The Tale of Two Cities(Page 302-507)

     Travel through France proves difficult for Darnay. Revolutionaries often stopped him and questioned him. Lucie and Doctor Manette stormed into the Paris branch of Tellson's Bank. To find Mr. Lorry. They inform him that Darnay sits imprisoned in La Force. Fearing that Lucie and Manette's presence might compromise the bank's business, Lorry ushers Lucie, her daughter, and Miss Pross to a nearby lodging. But Madame Defarge coldly responds that the revolution will not stop for the sake of Lucie and her families. Four days later, Manette returns from La Force. Lorry notes a change in the once-fragile Manette, who now is hungry for power and strenght. Darney was still in prison for a year and three months. While the family waits for Darnay's trial, Manette tells Lucie of a window in the prison from which Darnay might see her in the street. Manette then tells Lucie that Darnay will strand trial on the following day and assures her that her husband will fare well in it.
     A motley and bloodthirsty crowd assembled at the trial of Charles Darnay. The crowd carried Darnay home in a chair on their shoulder. The next day, although Manette rejoices in having saved Darnay's life, Lucie remains terrified for her husband. When Manette asks for the identity of this third person, the soldier replies that Manette will recieve the answer the very next day. Meanwhile Jerry Cruncher and miss Pross discover Miss Pross's long-lost brother, Solomon, in a wine shop. He threatens to reveal Barsad's true identity to the revolutionaries unless the spy accompanies him to Tellson's. Lorry scolds Cruncher for leading a secret life outside his job at Tellson's. Cruncher hints that there may be many doctors involved in grave-robbing who banks at Tellson's. That night, as he wanders the streets of Paris, Carton thinks of Lucie. Defarge claims that Manette wrote the letter while imprisoned int he Bastille, and he reads it aloud. It tells the story of Manette's imprisonment. After hearing the story from Manette, the jury sentences Darnay to death, to pay for the sins of his father and uncle.
     The courtroom crowd pours into the streets to celebrate Darnay's condemnation. Carton goes to Defarge's wine shop. The Defarge's wine shop has marvel at how much he physically resembles the condemned Darnay. At midnight Manette arrives home completely out of his mind. He looks madly for his shoemaking bench. Carton then bid farewell to Lucie. Fifty-two people had been condemned to die the next day. Darnay resolves to meet his death bravely. Carton changes cloth and switched place with Darnay. Meanwhile, Defarge heads toward Lucie apartment to catch Lucie in the illegal act of mourning a prisonor. Carton and the young seamstress reach the guillotine. The Vengence and the other revolutionary women worry that Madame Defarge will miss the beheading of Charles Darnay.In the end, Carton dies.