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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Dickens, Charles

Dickens, Charles
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
Book The Third: Chapters 1 - 8

The Track Of A Storm

Chapter 1. In Secret

Traveling is difficult in France in 1792. In addition to the normal
difficulties of bad roads and bad horses, the traveler must now contend with
bands of citizen patriots who stop all travelers, question them, examine their
papers, and either turn them back, send them on, or imprison them on the spot
as suits their mood.

It becomes clear to Charles Darnay as he proceeds to Paris that there is
no turning back until he is cleared as a good citizen in Paris. As the
barriers drop ...

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