To prove the plausibility of this, one of the lawyers-a man named Sydney Carton-stands up, revealing himself to look very much like Darnay. It initially seems likely that Darnay will be convicted of being a French spy, but at the last moment Darnay’s legal team asks whether Darnay might have been misidentified by a witness. The defendant is a young Frenchman named Charles Darnay, whom they initially met on the crossing from Calais. His daughter’s arrival seems to spark some signs of recognition in him, however, and the group departs for England.įive years later, Lucie and Manette (now largely recovered) are witnesses in a treason case in London. Doctor Manette’s long imprisonment has left him in a bad psychological state he is largely unaware of his surroundings and constantly busies himself making shoes. He has now been released and is in the care of a former servant named Ernest Defarge, who now runs a wine-shop in the impoverished Saint Antoine district of Paris. Once a successful doctor, Manette was, for unknown reasons, imprisoned 18 years ago in the infamous Bastille prison. Together, the pair travel to Paris to recover her father, Alexandre Manette. In 1775, a banker named Jarvis Lorry travels to Dover, where he meets a young, half-French woman named Lucie Manette.
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