"The Citizen Evrémonde, called Darnay"
John McLenan
Dickens's A Tale of Two Cities, Book III, Chapter 7 ("Triumph")
The twenty-fourth installment of the novel appeared in Harper's Weekly (5 October 1859): 699; it had originally appeared in the UK on Saturday, 8 October in All the Year Round
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Passage Illustrated
"My child," said the Doctor, rising, and laying his hand upon her shoulder, "I have saved him. What weakness is this, my dear! Let me go to the door."
He took the lamp in his hand, crossed the two intervening outer rooms, and opened it. A rude clattering of feet over the floor, and four rough men in red caps, armed with sabres and pistols, entered the room.
"The Citizen Evrémonde, called Darnay," said the first.
"Who seeks him?" answered Darnay.
"I seek him. We seek him. I know you, Evremonde; I saw you before the Tribunal to-day. You are again the prisoner of the Republic."
The four surrounded him, where he stood with his wife and child clinging to him.
"Tell me how and why am I again a prisoner?"
"It is enough that you return straight to the Conciergerie, and will know to-morrow. You are summoned for to-morrow." [Book Three, "The Track of a Storm," Chapter Seven, "A Knock at the Door."]
References
Dickens, Charles. A Tale of Two Cities: A story of the French Revolution. Project Gutenberg e-text by Judith Boss, Omaha, Nebraska. Release Date: September 25, 2004 [EBook #98].
Last modified 27 December 2013