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Later that day, as the sun was going down, the same coach stopped in a village near the Marquis's castle. Several villagers, in poor thin clothes, with thin hungry faces, were standing in the village square. The Marquis looked at their faces and then pointed to one of them.
那天的晚些時候，太陽落山時，那同一輛馬車停在了侯爵的城堡附近的一個村子里。幾個衣衫襤褸、面黃饑瘦的村民正站在村里的場地上。侯爵看著他們的臉龐然后指著其中的一個人。
"Bring that man to me, " he said to his driver.
“把那個男人帶過來。”他對他的車夫說道。
The man came up to the coach, hat in hand, and the other villagers moved closer to listen.
那個人朝馬車走過來，手里拿著帽子，其余的村民都走近前來聆聽。
"I passed you on the road just outside the village, " said the Marquis."You were looking at my coach in a very strange way. Why was that?"
“我在村外的那條路上從你旁邊經過，”侯爵說。“你當時正用一種奇特的眼光看著我的馬車。為什么要這樣?”
"Monsieur, I was looking at the man, " came the reply.
“先生，我那時正看著那個男人。”回答說。
"What man?" asked the Marquis angrily.
“什么男人?”侯爵生氣地問。
"The man who was holding on under your coach, " said the poor man, trembling with fear.
“就是那個扒在您馬車底下的男人。”這個可憐人說道，身子因為害怕而發抖。
"What was he like?"
“他長得什么樣?”
"Oh, Monsieur, he was white from head to foot. All covered with dust. Just like a ghost."
“哦，先生，他從頭到腳穿一身白。全省都是土。像鬼魂一樣。”
"Where is he now? What happened to him?"
“他現在在哪兒?他怎么啦?”
"Oh, he ran away down the hill outside the village."
“哦，他朝村外的山腳下跑去了。”
雙城故事：
18年后，梅尼特醫生獲釋。這位精神失常的白發老人被巴黎圣安東尼區的一名酒販、他舊日的仆人德法奇(Defarge)收留。這時，女兒露茜已經成長，專程接他去英國居住。旅途上，他們邂逅法國青年查爾斯·達雷(Charles Darnay)，受到他的細心照料。 原來達雷就是侯爵的兒子。他憎恨自己家族的罪惡，毅然放棄財產的繼承權和貴族的姓氏，移居倫敦，當了一名法語教師。在與梅尼特父女的交往中，他對露茜產生了真誠的愛情。梅尼特為了女兒的幸福，決定埋葬過去，欣然同意他們的婚事。 在法國，達雷父母相繼去世，叔父厄弗里蒙得侯爵繼續為所欲為。當他狂載馬車若無其事地軋死一個農民的孩子后，終于被孩子父親用刀殺死。一場革命的風暴正在醞釀之中，德法奇的酒店就是革命活動的聯絡點，他的妻子不停地把貴族的暴行編織成不同的花紋，記錄在圍巾上，渴望復仇。
