Book THREE (Chapters 3-9)

In chapter 3, Mr. Lorry decides to move Lucie to a different location because he fears that he is endangering Tellson's Bank by keeping her there. He worries for the reason that Lucie is the wife of a prisoner. So he finds an apartment for Lucie, her daughter, her father, and Miss Pross. Along with getting them an apartment, Mr. Lorry also assigns Jerry Cruncher to guard the apartment and to keep them safe.
Also in this chapter, Mr. Lorry receives a message from Dr. Manette informing him that he and Darnay are safe but cannot leave the prison yet. At this time, Madame Defarge is seen on the street. "Is that his child? said Madame Defarge, stopping in her work for the first time, and pointing her knitting-needle at little Lucie as if it were the finger of Fate." When Madame Defarge says this, I think it seems kind of foreboding. I think that it is foreshadowing that Madame Defarge will attempt to hurt little Lucie to get revenge on Charles Darnay. This must scare Lucie when she hears this. How could it not? What does it mean by "the finger of Fate?" Whenever I thought of Fate, I thought of death and what is meant to happen. It usually isn't something good... This must be a pretty important part in the book for Madame to stop knitting because she had never done that before; it was the first time.
After having a brief conversation with Madame Defarge, Lucie says to her, "... O sister-woman, think of me. As a wife and mother!" Madame Defarge looks at her "coldly as ever" and says, "... Judge you! Is it likely that the trouble of one wife and mother would be much to us now?" What Madame Defarge means is that she has seen a lot of suffering and harm done since she was young, so to her, a group of peope or a class is more important than just one individual. I found the way that she says this kind of cruel. Madame Defarge not a very nice person I have come to find out. I hope that the Defarges get what's coming to them in the end. I think they will.
In chapter 4, Dr. Manette is gone for four days, and during these days "... eleven hundred defenceless prisoners of both sexes and all ages had been killed by the populace..." Also during this time, "He [Dr. Manette] could now assure Lucie that her husband was no longer confined alone,..." The Doctor now had a "new life." This new life is another example of resurrection. Since Dr. Manette has a new life, he hoped to use this to help Darnay. "But, though the Doctor tried hard, and never ceased trying, to get Charles Darnay set at liberty, or at least to get him brought to trial, the public current of the time set too strong and fast for him. The new era began; the king was tried, doomed, and beheaded..." How evil and awful did this revolution become? Also at this time they refer to "La Guillotine" in many supposedly humorous ways. "It was the best cure for headache, it infallibly prevented the hair from turning grey, it imparted a peculiar delicacy to complexion, it was the National Razor which shaved close..." How could the people at this time compare the guillotine, the structure that was taking so many lives, to something of humor? Was it supposed to be comic relief for the people because they actually feared for their lives?
"One year and three months." How can Lucie go so long without seeing her husband? She must really love him to wait for him. "My dear, there is an upper window in the prison, to which Charles can sometimes gain access at three in the afternoon. When he can get to it... he might see you in the street... From that time, in all weathers, she waited there two hours. As the clock struck two, she was there, and at four she turned resignedly away." To me, this shows true devotion to her husband. Now I understand why she married this man. If she loved him this much, why would she marry someone else?
What is the significance of the Carmognole? Why does dancing gain so much attention in this chapter?
In chapter 6, Charles Darnay is one of the many people to be put on trial. Gabelle and Dr. Manette testifies for him. "At every vote, the populace set up a shout of applause. All the voices were in the prisoner's favour, and the President declared him free." Because of they testified, Darnay is acquitted, and the crowd carries him back to his home in a big chair. The passage depicts how the people or the crowd had more of an influence on the President than the Jury did.
I found that the only significant part about chapter 7 was when the four Jacques knock on the door and arrest Charles Darnay again but don't give a reason. The only thing known is that he was denounced by the Defarges and one other person. This also explains the title of the chapter, "A Knock at the Door."
In chapter 8, Miss Pross and Jerry Cruncher are shopping when Miss Pross recognizes her brother in the Defarges' wine shop. Solomon, her brother, is now a part of the French Republic. Cruncher is also surprised because he recognizes the man as John Barsad who was an English spy. Carton takes Barsad to Tellson's Bank where there is a confrontation between Mr. Lorry, Jerry Cruncher, and Sydney Carton. At this time, Carton says that he knew the man that Barsad was talking to as Roger Cly. Barsad merely says that it is impossible because Roger Cly is dead. Cruncher says that he looked in the coffin and knew there was no body in it. After this, Barsad agrees to help Carton.
In the finally chapter of this reading, Mr. Lorry finds out that Jerry Cruncher is a grave robber. Cruncher defends himself by saying that he is helping other people by using the organs and also saying that if he is a bad person then so are the doctors that use the organs.
Also in this chapter, there is a connection to the bible. "I am the resurrection and the life, saith the Lord: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: and whosoever liveth and believeth in me, shall never die." This is said by the priest at Carton's father's funeral. I'm not sure what it means, but I am almost certain that it has some significance in the novel because of all of the biblical references.
At the end of the chapter, it is found out that Dr. Manette is the third denouncer. I don't understand why he would have done that.