A Tale of Two Cities
by Charles Dickens
Year
1867
Pages
420
Contents
Book the Third: CHAPTER XII. Darkness
Summary
- -Carton goes to Defarge’s wine shop and overhears Madame Defarge’s plan to accuse Lucie and Manette of spying
- -Defarge himself finds this course unnecessary, but his wife reminds him of her grievance against the family Evrémonde
- -Carton gives Lorry his own papers and insists that the family must leave the city tomorrow
- -Carton utters a final good-bye and blessing to Lucie