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Among the hardest hearted of all, and the most hated by the common people, were the Evrémondes, the family of the young man who was now accused of treason. AMONG THE HARDEST HEARTED OF ALL AND THE MOST HATED BY THE COMMON PEOPLE WERE THE EVREMONDES THE FAMILY OF THE YOUNG MAN WAS NOW ACCUSED OF TREASON
n good terms with France, and Darnay, who was of French birth, was accused of selling information concerning the English forts and army to the French Government. This was a very serious charge, for men convicted of treason then were put to death in the cruelest ways that could be invented. The charge was not true, and Darnay himself knew quite well who was working against him. The fact was that Charles Darnay was not his true name. He was really Charles St. Evrémonde, the descendant of a rich and noble French family, though he chose to live in London as Charles Darnay, and earned his living by giving lessons in French. He did this because he would not be one of the hated noble class of his own country, who treated the poor so heartlessly. In France the peasants had to pay many oppressive taxes, and were wretched and half-starved, while the rich nobles rode in gilded coaches, and, if they ran over a little peasant child, threw a coin to its mother and drove on without a further thought. THE TIME WAS NOT ON GOOD TERMS WITH FRANCE AND DARNAY WHO WAS OF FRENCH BIRTH WAS ACCUSED OF SELLING INFORMATION CONCERNING THE ENGLISH FORTS AND ARMY TO THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT THIS WAS A VERY SERIOUS CHARGE FOR MEN CONVICTED OF TREASON THEN WERE PUT TO DEATH IN THE CRUELLEST WAYS THAT COULD BE INVENTED THE CHARGE WAS NOT TRUE AND DARNAY HIMSELF KNEW QUITE WELL WHO WAS WORKING AGAINST HIM THE FACT WAS THAT CHARLES DARNAY WAS NOT HIS TRUE NAME HE WAS REALLY CHARLES SAINT EVREMONDE THE DESCENDANT OF A RICH AND NOBLE FRENCH FAMILY THOUGH HE CHOSE TO LIVE IN LONDON AS CHARLES DARNAY AND EARNED HIS LIVING BY GIVING LESSONS IN FRENCH HE DID THIS BECAUSE HE WOULD NOT BE ONE OF THE HATED NOBLE CLASS OF HIS OWN COUNTRY WHO TREATED THE POOR SO HEARTLESSLY IN FRANCE THE PEASANTS HAD TO PAY MANY OPPRESSIVE TAXES AND WERE WRETCHED AND HALF STARVED WHILE THE RICH NOBLES RODE IN GILDED COACHES AND IF THEY RAN OVER A LITTLE PEASANT CHILD THREW A COIN TO ITS MOTHER AND DROVE ON WITHOUT A FURTHER THOUGHT
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