Monday, March 1, 2021

Book II, Chapter Twenty – A Plea

The first person to visit Lucie and Charles after they get married is Sydney Carton. He surprises Charles when Sydney makes a rather strange request: he wants to be Charles’ friend. He wants to be able to pop over to their house without any warning, just like an old family friend would. Charles agrees to be friends. That doesn’t mean, however, that he has to like it.

Later in the day, he grumbles to Lucie about Carton’s strange request. Astonishingly, Lucie gets a bit angry at him for saying mean things about Carton. She tells Charles to remember that they’re very, very happy together – and that Carton is very, very unhappy. It just doesn’t seem fair. The two newlyweds agree to always be kind to poor old Sydney.

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