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| Defarge brought him the wine, and gave him Good Evening. | Defarge brought him the wine, and gave him Good Evening. |
| “How?” | “How?” |
| “Good evening.” | “Good evening.” |
| “Oh! Good evening, citizen,” filling his glass. “Ah! and good wine. I drink to the Republic.” | “Oh! Good evening, citizen,” filling his glass. “Ah! and good wine. I drink to the Republic.” |
| Defarge went back to the counter, and said, “Certainly, a little like.” Madame sternly retorted, “I tell you a good deal like.” Jacques Three pacifically remarked, “He is so much in your mind, see you, madame.” The amiable Vengeance added, with a laugh, “Yes, my faith! And you are looking forward with so much pleasure to seeing him once more to-morrow!” | Defarge went back to the counter, and said, “Certainly, a little like.” Madame sternly retorted, “I tell you a good deal like.” Jacques Three pacifically remarked, “He is so much in your mind, see you, madame.” The amiable Vengeance added, with a laugh, “Yes, my faith! And you are looking forward with so much pleasure to seeing him once more to-morrow!” |
| Carton followed the lines and words of his paper, with a slow forefinger, and with a studious and absorbed face. They were all leaning their arms on the counter close together, speaking low. After a silence of a few moments, during which they all looked towards him without disturbing his outward attention from the Jacobin editor, they resumed their conversation. | Carton followed the lines and words of his paper, with a slow forefinger, and with a studious and absorbed face. They were all leaning their arms on the counter close together, speaking low. After a silence of a few moments, during which they all looked towards him without disturbing his outward attention from the Jacobin editor, they resumed their conversation. |
| “It is true what madame says,” observed Jacques Three. “Why stop? There is great force in that. Why stop?” | “It is true what madame says,” observed Jacques Three. “Why stop? There is great force in that. Why stop?” |
| “Well, well,” reasoned Defarge, “but one must stop somewhere. After all, the question is still where?” | “Well, well,” reasoned Defarge, “but one must stop somewhere. After all, the question is still where?” |
| “At extermination,” said madame. | “At extermination,” said madame. |
| “Magnificent!” croaked Jacques Three. The Vengeance, also, highly approved. | “Magnificent!” croaked Jacques Three. The Vengeance, also, highly approved. |
| “Extermination is good doctrine, my wife,” said Defarge, rather troubled; “in general, I say nothing against it. But this Doctor has suffered much; you have seen him to-day; you have observed his face when the paper was read.” | “Extermination is good doctrine, my wife,” said Defarge, rather troubled; “in general, I say nothing against it. But this Doctor has suffered much; you have seen him to-day; you have observed his face when the paper was read.” |
| “I have observed his face!” repeated madame, contemptuously and angrily. “Yes. I have observed his face. I have observed his face to be not the face of a true friend of the Republic. Let him take care of his face!” | “I have observed his face!” repeated madame, contemptuously and angrily. “Yes. I have observed his face. I have observed his face to be not the face of a true friend of the Republic. Let him take care of his face!” |
| “And you have observed, my wife,” said Defarge, in a deprecatory manner, “the anguish of his daughter, which must be a dreadful anguish to him!” | “And you have observed, my wife,” said Defarge, in a deprecatory manner, “the anguish of his daughter, which must be a dreadful anguish to him!” |
| “I have observed his daughter,” repeated madame; “yes, I have observed his daughter, more times than one. I have observed her to-day, and I have observed her other days. I have observed her in the court, and I have observed her in the street by the prison. Let me but lift my finger—!” She seemed to raise it (the listener’s eyes were always on his paper), and to let it fall with a rattle on the ledge before her, as if the axe had dropped. | “I have observed his daughter,” repeated madame; “yes, I have observed his daughter, more times than one. I have observed her to-day, and I have observed her other days. I have observed her in the court, and I have observed her in the street by the prison. Let me but lift my finger—!” She seemed to raise it (the listener’s eyes were always on his paper), and to let it fall with a rattle on the ledge before her, as if the axe had dropped. |
| “The citizeness is superb!” croaked the Juryman. | “The citizeness is superb!” croaked the Juryman. |
| “She is an Angel!” said The Vengeance, and embraced her. | “She is an Angel!” said The Vengeance, and embraced her. |
| “As to thee,” pursued madame, implacably, addressing her husband, “if it depended on thee—which, happily, it does not—thou wouldst rescue this man even now.” | “As to thee,” pursued madame, implacably, addressing her husband, “if it depended on thee—which, happily, it does not—thou wouldst rescue this man even now.” |
| “No!” protested Defarge. “Not if to lift this glass would do it! But I would leave the matter there. I say, stop there.” | “No!” protested Defarge. “Not if to lift this glass would do it! But I would leave the matter there. I say, stop there.” |
| “See you then, Jacques,” said Madame Defarge, wrathfully; “and see you, too, my little Vengeance; see you both! Listen! For other crimes as tyrants and oppressors, I have this race a long time on my register, doomed to destruction and extermination. Ask my husband, is that so.” | “See you then, Jacques,” said Madame Defarge, wrathfully; “and see you, too, my little Vengeance; see you both! Listen! For other crimes as tyrants and oppressors, I have this race a long time on my register, doomed to destruction and extermination. Ask my husband, is that so.” |
Original Text | Modern Text |
| Defarge brought him the wine, and gave him Good Evening. | Defarge brought him the wine, and gave him Good Evening. |
| “How?” | “How?” |
| “Good evening.” | “Good evening.” |
| “Oh! Good evening, citizen,” filling his glass. “Ah! and good wine. I drink to the Republic.” | “Oh! Good evening, citizen,” filling his glass. “Ah! and good wine. I drink to the Republic.” |
| Defarge went back to the counter, and said, “Certainly, a little like.” Madame sternly retorted, “I tell you a good deal like.” Jacques Three pacifically remarked, “He is so much in your mind, see you, madame.” The amiable Vengeance added, with a laugh, “Yes, my faith! And you are looking forward with so much pleasure to seeing him once more to-morrow!” | Defarge went back to the counter, and said, “Certainly, a little like.” Madame sternly retorted, “I tell you a good deal like.” Jacques Three pacifically remarked, “He is so much in your mind, see you, madame.” The amiable Vengeance added, with a laugh, “Yes, my faith! And you are looking forward with so much pleasure to seeing him once more to-morrow!” |
| Carton followed the lines and words of his paper, with a slow forefinger, and with a studious and absorbed face. They were all leaning their arms on the counter close together, speaking low. After a silence of a few moments, during which they all looked towards him without disturbing his outward attention from the Jacobin editor, they resumed their conversation. | Carton followed the lines and words of his paper, with a slow forefinger, and with a studious and absorbed face. They were all leaning their arms on the counter close together, speaking low. After a silence of a few moments, during which they all looked towards him without disturbing his outward attention from the Jacobin editor, they resumed their conversation. |
| “It is true what madame says,” observed Jacques Three. “Why stop? There is great force in that. Why stop?” | “It is true what madame says,” observed Jacques Three. “Why stop? There is great force in that. Why stop?” |
| “Well, well,” reasoned Defarge, “but one must stop somewhere. After all, the question is still where?” | “Well, well,” reasoned Defarge, “but one must stop somewhere. After all, the question is still where?” |
| “At extermination,” said madame. | “At extermination,” said madame. |
| “Magnificent!” croaked Jacques Three. The Vengeance, also, highly approved. | “Magnificent!” croaked Jacques Three. The Vengeance, also, highly approved. |
| “Extermination is good doctrine, my wife,” said Defarge, rather troubled; “in general, I say nothing against it. But this Doctor has suffered much; you have seen him to-day; you have observed his face when the paper was read.” | “Extermination is good doctrine, my wife,” said Defarge, rather troubled; “in general, I say nothing against it. But this Doctor has suffered much; you have seen him to-day; you have observed his face when the paper was read.” |
| “I have observed his face!” repeated madame, contemptuously and angrily. “Yes. I have observed his face. I have observed his face to be not the face of a true friend of the Republic. Let him take care of his face!” | “I have observed his face!” repeated madame, contemptuously and angrily. “Yes. I have observed his face. I have observed his face to be not the face of a true friend of the Republic. Let him take care of his face!” |
| “And you have observed, my wife,” said Defarge, in a deprecatory manner, “the anguish of his daughter, which must be a dreadful anguish to him!” | “And you have observed, my wife,” said Defarge, in a deprecatory manner, “the anguish of his daughter, which must be a dreadful anguish to him!” |
| “I have observed his daughter,” repeated madame; “yes, I have observed his daughter, more times than one. I have observed her to-day, and I have observed her other days. I have observed her in the court, and I have observed her in the street by the prison. Let me but lift my finger—!” She seemed to raise it (the listener’s eyes were always on his paper), and to let it fall with a rattle on the ledge before her, as if the axe had dropped. | “I have observed his daughter,” repeated madame; “yes, I have observed his daughter, more times than one. I have observed her to-day, and I have observed her other days. I have observed her in the court, and I have observed her in the street by the prison. Let me but lift my finger—!” She seemed to raise it (the listener’s eyes were always on his paper), and to let it fall with a rattle on the ledge before her, as if the axe had dropped. |
| “The citizeness is superb!” croaked the Juryman. | “The citizeness is superb!” croaked the Juryman. |
| “She is an Angel!” said The Vengeance, and embraced her. | “She is an Angel!” said The Vengeance, and embraced her. |
| “As to thee,” pursued madame, implacably, addressing her husband, “if it depended on thee—which, happily, it does not—thou wouldst rescue this man even now.” | “As to thee,” pursued madame, implacably, addressing her husband, “if it depended on thee—which, happily, it does not—thou wouldst rescue this man even now.” |
| “No!” protested Defarge. “Not if to lift this glass would do it! But I would leave the matter there. I say, stop there.” | “No!” protested Defarge. “Not if to lift this glass would do it! But I would leave the matter there. I say, stop there.” |
| “See you then, Jacques,” said Madame Defarge, wrathfully; “and see you, too, my little Vengeance; see you both! Listen! For other crimes as tyrants and oppressors, I have this race a long time on my register, doomed to destruction and extermination. Ask my husband, is that so.” | “See you then, Jacques,” said Madame Defarge, wrathfully; “and see you, too, my little Vengeance; see you both! Listen! For other crimes as tyrants and oppressors, I have this race a long time on my register, doomed to destruction and extermination. Ask my husband, is that so.” |
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