At the wood sawyer’s shed a conference is held. Who is there? Who is noticeably absent? Why is this person not at the conference? What decision is reached? (From Book 3 Chapters 11-15)

The Vengeance, Madame Defarge, and Jacques Three hold a secret meeting in the wood-sawyer's shed. Mr. Defarge is noticeably missing. Madam Defarge's lust for vengeance supersedes her relationship with her husband. Defarge criticizes her husband for having pity on the Doctor, whereas she wishes to guillotine the whole family including the child. She wishes to have the wood-sawyer denounce the family by saying that all of them have stood outside the La Force prison and signaled without her husband's knowledge so that he could not undermine their plans. Madame Defarge sets out to visit Lucie, whose husband she assumes has recently been guillotined; Lucie will undoubtedly be in a state of mind to condemn the Republic, providing Madame Defarge with further evidence. She arrives at the Manettes' apartment armed with a pistol and a dagger.