Book 2 Chapter 3

1. Book 2Chapter 3 A Disappointment

2. Summary • The Attorney-General prosecutes the case, demanding that the jury find Darnay guilty of passing English secrets into French hands. • The cross-examination, ruins Barsad’s pure and righteous character. It reveals that he has served time in debtor’s prison and has been involved in brawls over gambling. • Mr. Lorry then takes the stand, and the prosecutor asks him if, five years ago, he shared a Dover mail coach with the accused. Lorry contends that his fellow passengers sat so bundled up that their identities remained hidden. • The prosecutors then ask similar questions of Lucie, the young woman Darnay had noticed earlier. She admits to meeting the prisoner on the ship back to England. • When she recounts how he helped her to care for her sick father, however, she seems to help his case—yetshe winds upthen turningthe court against Darnay • Doctor Manette is also called to the stand, but he claims that he remembers nothing of the trip due to his illness

3. Summary (cont.) • Mr. Stryver is in the middle of cross-examining another witness “with no result” when Sydney Carton, passes him a note. • Stryver begins arguing the what is in the note, which draws the court’s attention to Carton’s own resemblance to the prisoner. The undeniable likeness foils the court’s ability to identify Darnay as a spy beyond reasonable doubt. • The jury retires to deliberate and eventually returns with an acquittal for Darnay.