Book II, Chapter 11: A Companion Picture, picks up later that same night with Carton and Stryver working on some papers inside of Stryver’s council. While they were working they were talking and drinking wine casually. Stryver, in an arrogant manner announces that he intends to marry Lucie. Carton ignores Stryver’s words doing his best not to let them get to him. Stryver then suggest that Carton finds himself, “some respectable woman with some property” (Pg. 247) other wise he will end up alone and penniless. In Book II, Chapter 12: The Fellow of Delicacy, takes place the following day and it picks up with Stryver heading to Lucie’s house in order to declare his intentions of marrying her. On his way, he drops by Tellson’s Bank, where he informs Mr. Lorry of his intentions of marrying Lucie. Lorry persuades Stryver to postpone his proposal until he knows for certain that Lucie would accept. This upsets Stryver and he borders on insulting Lucie by saying that she would be a fool if she did not select him as he suitor. Lorry asks that Stryver hold off his proposal for a few hours to give him time to consult the Manette’s and see exactly where Stryver stands. Later that night, Lorry visits Stryver and informs that his …show more content…
Lorry wakes up the morning of the tenth day and sees that the shoe bench that Dr. Manette was working on was put away. he had slipped back into a coherent state as he was reading a book. Lorry carefully asks Manette what could have caused the now over relapse, relating Manette’s strange case as though it had happened to someone else. Dr. Manette suggests that he himself anticipated the reversion. He admits that there was a stimulus that triggered his relapse but ultimately acknowledges that the shoe bench should be destroyed. A few days later, Dr. Manette leaves to join Lucie and Darnay. When he leaves, Mr. Lorry and Miss Pross hack the shoemaker’s bench to pieces, burn it, and bury the