1rst Chapter, Four weddings and a funeral

The first weeding is that of Angust and Laura, at which Charles is the best man. He's always late. Charles and his collection of single friends wonder if they will ever get married, and Lydia and Bernard ifelt in love. At this wedding, charles meets Carrie for the first time and spends the night with her. Carrie teases him by pretending that, now they have slept together, they will also have to get married, which Charles endeavous to respond to before realising she is jocking. She then goes back home to america, observing that they may have missed an opportunity.