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The reading of this paper by Defarge, as may be guessed, aroused all the murderous passions of the people in the court room. There was a further reason for Madame Defarge's hatred, for the poor woman whom Darnay's uncle had so wronged had been her own sister! In vain old Doctor Manette pleaded. That his own daughter was now Darnay's wife made no difference in their eyes. The jury at once found Darnay guilty and sentenced him to die by the guillotine the next morning. THE READING OF THIS PAPER BY DEFARGE AS MAY BE GUESSED AROUSED ALL THE MURDEROUS PASSIONS OF THE PEOPLE IN THE COURT ROOM THERE WAS A FURTHER REASON FOR MADAME DEFARGE'S HATRED FOR THE POOR WOMAN WHOM DARNAY'S UNCLE HAD SO WRONGED HAD BEEN HER OWN SISTER IN VAIN OLD DOCTOR MANETTE PLEADED THAT HIS OWN DAUGHTER WAS NOW DARNAY'S WIFE MADE NO DIFFERENCE IN THEIR EYES THE JURY AT ONCE FOUND DARNAY GUILTY AND SENTENCED HIM TO DIE BY THE GUILLOTINE THE NEXT MORNING
ury. And this was the terrible tale it told: The Marquis de St. Evrémonde (the cruel uncle of Darnay), when he was a young man, had dreadfully wronged a young peasant woman, had caused her husband's death and killed her brother with his own hand. As the brother lay dying from the sword wound, Doctor Manette, then also a young man, had been called to attend him, and so, by accident, had learned the whole. Horrified at the wicked wrong, he wrote of it in a letter to the Minister of Justice. The Marquis whom it accused learned of this, and, to put Doctor Manette out of the way, had him arrested secretly, taken from his wife and baby daughter and thrown into a secret cell of the Bastille, where he had lived those eighteen years, not knowing whether his wife and child lived or died. He waited ten years for release, and when none came, at last, feeling his mind giving way, he wrote the account, which he concealed in the cell wall, denouncing the family of Evrémonde and all their descendants. EFARGE READ IT ALOUD TO THE JURY AND THIS WAS THE TERRIBLE TALE IT TOLD THE MARQUIS DE SAINT EVREMONDE THE CRUEL UNCLE OF DARNAY WHEN HE WAS A YOUNG MAN HAD DREADFULLY WRONGED A YOUNG PEASANT WOMAN WHO CAUSED HER HUSBAND'S DEATH AND KILLED HER BROTHER WITH HIS OWN HAND AS THE BROTHER LAY DYING FROM THE SWORD WOUND DOCTOR MANETTE THEN ALSO A YOUNG MAN HAD BEEN CALLED TO ATTEND HIM AND SO BY ACCIDENT HAD LEARNED THE WHOLE HORRIFIED AT THE WICKED WRONG HE WROTE OF IT IN A LETTER TO THE MINISTER OF JUSTICE THE MARQUIS WHOM IT ACCUSED LEARNED OF THIS AND TO PUT DOCTOR MANETTE OUT OF THE WAY HAD HIM ARRESTED SECRETLY TAKEN FROM HIS WIFE AND BABY DAUGHTER AND THROWN INTO A SECRET CELL OF THE BASTILLE WHERE HE HAD LIVED THOSE EIGHTEEN YEARS NOT KNOWING WHETHER HIS WIFE AND CHILD LIVED OR DIED HE WAITED TEN YEARS FOR RELEASE AND WHEN NONE CAME AT LAST FEELING HIS MIND GIVING WAY HE WROTE THE ACCOUNT WHICH HE CONCEALED IN THE CELL WALL DENOUNCING THE FAMILY OF EVREMONDE AND ALL THEIR DESCENDANTS
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