Possible Clues:

• "— of Two Cities"
• 'It is ___ told by an idiot': Macbeth
• “___ of Two Cities”
• 'And thereby hangs ___'
• Words on a Dickens cover
• '...and thereby hangs ___'
• "Thereby hangs —"
• Swift's '___ of a Tub'
• "And thereby hangs ___" (Shakespeare)
• Dickens title opener