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Monsieur the marquis reached for the handle of his sword. There was nothing revealed by the many eyes that looked at him but watchfulness and eagerness; there was no visible menacing or anger. Neither did the people say anything; after the first cry, they had been silent, and they remained so.

The voice of the submissive man who had spoken, was flat and tame in its extreme submission. Monsieur the Marquis ran his eyes over them all, as if they had been mere rats come out of their holes. The crowd gathered around and looked at monsieur the marquis. They only looked at him carefully and eagerly, without any menace or anger.

No one said anything. After the first cry they had all stayed completely silent. The voice of the meek man was flat and tame with submission. The marquis looked at them all as if they were rats that had just come out of their holes.

He took out his purse. The marquis took out his purse. One or the other of you is for ever in the way. How do I know what injury you have done my horses. Give him that. Of course it was I who said so, but of course you think so too. All we think, here, is how to live. That is the subject WE think of, and it gives us, from morning to night, enough to think about, without embarrassing our heads concerning others. I think for others? No, no. All we think about here is how to survive.

That is the subject we think about, and it gives us enough to think about from morning to night, without worrying about other people. Think for other people? The spy was there to find any little bits of information he could. Instead he stood there looking like he just wanted to gossip casually. Another Jacques interrupts, recalling that prisoner, whose name had been Damiens.

He had died when Jacques the road mender had been ten years old. Jacques the road mender goes on to tell how the soldiers came into the village and built a gallows above the fountain where women and children draw water.

The prisoner was hung, and his body was left dangling so that it poisoned the water. Jacques the road mender left the village after that, where he came across Monsieur Defarge on the road. Monsieur Defarge asks him to wait outside while he confers with his colleagues. The men agree that the aristocracy is doomed.

Monsieur Defarge plans to take care of their guest. He tells them that Jacques the road mender wishes to see the nobility. The others become alarmed by this. Monsieur Defarge says he plans to show him the nobility, just as you would show a dog its prey that it will one day take down.

On Sunday, they take him to Versailles to see the King and Queen with their entourage arrive in carriages. The man shouts and weeps in apparent adoration. Monsieur Defarge is pleased with his behavior. He says men like Jacques will make these fools believe their lives will last forever. They will become more insolent, and it will all come to an end much more quickly. When the time comes, men like Jacques will take them down. All Rights Reserved. Text Summary Chapter 1. Chapter 2. Chapter 3.