Preview: Part II, Chapter 6
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Start: The quiet lodgings of Doctor Manette
Stop after: bearing down upon them, too.
Four months after the trial, Mr. Lorry visits the Manettes’ quiet Soho home. Its rooms reveal Lucie’s care and Doctor Manette’s recovery, though one object preserves a visible link to his former captivity.
As visitors gather and weather closes in, footsteps and echoes become prominent. Dickens lets ordinary sounds carry the pressure of lives beyond this sheltered corner without specifying what those lives contain.