Struggle Between Miss Pross and Madame Defarge. It was in vain for Madame Defarge to struggle and to strike; Miss Pross, with the vigorous tenacity of love, always so much stronger than hate, clasped her tight, and even lifted her from the floor in the strggle that they had. Illustration by Harry Furniss for the Charles Dickens novel A Tale of Two Cities from The Testimonial Edition, published 1910.