The Knitting DoneBook 3 Chapter 14

By: Samantha Thomas

Characters Madame Defarge Miss Pross Jerry Cruncher Wood Sawyer The Vengeance Jacques Three Mr. Lorry Darnay

Review 52 people are awaiting the guillotine

Among them is Carton who took Darnay’s place

Barsard had given Darnay to Manette, Lucie, and Lorry so they flee

Plot Summary Madame Defarge meets with The Vengeance and Jacques Three at the

wood sawyers shed Madame Defarge says that she wants the Evremonde family dead (Darnay,

Lucie, and their child) Revenge for what Darnay’s ancestors did

After, Madame Defarge leaves and begins to walk to the Evremonde house to find the family

In the meantime, Mr. Lorry had been concerned about Miss Pross being in the coach so her and Jerry Cruncher got out at the Evremonde house They were to leave as fast as possible in a coach

Miss Pross and Cruncher came up with a plan so that Cruncher will pick up Miss Pross at the Notre Dame Cathedral

Mr. Cruncher left before Miss Pross as planned

Plot Summary (Cont.) While Miss Pross was by herself getting ready Madame Defarge showed

up scaring her Madame Defarge asked for the Evremonde family but Miss Pross said no Madame Defarge soon realizes that the Evremonde family is not home Madame Defarge went to check the rest of the house to see if the family

was home but Miss Pross wouldn’t let her In the struggle Madame Defarge grabbed her gun so Miss Pross smacked

it and a shot went off, leaving Madame Defarge dead Miss Pross finished getting ready and left to meet Cruncher Miss Pross asked Cruncher if there was any noise on the street several

times Cruncher realizes that Miss Pross has lost her hearing

Essential Quote

“I can hear,” said Miss Pross, seeing that he spoke to her, “nothing. O, my good man, there was first a great crash, and then a great stillness, and that

stillness seems to be fixed and unchangeable, never to be broken any more as long as my life

lasts.”

Literary Devices Simile- “The sawyer himself did not participate in the conference,

but abided at a little distance, like an outer satellite who was not to speak until required, or to offer an opinion until invited.”

Onomatopoeia- “Miss Pross looked up, saw what it was, struck at it, struck out a flash and a crash, and stood alone—blinded with smoke.”

Imagery- “She needed both of these advantages, for there were deep marks on her face from Madame Defarge’s gripping fingers. Her hair was torn, and her dress, which she had quickly adjusted with her trembling hands, had been pulled and tugged a hundred different ways.”

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