TWENTY POINTS TO ANYONE WHO CAN HELP ME WITH THIS.
It's from Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens.

“My dear Mr. Lorry, it is because I am a Frenchman born, that the thought (which I did not mean to utter here, however) has passed through my mind often. One cannot help thinking, having had some sympathy for the miserable people, and having abandoned something to them,” he spoke here in his former thoughtful manner, “that one might be listened to, and might have the power to persuade to some restraint. "
Is Darnay right to think that the French will listen to REASON and be persuaded by him? Why or why not?