In this passage, Dickens is explaining Charles Darnay's departure to London with this said force. It creates a really interesting visual; a tide forcing him towards it. When I think of tides, I think of oceans and that makes me come to the conclusion that Darnay is being pulled towards England with a force as big as an ocean, and with a tide that is out of his control as a tide is.
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Annie, I completely agree. Also, if you look back to page 252, you'll see a passage that goes along with yours. "Like a mariner in the old story, the winds and streams had driven him within the influence of the Loadstone Rock, and it was drawing him to itself, and he must go." He feels that there is something there that he NEEDS to go to and to fix. The thought of being responsible for someone's death is a major issue for him. He needs to know that he did everything he could to save him; he believes that it is his DUTY.
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