"Where is he now? What happens to him?" "Oh, he ran away down the hill outside the village." The Marquis turned to speak to another man. This was Monsieur Gabelle, the Marquis's offical in the village. "Gabelle," the Marquis said, "watch out for this man. If he comes here, put him in prison." When the Marquis arrived at his castle, he asked if his nephew, Monsieur Charles, had..

"Bring that man to me," he said to his driver. The man came up to the coach, hat in hand, and the other villagers moved closer to listen. "I passed you on the road just outside the village," said the Marquis. "You were looking at my coach in a very strange way. Why was that?" "Monsieur, I was looking at the man," came the reply. "What man?" asked the Marquis angrily. "The man ..

"This is for you," said the Marquis, and he threw Defarge another gold coin. "Drive on," he said to his driver. Just as the coach was leaving, a coin was thrown back in through the window. The Marquis looked angrily at the corner where Defarge had been standing. Defarge had gone. At the corner there now stood a large, dark-haired woman, knitting. She stared long and hard at th..

"I can't understand," he said coldly, "why you people cannot take care of yourselves and your children. I hope my horses are not hurt." And he threw a gold coin to his driver. "Give this to that man!" "Dead!" shouted the fatehr of the child again. Another man came forward. "Be brave, Gaspard. Your child had died quickly, and without pain. It is better to die like that than to ..

"what has gone wrong?" asked the Marquis calmly, looking out of the window of the coach. A tall man had picked something up from under the feet of the horses and was crying loudly over it. "Why is that man making that terrible noise?" asked the Marquis impatiently. "I'm sorry, Monsieur the Marquis. It is his child," said one of the people. "Dead, Killed!" screamed the man. The..

4 The Marquis of Evremonde The Marquis of Evremonde was a disappointed man. He had waited for hours at the palace of the King of France, but the King had not spoken to him. Angrily, the Marquis got into his couch and told the driver to take him home. Very soon the coach was driving fast out of Paris, and the people in the narrow streets had to run to get out of the way, if the..