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Henderson is always contingent on other people. He is consistently trying to find an individual that he can confide all his thoughts to, someone he can rely on, someone he can feel affections for, someone he can not just call his friend but actually be his friend. All through the novel, Henderson has been searching for someone to be a person he can love. In the very beginning, we are introduced to Frances. She and Henderson were married for twenty-two years. While he is married to her, he has an affair with Lily when he goes to America. There marriage ended and Henderson decides to marry Lily. Lily becomes very much in love with Henderson the moment she saw him I believe Lily is just as much as a necessity to Henderson as he is to her. Throughout the novel, Henderson remembers very meticulous and minute reminiscences of Lily. Whether it’s how she has lost her four upper incisors (page 8) or the time she was shopping and he remembered her wearing a hat and a white piqué dress, with white shows (page 10). When he sees her coming out of the taxi after a long time of not seeing her, he directly says, “Lily! How are you kid? Where did you come from (page 15)?” This quote really shows Henderson devotion and wanting of Lily.
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