Both Uses of
treachery
in
A Tale of Two Cities
- They persisted in changing colour sometimes, and they would be occasionally dilated and contracted by something like a faint pulsation; then, they gave a look of treachery, and cruelty, to the whole countenance.†
Chpt 2.7 *treachery = betrayal
- He knew, as every one employed as he was did, that he was never safe; that flight was impossible; that he was tied fast under the shadow of the axe; and that in spite of his utmost tergiversation and treachery in furtherance of the reigning terror, a word might bring it down upon him.†
Chpt 3.8
Definition:
the behavior of someone who pretends to be a friend and then tricks, cheats, or betrays