I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN

SO ANYONE WHO’S EVER READ A TALE OF TWO CITIES SHOULD HAVE GUESSED THEY WERE LITERALLY TELLING US STAN SWAP THEORY WAS CANON IT’S IN THE NAME

For those who don't know, in ATOTC, Sydney Carton switches places with Charles Darnay, who is sentences to die in France for sins of the father, and Carton instead dies by guillotine so that Darnay can escape with his wife and child. Important notes: Darnay was reluctant to have Carton switch places with him. Carton is a drinker. He sacrifices himself because he loves Darnay's wife, but be knows he'll never be good enough. He can't do anything better for her than make sure her husband makes it out alive. So...Carla McCorkle anyone?