Book the First: CHAPTER V. The Wine-shop
Contains spoilers
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Summary
- The setting shifts from Dover, England to a poor suburb of Paris called Saint Antoine.
- A wine cask falls to the pavement in the street and is eagerly collected by the people.
- Monsieur Defarge is the proprietor of a wine shop in Saint Antoine.
- Madame Defarge, his wife, sits behind the counter and is watchful of her surroundings.
- Mr. Lorry and Lucie enter the wine shop and speak with Monsieur Defarge.
- Monsieur Defarge speaks with three customers who refer to each other as "Jacques," or revolutionaries.
- Monsieur Defarge leads Mr. Lorry and Lucie up a steep, dangerous staircase.
- They come to a landing where three men from the wine shop are staring through holes in the wall.
- Monsieur Defarge opens a door to reveal a white-haired man busily making shoes.