The
night before Lucie’s wedding, Lucie sits by her father’s side underneath a tree
in their yard. She’s very, very happy. She worries, however, that her father
will be made unhappy by her upcoming marriage. Asking to be reassured that
nothing will be changed by her marriage, she begs her father to tell her if he
will be at all unhappy in the future. Doctor Manette assures Lucie that he will
be happier if she’s fully happy.
As
he sits looking at the moon, Doctor Manette remembers the times that the moon
was the only thing he could see from his prison window. He tells Lucie that he
used to look at the moon and dream of the child which he’d abandoned when he
was sent to prison. Imagining that she’d forgotten him completely, the doctor
used to think that the child would grow up without any thought of him troubling
her mind. At other times, he explains,
he would imagine his child leading him out of his prison cell into the world.
The
next day, Lucie will get married. No one is invited to the ceremony but Mr.
Lorry. Miss Pross will be there, as well.
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