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She was even crueler and more resolute than her husband. She would sit knitting all day long in the dirty wine shop, watching and listening, and knitting in the names of people whom she hoped soon to see killed. SHE WAS EVEN CRUELLER AND MORE RESOLUTE THAN HER HUSBAND SHE WOULD SIT KNITTING ALL DAY LONG IN THE DIRTY WINE SHOP WATCHING AND LISTENING AND KNITTING IN THE NAMES OF PEOPLE WHOM SHE HOPED SOON TO SEE KILLED
the nobility, determining that, when they themselves should be strong enough, those thus guilty should be killed, their fine houses burned, and all their descendants put to death, so that not even their names should remain in France. This was a wicked and awful determination, but these poor, wretched people had been made to suffer all their lives, and their parents before them, and centuries of oppression had killed all their pity and made them as fierce as wild beasts that only wait for their cages to be opened to destroy all in their path. They were afraid, of course, to keep any written list of persons whom they had thus condemned, so Madame Defarge, the wife of the wine seller, used to knit the names in fine stitches into a long piece of knitting that she seemed always at work on. Madame Defarge was a stout woman with big coarse hands and eyes that never seemed to look at any one, yet saw everything that happened. She was as strong as a man and every one was somewhat afraid of her. HE POOR COMMITTED BY THE NOBILITY DETERMINING THAT WHEN THEY THEMSELVES SHOULD BE STRONG ENOUGH THOSE THUS GUILTY SHOULD BE KILLED THEIR FINE HOUSES BURNED AND ALL THEIR DESCENDANTS PUT TO DEATH SO THAT NOT EVEN THEIR NAMES SHOULD REMAIN IN FRANCE THIS WAS A WICKED AND AWFUL DETERMINATION BUT THESE POOR WRETCHED PEOPLE HAD BEEN MADE TO SUFFER ALL THEIR LIVES AND THEIR PARENTS BEFORE THEM AND CENTURIES OF OPPRESSION HAD KILLED ALL THEIR PITY AND MADE THEM AS FIERCE AS WILD BEASTS THAT ONLY WAIT FOR THEIR CAGES TO BE OPENED TO DESTROY ALL IN THEIR PATH THEY WERE AFRAID OF COURSE TO KEEP ANY WRITTEN LIST OF PERSONS WHOM THEY HAD THUS CONDEMNED SO MADAME DEFARGE THE WIFE OF THE WINE SELLER USED TO KNIT THE NAMES IN FINE STITCHES INTO A LONG PIECE OF KNITTING THAT SHE SEEMED ALWAYS AT WORK ON MADAME DEFARGE WAS A STOUT WOMAN WITH BIG COARSE HANDS AND EYES THAT NEVER SEEMED TO LOOK AT ANY ONE YET SAW EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED SHE WAS AS STRONG AS A MAN AND EVERY ONE WAS SOMEWHAT AFRAID OF HER
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