"you anticipate what i would say, though you cannot know how earnestly i say it, how earnestly i feel it, without knowing my secret heart, and the hopes and fears and anxieties with which it has long been laden. dear doctor manette, i love your daughter fondly, dearly, disinterestedly, devotedly. if ever there were love in the world, i love her. you have loved yourself; let your old love speak for me!"