Stryver and Carton are organizing the last of their briefs before their vacation. As they drink and work, Stryver tells Carton that he is thinking of getting married, since he is the type of man who understands women. Carton, to Stryver, is a disagreeable fellow. Carton laughs and wants to know who the lucky lady is. After a moment, Stryver announced that it is Miss Manette.
Carton drinks in response.
Stryver goes on to say that Carton should find an agreeable woman to marry. Carton says that he'll think about it. It features two men talking about marriage, and specifically marriage to Lucie. Yet this conversation is a parody of the Chapter 10 conversation, and it parodies through revealing the character of Stryver. Instead of gently asking or suggesting that he would like to marry Lucie, Stryver openly says that Lucie will marry him.