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Mr. Lorry:  Mr. Lorry is in the midst of a marriage problem and the trial.  Mr. Lorry is a witness in the trial, where Darnay is found not guilty.  Mr. Lorry is “competing” against Darnay and Mr. Stryver for Lucie’s hand in marriage.  Lucie is really keeping the men in suspense about which man she will choose.  Mr. Lorry seems to be the “go-to” guy in this book.  Many people seek his advice on important matters and he is definately an important character in this book.  Do you think that Mr. Lorry has a good chance of marrying Lucie?

Darnay:  Darnay was in a trial for treason.  He was convicted for having alliances with both England and France.  Darnay was found not guilty.  Darnay is also one of the three men who is trying to marry Lucie.  Do you think that Darnay being found not guilty will give him a better chance of marrying Lucie?

Mr. Stryver:  Mr. Stryver is one of the three men wanting to marry Lucie.  He’s a wealthy man and sought after advice from Mr. Lorry about marrying Lucie.  Mr. Stryver is very sad when Mr. Lorry tells him that both Dr. Manette and Lucie will reject his asking for Lucie’s hand in marriage.

Carton:  Carton is talking to Lucie more freely about his life now.  He tells her that he would do anything for her, including give his life for her.  Lucie then tells him that he needs to “start a new life” but he says that he can’t.  I think that Lucie may want to marry Carton, what do you think?

Lucie:  Lucie is debating whom to marry.  She is trying to decide between Mr. Lorry, Darnay, and Mr. Stryver. Dr. Maneete (her father) has been giving her advice on the marriage situation.  Lucie also participated in Darnay’s trial, because she knew him previous to the event.  Who do you think that Luci ewill decide to marry.

Monsieur the Marquis:  Monsieur the Marquis is a selfish, powerful, rich lord.  In this part of the book Monsieur the Marquis kills a boy when he runs over him with the coach that he is riding in.  He reacts to this event by throwing money on the ground and riding on.  What do you think that this event symbolizes?  How does Monsieur the Marquis’ actions to this event reflect his personality?

Dr. Manette:  Dr. Manette has been advising his daughter on who to marry.  Dr. Manette and Lucie agree that if Mr. Stryver were to ask fo Lucie’s hand in marriage they would decline the offer.   He also was in Darnay’s trial because he knew Darnay previous to him being charged with treason.

Who do you think that Lucie will marry and why?  If you think that Lucie wants to marry someone that her father doesn’t want her to: who do you think it is, why does Lucie want to marry them, and why would her father not want her to?

-Maddie Zinn

So far in the story, Mr. Jarvis Lorry is the main character.  We know so far that he works for Tellson’s bank and he has received a message to repeat to a Miss Manette.  After he was given this message from one of this friends he begins to have dreams about having to dig somebody out.  We are unsure what this dreams mean and what connection they have to Mr. Lorry and the message.  What do you think this dreams mean?  Do you think that maybe Lorry is worked up by this message, or does he maybe have other problems?  When Lorry meets this lady, he tells her that her father is still alive.  Why do you think that he was to tell her?  Do you think that Mr. Lorry knows Miss Manette and her father.  I find it odd that he would be asked to give her this news if he is not a family friend. 

 We later find out that Mr. Lorry is a witness in charges against Charles Darnay.  Lorry is questioned about if this man traveled with him on the mail cart.  Lorry is unsure because he could not tell because all of the people had a lot of clothing on to keep warm.  This may tell us that Lorry is not as observant as we might have thought.  He traveled with other passengers for a long time, and never really got a look at them.  Or is he maybe hiding something.  

I was also wondering, how does the charges against Charles Darnay tie into Miss Manette and her living father?  

~Lauren Gress~