A Tale of Two Cities, Chapter 7 summary
Chapter 7 of 45 · Book 2: The Golden Thread · 13 min to read the chapter
In Chapter 7, Monseigneur receives a richly dressed company whose privilege contrasts with the poverty outside, and a departing Marquis’s carriage kills a child. The Marquis offers money instead of sympathy, but a coin thrown back into his carriage breaks the crowd’s outward submission and provokes his threats.
What happens
- Four attendants serve Monseigneur his chocolate while his reception displays luxury, empty expertise, and dependence on wealth and connections.
- Monseigneur briefly passes among his admiring guests, then withdraws, leaving the company to depart.
- A Marquis curses Monseigneur privately and drives through crowded streets with reckless speed.
- His carriage kills Gaspard’s child, and he blames the people while offering a gold coin.
- Defarge comforts Gaspard and receives another coin; someone throws a coin back into the carriage.
- The Marquis threatens the silent crowd and leaves, while a knitting woman watches steadily and other grand carriages pass.
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What to notice
Monsieur the Marquis’s concern for his horses displaces any concern for the dead child. The question makes his contempt for ordinary people explicit.
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What interrupts the Marquis as his carriage starts to leave?
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