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a gracious sailor who buys Susan Henchard and the first Elizabeth-Jane from Henchard. He cares for Susan and their daughter, the second Elizabeth-Jane, until he sees the mother’s growing distress when she realizes she is morally bound to return to her first husband. Therefore, Newson pretends he has died. Later he seeks out Elizabeth-Jane once he hears her mother has passed away. He passes through Casterbridge multiple times seeking his daughter. The two are reunited despite Henchard’s lie that Elizabeth-Jane has died. He dances joyfully at Elizabeth-Jane’s wedding to Farfrae, and lives with the newly wed couple, before eventually settling at Budmouth, in sight of the sea.
Richard Newson Quotes in The Mayor of Casterbridge
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Chapter 41
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He watched the distant highway expecting to see Newson return on foot, enlightened and indignant, to claim his child. But no figure appeared. Possibly he had spoken to nobody on the coach, but buried his grief in his own heart. His grief!--what was it, after all, to that which he, Henchard, would feel at the loss of her? Newson's affection cooled by years, could not equal his who had been constantly in her presence. And thus his jealous soul speciously argued to excuse the separation of father and child.
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Richard Newson Quotes in The Mayor of Casterbridge
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Chapter 41
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He watched the distant highway expecting to see Newson return on foot, enlightened and indignant, to claim his child. But no figure appeared. Possibly he had spoken to nobody on the coach, but buried his grief in his own heart. His grief!--what was it, after all, to that which he, Henchard, would feel at the loss of her? Newson's affection cooled by years, could not equal his who had been constantly in her presence. And thus his jealous soul speciously argued to excuse the separation of father and child.
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