People prove their undying devotion for others in a variety of different ways. Some people love others so much that they'll do just about anything for the other person. In Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities, Sydney Carton proves numerous times how much of a deep-seated affection he has for Lucie Manette through the things he did for her, and for the ones she loved. Sydney proves how much he cares for Lucie through the time he came to her house and opened up to her, and the ultimate sacrifice he made so that she could be happy.
             The first time Sydney Carton expressed his tremendous amount of love for Lucie Manette, he announced it to her face in a passionate conversation that took place in her own room. Sydney, usually being of a very lowly manner and state, was suddenly impelled to call upon Miss Manette one night in August. Touched by her compassionate nature and devotion to her father, Sydney developed deep meaningful feelings for Lucie, which he regarded as forever lost to him. "In my degradation I have not been so degraded but that the sight of you with your father, and of this home made such a home by you, has stirred old shadows that I thought had died out of me. Since I knew you, I have been troubled by a remorse that I thought would never reproach me again, and have heard whispers from old voices impelling me upward, that I thought were silent forever." Sydney confesses to Lucie. He then explains to Lucie how much she has made him want to do good and how much he loves her, but does not desire nor deserve her love in return.
             Sydney continues to open up to Lucie breaking down and tearing every so often to tell her only that he wanted his last confidence heard by her honest loving ears, and to think of him in an amicable fashion once and a while in the future. His last bid was to let her know just how very much he adored her and that he would do anything to help her or
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