A Tale of Two Cities-CHAPTER 17 ONE NIGHT

ONE NIGHT,Never did the sun go down with a brighter glory on the quiet corner in Soho, than one memorable ¹ evening when the Doctor and his daughter sat under the plane-tree together. Never did the moon rise with a milder radiance over great London, than on that night when it found them still seated under the tree, and shone upon their faces through its leaves.,Lucie was to be married tomorrow. She had reserved this last evening for her father, and they sat alone under the plane-tree.,“You are happy, my dear father?”,“Quite, my child. ”,They had said little, though they had been there a long time. When it was yet light enough to work and read, she had neither engaged herself in her usual work, nor had she read to him. She had employed herself in both ways, at his side under the tree, many and many a time; but, this time was not quite like any other, and nothing could make it so.,In the sad moonlight, she clasped him by the neck, and laid her face upon his breast. In the moonlight which is always sad, as the light of the sun itself is—as the light called human life is—at its coming and its going.,“Dearest dear! Can you tell me, this last time, that you feel quite, quite sure, no new affections of mine, and no new duties of mine, will ever interpose between us? I know it well, but do you know it? In your own heart, do you feel quite certain?
”,Her father answered, with a cheerful firmness of conviction he could scarcely have assumed, “Quite sure, my darling! More than that,” he added, as he tenderly kissed her: “my future is far brighter, Lucie, seen through your marriage, than it could have been—nay, than it ever was—without it. ”,“If I could hope that, my father!—”,“Believe it, love! Indeed it is so. Consider how natural and how plain it is, my dear, that it should be so. You, devoted ³ and young, cannot fully ⁴ appreciate the anxiety I have felt that your life should not be wasted—
” She moved her hand towards his lips, but he took it in his, and repeated the word.,The veteran soldier has fought many memorable battles.这个老兵参加过许多难忘的战斗。,The church was consecrated in 1853. 这座教堂于1853年祝圣 。