Book 3, Chapter 2 (The Grindstone)
The horrific image of the blood-soaked grindstone in the courtyard, seen by Lorry and Manette.
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From A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Dickens depicts revolutionary violence as a contagion of bloodlust, the people sharpening weapons and dancing the Carmagnole.
Book 3, Chapter 5 (The Wood-Sawyer)
The dance of the Carmagnole: 'No fight could have been half so terrible as this dance.'
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