"You are the young lady just now referred to?"
"O! most unhappily, I am!"
The plaintive tone of her compassion merged into the less musical voice of the Judge, as he said something fiercely: "Answer the questions put to you, and make no remark upon them."
"Miss Manette, had you any conversation with the prisoner on that passage across the Channel?"
"Yes, sir."
"Recall it."
In the midst of a profound stillness, she faintly began: "When the gentleman came on board-"
"Do you mean the prisoner?" inquired the Judge, knitting his brows.
"Yes, my Lord."
"Then say the prisoner."