Book the Third: CHAPTER X. The Substance of the Shadow

Contains spoilers

Summary

  • -Defarge reads letter written by Manette while in Bastille, telling the story of his imprisonment
  • -Letter details how Manette failed to save the life of a young peasant woman and her brother, who were victims of the Marquis Evrémonde (Darnay's father and uncle)
  • -Jury sentences Darnay to death to pay for the sins of his father and uncle
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