Book the Third: CHAPTER XII. Darkness

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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
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