We often hear people talk about family traits and how they seem to skip a generation, according to mendel what has happened?

This family trait that skips a generation comes from an autosomal recessive trait or as Mendel called as hidden non-dominant trait. Offsprings have a dominant and recessive trait which comes from both parents. Recessive trait appears only when two offspring with same recessive trait blends. This happens in self-fertilization. In the human population, marriage is prohibited between offsprings, thus having recessive trait is only imminent when cousins are married.

"In the first frantic greetings lavished on himself as a noted

sufferer under the overthrown system"

"But should, for his sake, be held blameless in safe custody"

Explanation:

The two details in the text that reveals to the reader that Doctor Manette has a good reputation with members of the Tribunal are first the frantic greetings that was given to him and then the suggestion that for the sake of Doctor Manette, he should be held blameless in safe custody.