henchard in A Sentence

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    Henchard's financial difficulties persuade him that he should marry Lucetta quickly.

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    Farfrae buys Henchard's old business and tries to help Henchard by employing him as a journeyman.

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    When he catches the eye of Elizabeth-Jane, Henchard dismisses him and Farfrae sets himself up as an independent merchant.

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    The next day, Newson- who it transpires was not lost at sea- arrives at Henchard's door asking about his daughter.

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    Henchard, who has come to value her kindness to him, is afraid of losing her companionship and tells Newson she is dead.

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    Farfrae conducts himself with scrupulous honesty, but Henchard is so determined to ruin xasterbridge rival that he makes risky business decisions that prove disastrous.

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    Farfrae conducts himself with scrupulous honesty, but Henchard is so determined to ruin his rival that he makes risky business decisions that prove disastrous.

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    Now wealthy after receiving an inheritance from her aunt, and learning that Henchard's wife had died, Lucetta has come to Casterbridge to marry him.

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    Henchard reads the letter, which is not properly sealed, and learns that Elizabeth-Jane is not in fact his daughter, but Newson's- his Elizabeth-Jane having died as an infant.

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    Henchard prevails upon him to stay in town, hiring him as his manager over the head of another man named Jopp to whom he had already made a job offer.

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