Preview: Part III, Chapter 14
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Start: In that same juncture of time when the Fifty-Two awaited their fate
Stop after: And indeed she never did.
At the same time the fifty-two prisoners await execution, Madame Defarge plans another denunciation. The family’s departure requires Miss Pross and Jerry to leave separately, creating a dangerous interval at the emptied lodging.
The chapter sets competing forms of loyalty against one another: ideological vengeance, reluctant restraint, practical concealment, and personal devotion.