A Tale of Two Cities, Chapter 15 — краткое содержание

Что происходит

1. Defarge brings a road mender to the crowded wine shop, then takes him upstairs to meet three men called Jacques.
2. The road mender describes the tall prisoner’s capture, harsh treatment, confinement, and public hanging beside the village fountain.
3. The listeners confirm that Defarge presents a petition to the King and Queen and receives a beating from their guards.
4. Defarge and his associates condemn the château and its family, trusting Madame Defarge’s knitting to preserve their secret register.
5. At Versailles, the road mender cheers the royal procession, while Madame Defarge keeps knitting.
6. The Defarges explain how such cheering deceives the powerful and direct the road mender’s attention toward their wealth.

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The response turns anger over the execution into collective punishment. It makes clear that the secret register targets a family, not just an individual offender.

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