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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. 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
 and talk to him until the insanity would pass away. So time went by peacefully till a strange thing happened: Charles Darnay, who had been so kind to Lucie and her father on the boat, was arrested on a charge of treason. England at that 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 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. OULD COAX HIM AWAY AND TALK TO HIM UNTIL THE INSANITY WOULD PASS AWAY SO TIME WENT BY PEACEFULLY TILL A STRANGE THING HAPPENED CHARLES DARNAY WHO HAD BEEN SO KIND TO LUCIE AND HER FATHER ON THE BOAT WAS ARRESTED ON A CHARGE OF TREASON ENGLAND AT 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
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