So much has happened in the past few days. After Charles' trial the jury came to the verdict that he was guilty and sentenced to death because of the evidence the Defarges had, a letter from my own father. Charles was accused based on the contents of my fathers letter, a telling of murder and mistreatment of a peasant family by Marquis Evermonde and his brother(Charles' father and uncle), but I know he is guilty of no fault. However, I now sit in the carriage with him by my side hopefully never to leave again.
For all of this my gratitude goes to Sydney Carton, a dear friend of mine who, because of his resemblance to Charles, took my husbands place on the guillotine. Carton did this because he loved me and wanted me to have a life with my family.
I am thankful that I can finally return home to London and be with my family. Sydney Carton will be dearly missed, but I will always remember him as the man who revived my life and allowed me to be with my family again, to be with my beloved Charles again.
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