A Tale of Two Cities Ch10Bk3 The Substance of the Shadow

Dickens (1859) Dr. Mannette's letter is read to the court. He describes why and at whose hands he was imprisoned for so long. He recalls walking home and being stopped by a carriage and told his help is needed. He is taken to a house to attend a young woman with a fever, and a young boy who has been stabbed with a sword, only used by nobles. The woman and the boy are brother and sister. The nobles wanted the sister who was married. They killed her husband and took the sister. The young brother hid his younger sister, and returned to avenge the older sister's kidnapping and rape, and was wounded in the fight. The young woman dies & Dr. Mannette refuses payment for his services. He returns home and is told a woman is waiting to see him. It is the wife of one of the nobles who raped the young woman and killed her brother. She leaves her husband, taking her young son with her, and wants to help the younger sister of the woman who died. She wants her son to be raised differently. Dr. Mannette writes a letter to a state official explaining what has happened. Later, Dr. Mannette is told by his servant (DeFarge) that a man wishes to see him. They claim an urgent medical case, and take Mannette to where the brothers are waiting. His letter to the state official is burned, and Dr. Mannette is taken to prison. After the letter is read, the jury votes to hang Charles Darnay. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/karla3507/message