The Mayor of Casterbridge

WHAT DO THE PEOPLE IN CASTERBRIDGE KNOW ABOUT HENCHARD'S PAST?

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They know he was a drunkard.

"But I know that 'a's a banded teetotaller, and that if any of his men be ever so little overtook by a drop he's down upon 'em as stern as the Lord upon the jovial Jews."

But they don't know what happened to his wife, and they believe him to be a widower.

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The Mayor of Casterbridge