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Men said of him about the city that night that it was the peacefullest man's face ever beheld there. MEN SAID OF HIM ABOUT THE CITY THAT NIGHT THAT IT WAS THE PEACEFULLEST MAN'S FACE EVER BEHELD THERE
drew a loaded pistol from her breast to shoot her, but in the struggle it went off and killed Madame Defarge herself. Then Miss Pross, all of a tremble, locked the door, threw the key into the river, took a carriage and followed after the coach. Not long after the unconscious Darnay, with Lucie and Doctor Manette, passed the gates of Paris, the jailer came to the cell where Sydney Carton sat and called him. It was the summons to die. And with his thoughts on Lucie, whom he had always hopelessly loved, and on her husband, whom he had thus saved to her, he went almost gladly. A poor little seamstress rode in the death cart beside him. She was so small and weak that she feared to die, and Carton held her cold hand all the way and comforted her to the end. Cruel women of the people sat about the guillotine knitting and counting with their stitches, as each poor victim died. And when Carton's turn came, thinking he was Darnay, the hated Marquis de St. Evrémonde, they cursed him and laughed. HELD HER BACK THE OTHER DREW A LOADED PISTOL FROM HER BREAST TO SHOOT HER BUT IN THE STRUGGLE IT WENT OFF AND KILLED MADAME DEFARGE HERSELF THEN MISS PROSS ALL OF A TREMBLE LOCKED THE DOOR THREW THE KEY INTO THE RIVER TOOK A CARRIAGE AND FOLLOWED AFTER THE COACH NOT LONG AFTER THE UNCONSCIOUS DARNAY WITH LUCIE AND DOCTOR MANETTE PASSED THE GATES OF PARIS THE JAILER CAME TO THE CELL WHERE SYDNEY CARTON SAT AND CALLED HIM IT WAS THE SUMMONS TO DIE AND WITH HIS THOUGHTS ON LUCIE WHOM HE HAD ALWAYS HOPELESSLY LOVED AND ON HER HUSBAND WHOM HE HAD THUS SAVED TO HER HE WENT ALMOST GLADLY A POOR LITTLE SEAMSTRESS RODE IN THE DEATH CART BESIDE HIM SHE WAS SO SMALL AND WEAK THAT SHE FEARED TO DIE AND CARTON HELD HER COLD HAND ALL THE WAY AND COMFORTED HER TO THE END CRUEL WOMEN OF THE PEOPLE SAT ABOUT THE GUILLOTINE KNITTING AND COUNTING WITH THEIR STITCHES AS EACH POOR VICTIM DIED AND WHEN CARTON'S TURN CAME THINKING HE WAS DARNAY THE HATED MARQUIS DE SAINT EVREMONDE THEY CURSED HIM AND LAUGHED
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