- The first person to visit Lucie and Darnay after they get married is Sydney Carton.
- Are you really surprised?
- Darnay is. He’s even more surprised when Carton makes a rather strange request: he wants to be Darnay’s friend.
- There’s not exactly a ton of love lost between the two men, remember?
- Nonetheless, Carton wants to be pals.
- More specifically, he wants to be able to pop over to their house without any warning, just like an old family friend would.
- Darnay doesn’t seem especially inclined to agree, but Carton reminds him of how Carton saved his life in court.
- Okay, he’s got Darnay there.
- Darnay 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 Darnay to remember that they’re very, very happy together—and that Carton is very, very unhappy.
- As she says, it’s hard for happy people to judge unhappy people. It just doesn’t seem fair.
- Darnay seems pretty wowed by the wonderfulness of his wife.
- The two newlyweds agree to always be kind to poor old Carton.
- Lucie kisses Darnay and thanks him for his kindness.
- Darnay kisses Lucie and blesses her for her compassion.
- Life, in other words, is pretty perfect.