Preview: Part III, Chapter 4
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Start: Doctor Manette did not return until the morning of the fourth day of his absence.
Stop after: or were a Spirit moving among mortals.
Doctor Manette returns after four days inside the Revolution’s prison system. His former suffering, once a source of disabling pain, now gives him unusual standing among people who honour victims of the Bastille.
This chapter covers an extended period rather than a single scene. The Doctor’s growing steadiness contrasts with the increasingly unstable laws around him; apparent influence does not necessarily mean control over time or events.