Healthier than ever, the reader is pleased to find that Dr. Manette has strangely not relapsed back into shoe making, even though memories have reoccurred as Dr. Manette has relived experiences in the Bastille. Dr. Manette is no longer “One Hundred and Five, North Tower” anymore after the accomplishment of the “task he had set himself.” All it took to free Dr. Manette of his imprisonment was to redeem his promise of saving Charles, and prove to his family that they could “lean upon him.” Dr. Manette’s triumph freed himself of captivity, but what will happen to Dr. Manette now that Charles has been returned back into the “tribunal”? If Dr. Manette cannot prove Charles innocent, will Dr. Manette relapse again?
Just as soon as Charles was released from prison, he was charged and was forced to be put into prison again. The footsteps that Lucie had heard previously in the book, foreshadowed this very moment when she again heard “strange feet upon the stairs” and “four rough men in red caps” enter the room and take Charles. Charles has been accused by the Defarge’s and one other man, whom the men are not allowed to disclose until the next day at the tribunal. However, later on in the story, Miss Pross surprisingly stumbles upon her son, Solomon! However, Solomon Pross is not the man he claims to be.
It was not until Mr. Cruncher spoke up from remembering Solomon by the name of John that we discover that Solomon is now who he says he is. When Sydney Carton unpredictably enters the story again, Mr. Carton recognizes the man by the alias of John Barsad- a man the reader previously met in the story as the man who attempted to put Charles Darnay in jail for treason, and also who Madame Defarge knitted on her registry because John Barsad is a spy. The reader then discovers, from Jerry Cruncher, that Roger Cly, the man that Jerry Cruncher previously attempted to dig up but found only “paving stones and earth” in Cly’s coffin, faked his own death! Because of Carton’s wit, he played the “right cards” and now has John Barsad on his side to help get Charles out of prison.
The reader knows that the Defarge’s were two of the three people that accused Charles the third time, but there was one other character who aided. Was the character that helped the Defarges Barsad so that he could be redeemed and get his name off of Madame Defarge’s registry? If so, will Barsad keep his agreement with Carton and help Charles?
The reader grasps the theme of “doubles,” as thus far five different characters have pretended to be something they are not. The first encounter was Jerry Cruncher, when the reader learned the man’s true “business.” The second man is Charles Darnay, when the reader discovers the true name of Charles’s last name as Evremonde who has hid his true identity for the sake of himself and his family. The third character is Solomon, who the reader more specifically correlates as John Barsad- a spy. The fourth character is Roger Cly, who faked his own death to save himself from being murdered for being a spy. The final character(s) are Sydney Carton and Charles Darnay. Carton freed Charles once from being imprisoned because of the identical physical resemblance the two men share. Although Carton has not pretended to be anyone else thus far, the reader can predict that Carton will pose as Darnay within the upcoming chapters to save his life. After all, Carton will “sacrifice his life” for the happiness of Lucie Manette.
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