Calico Illustrated Classics: A Tale of Two Cities

Calico Illustrated Classics: A Tale of Two Cities — page 1
chapter 1 The Period It was the best of times It was the worst of times It was the season of light It was the season of darkness It was the spring of hope It was the winter of despair The horses mashed their way through thick mud with drooping heads They were pulling the Dover mail coach up Shooter’s Hill It was late on a Friday night in November 1775 The hill the harness the mud and the mail were all so heavy that the horses had already stopped three times A cold mist had roamed up the hill like an evil spirit Three passengers were plodding up the hill by the side of the mail They could only see a few yards of road from the light of the coach lamps In those days travelers kept to 4