A Tale of Two Cities
Part 2- Chapter 11: The Storm Continues
[Link] did Old Foulon pretend to be dead? Where did the crowd take Foulon
for his trial?
The old man called Foulon had asked the hungry people to eat grass.
Defarge told the people in the wine shop that Foulon had only pretended to
be dead. He even had a grand funeral and went to hide in the country
because he was so afraid of the revolutionaries.
The people found out that Foulon had only staged his death. They found him
alive. They decided that he must be put on trial for his crimes. They took
him to the Court of Justice for the trial, which was attended by many angry
people.
2. What did the people do to Fowlon as they took him out of the Court of
Justice?How many times did they hang him before he died?
The crowd lost its patience as Foulon was being tried in court. Defarge and
his wife held on to the ropes that tied Foulon. With the help of Jacques
Three, the couple dragged Foulon out of the court. The crowd kicked and hit
him. they threw bunches of straw and grass in his face, until he could hardly
breathe. Even when he was torn and bleeding, he asked for mercy, but
nobody listened to him.
The angry crowd tied Foulon to a lamp. Then, they hung him from the lamp.
The rope broke twice as the crowd tried to hang Foulon. They had to hang
him the third time. The rope held him the third time, and he died. The angry
crowd did not spare him even after he died; they cut off his head and put it
on top of a stick.
Chapter 12: Darnay Returns
[Link] did the French nobles meet in London?
The French nobles met in Tellson’s Bank in London. They met there for two
reasons – they had some business deals at the Bank, and they also wanted
to know the latest news from France.
[Link] did Darnay’s servant ask him to do? What did Charles Darnay decide
to do?
Darnay received a letter for Gabelle, an old servant. In this letter, the
servant informed him of his arrest. He begged Darnay to go to France and
help him. He requested Darnay to free him from prison.
Charles Darnay was disturbed by Gabelle’s letter. The old servant had been
faithful to him, and had carried out his orders to help the people as much as
he could. So, Darnay, believing it to be his duty, decided to go back to Paris,
to help Gabelle.
Part Three
The Terrible Times
Chapter 1: The Prison of La Force
[Link] caused Charles Darnay the greatest delay in his journey to Paris?
Charles Darnay had decided to go to France after he received a letter from
his old servant, Gabelle. His journey from Calais to Paris took a long time.
This was not because of the bad roads or carriages. It was because he had
to stop at every town gate and village taxing-house, where armed soldiers
checked every traveller’s papers to allow them to go forward in their
journey.
[Link] were the new laws against emigrants about? Why was it easier to
get into Paris than to get out?
The new law was for selling the property of the emigrants. According to the
innkeeper, there would be a new law stating that emigrants could never
return to France, and the punishment for returning is death.
When Darnay got to Paris, he noticed that the gates were guarded more by
citizens than soldiers. His papers were being checked as if he was a prisoner.
However, he noticed that the papers of those waiting to leave Paris were
under greater scrutiny than of those who were trying to enter the city.
Chapter 2: Murder
[Link] were the September Massacres?
On September 2nd, the French army was defeated by the people of France.
The people were overjoyed when they heard of this defeat. Many of the
citizens went into the prisons and killed the prisoners. These murders were
called the September Massacres.
[Link] did Doctor Manette ask the people to take him?
There were forty or fifty men and women in the courtyard, waiting to meet
Doctor Manette. Doctor Manette walked into their midst, and identified
himself as a prisoner of the Bastille. He asked them to take him to La Force,
where his son-in-law, Charles Darnay was imprisoned.
Chapter 3: Waiting
[Link] Madame Defarge promise to help Lucie or not?
When Madame Defarge met Lucie, she was quite cold and rude. Lucie, on
the other hand, was desperate for some reassurance that Darnay would be
safe. She asked Madame Defarge if she would protect her husband, but
Madame Defarge did not give her any answer.
[Link] was the only thing that Lucie could do for her husband?
Charles Darnay was kept in prison for one year and three months. During
this time, Doctor Manette tried to secure his release, but the new
government did not permit this. There was only thing that Lucie could do
during this period of imprisonment. On some days, Darnay was allowed to
look out from an upper window of the prison. Though Lucie was not sure
which days Darnay was allowed, and she could not see him, she walked in a
certain place from two o’clock to four in the evening, in the hope that her
husband could see her.
