The Mayor of Casterbridge Chapter 41

In which Henchard receives unexpected news and a visitation that dredges up past sorrows, revealing old ties and stirring uneasy hopes about a renewed family bond under shadowed circumstances. As he wrestles with the haunting presence of his own double in the river and contemplates the fragile threads of connection, a tender resolve arises between him and Elizabeth-Jane amid the quiet murmur of the water’s symphony.