Carton's unspoken last thoughts are prophetic:[12]
Carton foresees that many of the revolutionaries, including Defarge, Barsad and The Vengeance(a lieutenant of Madame Defarge)
will be sent to the guillotine themselves, and that Darnay and Lucie will have a son whom they will name after Carton: a son who will fulfill all the promise that Carton wasted.