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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. 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
 rebellion, kill the king and queen and all the nobles, seize their riches and govern France themselves. The center of this plotting was Defarge, the keeper of the wine shop, who had cared for Doctor Manette when he had first been released from prison. Defarge and those he trusted met and planned often in the very room where Mr. Lorry and Lucie had found her father making shoes. They kept a record of all acts of cruelty toward the 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. Y TO RISE IN REBELLION KILL THE KING AND QUEEN AND ALL THE NOBLES SEIZE THEIR RICHES AND GOVERN FRANCE THEMSELVES THE CENTRE OF THIS PLOTTING WAS DEFARGE THE KEEPER OF THE WINE SHOP WHO HAD CARED FOR DOCTOR MANETTE WHEN HE HAD FIRST BEEN RELEASED FROM THE PRISON DEFARGE AND THOSE HE TRUSTED MET AND PLANNED OFTEN IN THE VERY ROOM WHERE MISTER LORRY AND LUCIE HAD FOUND HER FATHER MAKING SHOES THEY KEPT A RECORD OF ALL ACTS OF CRUELTY TOWARD THE 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
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