Question: How would you paraphrase this Dickens quote from A Tale of two Cities? "And now that the cloud settled on Saint Antoine, which a momentary gleam had driven from his sacred countenance, the darkness of it was heavy - cold, dirt, sickness, ignorance, and want, were the lords in waiting on the saintly presence - nobles of great power all of them; but, most especially the last."

Answer: Here's a stab:\n"Although for a while things improved in Saint Antoine, the town soon went back to its dark days. Cold, dirt, sickness, ignorance, and want were the main problems, with the last being the most prominent."
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