A Tale of Two Cities

A Tale of Two Cities

by Charles Dickens

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A Tale of Two Cities: Book the Second, Chapter 21 Summary and Analysis


Book the Second: The Golden Thread - Chapter 21: Echoing Footsteps

New Character
Little Lucie: daughter of Charles and Lucie

Summary
Time passes. Lucie hears the echoes of distant footsteps. On occasion this seems ominous, but for the most part she hears “in the echoes of years none but friendly and soothing sounds.” She has one child, a daughter named Lucie. She has a boy child who dies but even this is not a terribly sad occasion, as “the rustling of an Angel’s wings got blended with the other...

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