Status Updates From A Tale of Two Cities

Great, I’m crying

"Sadly, sadly, the sun rose; and it rose upon no sadder sight than the man of good abilities and good emotions, incapable of his own help and his own happiness, sensible of the blight on him, and resigning himself to let it eat him away"

you'd think this guy got paid by the word... are such long convoluted sentences necessary? 🧐