A Tale of Two Cities | Book the Third, Chapter 10 Summary and Analysis

Book the Third: The Track of a Storm - Chapter 10: The Substance of the Shadow

Summary
Dr. Manette’s letter is produced in this chapter. In it, he explains how he has come to be in prison. He writes that he keeps this letter in the wall of the chimney, in a place of concealment that he has dug out, hoping that “Some pitying hand may find it there, when I and my sorrows are dust.”

Dr. Manette’s story begins in December 1757. He is stopped on the street by a carriage. Two men insist that he enter the carriage as they...


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