Manette in the care of his old servant Ernest Defarge who runs a wine shop with his wife Madame Defarge. Although he is now free, the long imprisonment has changed him. Dr. Manette is still a broken man who spends most of his time making shoes and pacing up and down his darkened room. Once Dr. Manette sees Lucie, he remembers his wife and begins to weep. Lucie comforts him and takes him back to England. In 1780, Charles Darnay is being accused of being a traitor and a spy. Mr. Lorry, Lucie, and Dr. Manette have are reluctant witnesses against Darnay who they met traveling in a carriage together in 1775. Darnay’s charges are dropped when Sydney Carton, a lawyer, is seen to have a striking resemblance to Darnay. Carton and Darnay both fall in love with Lucie, but Lucie returns her love to Darnay and they get married. When Carton confesses his love to Lucie, he tells her, “when you see your own bright beauty springing up anew at your feet, think now and then that there is a man who would give his life, to keep a life you love beside you” (159). This foreshadows to the end of the book when Carton actually switches places with Darnay on death row so that Darnay could escape and live with
Manette in the care of his old servant Ernest Defarge who runs a wine shop with his wife Madame Defarge. Although he is now free, the long imprisonment has changed him. Dr. Manette is still a broken man who spends most of his time making shoes and pacing up and down his darkened room. Once Dr. Manette sees Lucie, he remembers his wife and begins to weep. Lucie comforts him and takes him back to England. In 1780, Charles Darnay is being accused of being a traitor and a spy. Mr. Lorry, Lucie, and Dr. Manette have are reluctant witnesses against Darnay who they met traveling in a carriage together in 1775. Darnay’s charges are dropped when Sydney Carton, a lawyer, is seen to have a striking resemblance to Darnay. Carton and Darnay both fall in love with Lucie, but Lucie returns her love to Darnay and they get married. When Carton confesses his love to Lucie, he tells her, “when you see your own bright beauty springing up anew at your feet, think now and then that there is a man who would give his life, to keep a life you love beside you” (159). This foreshadows to the end of the book when Carton actually switches places with Darnay on death row so that Darnay could escape and live with