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e) What do the guards do before they give them back their papers?
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f) How does Mr Carton feel on the day of his execution?

4 Read the quotations. Who is the speaker of each sentence?
Who is the speaker talking to and what or whom is he/she
talking about?
a) ‘Ah, the wife of Evrémonde! He is busy elsewhere this afternoon!’
(page 62)

b) ‘He has just said goodbye to a great friend, and fainted, but he will soon
feel better in the fresh air.’ (page 62)

c) ‘Have a good journey, citizens.’ (page 62)

d) ‘It is a far, far better thing that I do now than I have ever done.’ (page 64)

5 Read page 64 again. Then read the summary and choose the
correct words or phrases.
On the day of his execution Mr Sydney Carton thinks about 1) Paris / London.
He hopes that one day the 2) violence / happiness will stop. He thinks about
Lucie, Charles, their children and 3) friends / grandchildren. He hopes that
they will 4) remember / forget him with kindness.
Perhaps Lucie will 5) smile / cry for him every year 6) in summer / on this
day. Perhaps they will give their baby boy his 7) name / money. These
thoughts help him feel peaceful and calm.

6 Mr Carton lived a lazy and careless life and he was deeply
unhappy. At the end of the story, Mr Carton feels calm and
peaceful even though he will be executed. Explain why you
think this is. Write between 100 and 120 words in your
notebook.

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