Preview: Part II, Chapter 4
Reading boundary
Start: From the dimly-lighted passages of the court
Stop after: a long winding-sheet in the candle dripping down upon him.
After the verdict, Darnay and those connected with his defense leave the oppressive court. The chapter shifts from public danger to private conversation and sets Darnay beside the man whose face helped save him.
Gratitude, resentment, and self-judgment coexist in Sydney Carton’s talk. His likeness to Darnay is physical, but Dickens tests how far that likeness extends.