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The door closed and Carton was left alone. He listened carefully but there were only normal prison sounds. No shouts, no alarm bells. He waited calmly.
門關上了，卡登獨自留了下來。他仔細地聽著，只有正常的監獄里的聲響。沒有喊叫，沒有警鈴。他平靜地等待著。
Soon he heard the sound of doors opening. The door of his prison cell opened and a man said, 'Follow me, Evrémonde！'and Carton followed him into a large, dark room.
不久他聽到了開門的聲音。他的囚室的門開了，一個人說道：“跟我走，埃弗蒙！”于是卡登便跟著他來到一個大而暗的房間里。
There were many people there, some standing, some sitting, some walking about, some crying. Most of them stood, silent, looking at the ground. A young woman came up to him；she was thin and pale.
那里面有很多人，有站著的，有坐著的，有來來回回走著的，有哭喊著的。他們大多數都默默地站著，看著地面。一個年輕女子向他走來，她又瘦又蒼白。
'Citizen, Evrémonde, 'she said. ' I was with you in La Force. '
“埃弗蒙公民，”她說。“我曾在拉弗爾斯和你在一起待過。”
'True, 'he said softly, 'but I forget what you were accused of. '
“是的，”他柔聲說，“只是我忘了你是為什么被指控的。”
'I am innocent. What could a poor little thing like me do? I am not afraid to die, Citizen Evrémonde, but I have done nothing.
“我是無辜的。像我這么個可憐的小人物能干什么呢? 我不怕死，埃弗蒙公民，只是我什么也沒有做。”
背景簡介:
代爾那一踏上法國土地就失去了自由。起義的群眾認為他是貴族，把他押赴巴黎受審。梅尼特醫生聞訊后，立即從倫敦趕赴巴黎營救。梅尼特憑自己關在巴士的獄十八年的苦難和崇高的聲望，使代爾那獲得了釋放。但代爾那旋即又被逮捕了。
