A Tale of Two Cities, Chapter 7: samenvatting

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1. Four attendants serve Monseigneur his chocolate while his reception displays luxury, empty expertise, and dependence on wealth and connections.
2. Monseigneur briefly passes among his admiring guests, then withdraws, leaving the company to depart.
3. A Marquis curses Monseigneur privately and drives through crowded streets with reckless speed.
4. His carriage kills Gaspard’s child, and he blames the people while offering a gold coin.
5. Defarge comforts Gaspard and receives another coin; someone throws a coin back into the carriage.
6. The Marquis threatens the silent crowd and leaves, while a knitting woman watches steadily and other grand carriages pass.

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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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