Monseigneur is a powerful lord of France who holds receptions every two weeks in his hotel in Paris. Carton observes that this vision represents a great number of people who really will be in her life. Lucy tells of her fancy that the footsteps that echo outside her house are the footsteps of people to come in and out of her life. Carton joins the party as it moves inside out of a rainstorm. The only ones that couldn't be matched by a former prisoner were D.I.G., which the guards figured was an imperative to dig (they dug, but found only remains of a possible letter). Manette is in good humor until he gets flustered when Darnay tells a story about the Tower of London, in which many prisoners' initials were carved. Miss Pross had scoured the neighborhood for French expatriates to teach her cooking tricks, and she is now considered a sorceress in the kitchen. When Lucie and her father arrive, Miss Pross fusses over the girl, arranging her bonnet and smoothing her hair. Manette knows the identity of the person who caused him to be jailed for so long she thinks he does. He questions Miss Pross about whether Dr. Lorry recognizes Miss Pross's devotion and values her more highly than wealthier women who have balances at Tellson's. He converses with Miss Pross, who is upset because, as she terms it, hundreds of people come looking for Miss Manette (whom she calls "my Ladybird") although Miss Pross thinks they do not deserve her. Manette has revived his medical practice out of the house and lives comfortably. The Manettes live in Soho, a charming part of London not yet fully urbanized.
He is haunted by the honorable glories that once were available to him but are now out of his reach.įour months after the trial, Mr. When Stryver talks about how pretty Miss Manette is, Carton denies it, claiming she is nothing but a blond "doll." Carton leaves Stryver's house and returns to his own, crying himself to sleep. Carton began working on and helping summarize his documents for him. Stryver, despite all of his capacity to push himself ahead, became a much more successful lawyer when Mr. Carton's-they had been fellow students in Paris. Stryver is prone to alcoholism, and he is a drinking companion of Mr. He hates Darnay for inspiring Miss Manette to look at him with such compassion.
Carton looks at himself in a mirror and reflects that he does not like Darnay because he too much resembles what Carton himself could have been, had Carton not been so dissolute. Carton asks to be allowed to speak to Mr. The Manettes depart in a hackney-coach, and a slightly drunk Mr. Manette's face is clouded over by the negative emotions caused by being cross-examined about being imprisoned.
Stryver all congratulate Darnay on his escape from death. Lorry, the solicitor for the defense, and Mr.
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