A Tale of Two Cities
90 – “a large stone courtyard before it, and two stone sweeps of staircase meeting in a stone terrace before the principal door. A stony business altogether with heavy stone balustrades, and stone urns, and stone flowers, and stone faces of men, and stone . . .” sets the cold, hard tone and sets up the stony Marquis for a cold, hard death
Monsieur the Marquis = Monsegnieur = Marquis St. Evremonde
93: “our not remote ancestors held the right of life and death over the surrounding vulgar . . . one fellow was poniarded on the spot for professing some insolent delicacy respecting his daughter . . .”
94: “Repression is the only lasting philosophy. The dark deference of fear and slavery, my friend . . . will keep the dogs obedient to the whip as long as this roof shuts out the sky.”
“That might not be so long as the Marquis supposed”—irony
95: “My friend, I will die, perpetuating the system under which I have lived.” Irony—yep and soon
Charles Darnay = Charles Evremonde, nephew of the Marquis
Relationship between the two? Darnay has renounced his French connections. “This property
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Marquis does everything he can to destroy Darnay, but unsuccessful
97: “the water of the chateau fountain seemed to turn to blood, and the stone faces crimsoned.”
99: “Driven home into the heart of the stone figure [Evremonde] attached to it was a knife. Round its hilt was a frill of paper, on which was scrawled: ‘Drive him fast to his tomb. This, from Jacques.’”
101: “I love her. You have loved yourself; let your old love speak for me!”
“Not that, sir! Let that be! I adjure you, do not recall that!” a cry of actual pain
Darnay tries to reveal his true name and the doctor stops him says wait until the wedding day: why? What does the doctor suspect? Shoe making that night. When and why does he make shoes?
106: Stryver: I intend to marry and not for money J
107: “it is a piece of good fortune for her” (Lucie)
107: “are you astonished?” irony
thinks he should be astonished because he falls so low to marry a unwealthy woman, but really we laugh that he thinks he has a chance