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Quote:"Farewell, dear darling of my soul. My parting blessing on my love. We shall meet again, where the weary are at rest!" (Dickens 339)

Question: What did Charles Darnay mean by saying "where the weary are at rest?"

Comment: In the book A Tale of Two Cities Charles Darnay has just been sentenced to death for what his uncle and father did when he was young, kill a whole family. The ironic thing is that Dr.Manette Darnay's father-in-law is the one who wrote the letter explaining what Darnay's father and uncle had done. Dr.Manette had written the letter years before he was sent to jail. Darnay's father and uncle find the letter and they send him to jail. The quote that I wrote above is what Darnay tells his wife after the trial. It's ironic how Dr.Manette was trying to get Darnay out of jail and he finds out he is the very reason why he is sent back to jail and sentenced to death. It's sad how Darnay has to be punished for what his dad and uncle did. He will be leaving a wife who loves him and a daughter who he will never see grow up.