BOOK THE THIRD.-THE TRACK OF A STORM. I. The beadle. The parish engine. The schoolmaster 355 IV. The election for beadle. V. The broker's man.. VI. The ladies' societies. 367 372 379 387 393 VII. Our next-door neighbor. CHAP. XIII. Private theatres.. XIV. Vauxhall-gardens by day. XV. Early coaches.. XVI. Omnibuses.... XVII. The last cab-driver, and the first omnibus cad... XVIII. A Parliamentary sketch.... XIX. Public dinners.... XX. The first of May... XXI. Brokers' and marine-store shops.. XXII. Gin shops.......... XXIII. The pawnbroker's shop. XXIV. Criminal courts.... XXV. A visit to Newgate.. CHARACTERS I. Thoughts about people...... PAGE. 463 469 474 479 483 492 503 509 516 520 525 532 537 550 VII. The misplaced attachment of Mr. John Dounce. X. A passage in the life of Mr. Watkins Tottle.. XI. The Bloomsbury christening.. XII. The drunkard's death..... 756 791 807 A TALE OF TWO CITIES. In Three Books. BOOK THE FIRST. RECALLED TO LIFE. CHAPTER I. THE PERIOD. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way-in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only. There were a king with a large jaw and a queen with a plain face, on the throne of England; there were a king with a large jaw and a queen with a fair face, on the throne of France. In both countries it was clearer than crystal to the lords of the State preserves of loaves and fishes, that things in general were settled for ever. It was the year of Our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five. Spiritual revelations were conceded to England at that favored period, as at this. Mrs. Southcott had recently attained her five-and-twentieth blessed birthday, of |