Preview: Part II, Chapter 22

Reading boundary Start: Haggard Saint Antoine had had only one exultant week Stop after: in Saint Antoine’s bosom.

One week after the Bastille falls, Saint Antoine remains hungry and armed. News brought into the wine-shop rapidly turns grievance into collective motion.

Madame Defarge and her companion called the Vengeance move within the crowd. Dickens emphasizes repeated cries, physical contact, and changing tempo to show how individuals are absorbed into a violent public will.