1. Chapters 8-15
“The Track of a Storm”

2. Chapter 8
“A Hand at Cards”

3. Shopping What is the significance of the title?
Miss Pross and Jerry Cruncher are out buying food and supplies for the family
They do not know that Charles Darnay has been rearrested
They stop at a wine shop to get wine for the celebratory dinner that is supposed to occur that night

4. Long –Lost Solomon Pross
A man in the corner rises to depart and passes in front of Miss Pross
She lets out a scream
It is her long-lost brother Solomon

5. Recognition He is working as a spy for the Republic
Cannot afford to be identified
Jerry Cruncher recognizes him as one of the spies who testified against Charles Darnay at his trial in England
13 years ago

6. What’s Your Name? Cruncher cannot remember the name
Asks if his name is Solomon John or John Solomon
Sydney Carton appears and states the man’s name is John Barsad
Refers to Barsad as a “sheep of the prisons”
Word for prison spy

7. A Deal is Struck
Carton states he has been in Paris for a day and has been lying low until he could be useful
Carton threatens to reveal Barsad’s true identity to the revolutionaries unless Barsad goes with him to Tellson’s

8. Recognizing Barsad
At Tellson’s, Lorry recognizes Barsad’s name and face
Carton tells him Barsad was “witness at that trial”
Lorry immediately understands
Carton informs Mr. Lorry and Jerry Cruncher that Darnay has been arrested again
He overheard Barsad discussing the news in the wine-shop
The trial is set for tomorrow

9. Metaphor: Game of Cards
Carton has a plan to help Darnay if he is found guilty
We do not fully understand the plan as of yet
Carton’s preparations and plan are described as if he and Barsad were playing a game of cards (probably poker)
Barsad is the prize he intends to win

10. Carton’s Hand Barsad is using an assumed name
Knows Barsad was a secret informant
Knows Barsad was a spy for England
Knows Barsad faked Roger Cly’s death
He can denounce Barsad to the nearest Section Committee
This means the guillotine for Barsad

11. Barsad’s Hand Barsad has nothing
He was even thrown out of his honorable employment in England
Took all his sister’s money
Eavesdrops on the English in France
Barsad was a spy for the Saint Antoine Quarter
Defarges knows this as a fact

12. What about Cly?
Threatens to expose Barsad as an English spy if he does not cooperate
Carton reveals that he has seen Barsad conversing with Roger Cly, a known English spy
Barsad counters that Cly is dead and presents the certificate of burial
Cruncher disproves the story by asserting that Cly’s coffin contained only stones and dirt
Cruncher is unwilling to explain how he knows these details
We know that he is telling the truth because he is a Resurrection Man

13. Securing Barsad’s Help
Carton takes him at his word and again threatens to expose Barsad as an enemy of the Republic.
Barsad finally gives in and agrees to help Carton with his secret plan.
Barsad is a turnkey
He has access to the prison and prisoners
Carton and Barsad step into another room to finish their conversation

14. Chapter 9
“The Game Made”

15. Admonishment and a Plea
Lorry scolds Cruncher for leading a secret life (grave-robbing) outside his job at Tellson’s.
Cruncher hints that there may be many doctors involved in grave-robbing who bank at Tellson’s.
Attempt at justification for what he did

16. Cruncher Makes Amends Cruncher then makes amends
He wants Lorry to let young Jerry Cruncher inherit his own duties at the bank
He himself will become a gravedigger to make up for all the graves that he has “un-dug.”

17. Access Gained Carton and Barsad return to the room
Barsad leaves
Carton reveals that if Darnay loses the trial, his agreement with Barsad will allow him access to him
Both Carton and Lorry do not believe that Darnay has any hope of an acquittal in this second trial

18. Visiting the Chemist
Carton reflects that a human being who has not secured the love of another has wasted his life, and Lorry agrees.
That night, as he wanders the streets of Paris, Carton thinks of Lucie.
He enters a chemist’s shop and buys a mysterious substance.

19. Allusion: John 11:25
He remembers he words spoken by the priest at his father’s funeral which echo through his mind:
“I am the resurrection and the life, saith the Lord: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: and whosoever liveth and believeth in me, shall never die.”

20. Wandering
Carton helps a small girl across the muddy street, and she gives him a kiss.
The priest’s words echo again in his mind.
He wanders until sunrise
He then makes his way to the courthouse for Darnay’s trial.

21. The Accusers
He keeps to the shadowed corner of the courtroom so Lucie does not see him
The judge names Darnay’s accusers: the Defarges and Doctor Manette.

22. This is that Written Paper
Manette reacts with shock and denies having ever denounced Darnay.
Defarge then takes the stand and speaks of a letter that he found, hidden in 105 North Tower of the Bastille.

23. “The Substance of the Shadow”
Chapter 10
“The Substance of the Shadow”

24. The Letter is Read
Defarge claims that Manette wrote the letter while imprisoned in the Bastille
It is dated December 1767
He reads it aloud.
It tells the story of Manette’s imprisonment.

25. Gaining Manette’s Assistance
In 1757, a pair of brothers, one the Marquis Evrémonde (Darnay’s father) and the other the next in line to be Marquis (Darnay’s uncle, the man who ran over the child with his carriage in Book the Second, Chapter 7), ordered Doctor Manette to care for a young peasant woman, who was dying of a fever, and her brother, who was dying of a stab wound.

26. Dying Patients
The Marquis’ brother had raped the young woman, killed her husband, and stabbed her brother, who died quickly.
Although the woman was still alive, Manette failed to save her life.

27. Cursing the Evrémondes
The brother relates the story to Dr. Manette
He curses the Evrémonde brothers
Draws a cross in the air with the blood on his hands
Tells of a younger sister who is well-hidden

28. Appeal from Darnay’s Mother
The next day a kind woman—the Marquis’ wife and Darnay’s mother—came to Manette’s door.
Having heard about the horrible things done to the peasant girl and her family, she offers to help the girl’s sister
She was hidden away so the Marquis could not find her.
Unfortunately, Manette does not know the sister’s whereabouts.

29. Letter from Prison
Manette writes a letter concerning the incident and takes it to be mailed
The next day, Manette was taken away and imprisoned in the Bastille on the orders of the Marquis Evrémonde.
Letter de cachet

30. Manette Denounces the Evrémondes
In the ensuring years, Manette decides to pen the letter in the hopes someone will find it.
He denounces the Evrémondes to Heaven and Earth

31. Sins of the Father
After hearing this story, the jury sentences Darnay to death, to pay for the sins of his father and uncle.
Within 24 hours
Should the “sins of the father” be passed on to the son?

32. Chapter 11
“Dusk”

33. Strong for her Husband
After the verdict is read, Lucie looks “as if she had been morally stricken”
She utters no sound
She stays strong for Charles
Lucie asks if she might touch Charles or embrace him
One gaoler, two of the men who arrested him and Barsad are next
Barsad tells them to let her embrace him
Charles leans over the dock to embrace her

34. Together Again?
Lucie tells him they will be together soon—she cannot bear to be parted from him
She says that God will raise up friends to take care of Little Lucie
Dr. Manette follows her and almost falls to his knees
Charles tells him to get up
Charles does not blame Dr. Manette for denouncing the Evrémondes and inadvertently him

35. After the Trial All Dr. Manette can do is shriek and pull at his hair
Shows a deterioration in his mental state
Lucie faints and Carton retrieves her

36. Little Lucie’s Plea
He carries her to a coach and then into their apartments
He tells Miss Pross not to revive her
Little Lucie throws her arms around Carton
“Now that you have come, I think you will do something to help mamma, something to save papa! O, look at her, dear Carton! Can you, of all the people who love her, bear to see her so?”

37. “A Life You Love” He asks to kiss Lucie
He kisses her and murmurs some words
Little Lucie who was near him told them afterward she heard him say, “A life you love.”

38. Appealing to Manette
Carton and Mr. Lorry encourage Dr. Manette to try his influence again with the tribunal
He saved him once, perhaps it will work again
Dr. Manette agrees to go to the Prosecutor and the President
And others he better not name
He says he will also write
The people are celebrating in the street, so he decides to wait until dark
They agree to meet at Mr. Lorry’s at 9:00

39. No Hope Lorry and Carton leave the apartment
Neither of them hold much hope that Manette will be successful
Carton said that he encouraged Dr. Manette to try to do something because he felt that someday it might be consolatory to Lucie
They both agree that Darnay will perish

40. Chapter 12
“Darkness”

41. “I swear to you, like Evrémonde!”
Carton goes to Defarge’s wine shop.
The Defarges, Jacques 3 and The Vengeance are there
Madame Defarge notices the similarity in appearance between Carton and Darnay
After Madame Defarge serves Carton she goes back to the others
She states, “I swear to you, like Evrémonde!”
The Defarges marvel at how much he physically resembles the condemned Darnay.
They go near him one at a time

42. Overhearing Madame Defarge’s Evil Plan
Carton overhears Madame Defarge’s plan to accuse Lucie and Manette and Little Lucie of spying
Defarge himself finds this course unnecessary, but his wife reminds him of her grievance against the family Evrémonde
She is the surviving sister of the woman and man killed by the Marquis and his brother.
She demands the extermination of their heirs.

43. Return to Tellson’s Carton pays for his wine and returns to Tellson’s.
Lorry became worried when Manette did not come by 9:00
He has not been seen since he left the bank at 4:00
Lorry went back and waited with Lucie until after midnight

44. Out of his Mind
At midnight, Manette arrives home completely out of his mind.
He looks about madly for his shoemaking bench.
After calming Manette, Carton takes from the doctor’s coat the papers that will allow Lucie, the doctor, and the child to leave the city.
He gives the documents to Lorry.

45. Travel Papers
Carton gives Lorry his own papers, refusing to explain why.
Afraid that the papers may soon be recalled because Madame Defarge intends to denounce the entire family
Carton insists to Lorry that time is of the essence.
The family must leave tomorrow.
Alone in the street that night, Carton utters a final good-bye and blessing to Lucie.

46. Chapter 13
“Fifty-Two”

47. Switching Places
Fifty-two people have been condemned to die the next day.
Darnay resolves to meet his death bravely.
Carton appears at the door to Darnay’s cell, and Darnay observes something new and bright in Carton’s face.

48. Tricking Darnay Carton tricks Darnay into switching clothes with him
He dictates a letter of explanation
He drugs Darnay with the substance that he had purchased at the chemist’s shop.

49. Saving Darnay
He orders Barsad to carry the unconscious Darnay to the carriage waiting outside Tellson’s.
At two o’clock, guards take Carton from Darnay’s cell, believing him to be Darnay.
He stands in the long line of the condemned.

50. Carton and the Seamstress
A poor seamstress, also falsely sentenced to death, realizes that Carton is not Darnay
She asks, “Are you dying for him?”
He replies, “And his wife and child.”
She asks him to be with her in the tumbrel and to hold her hand

51. Fleeing the Country
Meanwhile, Barsad delivers the real Darnay to Manette, Lorry, and Lucie, and sends the carriage on its way.
Lorry presents the family’s papers at the city gates as they leave.
They flee through the countryside, fearing pursuit.

52. Chapter 14
“The Knitting Done”

53. Vengeful Mission
Meanwhile, Madame Defarge heads toward Lucie’s apartment to try to catch Lucie in the illegal act of mourning a prisoner.
Evidence of such a crime, she believes, will strengthen her case against the family.
She tells The Vengeance to wait for her at the guillotine and save her seat
She gives The Vengeance her knitting

54. Decoys
At the apartment, Miss Pross and Jerry Cruncher are in the middle of making final arrangements to depart Paris.
Miss Pross believes it might be suspicious if a second carriage left from the apartment in succession
She decides that Cruncher needs to get the carriage and wait for her at the cathedral.

55. Protecting the Family
When Cruncher leaves, Madame Defarge barges in and demands to know Lucie’s whereabouts.
Miss Pross runs and shuts all the door
The women fight, and Madame Defarge draws a gun.

56. Madame Defarge—DEAD! In the struggle, however, Miss Pross shoots her.
She meets Cruncher as planned
She reports that she has gone deaf from the gunshot.

57. “The Footsteps Die Out Forever”
Chapter 15
“The Footsteps Die Out Forever”

58. Arriving at the Guillotine
Carton and the young seamstress reach the guillotine.
The Vengeance and the other revolutionary women worry that Madame Defarge will miss the beheading of Charles Darnay.
The seamstress reflects that the new Republic may make life easier for poor people like herself and her surviving cousin.
She kisses Carton and goes calmly to her death.

59. Carton Dies for Darnay Carton then goes to his.
The narrator recounts that those who saw Carton die witnessed a peaceful and even prophetic look on his face

60. Beauty Restored
The narrator speculates confidently about Carton’s final thoughts:
Carton notes the fact that the oppressors in the crowd “have risen on the destruction of the old,” but also realizes that, someday, Paris will recover from these horrors and become beautiful.

61. The Future
Also in these imagined last moments, Carton sees Lucie and Darnay with a child named after himself.
He sees Manette happy and healthy and sees Lorry living a long and peaceful life.
He sees a future in which he holds a special place in their hearts and in the hearts of generations hence.
He sees his own name “made illustrious,” and the blots that he threw upon his life fade away.

62. It Is A Far, Far Better Thing. . .
According to the narrator, Carton dies in the knowledge that “It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known.”