Preview: Part II, Chapter 24

Reading boundary Start: In such risings of fire and risings of sea Stop after: The end of the second book.

Three years of revolution have shaken France, and Tellson’s London branch becomes a meeting point for émigrés and troubling news. Darnay listens among people who know only his English identity.

An unexpected claim from France tests what responsibilities Darnay may still have inherited despite rejecting property and title. Private judgment now presses against public danger.