Forgery?

        In chapter 10 of Book the Third, we are introduced to the letter that Doctor Manette supposedly wrote while he was imprisoned in the Bastille. The Defarges claim that he wrote about a story where a pair of brothers, ordered Doctor Manette to care for a peasant woman who was of a fever and her brother, who was dying of a stab wound. Although the woman was still alive, Doctor Manette failed to save her. A couple days later, the Marquis Evremonde ordered Manette to be taken away and imprisoned in the Bastille.  

 At the end of the chapter, we still do not know if the letter is real or fake, but in my opinion, there are many reasons which can lead the reader to believe that this letter was forged by the Defarges.       

    

     One prime example is when there is a constant reminder in the letter that it is "real". "' I repeat this conversation exactly as it occurred. I have no doubt that it is, word for word, the same. I describe everything exactly as it took place, constraining my mind not to wander from the task. Where I make the broken marks that follow here, I leave off for the time, and put my paper in its hiding-place'" (332). This quote lead me to believe that the letter was fake. Often times when people are lying, you notice them repeating a certain aspect that would lead the reader to believe that it is real and that they are not lying. Although, this does the opposite. By constantly mentioning that the story is "real", I get the sense that they are worried about someone finding out the truth, which in this case is that the story was not writen by Doctor Manette.