A Tale of Two Cities Page #4

I'm sorry the voyage is ending.

And I... I can't tell you how glad I am

your hatbox fell into the water at Calais.

Really, Mr. Darnay.

Oh, I only meant that rescuing it gave me

the opportunity to meet you and your father.

And it gave me the opportunity

to hear your instructive discourse...

...on George Washington

and the rights of man.

Now you're making sport of me.

Oh, no, Mr. Darnay,

it was most edifying.

Ahoy, ashore.

- All right, hand me my luggage, my bag.

- Get back.

Sorry.

There we are. Hurry up, lad.

Good, that's it.

Bon voyage.

Barsad.

Now to find the carriage,

and then for London, eh, doctor?

I wonder, Miss Manette, if I may presume

to call upon you at your home?

On such short acquaintance?

Oh, Mr. Darnay.

Certainly a crossing from Calais in this fog

cannot be called short acquaintance.

Do let me see you again.

Lucie, dear, ready?

Yes, Father.

Thank you, Mr. Darnay,

for all your kindness.

- Goodbye then until Sunday.

- Sunday?

I told Father I was inviting you to sup

with us on Sunday at our house in Soho.

Goodbye.

Goodbye, young man, until Sunday.

Which one is Evremonde?

That's him there.

But he calls himself Darnay,

Charles Darnay.

I tell you, the marquis is going to make it

well worthwhile for the both of us.

Really, not working yet, Carton?

This is too much.

You've got to put your mind

on this case.

No, not possible.

They've got this Charles Darnay

up for treason.

I don't know Charles Darnay.

I hate treason, I hate Frenchmen...

For that matter, I hate Englishmen.

Yes, but Lorry

sent this case on to us...

...with a special request

for all my consideration.

It's not my consideration he wants,

it's yours.

Why don't you give it to him.

Of course, I count on you

for a little help.

You don't need me.

You're the great barrister Stryver.

Stryver of the King's Bench Bar.

Well, if I am, it's due to perseverance.

I had to get into the front rank.

I wasn't born there, was I?

I use my brains.

- You use mine, you mean.

- Well, if I do, I pay you for it.

Well, not enough to justify

your interfering with my drinking.

But this is a treason case.

It's a matter of life and death.

Well, so is everything else. What of it?

Carton, I beg of you,

have a look at this brief.

Really, with a man's life in your hands,

how can you hesitate?

- I don't hesitate.

- But I tell you, Darnay is lost.

We have to find a way to counteract

the evidence...

...of these witnesses, Barsad and Cly.

Barsad and Cly. Cly and Barsad.

Barsad and Cly.

A case like that

could be tried on mere sound.

What are you talking about?

Well, Barsad and Cly or Cly and Barsad...

...by the very sound of their names,

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