A Tale of Two Cities, Book 3: The Track of a Storm, Chapter 9 summary
Book 3: The Track of a Storm, Chapter 9 of 45 · 19 min to read the chapter
In Chapter 9, Sydney Carton secures permission to visit Darnay, buys unnamed substances, and walks through Paris reflecting on death, kindness, and a useful life. At Darnay’s hearing, Doctor Manette is named among his accusers, and Defarge produces a hidden prison document identified as the Doctor’s writing.
What happens
- Mr. Lorry challenges Jerry Cruncher about unlawful work, and Cruncher proposes replacing that work with honest burial duties.
- Carton secures a prison visit through Barsad and asks Lorry to keep their arrangement from Lucie.
- After discussing affection, usefulness, and old age with Lorry, Carton follows Lucie’s route to La Force.
- Carton buys unnamed substances, walks through the night recalling words about resurrection, and sleeps beside the river.
- At Darnay’s hearing, the prosecutor names the Defarges and Doctor Manette as his accusers, prompting Manette’s protest.
- Defarge produces a paper found inside Manette’s former cell, and the court orders it read.
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What to notice
The rebuke makes family loyalty subordinate to political obedience. It silences Manette’s protest while the crowd applauds.
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Where does Defarge say he finds the paper attributed to Doctor Manette?
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