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They beat down the thick walls and butchered the soldiers who defended it, and released the prisoners. THEY BEAT DOWN THE THICK WALLS AND BUTCHERED THE SOLDIERS WHO DEFENDED IT AND RELEASED THE PRISONERS
areless court of nobles feasted and danced as heedlessly as ever. They did not see the storm rising. The bitter taxes still went on. The wine shop of Defarge looked as peaceful as ever, but the men who drank there now were dreaming of murder and revenge. And the half-starved women, who sat and looked on as the gilded coaches of the rich rolled through the streets, were sullenly waiting--watching Madame Defarge as she silently knitted, knitted into her work names of those whom the people had condemned to death without mercy. One day this frightful human storm, which for so many years had been gathering in France, burst over Paris. The poor people rose by thousands, seized whatever weapons they could get--guns, axes, or even stones of the street--and, led by Defarge and his tigerish wife, set out to avenge their wrongs. Their rage turned first of all against the Bastille, the old stone prison in which so many of their kind had died, where Doctor Manette for eighteen years had made shoes. CE AND ALL THEIR GAY AND CARELESS COURT OF NOBLES FEASTED AND DANCED AS HEEDLESSLY AS EVER THEY DID NOT SEE THE STORM RISING THE BITTER TAXES STILL WENT ON THE WINE SHOP OF DEFARGE LOOKED AS PEACEFUL ASVER BUT THE MEN WHO DRANK THERE NOW WERE DREAMING OF MURDER AND REVENGE AND THE HALF STARVED WOMAN WHO SAT AND LOOKED ON AS THE GILDED COACHES OF THE RICH ROLLED THROUGH THE STREETS WERE SULLENLY WAITING WATCHING MADAME DEFARGE AS SHE SILENTLY KNITTED KNITTED INTO HER WORK NAMES OF THOSE WHOM THE PEOPLE HAD CONDEMNED TO DEATH WITHOUT MERCY ONE DAY THIS FRIGHTFUL HUMAN STORM WHICH FOR SO MANY YEARS HAD BEEN GATHERING IN FRANCE BURST OVER PARIS THE POOR PEOPLE ROSE BY THOUSANDS SEIZED WHATEVER WEAPONS THEY COULD GET GUNS AXES OR EVEN STONES OF THE STREET AND LED BY DEFARGE AND HIS TIGERISH WIFE SET OUT TO AVENGE THEIR WRONGS THEIR RAGE TURNED FIRST OF ALL AGAINST THE BASTILLE THE OLD STONE PRISON IN WHICH SO MANY OF THEIR KIND HAD DIED WHERE DOCTOR MANETTE FOR EIGHTEEN YEARS HAD MADE SHOES
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