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Good evening and welcome to the Sleepy Bookshelf, where we put down our worries from the day and pick up a good book.

I'm Elizabeth, your house.

Thank you for coming tonight.

This evening we are returning to a tale of two cities.

Before we begin, let's take some time to get comfortable in bed.

Once you have found a cozy spot, take a big inhale and then a deep sigh to let it all go.

Work your way up from your toes to your eyebrows, gently tensing and releasing each muscle in your body.

Going back to repeat any areas that need extra attention.

Don't worry about falling asleep.

We all drift off in our own time.

Just allow your mind to be enticed into the story

and move away from any thoughts from the day

that are trying to steal your focus

one week after the fall of the Bastille, Defarge returned to the wine shop and announced

that a man named Foulon, who had once declared that if the people were hungry, they should eat grass, was alive.

He had faked his own death, including a grand funeral, but had been found in the country,

and was being taken as prisoner to the Hotel de Ville.

Saint Antoine was roused, and all those Abel marched to the hotel to see Fulon,

bound with grass on his back.

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