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testified against Darnay.

Suddenly Sydney Carton is on the scene (he has come to Paris to help
his friends). Leading Barsad off to Tellson's headquarters for a
meeting, Carton informs Jarvis Lorry that Darnay has been rearrested,
and forces Barsad to cooperate with him by threatening to reveal the
spy's turncoat maneuvers. Currently in the pay of the
revolutionaries, Barsad's job is to spy on their prisoners, and so he
has access to Darnay in the Conciergerie. Carton sets a secret plan
in motion, using Barsad.

Darnay's retrial the next morning produces a sensation. A journal
discovered by Defarge in Dr. Manette's old cell at the Bastille is
read aloud to the Tribunal. In his journal Dr. Manette blames his
arrest on two brothers of the St. Evremonde family who had summoned
him to their country house to treat a young peasant wife the younger
St. Evremonde had raped. The woman's brother lay beyond treatment,
dying from a wound received when he tried to attack the rapist.
After both the brother and sister had died, Dr. Manette received a
visit in his home from the elder St. Evremonde's wife and her small
son, Charles Darnay. The Marquise St. Evremonde believed the dead
woman had a sister, and wished to make reparations to her. Dr.
Manette attempted to reveal the St. Evremonde brothers' infamy, but
they arranged for him to be arrested and put in jail. Dr. Manette
ended his story with a curse on the whole St. Evremonde clan, and
hid the document in a hole in the chimney. On this evidence Charles
Darnay is condemned for his ancestors' evil deeds, and is sentenced
to die in 24 hours.

After the verdict, Sydney Carton, drinking in the Defarge wine shop,
overhears Madame Defarge announce that she is the missing sister, the
last survivor of the family exterminated by the St. Evremondes. She
swears to complete her vengeance by wiping out all of Darnay's
relations--Lucie, her little girl, and even Dr. Manette himself.
Carton goes to Jarvis Lorry's lodgings where both men receive Dr.
Manette, who, from the shock of Charles' condemnation has again
slipped into his amnesiac-shoemaker role. Carton warns Lorry of
Madame Defarge's murderous intentions, and they plan an escape from
the country. Carton tells Lorry to keep the proper papers ready, and
when Carton appears at two the next afternoon, all--including Lucie
and her child--will ride swiftly away.

The following day, Carton enters Darnay's cell, drugs him, and
exchanges clothes with him. Carton intends to take Darnay's place on
the guillotine, and thus fulfill his old promise to give his life for
anyone dear to Lucie. As agreed, Barsad hurries Darnay's unconscious
body--dressed as Carton--out of the Conciergerie to the coach where
Jarvis Lorry's party awaits. All flee successfully.

In the meantime Miss Pross, alone in the Manette apartment, has a