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Lucie's tears fell fast as she gave her testimony, believing him innocent and knowing that her words would be used to condemn him. Darnay would doubtless have been convicted but for a curious coincidence: A dissipated young lawyer, named Sydney Carton, sitting in the court room, had noticed with surprise that he himself looked very much like the prisoner; in fact, that they were so much alike they might almost have been taken for twin brothers. LUCIE'S TEARS FELL FAST AS SHE GAVE HER TESTIMONY BELIEVING HIM INNOCENT KNOWING THAT HER WORDS WOULD BE USED TO CONDEMN HIM DARNAY WOULD DOUBTLESS HAVE BEEN CONVICTED BUT FOR A CURIOUS COINCIDENCE A DISSIPATED YOUNG LAWYER NAMED SIDNEY CARTON SITTING IN THE COURTROOM HAD NOTICED WITH SURPRISE THAT HE HIMSELF LOOKED VERY MUCH LIKE THE PRISONER IN FACT THAT THEY WERE SO MUCH ALIKE THEY MIGHT ALMOST HAVE BEEN TAKEN FOR TWIN BROTHERS
sed of treason. As soon as he was old enough to know how unjust was his family's treatment of the poor who were dependent on them, he had protested against it. When he became a man he had refused to live on the money that was thus taken from the hungry peasantry, and had left his home and come to London to earn his own way by teaching. His heartless uncle, the Marquis de St. Evrémonde, in France, the head of the family, hated the young man for this noble spirit. It was this uncle who had invented the plot to accuse his nephew of treason. He had hired a dishonest spy known as Barsad, who swore he had found papers in Darnay's trunk that proved his guilt, and, as Darnay had been often back and forth to France on family matters, the case looked dark for him. Cruelly enough, among those who were called to the trial as witnesses, to show that Darnay had made these frequent journeys to France, were Doctor Manette and Lucie--because they had seen him on the boat during that memorable crossing. E YOUNG MAN WAS NOW ACCUSED OF TREASON AS SOON AS HE WAS OLD ENOUGH TO KNOW HOW UNJUST WAS HIS FAMILY'S TREATMENT OF THE POOR WHO WERE DEPENDENT ON THEM HE HAD PROTESTED AGAINST IT WHEN HE BECAME A MAN HE HAD REFUSED TO LIVE ON THE MONEY THAT WAS THUS TAKEN FROM THE HUNGRY PEASANTRY AND HAD LEFT HIS HOME AND CAME TO LONDON TO EARN HIS OWN WAY BY TEACHING HIS HEARTLESS UNCLE THE MARQUIS DE SAINT EVREMONDE IN FRANCE THE HEAD OF THE FAMILY HATED THE YOUNG MAN FOR HIS NOBLE SPIRIT IT WAS THIS UNCLE WHO INVENTED THE PLOT TO ACCUSE HIS NEPHEW OF TREASON HE HAD HIRED A DISHONEST SPY KNOWN AS BARSAD WHO SWORE HE HAD FOUND PAPERS IN DARNAY'S TRUNK THAT PROVED HIS GUILT AND AS DARNAY HAD BEEN OFTEN BACK AND FORTH TO FRANCE ON FAMILY MATTERS THE CASE LOOKED DARK FOR HIM CRUELLY ENOUGH AMONG THOSE WHO WERE CALLED TO THE TRIAL AS WITNESSES TO SHOW THAT DARNAY HAD MADE THESE FREQUENT JOURNEYS TO FRANCE WERE DOCTOR MANETTE AND LUCIE BECAUSE THEY HAD SEEN HIM ON THE BOAT DURING THAT MEMORABLE CROSSING
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