The Lady of Shalott

The Lady of Shalott
the night watch by rembrandt
the Night Watch
The Nut Gatherers
wishes to see those whom she has the power to protect at such times, to the end that she may know them- that she may identify them. I believe," said Mr. Lorry, rather halting in his reassuring words, as the stony manner of an the three impressed itself upon him more and more, "I state the case, Citizen Defarge?" ¡¡¡¡Defarge looked gloomily at his wife, and gave no other answer than a gruff sound of acquiescence. ¡¡¡¡"You had better, Lucie," said Mr. Lorry, doing all he could to propitiate, by tone and manner, "have the dear child here, and our good Pross. Our good Pross, Defarge, is an English lady, and knows no French." ¡¡
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¡¡The lady in question, whose rooted conviction that she was more than a match for any foreigner, was not to be shaken by distress and danger, appeared with folded arms, and observed in English to The Vengeance, whom her eyes first encountered, "Well, I am sure, Boldface! I hope you are pretty well!" She also bestowed a British cough on Madame Defarge; but, neither of the two took much heed of her.