The book is getting more and more interesting, because Mr. and Mrs. Defarge are interested in Charles Darnay (or D'Aulnais as his mother's name was) and they might have a plan to kill him because Mr. Defarge says to his wife: "... her [miss Manette's] husban's name should be proscribed under your hand at this moment, by the side of that infernal dog's [Marquis] who just has left us". Later, when the Revolution of French has begun, they and the other rebellers-the Jaqueses-intrude on the Bastille and go to Mr. Manette's cell, release seven prisoners, kill guards, and marched the governor (who tried to defend the Bastille) to the city hall for judgement.
In the meanwhile Charles Darnay and Lucie Manette have got married. They live a normal family life with Mr. Manette and miss Pross. Shortly after Lucie and Charles Darnay's wedding, Mr. Manette starts again act like a shoemaker. He keeps doing it for nine days and then he suddenly becomes normal. The others hides that from Lucie and she doesn't find out that her father was doing the shoemaking. I don't understand what the significance of the shoe-making is. Is it just a sign that he is stressed because Lucie has got married or is there some other reason?
Lucie and Charles have a child, because when Mr. Lorry comes to visit Lucie and Charles in July 1789, he asks Lucy: "The precious child is safe in bed?" and Lucy answers: "And sleeping soundly."
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The shoe-making is what Dr. Manette reverts to whenever something from his past comes up. Darnay tells him the secret he promised to tell on the wedding day and it's after that that Manette begins making shoes again.
I didn't catch that the Defarges' want to kill Charles Darnay. I don't understand where you came up with that. I must have missed that detail. Dr. Manette begins his shoe making when his mind is stressed. I don't necessarily think that it is just something from his past, but rather just something that stirs his conscience. The reason that he begins shoe making this time is because he has just found out that Darnay, the man who is to wed his daughter in a few hours, has actually a different last name and he is to be the new Marqui, which Dr. Manette fears will take him away from his daughter as Darnay's late family did years ago. To me, this shows that his daughter is what keeps him sane along with his shoe making.
When Dr. Manette starts to make shoes the night after Lucie and Darnay's wedding, it is because after finding out Darnays real name and purpose for being in England has upset Dr. Manette because he now knows that it was Darnay's family who had put him in prison in the first place and now his daughter has married his enemy.
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