the work before the vacation comes. As he is coming to a close he throws his towel off his
head and starts to fix a new bowl of punch. While this is happening Stryver begins to tell
him about his plan for marriage. He tells Sydney to guess who it is, but Sydney really
doesn’t care at 5 o’clock in the morning. Then Stryver goes on about how he is such the
perfect man and Carton is like a bum. Finally he announces that he plans to marry Miss
Manette. Carton doesn’t act surprised, but he starts to drink more. Then Stryver tells him
how he should get himself a nurse and Mr.Sydney Carton tells him that he will think about
it.
A Tale of Two Cities
Book Two: Chapter Twelve/The Fellow of Delicacy
The chapter opens with Mr. Stryver on his way to Soho to propose to Lucie. He is
going by Temple Bar and decides to stop by and tell Mr. Lorry about his plans. When he
goes in and tells Lorry, Mr. Lorry is taken back by this. He tells Stryver that Lucie may
not like him, and may not be interested. Stryver then calls Lucie sill, and upsets Mr. Lorry.
Mr. Lorry tells Stryver that he will go over to the Manette house tonight and tell them
about this. With this Mr. Stryver realizes he will be rejected. When Mr. Lorry comes to
the door with him, Stryver pretends to be preoccupied and act like he doesn’t care
anymore. He then thanks Lorry for his help and tells him to leave.
A Tale of Two Cities
Book Two: Chapter Thirteen/The Fellow of No Delicacy
It is the summer and Mr.Stryver has left town. Sydney is feeling very low and
decides to stop by and see Lucie Manette. He goes inside and begins to cry. Then he lets
out the truth that he loves her and realizes that she could never love him back. He says
that she had an effect on him that almost made him change his ways, but it could never
happen. Lucie then tells Carton that she won’t tell anyone about this. Before he leaves
Carton says that he sees Lucie married, and with a child. He also says he would do
anything to save a life of someone she loved.
A Tale of Two Cities
Book Two: Chapter Fourteen/The Honest Tradesman
The chapter opens talking about Jerry Cruncher and his son. They are at the bank
and Jerry hears a funereal procession. We find out it is for the funereal of Roger Cly, the
spy from earlier in the book. Jerry asks them if they are sure if he is dead or not. They then
get into a mob kind of mentality and all hop on the cart. Then they ride it to the cemetery
and check to see that is it Roger. After that the mob goes around and does all sorts of
vandalism. Jerry stays behind at the cemetery. Soon he has to leave to get back to
Tellson’s. When he gets home he starts talking to Mrs.Crucher about how he is going
fishing tonight and that she better not pray against him. This intrigues little Jerry, who
follows his father that night. He sees that his father meets up with two other people, one
being Izaak. Then they go to undig the body and little Jerry runs home. Apparently
something went wrong at night and Jerry is upset with Mrs.Cruncher. When they go to
work little Jerry asks what a resurrection-main is. His father explains and then little Jerry
says he wants to be one when he grows up. This makes Mr.Cruncher happy.
A Tale of Two Cities
Book Two: Chapter Fifteen/Knitting
The Defarge wine shop has been a pretty busy place for the past couple of
mornings. There are people in there drinking wine, and people just talking. Madame
Defarge just keeps on knitting. Soon Defarge and the mender or roads walk in. Then after
Defarge introduces him as Jacques, the three Jacques leave and then the mender and
Defarge go up to the room where Dr.Manette once stayed. The mender tells them of
Gaspard and how he was caught after many months and hanged in the town square. The
Jacques are very upset by this. Then we learn that Madame Defarge is really stitching in
the names of all people that are to die. The Jacques also say that everyone that was
involved with the chateau must be killed. The mender wants to stay in town until Sunday
to see the King and Queen. When that time comes he is very excited and starts jumping
around. Then he realizes what he is doing and Madame Defarge points out to him that he
would get excited at anything. He agrees and the chapter ends.
A Tale of Two Cities
Book Two: Chapter Sixteen/Still Knitting
In this chapter we see that Madame Defarge has a secret message that when she
put s arose in her hair the people should casually leave the shop. She does this when a Mr.
John Barsad enters the shop. She has been told about the spy Barsad by her husband. She
talks with him for awhile as she knits his name in. Then Defarge walks in and they talk.
Barsad calls him Jacques, and this unnerves Defarge. He plays it cool. Barsad ends up
saying that Lucie Manette is going to marry Charles Darnay. Then he releases Charles true
identity. This upsets Defarge and Madame Defarge knits his name into the blanket. Then
she goes outside where she is knitting with the rest of the ladies, and soon will knit by the
guillotine.
A Tale of Two Cities
Book Two: Chapter Seventeen/One Night
It is the night before Lucie is to be married to Charles Darnay. Lucie and Dr.
Manette are sitting outside in under the tree. The Doctor says he is happy that Lucie is
getting married. Then he starts to talk about how when he was in prison he imagined that
he had a child that didn’t know of him. Then he says that sometimes he thought the girls
did know of him. They finally go inside to have dinner very happy. They eat with Miss
Pross and soon it is time to go to sleep. While sleeping, Lucie wakes up and goes to check
on her father. She sees he is okay and rests easy.
A Tale of Two Cities
Book Two: Chapter Eighteen/Nine Days
It is now the morning of the wedding. It seems that Miss Pross and Mr. Lorry have
become closer that they used to be. They are waiting outside the Doctor’s room with
Lucie talking with her. Charles is in the room with Dr. Manette, probably telling him about
his family history. When the Doctor comes out of the room he is white as a ghost. They go
to the church and Lucie marries Charles. When Charles and Lucie leave for their
honeymoon something happens to Dr. Manette. He begins to start making shoes again. It
is like he has gone back to prison and doesn’t know what is going on. He goes on to do
this for nine nights, and on the ninth night he has become very skillful again.
A Tale of Two Cities
Book Two: Chapter Nineteen/An Opinion
This chapter opens with the doctor in his tenth day. When Mr. Lorry walks in, to
his surprise, the doctor is up reading in a corner. He is not working on his shoes anymore
and looks better. Ths amezes Lorry and it takes him awhile to realize that this is all true.
Then Miss Pross comes in and it takes her awhile to realize this. They decide that it is best
to act as if nothing happened. Soon it is time for breakfast and the Doctor comes down.
He thinks that Lucie got married yesterday, but of course it is wrong. Then Mr. Lorry says
he has a friend that fell into a relapse. They understand each other and Mr. Lorry brings
him up to date. The Doctor thanks him very much for not telling Lucie about it, and thinks
it was brought about by somethign that will not appear again. After this he goes and joins
Lucie in Wales. Then Miss Pross and Mr. Lorry burn his workbench and bury his tools.
A Tale of Two Cities
Book Two: Chapter Twenty/A Plea
Sydney Carton has not seen the Manettes in a long time. When he comes in he
wants to speak wiht Charles. He tells Charles to forget what he said to him that night in
the bar. Charles says he forgot it long about, but Carton isn’t sure. Then Cartons asks
Charles if he can come and go in the house as he would like. Charles also agrees to this.
When Carton leaves they talk about him at dinner, and Charles talks about him going by
his appearance. When he comes into the bedroom after Lucie is sitting there. She tells him
that he should be much nicer to Sydney because he is unhappy and doesn’t have what they
have.
A Tale of Two Cities
Book Two: Chapter Twenty-One/Echoing Footsteps
The chapter opens up in London. We learn that Lucie now has a daughter and
used to have a son, but he died. They say that he died with rest and he was going to
heaven. Time has gone on and it is now July of 1789. Sydney Carton has been dropping by
around 6 times a year and the children like him. Mr. Lorry is worried about unrest in Paris.
It seems the echoing footsteps are back.
The chapter then goes to July 14, 1789 in Paris. The peasants have finally begun
their uprising. It is Monsieur and Madame Defarge leading the revolt. They go to the
Bastille and cannot get in. Finally they give up in the Bastille and the guards let them in.
Defarge has a turnkey take him up to 105 North Tower. There they burn the bed and
Defarge searches through the chimney. Finally they leave. We don’t know if he found
anything or not. After this they go and Madame Defarge kills one of the guards. The
crowd of peasants is being compared to a sea that keeps on rising.
A Tale of Two Cities
Book Two: Chapter Twenty-Two/The Sea Still Rises
Monsieur Defarge comes into the wine-shop and says that a man named Foulon
faked his death and is still alive. This was a man that oppressed the peasants. They find out
that he has been taken to the Hotel de Ville. The people go their and is murder is
graphically described. Then the people learn that his son-in-law is coming into town so
they find him and also graphically kill him.
A Tale of Two Cities
Book Two: Chapter Twenty-Three/Fire Rises
The mender if roads is back in the story as the chapter begins. He is on the road
and meets a stranger. The stranger has a smoke and then asks the mender to wake him at
sunset. It seems like the man wants to go to the chateau. That night all of the peasants are
standing out by the fountain. Suddenly a rider comes and asks them for help. The chateau
is on fire. Nobody moves to help. Then the rider goes to the prison to see the guards, but
nobody helps. The chateau burns and it is like the Marquis is dying again and the faces are
crumbling. It seems that several people set it on fire, and did this to other noble building
all over France.
A Tale of Two Cities
Book Two: Chapter Twenty-Four/Drawn to the Loadstone Rock
It is now 1792 and has been three years since the Bastille was stormed. France is in
a state of terror and now most nobles are referred to as Monseigneur. There are large
number of Monseigneurs in England at Tellson’s Bank in London. They all complain about
how they hate the new government. In this chapter we learn that Mr.Lorry is being sent
over to Paris to gather some papers from the bank in Paris. At his desk is Mr.Darnay. It
seems a note for the Marquis St.Evremonde is on Mr.Lorry’s desk. Nobody can find the
Marquis and the nobles start to talk about how this dumb noble gave up his land to the
peasants. Mr.Darnay defends him and says he knows the man. He takes the note and reads
that Gabelle is in trouble. Darnay decides that it is his duty to go and help Gabelle because
Gabelle was just following orders. Darnay finds that Gabelle is in L’Abbaye. He gets ready
to go. Before he leaves he writes a letter to the Dr. and to Lucie telling them why he is
going. Then he leaves.
A Tale of Two Cities
Book Three: Chapter One/In Secret
When Darnay gets to France he makes it by several guardhouses but it is soon
found out who he is. He has to take up an escort. On the trip he finds out that the nobles
and aristocrats are being killed. Soon he gets to Paris and is arrested. His guard is
Defarge. Defarge knows who he is, but will not help. He is now in La Force prison. As he
goes to the prison he meets some imprisoned aristocrats. They say that they hope he is not
in secret but he is. This means he is in solitary confinement. Darnay begins to pace his cell
thinking about Lucie, Dr.Manette and his recent journey.
A Tale of Two Cities
Book Three: Chapter Two/The Grindstone
Mr.Lorry is in Paris. He is now staying in house that used to belong to an
aristocrat. It is a cold night and a mob of people keep on coming into the courtyard to use
a grindstone that has been setup. They use the grindstone to sharpen weapons to go and
kill some prisoners. Then Mr.Lorry hears the gate open, but no mob. It is Dr.Manette and
Lucie. They have found out that Charles is in jail. Dr.Manette thinks that his prisoner
status can help Charles get out of jail. It seems to work and he goes outside to the mob.
They say they are going to free Charles. As the night continues Lucie, little Lucie, and
Miss Pross spend the night with Mr.Lorry. Then the night finally ends and a man is in the
courtyard. He slips into a carriage to rest from the nights wor