Both Uses of
infamy
in
A Tale of Two Cities
- Some passing thought of the infamy and disgrace for which it had been reserved, may have struck the prisoner's mind.†
Chpt 2.2 *
- That, he had been the prisoner's friend, but, at once in an auspicious and an evil hour detecting his infamy, had resolved to immolate the traitor he could no longer cherish in his bosom, on the sacred altar of his country.†
Chpt 2.3
Definition:
famous for something that is bad; or an extremely bad event