A Tale of Two Cities Ch. 6 & 5 PDF

# A Tale of Two Cities ## Book 2 ### Chapter Six: Congratulatory * Doctor Manette, Lucie Manette, Mr. Lorry, the solicitor for the defence, and its counsel Mr. Stryver, stood gathered round Mr. Charles Darnay, who was just released,congratulating him on his escape from death. * Mr. Darnay turne...

# A Tale of Two Cities ## Book 2 ### Chapter Six: Congratulatory * Doctor Manette, Lucie Manette, Mr. Lorry, the solicitor for the defence, and its counsel Mr. Stryver, stood gathered round Mr. Charles Darnay, who was just released,congratulating him on his escape from death. * Mr. Darnay turned to Mr. Stryver, whom he warmly thanked. * Mr. Stryver - a man of little more than thirty, but looking twenty years older than he was, stout, loud, red, bluff - had a pushing way of shouldering himself into companies and conversations that argued well for his shouldering his way up in life. * He squeezed the innocent Mr. Lorry clean out of the group: "I am glad to have brought you off with honour, Mr. Darnay." * "You have laid me under an obligation to you for life - in two senses," said his late client, taking his hand. * "I have done my best for you, Mr. Darnay; and my best is as good as another man's, I believe." * "I will appeal to Doctor Manette," said Mr. Lorry, "to break up this conference and order us all to our homes. Miss Lucie looks ill, Mr. Darnay has had a terrible day, we are worn out." * "Speak for yourself, Mr. Lorry," said Stryver; "I have a night's work to do yet. Speak for yourself." * "I speak for myself," answered Mr. Lorry, "and for Mr. Darnay, and for Miss Lucie, and - Miss Lucie, do you not think I may speak for us all?" He asked her the question pointedly, and with a glance at her father. ### Glossary: * **gathered:** come together in a group * **bluff:** direct in a way that people find rude * **obligation:** forced to do something * **client:** a customer * **pointedly:** in a way to express criticism or disapproval * **glance:** to give a quick short look ## Book 2 ### Chapter 5: The Jackal * Sydney Carton, most unpromising of men, was Stryver's great ally. * It began to get about, among such as were interested in the matter, that although Sydney Carton would never be a lion, he was an amazingly good jackal, and that he rendered service to Stryver in that capacity. * “Ten o’clock, sir”, said the man at the tavern. * “What do you mean? Ten o’clock at *night*?” * “Yes, sir. Your honour told me to call you.” * “Oh! I remember. Very well, very well.” * He got up, tossed his hat on, and walked out. He turned into the Temple and into the Stryver chambers. * He had his slippers on; and a loose bed gown. “You are a little late, Memory," said Stryver. * "About the usual time; it may be a quarter of an hour later.” ### Glossary: * **unpromising:** not promising * **tavern:** a place where alcohol is sold and drunk