THE TALE OF TWO CITIES(Charles Dickens) - 27

  After Darnay had left, Carton drank some more wine and looked at himself in the mirror. He was angry because Darnay looked so much like him, but was so different. Carton knew that he was a clever lawyer, and that was a good and honest man, but he had never been successful for himself. He drank too much, and his life was unhappy and friendless. HIs cleverness and his hard work in the law only made others, like Mr Stryver, successful and rich. He remembered Lucie Manette's worried face when she watched Darnay in court.

 

다네이의 처지와 심경이 드러나고 있죠. 세상은 정직한 사람편이라기보다, 교활한 사람의 편인 것도 같지만, 역사라는 긴 안목에서 보면 그렇지도 않답니다. ㅎㅎ 하여튼...인생이란 요지경이란 말이 있지만, 다네이가 왠지 불쌍해보이고, 동정심이 일죠.