Skip over navigation  A Tale of Two Cities  Original Text
Modern Text  These occupations brought her round to the December
month, wherein her father walked among the terrors with a steady
head. On a lightly-snowing afternoon she arrived at the usual
corner. It was a day of some wild rejoicing, and a festival. She
had seen the houses, as she came along, decorated with little
pikes, and with little red caps stuck upon them; also, with
tricoloured ribbons; also, with the standard inscription
(tricoloured letters were the favourite), Republic One and
Indivisible. Liberty, Equality, Fraternity, or Death! She
continued to do this until December. Meanwhile, her father moved
among all the terrible events happening with a cool head. One
afternoon, when it was snowing lightly, Lucie arrived at her
usual corner. It was a day when people were celebrating and
there was a festival. As she walked through the streets she
noticed that the houses were decorated with little pikes that
had little red caps stuck on them. They we