The Mayor of Casterbridge | Chapters 27 - 30 Summary
Henchard forces Lucetta to agree to marry him by threatening to reveal their past affair if she will not.
Henchard, though no longer mayor, is still a local judge. He is called to hear the case of an old woman accused of public obscenity. This turns out to be the furmity woman who witnessed Henchard's sale of his wife. The woman exposes Henchard in court, and he admits the deed. Lucetta, who had thought Henchard's wife was dead, hears of this and leaves town for a few days.
It is revealed that Lucetta married Farfrae during her absence, feeling released from her promise to marry...
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