One Night - Lucie and Dr Manette

'I am that child, I hope, my father. O my dear, my dear, will you bless me as fervently tomorrow?' [Lucie asked her father the night before the wedding].

'Lucie, I recal these old troubles in the reason that I have to-night for loving you better than words can tell, and thanking G-d for my great happiness that I have known with you, and that we have before us.'...

...in the stillness of the third hour of the morning, Lucie came down stairs again, and stole into his room; not free from unshaped fears, beforehand.

All things, however, were in their places; all was quiet; and he lay asleep...(198).

Just before this passage is a quote that Molly H used about Dr Manette reflecting on his time in prison and his concern of how his child, in particularly his daughter, would turn out. Molly H describes Dr Manette's longing for a child as helping strengthen his relationship with his daughter. This relationship is what has restored Dr Manette to life, which is explains why he still supports Lucie's marriage, even though she was essentially oblivious to his peril for the first seventeen years of her life. Dr Manette's former parental concern is reciprocated when Lucie goes to check on her father to make sure that he is okay and has not relapsed, just like how a mother would check on her child. THese mutual features of their relationship are what make their love so unusual and special.