She faints and is in utter shock
Mrs. Manette maintained the fiction that Dr. Manette was dead in order to protect Lucy from the painful truth of his imprisonment and past trauma. She believed that revealing the truth about her father's dark history would only bring more suffering to Lucy and wanted to shield her from that pain.
Dr. Manette is a French physician who is imprisoned for eighteen years in the Bastille, by the Marquis St.Evremonde. He is rescued and nursed back to health by his daughter Lucie. He helps her to save her husband Darnay.
Dr. Manette has been a former prisoner of the Bastille as well as a Survivor of the Guillotine. He seems like a hero between the revolutionaries. Dr. Manette has power outside his home.
Miss Pross and Sydney Carton did not make a Sunday visit to the home of Lucie Manette and her father Dr. Manette.
Dr. Manette saves I LOVE YOU
At this point in the book, Dr. Manette does not know that Charles Darnay is a relative of the Marquis St. Evremonde. He does seem to recognize him, and gives a look of distrust and concern, but his daughter Lucy is glad that Charles is released because she did not believe he was guilty of the crime with which he was charged. Later, after Charles asks for Lucy's hand in marriage and Dr. Manette begins to suspect who Charles really is, Dr. Manette begins to fall back into the madness caused by his imprisonment.
The tone of the author in describing Dr. Manette is sympathetic and compassionate. The author portrays Dr. Manette as a troubled and fragile individual who has suffered greatly in the past. The author's tone conveys a sense of understanding and empathy towards Dr. Manette's struggles and hardships.
Mr. Jarvis Lorry was still working for Tellson's bank twenty years prior.. and he was an executor at the bank where all of Dr. Manette's affairs were handled. When he "died", and his wife 2 years after, it was Mr Lorry who was in charge of everything. Including his daughter. Because the Manette's were clients, and only "buisness" he was the one who took Lucy, as a child, to EEngland where she was an orphan.
Ernest Defarge was Dr. Manette's old servant before his imprisonment.
Dr. Alexandre Manette was imprisoned by the Evrémonde brothers, Charles Darnay's family, in the novel "A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens. Dr. Manette was wrongfully imprisoned for 18 years in the Bastille without trial or reason.
Three witnesses who denounced Charles Darnay in the trial were Ernest Defarge, Madame Defarge, and Dr. Manette. They testified against him based on their perceived connections to his aristocratic family and past actions.
Dr. Manette was summoned to care for Monsieur St. Evrémonde, who was suffering from an illness that required immediate attention. At the time, Dr. Manette was a young physician known for his skill and dedication in treating patients.