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While Miss Pross sat waiting in the empty house, who should come in but the terrible Madame Defarge! The latter had made up her mind, as Carton had suspected, to denounce Lucie also. It was against the law to mourn for any one who had been condemned as an enemy to France, and the woman was sure, of course, that Lucie would be mourning for her husband, who was to die within the hour. So she stopped on her way to the execution to see Lucie and thus have evidence against her. WHILE MISS PROSS SAT WAITING IN THE EMPTY HOUSE WHO SHOULD COME IN BUT THE TERRIBLE MADAME DEFARGE THE LATTER HAD MADE UP HER MIND AS CARTON HAD SUSPECTED TO DENOUNCE LUCIE ALSO IT WAS AGAINST THE LAW TO MOURN FOR ANY ONE WHO HAD BEEN CONDEMNED AS AN ENEMY TO FRANCE AND THE WOMAN WAS SURE OF COURSE THAT LUCIE WOULD BE MOURNING FOR HER HUSBAND WHO WAS TO DIE WITHIN THE HOUR SO SHE STOPPED ON HER WAY TO THE EXECUTION TO SEE LUCIE AND THUS HAVE EVIDENCE AGAINST HER
e went to the spy, Barsad, and bade him redeem his promise and take him to the cell where Darnay waited for the signal of death. Darnay was seated, writing a last letter to Lucie, when Carton entered. Pretending that he wished him to write something that he dictated, Carton stood over him and held the phial of the drug to his face. In a moment the other was unconscious. Then Carton changed clothes with him and called in the spy, directing him to take the unconscious man, who now seemed to be Sydney Carton instead of Charles Darnay, to Mr. Lorry's house. He himself was to take the prisoner's place and suffer the penalty. The plan worked well. Darnay, who would not have allowed this sacrifice if he had known, was carried safely and without discovery, past the guards. Mr. Lorry, guessing what had happened when he saw the unconscious figure, took coach at once with him, Doctor Manette and Lucie, and started for England that very hour. Miss Pross was left to follow them in another carriage. EARLY NEXT MORNING HE WENT TO THE SPY BARSAD AND BADE HIM REDEEM HIS PROMISE AND TAKE HIM TO THE CELL WHERE DARNAY WAITED FOR THE SIGNAL OF DEATH DARNAY WAS SEATED WRITING A LAST LETTER TO LUCIE WHEN CARTON ENTERED PRETENDING THAT HE WISHED HIM TO WRITE SOMETHING THAT HE DICTATED CARTON STOOD OVER HIM AND HELD THE FILE OF THE DRUG TO HIS FACE IN A MOMENT THE OTHER WAS UNCONSCIOUS THEN CARTON CHANGED CLOTHES WITH HIM AND CALLED IN THE SPY DIRECTING HIM TO TAKE THE UNCONSCIOUS MAN WHO NOW SEEMED TO BE SYDNEY CARTON INSTEAD OF CHARLES DARNAY TO MISTER LORRY'S HOUSE HE HIMSELF WAS TO TAKE THE PRISONER'S PLACE AND SUFFER THE PENALTY THE PLAN WORKED WELL DARNAY WHO WOULD NOT HAVE ALLOWED THIS SACRIFICE IF HE HAD KNOWN WAS CARRIED SAFELY AND WITHOUT DISCOVERY PAST THE GUARDS MISTER LORRY GUESSING WHAT HAD HAPPENED WHEN HE SAW THE UNCONSCIOUS FIGURE TOOK COACH AT ONCE WITH HIM DOCTOR MANETTE AND LUCIE AND STARTED FOR ENGLAND THAT VERY HOUR MISS PROSS WAS LEFT TO FOLLOW THEM IN ANOTHER CARRIAGE
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