rnay. Lorry is called to the stand to identify Darnay as one of the passengers in the carriage to Dover. He cannot. However, Lorry says that Darnay was on the same ship back to England that he, Dr. Manette, and Lucie were on.
             Lucie then testifies, in tears, that she met and conversed with the prisoner on the ship back to England. He was kind and helped her to care for her sick father. She is forced to admit that he said that George Washington will someday be as famous as George III. This raises shouts of anger from the crowd. Lucie tries to tell them that it was just a joke, etc.
             Dr. Manette is also called to the stand, but he says he can remember nothing of the trip because he was ill. Dr. Manette has recovered over these five years, but still sometimes lapses into his old, incoherent state.
             The trial is so unfair that the judge will not let the defense make a speech. The defense for Darnay consists of Stryver, a boisterous attorney and his assistant Sydney Carton, an insolent, alcoholic, depressed, young man. Carton has one good idea when he forces a witness for the prosecution to admit that Darnay and Carton look incredibly alike. Thus, he spoils his ability to identify Darnay as a spy. The jury withdraws undecided. Soon the jury returns and Lorry rushes to Cruncher with a message to take back to the Bank. It is the verdict: acquitted. Against all odds, the jury acquitted Mr. Darnay.
             Jerry, upon taking the paper says to Lorry, "if you had sent the message 'Recalled to Life' again I should have known what you meant this time." This is how the reader finds out that Jerry Cruncher was the messenger on the road to Dover five years ago. The crowd is terribly disappointed--no execution today. Outside the courtroom, Lucie, Dr. Manette, Lorry, Carton, and Stryver congratulate Darnay. Lucie, Dr. Manette, and Stryver leave in a carriage, because Lucie worries that Darnay's talk of being in prison might cause the doctor to relapse. ...