“A Hand at Cards,” Book Three, Chapter Eight of A Tale of Two Cities. Here many of the characters in the novel are on stage in one chapter. Carton reappears and must “turn” the spy John Barsad to his purposes. Pross and Cruncher are “over the top,” as usual, but Carton is another matter entirely. He must be played with great skill, conveying both his quickness of mind and his moral regeneration believably. In fact, he rises almost to the level of scrubbed purity as Lucy Manette. And yet, he must be a believable character. You be the judge if I have succeeded. One thing that is sure, it is exhausting.
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