I just got done with Book II, Chapter XX. Plea. Carton comes to visit Darnay after his return from his honeymoon. It is quite apparent that he looks down on Carton and is indifferent to Stryver.
I must be missing something here. Stryver and Carton saved Darnay's LIFE, to put it mildly. So I was anticipating a lot more than Darnay's indifference and passive contempt for his former counsel and his aide. But yet, Carton apologizes for his rudeness after the trial. Rudeness? If I had been spared from a medieval death sentence (due process and fair trial were foreign concepts back then), the last thing that would offend me would be my life saver's rudeness.