirts, replied as follows:
¡¡¡¡'Trot, my child, if I have any object in life, it is to provide for your being a good, a sensible, and a happy man. I am bent upon it - so is Dick. I should like some people that I know to hear Dick's conversation on the subject. Its sagacity is wonderful. But no one knows the resources of that man's intellect, except myself!'

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anything, worse than ever. We were farther away from Japan than the night we left the Ghost. Nor could I more than roughly guess our latitude and longitude. At a calculation of a two-mile drift per hour, during the seventy and odd hours of the storm we had been driven at least one hundred and fifty miles to the northeast. But was such calculated drift correct? For all I knew, it might have been four miles per hour instead of two, in which case we were another hundred and fifty miles to the bad. ¡¡¡¡Where we were I did not know, though there was quite a likelihood that we were in the vicinity of the nd I was prepared to sight a sealing-schooner at any time. We did sight one, in the afternoon, when the northwest breeze had sprung up freshly once more; but the strange schooner lost itself on the skyline, and we alone occupied the circle of the sea.

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Leach went on, indicting Wolf Larsen as he had never been indicted before. The sailors assembled in a fearful group just outside the forecastle scuttle, and watched and listened. The hunters piled pell-mell out of the steerage, but as Leach's tirade continued I saw that there was no levity in their faces. Even they were frightened, not at the boy's terrible words, but at his terrible audacity. It did not seem possible that any living creature could thus beard Wolf Larsen to his teeth. I know for myself that I was shocked into admiration of the boy, and I saw in him the splendid invincibleness of immortality rising above the flesh and the fears of the flesh, as in the prophets of old, to condemn unrighteousness. ¡¡¡¡And such condemnation! He haled forth Wolf Larsen's soul naked to the scorn of men. He rained upon it curses from God and high heaven, and withered it with a heat of invective that savored of a medieval excommunication of the Catholic Church. He ran the gamut of denunciation, rising to heights of wrath, and from sheer exhaustion sinking to the most indecent abuse.

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The Pure Drop will say to me! How they'll squint and glane, and say, "This is yer mighty match is it; this is yer getting back to the true level of yer forefathers in King Norman's time!" I feel this is too much, Joan; I shall put an end to myself, title and all - I can bear it no longer!... . But she can make him keep her if he's married her?' ¡¡¡¡`Why, yes. But she won't think o' doing that.' ¡¡¡¡`D'ye think he really have married her? - or is it like the first--' ¡¡¡¡Poor Tess, who had heard as far as this, could not bear to hear more. The perception that her word could be doubted even here, in her own parental house, set her mind against the spot as nothing else could have done. How unexpected were the attacks of destiny! And if her father doubted her a little, would not neighbours and acquaintance doubt her much? O, she could not live long at home!

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And there must be three times of asking. And now there be only two Sundays left between.' ¡¡¡¡Tess felt her cheek paling; Izz was right; of course there must be three. Perhaps he had forgotten! If so, there must be a week's postponement, and that was unlucky. How could she remind her lover? She who had been so backward was suddenly fired with impatience and alarm lest she should lose her dear prize. ¡¡¡¡A natural incident relieved her anxiety. Izz mentioned the omission of the banns to Mrs Crick, and Mrs Crick assumed a matron's privilege of speaking to Angel on the point. ¡¡¡¡`Have ye forgot 'em, Mr Clare? The banns, I mean.' ¡¡¡¡`No, I have not forgot 'em,' says Clare. ¡¡¡¡As soon as he caught Tess alone he assured her: ¡¡¡¡`Don't let them tease you about the banns. A licence will be quieter for us, and I have decided on a licence without consulting you. So if you go to church on Sunday morning you will not hear your own name, if you wished to.' ¡¡¡¡`I didn't wish to hear it, dearest,' she said proudly.

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What about this man, Guido?"
　　Bridget giggled.
　　"He had a terrific crush on Elvira," she said.
　　"And you and your friend used to meet him places?"
　　"Well, I don't mindtelling you," said Bridget. "Afterall you're the police. It isn'timportant to you, that sort of thing and I expect you understand. Countess Martinelli wasfrightfully strict – or thought she was. And of course we hadall sorts of dodges and things. We all stood in with each other. You know."
　　"And told the right lies, I suppose?"
　　"Well, I'm afraid so,"said Bridget. "But what can one do whenanyone is so suspicious?"

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And then there were two. Lando's tail-gunners kept the remaining TIE fighters jumping in the narrowspace, until at last the main reactor shaft came into view. They'd never seen areactor that awesome. "It's too big, Gold Leader," yelled Wedge. "My proton torpedoes won't evendent that." "Go for the power regulator on the north tower," Lando directed. "I'll take themain reactor. We're carrying concussion missiles—they should penetrate. Once Ilet them go, we won't have much time to get out of here, though." "I'm already on my way out," Wedge exclaimed. He fired his torpedoes with a Corellian war-cry, hitting both sides of the northtower, and peeled off, accelerating. The Falcon waited three dangerous seconds longer, then loosed its concussion

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Both burst out laughing, causing a head or two to turn as the group movedthrough the city walkways. See-Threepio lagged a bit behind, fascinated by the bustling alien crowds in theCloud City streets, the floating cars, the fabulous, fanciful buildings. He turned hishead back and forth, trying to register it all in his computer circuits. As the golden droid gawked at the new sights, he passed a door facing thewalkway. Hearing it open, he turned to see a silver Threepio unit emerging andstopped to watch the other robot move away. While Threepio paused there, he hearda muffled beeping and whistling coming from behind the door. He peeked in and saw a familiar-looking droid sitting in the anteroom. "Oh, anR2 unit!" he chirped in delight. "I'd almost forgotten what they sound like." Threepio moved through the doorway and walked into the room. Instantly hesensed that he and the R2 unit were not alone. He threw his golden arms up in

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appendages. Gracefully, the surgeon droid worked a switch that brought a gelatinousred fluid pouring down over his human patient. This bacta, Han knew, could workmiracles, even with patients in such dire shape as Luke. As the bubbling slime encapsulated his body, Luke began to thrash about andrave deliriously. "Watch out," he moaned. "…snow creatures.Dangerous…Yoda…go to Yoda…only hope." Han had not the slightest idea what his friend was raving about. Chewbacca,also perplexed by the youth's babbling, expressed himself with an interrogativeWookiee bark. "He doesn't make sense to me either, Chewie," Han replied. Threepio commented hopefully, "I do hope he's all there, if you take mymeaning. It would be most unfortunate if Master Luke were to develop a shortcircuit." "The kid ran into something," Han observed matter-of-factly, "and it wasn't justthe cold." "It's those creatures he keeps talking about," Leia said, looking at the grimly

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Static crackled from the receiver. Then a familiar voice cut through theinterference. "Is that you, kid? What's up?" The voice sounded a little older and somewhat sharper than Luke's. For amoment Luke fondly recalled first meeting the Corellian space smuggler in that dark,alien-packed cantina at a spaceport on Tatooine. And now he was one of Luke'sonly friends who was not an official member of the Rebel Alliance. "I've finished my circle and I haven't picked up any life readings," Luke spokeinto his comlink, pressing his mouth close to the transmitter. "There isn't enough life on this ice cube to fill a space cruiser," Han answered,fighting to make his voice heard above the whistling winds. "My sentry markers areplaced. I'm heading back to base." "See you shortly," Luke replied. He still had his eye on the twisting column ofdark smoke rising from a black spot in the distance. "A meteorite just hit the groundnear here and I want to check it out. I won't be long."

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Theoretically, no weapon could penetrate the exceptionally dense stone of theancient temple, but Luke had seen the shattered remains of Alderaan and knew thatfor those in the incredible battle station the entire moon would present simply anotherabstract problem in mass-energy conversion. Little Artoo Detoo rested comfortably in a place of honor, his body radiatingcomputer and data-bank hookups like a metal hairdo. On an array of screens andreadouts nearby the technical information stored on the submicroscopic record tapewithin the robot's brain was being played out. Hours of it—diagrams, charts,statistics. First the rush of materials was slowed and digested by more sophisticatedcomputer minds. Then the most critical information was turned over to humananalysts for detailed evaluation. All the while See Threepio stood close to Artoo, marveling at how so muchcomplex data could be stored in the mind of so simple a 'droid. The central briefing room was located deep within the bowels of the temple.The long, low-ceiling auditorium was dominated by a raised dais and huge electronicdisplay screen at its far end. Pilots, navigators, and a sprinkling of Artoo units filledthe seats. Impatient, and feeling very out of place, Han Solo and Chewbacca stoodas far away from the stage, with its assemblage of officers and Senators, as possible.Solo scanned the crowd, searching for Luke. Despite some common sense entreaties,the crazy kid had gone and joined the regular pilots. He didn't see Luke, but herecognized the Princess as she talked somberly with some bemedaled oldster. When a tall, dignified gentleman with too many deaths on his soul moved tostand by the far side of the screen, Solo turned his attention to him, as did everyoneelse in the room. As soon as an expectant silence had gripped the crowd, GeneralJan Dodonna adjusted the tiny mike on his chest and indicated the small group seatedclose to him.

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With this Resolution I enter'd the Wood, and with all possible Waryness and Silence, Friday following close at my Heels, I march'd till I came to the Skirt of the Wood, on the Side which was next to them; only that one Corner of the Wood lay between me and them; here I call'd softly to Friday, and shewing him a great Tree, which was just at the Corner of the Wood, I bad him go to the Tree, and bring me Word if he could see there plainly what they were doing; he did so, and came immediately back to me, and told me they might be plainly view'd there; that they were all about their Fire, eating the Flesh of one of their Prisoners; and that another lay bound upon the Sand, a little from them, which be said they would kill next, and which fir'd all the very Soul within me; he told me it was not one of their Nation; but one of the bearded Men, who he had told me of, that came to their Country in the Boat: I was fill'd with Horror at the very naming the white-bearded Man, and going to the Tree, I saw plainly by my Glass, a white Man who lay upon the Beach of the Sea, with his Hands and his Feet ty'd, with Flags, or Things like Rushes; and that he was an European, and had Cloaths on.
There was another Tree, and a little Thicket beyond it, about fifty Yards nearer to them than the Place where I was, which by going a little way about, I saw I might come at undiscover'd, and that then I should be within half Shot of them; so I with-held my Passion, though I was indeed enrag'd to the highest Degree, and going back about twenty Paces, I got behind some Bushes, which held all the way, till I came to the other Tree; and then I came to a little rising Ground, which gave me a full View of them, at the Distance of about eighty Yards.

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With this Resolution I enter'd the Wood, and with all possible Waryness and Silence, Friday following close at my Heels, I march'd till I came to the Skirt of the Wood, on the Side which was next to them; only that one Corner of the Wood lay between me and them; here I call'd softly to Friday, and shewing him a great Tree, which was just at the Corner of the Wood, I bad him go to the Tree, and bring me Word if he could see there plainly what they were doing; he did so, and came immediately back to me, and told me they might be plainly view'd there; that they were all about their Fire, eating the Flesh of one of their Prisoners; and that another lay bound upon the Sand, a little from them, which be said they would kill next, and which fir'd all the very Soul within me; he told me it was not one of their Nation; but one of the bearded Men, who he had told me of, that came to their Country in the Boat: I was fill'd with Horror at the very naming the white-bearded Man, and going to the Tree, I saw plainly by my Glass, a white Man who lay upon the Beach of the Sea, with his Hands and his Feet ty'd, with Flags, or Things like Rushes; and that he was an European, and had Cloaths on.
There was another Tree, and a little Thicket beyond it, about fifty Yards nearer to them than the Place where I was, which by going a little way about, I saw I might come at undiscover'd, and that then I should be within half Shot of them; so I with-held my Passion, though I was indeed enrag'd to the highest Degree, and going back about twenty Paces, I got behind some Bushes, which held all the way, till I came to the other Tree; and then I came to a little rising Ground, which gave me a full View of them, at the Distance of about eighty Yards.