1. Book the Second
Chapters 14-18

2. “The Honest Tradesman”
Chapter 14

3. At Tellson’s Bank How is the title of the chapter ironic?
Setting: Outside Tellson’s Bank
Jerry Cruncher is on his stool with his son beside him
He sees a funeral procession coming down the street

4. A Spy’s Funeral
Funeral Procession is for the spy Roger Cly has been executed and is being buried by the crowd
Cly was one of the witnesses who testified against Darnay at the trial
Cruncher recognizes the name
Cruncher joins in the procession
The crowd buries the coffin

5. At the Pub They retire to the pub where they all start drinking
Later that night, Jerry announces to his wife he is going “fishing”
He tells his wife not to “pray again’ him”

6. Resurrection Men
Resurrection Men—a group of men who would dig up dead bodies and sell the cadavers to scientist for medical research.
They also would pocket any valuables buried with the bodies
Why is the name “resurrection man” ironic?

7. Cruncher the Resurrection Man
Cruncher is a resurrection man
He is going to dig up Roger Cly’s body
Unbeknownst to him, his son follows him to see what he does when he goes “fishing”
The son watches as they dig up the coffin

8. A Nightmare for Young Jerry
He runs away
He believes the coffin is chasing him
Death imagery
He hides in his closet
He awakes the next morning before daybreak to find his father beating his mother’s head against the headboard
Young Jerry knows something has gone wrong the night before

9. Cruncher wants “an irreligious woman”
Cruncher accuses her of opposing him to the profit of his “business”
Accuses her of being a “religious woman”
Says he would prefer “an irreligious woman”
When the household arises for breakfast, Young Jerry keeps quiet

10. Cruncher and Son
Young Jerry tells his father he would like to be a resurrection man when he grows up
Cruncher is appeased, but tells Young Jerry that it “depends on how you dewelop your talents. Be careful to dewelop your talents, and never to say no more than you can help to nobody, and there is no telling at the present time what you may not come to be fit for.”

11. “Still Knitting”
Chapter 15

12. At the Wine-Shop Setting transfers to Saint Antoine, France
Defarge’s wine-shop
The drinking on this particular day began at 6:00 in the morning
Wine was watered down
Makes it go farther
Shows Defarge’s thriftiness
Third morning in succession that drinking began early in the wine- shop
Defarge is not present
Madame Defarge is presiding over the shop

13. It’s Bad Weather: Code Words
At noon, Defarge and the mender of roads enter the wine-shop
Defarge greets the men in the wine- shop
States, “It is bad weather, gentlemen.”
The people in the wine-shop look at each other
One man leaves, followed by a second, and then a third

14. The Mender of the Road Mender of the Road wears a blue cap
Defarge calls him “Jacques”
Code name to the other members of the Jacquiere
Defarge takes the mender of the road to the garret room
This is the same garret where Manette was housed
Three men are in the garret
Referred to as Jacques 1, 2 and 3
Defarge is Jacques 4
Mender of the Road is Jacques 5

15. The Mender of the Road’s Tale
The mender of the roads begins his tale:
He starts by talking about the man who was under the Marquis carriage
Jacques 1 asks if he had seen the man before
The mender of the roads says never
They ask how he recognized him
The mender says because of his tall figure

16. The Mender of the Road’s Tale
He tells that the Marquis asked what the man was like and the mender said “as tall as a spectre”
Jacques 2 states he should have said short as a dwarf
The mender states that he did not know
The deed was not yet accomplished
The person had not confided in him

17. The Mender of the Road’s Tale
He goes on to say the tall man was lost and sought for 9 to 11 months
Defarge said he was well-hidden, but has unluckily been found
The mender relates Gaspard’s arrest
He recognizes Gaspard and Gaspard recognizes him
They do not acknowledge each other
Mistreatment by the guards

18. The Mender of the Road’s Tale
He says the chief of the company points to the village and says, “bring him fast to his tomb”
Repetition of the note on the Marquis
The villagers withdraw and whisper amongst themselves
Gaspard is locked in a cage
On display for the public to see

19. Gaspard’s Punishment
The Jacquerie regards the situation as if they were a tribunal
The mender continues his tale
He relates that Gaspard remained in the cage for several days
Village is in fear
Looks to the prison on the hill
Assembles to gossip at the fountain

20. Rumors States the rumors he heard
Gaspard would be condemned to death, but not executed
Petitions had been presented in Paris showing he was enraged and made mad by the death of his child
A petition had been presented to the King
Does not know if the rumors are true

21. Connections
Jacques 1 tells them that a petition was presented to the King and Queen
Defarge was the one who handed the petition to the king as he passed by in his carriage
Jacques 3 tells them the King’s guard surrounded Defarge and beat him
The mender says that Gaspard was brought down into their country to be executed
It is being charged as patricide
Monseigneur was the “father of his tenants”
It would be like killing his “father”
Tells tales of how Gaspard may possibly be executed
Jacques 3 states that all that the mender has said was done once to a prisoner named Damiens in open daylight on the streets of Paris
No one from the aristocracy noticed or cared

22. Gaspard’s Death
The mender relates that a gallows was erected by the fountain
40 ft high
Gaspard is hung and left hanging
Poisoning the water
Double meaning

23. Meeting of the Jacques
The mender left the village and encountered Defarge on his way to Saint Antoine
The Jacquerie asks the mender to wait outside while they deliberate
They decide to register the name of the Marquis and condemn him to the last of his race
Who is the last of the Marquis race?
Foreshadowing!!!
The other Jacques call for the extermination of the entire aristocracy.

24. Madame Defarge’s Knitting
The register is what Madame Defarge is knitting.
It is a list of all the names of the people who are to be condemned to death
These are the ones they want to kill
It is written in code
The other Jacques wonder if she will always be able to decipher the names
Defarge assures them it is also implanted in her brain

25. What to do about the Mender?
They wonder what to do about the mender of the roads
Defarge will take responsibility for him
Plans on taking him to see the King and Queen in Paris
Tells them that “judiciously show a cat milk, if you wish her to thirst for it” “Judiciously show a dog his natural prey, if you wish him to bring it down one day.”

26. The Defarges and the Mender
On Saturday Defarge and his wife take the mender of roads to Versailles to see King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette.
The mender is not really pleased that Madame Defarge is coming along
He asks her what she is knitting
She responds a shroud
What is a shroud?

27. Seeing the King and Queen
When the royal couple appears, the mender of roads cries “Long live the King!”
The mender becomes so excited that Defarge must “restrain him from flying at the objects of his brief devotion and tearing them to pieces.”
This performance pleases the Defarges, who see that their efforts will prove easier if the aristocrats continue to believe in the peasantry’s allegiance.

28. “Still Knitting”
Chapter 16

29. Information The Defarges return to Saint Antoine later that evening.
A policeman friend (a fellow Jacques) tells them a spy has been commissioned for their quarter
He is told the spy is English
His name is John Barsad
He relays Barsad’s physical description so they can recognize him
Madame Defarge resolves to knit his name into the register.

30. Revolution is like Lightening
Madame Defarge resolves to knit his name into the register.
Back at their wine-shop, Madame Defarge notes that her husband seems fatigued and depressed
That night, Defarge admits his fear that the revolution will not come in his lifetime.
Madame Defarge tells him “Vengeance and retribution require a long time; it is the rule.”
He replies, “It does not take a long time to strike a man with lightening.”

31. Lightening and Earthquakes
She asks how long does it take to make and store the lightening
Madame Defarge dismisses his impatience and compares the revolution to lightning and an earthquake
It strikes quickly and with great force
No one knows how long it will take to form.
She tells him that nothing they will have done will have been in vain

32. A Secret Signal
The next day around noon, Madame Defarge is in her usual spot knitting
She has a rose on the counter beside her
A few men are drinking in the shop
Barsad enters the wine shop.
As he enters, Madame Defarge takes the rose and puts it in her headdress
Signal to the Jacquierie
Customers begin gradually to leave
Stay away until Barsad leaves

33. Barsad The Spy
Barsad tries to strike up a conversation with Madame Defarge
He asks her about her knitting
She tells him it is a past- time
He masquerades as a sympathizer with the revolution
Brings up Gaspard and the Marquis murder
Madame Defarge says he knew beforehand the price of his crime; he paid the price

34. Barsad the Spy He comments on the horrible treatment of the peasants
He attempts to pretend he is a member of the Jacquierie
Calls Defarge Jacques
Defarge states his name is Ernest Defarge
Defarge denies knowledge of anything

35. Past History Brings up Lorry and Lucie coming from England in 1775
When Doctor Manette was released from prison, he was brought to Defarge
Defarge admits that these facts are true
Barsad asks if Defarge has heard from them
Madame Defarge tells him they never hear about them
They received news of their safe arrival in England
Perhaps a letter or two more

36. News of Lucie’s Impending Marriage to Darnay
He reports that Lucie Manette plans to marry
To a person who is French by birth like her
She is marrying the nephew of the Marquis
He is living in England under the alias of Charles Darnay.
D’Aulnais was his mother’s maiden name

37. Unsettling News The news unsettles Defarge
Barsad notices
He is worried they will return to France
Defarge “hopes for her [Lucie’s] sake, Destiny will keep her husband out of France.”
Remember that the Evrémondes are to be exterminated to the last of their race
Madame Defarge adds Darnay’s name to her registry
After Barsad leaves, Mdme Defarge removes the rose and people come back into the wine-shop

38. Significance of the Knitting
Dickens derived his knitting motif from historical record:
Many scholars have recorded that women of the period would often knit as they stood and watched the daily executions.
In the hands of Madame Defarge, however, the pastime takes on symbolic significance.

39. The Fates
In Greek mythology, the Fates were three sisters who controlled human life: one sister spun the web of life, one measured it, and the last cut it.
Dickens employs a similar metaphor.
As Madame Defarge weaves the names of the condemned into shrouds, her knitting becomes a symbol of her victims’ fate, their death at the hands of a vengeful peasantry.

40. “One Night”
Chapter 17

41. Lucie and her Father Setting moves back to England
Night before Lucie’s wedding
Lucie and her father are sitting under the tree
Lucie inquires if her father is happy
She tells him she is happy in love with Charles and Charles’ love for her

42. The Father and the Daughter
Manette tell her that his future is bright than it could have been
He is happy she is getting married
She tells him that if she never had met Charles, she would have been quite happy with him
Dickens refers to him now as the Doctor of Beauvais
Doctor Manette finally has begun to put his imprisonment behind him.

43. Memories of the Bastille
For the first time since his release, Manette speaks of his days in the Bastille.
In prison, he passed much time imagining what sort of person Lucie would grow up to be.
She had not yet been born when he was imprisoned
His wife was pregnant
He didn’t know whether the baby was a boy or girl
He didn’t know if the child had been born dead or alive
He hoped for a son to avenge him
States that there was a time during his imprisonment that he wished for vengeance
Foreshadowing!!!

44. The Father and the Daughter
He is very happy now, thanks to Lucie, who has brought him “consolation and restoration.”
Later that night, Lucie sneaks down to her father’s room and finds him sleeping soundly.

45. “Nine Days”
Chapter 18

46. Lucy’s Wedding Day Lucie’s Wedding Day
Sun is shining brightly
Good omen
Charles is in Manette’s room talking to him
Remember the Doctor promised him he could tell him his real identity on the morning of his wedding to Lucie

47. Lorry and Pross Mr. Lorry and Miss Pross are attending the wedding
Pross still believes that her brother Solomon should have been the bridegroom
Lorry and Pross argue—comic relief

48. Disturbing News
Manette looks pale after emerging from the conversation
After the wedding, Lucie and Charles depart for their honeymoon
Manette appears to look lost

49. Relapse He has a relapse again that lasts for nine days
Triggered by whatever Charles told him
The reader should be able to figure out that he has told him his last name is Evrémonde.
We can infer that there is a connection between the Evrémondes and Doctor Manette

50. Relapse Manette begins making shoes again in his room
Lorry works on trying to return the doctor to lucidity
Asks him questions and asks him if he wants to go out to walk
Mr. Lorry and Miss Pross keep watch over Doctor Manette for the nine days
They are worried as Doctor Manette is supposed to join Lucie and Charles for the end of their honeymoon
They decide to keep this episode from Lucie
Lorry notices that Doctor Manette is becoming more skillful in his work on the shoes especially the evening of the ninth day