Unconscious Double

“‘I have pictured my daughter, to myself, as perfectly forgetful of me – rather, altogether ignorant of me, and unconscious of me.” (196)

            “With hope ever darkening, and with a heart always growing heavier and heavier, Mr Lorry passed through his anxious time. the secret was well kept, and Lucie was unconscious and happy; but, he could not fail to observe that the shoemaker, whose hand had been a little out at first, was growing dreadfully skilful, and that he had never been so intent on his work, and that his hands had never been so nimble and expert, as in the dusk of the ninth evening.” (205)

            The first passage, taken from “One Night”, is Doctor Manette’s thought of what his daughter would be – unconscious of his existence. The second passage, taken from “Nine Days”, tells that Lucie is unconscious to her father’s current state. These passage are clearly double and when you read the second one make you sad because originally Lucie was not unconscious of her father’s existence even though it may have seemed like she was considering he was in jail and she had never met him, but now she is out on her honeymoon without a care (unconscious to the commotion of her house) and her father is in more hell than he was before, as shown by his deft shoemaking hands.