Preview: Part II, Chapter 13

Reading boundary Start: If Sydney Carton ever shone anywhere Stop after: He said, “Farewell!” said a last “God bless you!” and left her.

Carton visits Lucie alone and speaks with unusual directness about the life he has made. The conversation is less a conventional courtship than an attempt to tell one person the truth about his discouragement.

Lucie offers hope that Carton struggles to accept. Their exchange asks whether honest feeling can still have value even when he believes personal reform is beyond him.