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"They are in great danger. They are in danger of denunciation by

Madame Defarge. I know it from her own lips. I have overheard

words of that woman's, to-night, which have presented their

danger to me in strong colours. I have lost no time, and since

then, I have seen the spy. He confirms me. He knows that a

wood-sawyer, living by the prison wall, is under the control of

the Defarges, and has been rehearsed by Madame Defarge as to his

having seen Her"--he never mentioned Lucie's name--"making signs

and signals to prisoners. It is easy to foresee that the pretence

will be the common one, a prison plot, and that it will involve

her life--and perhaps her child's--and perhaps her father's--for

both have been seen with her at that place. Don't look so

horrified. You will save them all."

"Heaven grant I may, Carton! But how?"