A Tale of Two Cities: resumen de Chapter 20
Chapter 20 de 45 · Book 2: The Golden Thread · 6 min para leer el chapter
In Chapter 20, Sydney Carton asks Charles Darnay to overlook his drunken remarks and allow him occasional visits, establishing a place in the newlyweds’ home. After Charles describes Carton as reckless, Lucie privately urges her husband to respect his hidden suffering and capacity for goodness, and Charles promises to remember.
Qué sucede
- Sydney Carton congratulates the newlyweds soon after their return and draws Charles Darnay aside for a private conversation.
- Carton asks Charles to forget his drunken remarks and dismisses his own earlier service as professional performance.
- Charles grants Carton permission to visit occasionally, and they shake hands.
- That evening, Charles describes Carton as careless and reckless before the household.
- In private, Lucie asks Charles to respect Carton’s wounded heart and treat his faults generously.
- Charles accepts her appeal and promises to remember the contrast between their happiness and Carton’s misery.
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Lucie makes their happiness a reason for kindness, not superiority. Her appeal changes how Charles understands his responsibility toward Carton.
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What does Carton ask Charles to permit?
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