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The Mayor of Casterbridge | Chapters 42 - 45 Summary
About a year later, Henchard and Elizabeth-Jane are running a small shop and making a living. Farfrae and Elizabeth-Jane begin spending time together.
Henchard sees Newson outside of town and realizes that Newson somehow knows that Elizabeth-Jane is alive and has returned for her. Unable to bear the loss of his "daughter," Henchard leaves Casterbridge. When Elizabeth-Jane meets Newson and learns that he is her father, she turns against Henchard.
Farfrae and Elizabeth-Jane are married. Henchard thinks that perhaps he was wrong in assuming that Newson was in...
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