been in prison for 18 years. Mr. Lorry takes along Dr. Manette's daughter, Lucie, who finds out her father is still alive. When they arrive in Paris they go see Ernest Defarge, a owner of a wine shop, he tells them where Dr. Manette is at. When they find the doctor he is cobbling shoes; he has aged a great deal and is lacking memory. In time both his health and memory is restored.Five years later Mr. Lorry, Lucie, and Dr. Manette are called as witnesses in a trial at Old Bailey, France, involving Charles Darnay; who is accused of treason. Lucie gives incriminating evidence against him, but Mr. Darnay is acquitted after a witness can't positively identify him because of his similar looks to Sydney Carton; a lawyer in the court room. Mr. Darnay falls in love with Lucie, and they end up getting married.The French Revolution started, and Ernest Defarge becomes the leader of the revolution along with his wife, Madame Therese, who gets revenge on her enemies. Charles Darnay is also put on trial again, but is set free after being in prison for a year and three months. The same day he was freed he was re-arrested and put on trial again after new evidence was brought forward by the Defarges. When Dr. Manette was in prison he wrote a letter telling of an incident that accrued in a country house outside of Paris in 1757. The letter stated that the Evremonde twins, Charles Darnay's father and uncle, took the doctor to the house where there was a woman and her dying brother. The man told Dr. Manette that the Evremondes kill his whole family except for a younger sister who had been taken to a safe place. Shortly after they both died. The Evremondes twins were uneasy about the doctor and how he accepted the money with no questions asked. They then took Dr. Manette from his home and pregnant wife and put in prison. Madame Defarge was the younger sister that was put in hiding; this is why she wants Darnay dead.When the letter was finishe...
