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A Tale of Two Cities Chapters 6-10

A year passed, Charles Darnay worked as a teacher and a translator in England. Once, Darnay
visited Dr. Manette who observed that Darnay loved his daughter Lucie. Darnay wished to marry
Lucie and he told her father about his true identity. Mr. Stryver – the arrogant lawyer – told his
assistant Sydney Carton that he intended to marry Lucie Manette. Stryver went to tell Lucie. On
his way, Mr. Stryver visited Lorry at the bank. Lorry did not want anyone to suffer. So, he asked
Stryver to wait until he knew Lucie's opinion about his proposal. Sydney Carton – Stryver's
assistant – visited Lucie and revealed his love for her. He asked her to love him and to remember
that he would sacrifice his own life for her or for someone dear to her.
Back at the French village of Saint Antoine – near Paris – the mender of the roads was with
Defarge at the wine shop. He told Defarge and the Jacques what he knew about Gaspard, the
father of the boy killed by the Marquis' carriage. Gaspard killed the Marquis. Because Gaspard
was seen, he was arrested and executed for killing the Marquis. Defarge and others agreed that
Gaspard's execution was a reason for getting rid of the Marquis' aristocrat class and for starting
revolution. Defarge knew that a new spy from England was coming. The spy visited the wine
shop and spoke to Defarge and his wife about Gaspard's execution and Lucie Manette's marriage
to Charles Darnay. Defarge was surprised as he knew that Charles Darnay was the Marquis'
nephew. Defarge had sympathy because Charles Darnay would be Dr. Manette's son-in-law and
their safety and happiness would be in danger if there was a revolution. Defarge hopped that
Darnay would not come back to France. On the marriage day, Charles Darnay met privately with
Dr. Manette who was upset. Lucie and Darnay got married and left, but Dr. Manette suffered a
relapse. For nine days, Dr. Manette did not recognize Lorry or Miss Pross. He began to make
shoes again. The he came out of the relapse and traveled to join his daughter Lucie and her
husband Darnay. Lorry and Miss Pross destroyed his shoe making bench and buried his tools.
Sydney Carton; the lawyer's assistant who helped Darnay to be released and who loved Lucie,
visited the married couple – Lucie and Charles – and spoke to Darnay. Carton asked Darnay to be
friends and to visit regularly. Darnay agreed politely about Carton's odd request. Lucie told her
husband that Carton deserved respect, she did not tell Darnay about Carton's promise to help her
or anyone dear to her. Years passed and Darnay and Lucie had a daughter, Little Lucie. One
evening in July 1789, they sat and listened to echoes. At the same time, in France, the revolution
began. Defarge and his wife led the patriots. They destroyed The Bastille Prison – where Dr.
Manette had been imprisoned for 18 years - and they released the prisoners. Defarge and the
others destroyed and burned Manette's cell in Bastille Prison in Paris. The Marquis' palace and
more other similar palaces were burned; members of aristocracy were arrested and killed.
General Questions
1-How was Charles Darnay different from his uncle the Marquis?
2-Why did Sydney Carton visit Lucie Manette? What was his promise to her?
3-How was Dr. Manette still affected by his years in the Bastille Prison?
4-How did the Marquis react to the death of Gaspard's son?
5-What did Charles Darnay do in England after visiting his uncle in France?
6-Discuss the theme of resurrection in "A Tale of Two cities".
Quotation Questions
1-"You dogs! I would ride over any of you very wiling, and exterminate you from the earth. If I
knew which rascal threw at the carriage."
2-"Monseigenur hear me! Monseigneur, hear my petition! My husband died of want; so many
more will die of want."
3-"You are always in the front rank, and I was always behind. Before Shrewsbury, and ever since
Shrewsbury, you have fallen into your rank, and I have fallen into mine … you were always
somewhere, and I was always nowhere."
4-"It's a dreadful remembrance. Besides that, his loss of himself grew out of it. Not knowing how
he lost himself, or how he recovered himself, he may never feel certain of not losing himself
again."
5-"I don't care about fortune: she is a charming creature, and I have made up my mind to please
myself: on the whole I think I can afford to please myself."

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