# Gaspard — A Tale of Two Cities character guide

> Gaspard in A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the poor Gaspard, poor Gaspard

**First appearance:** 0017-viii-monseigneur-in-the-country

## Who they are

A peasant whose child is killed by the Marquis's carriage.

## In the story

### [The Wine-Shop](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_tale_of_two_cities_se/chapters/v-the-wine-shop)

A tall joker who scrawls 'blood' on the wall with wine-lees after the cask breaks, and is addressed by Defarge across the street.

### [VII: Monseigneur in Town](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_tale_of_two_cities_se/chapters/vii-monseigneur-in-town)

The wretched father whose child is killed by the Marquis's carriage. He is described as howling over the bundle like a wild animal.

### [Monseigneur in the Country](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_tale_of_two_cities_se/chapters/viii-monseigneur-in-the-country)

The road-mender who reports seeing a mysterious man under the carriage; later identified as the father of the child killed by the Marquis.

### [Knitting](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_tale_of_two_cities_se/chapters/xv-knitting)

The mender of roads (referred to as 'the mender of roads' and 'the poor Gaspard' in the text) is brought to Paris, witnesses the royal procession, and is used by the Defarges to deceive the aristocracy.

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