Carton confesses his love to Lucie, but does not propose, knowing that his drunken and apathetic way of life is not worthy of her. Stryver decides to propose to her, but is dissuaded by Mr. This revelation throws into doubt a positive identification of Darnay as the person seen passing secrets, and the court acquits Darnay.Īfter the trial, Darnay, Carton, and Stryver begin spending time at the Manette home, obviously attracted to Lucie's beauty and kind nature. Stryver, indicate that Cly and Barsad are the real spies, but the turning point in the trial occurs when Sydney Carton, Stryver's assistant, points out that Carton and Darnay look alike enough to be doubles. If found guilty of treason, Darnay will suffer a gruesome death, and the testimony of an acquaintance, John Barsad, and a former servant, Roger Cly, seems sure to result in a guilty verdict.
Doctor Manette has fully recovered and has formed a close bond with his daughter. Also at the trial are Doctor Manette and Lucie, who are witnesses for the prosecution. Lorry has been called as a witness for the trial of Charles Darnay, a Frenchman accused of being a spy for France and the United States.
Lorry and Lucie take him to England.įive years later, the porter for Tellson's Bank, Jerry Cruncher, takes a message to Mr. Lorry, but when Lucie approaches him, he remembers his wife and begins to weep. He barely responds to questions from Defarge and Mr. Thin and pale, Doctor Manette sits at a shoemaker's bench intently making shoes. Lorry and Lucie to the garret room where he is keeping Doctor Manette, warning them that the Doctor's years in prison have greatly changed him. Defarge now runs a wine-shop with his wife in the poverty-stricken quarter of Saint Antoine. Lorry and Lucie arrive in Paris, they find the Doctor's former servant, Ernest Defarge, caring for him. Joining him on his journey is Lucie Manette, a 17-year-old woman who is stunned to learn that her father, Doctor Alexandre Manette, is alive and has recently been released after having been secretly imprisoned in Paris for 18 years. The year is late 1775, and Jarvis Lorry travels from London to Paris on a secret mission for his employer, Tellson's Bank. "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times," Charles Dickens writes in the opening lines of A Tale of Two Cities as he paints a picture of life in England and France.
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