<P> Given that Henchard married somebody else, their original engagement to each other is null and void . Yet Henchard, who finds himself very interested in Lucetta particularly since she has come into money, bullies Lucetta into accepting his proposal again . Lucetta elopes with Farfrae, and incurs Henchard's wrath . He retrieves her love letters, toys with the idea of exposing her secret to her new husband, and eventually sends her love letters by way of Jopp, who has reason to hate both Henchard and Lucetta . The love affair becomes public, and the scandal eventually contributes to Lucetta's death . </P> <P> A relatively minor character, Jopp lived in Jersey until Henchard invited him to Casterbridge to work as his new manager and corn - factor . He was effectively hired by Henchard, subject to an interview that never happened because Henchard impulsively hired Farfrae instead, leaving Jopp without employment . </P> <P> After being brushed off by Henchard, Jopp is unable to find regular employment and gradually sinks into poverty . Henchard hires him after he dismisses Farfrae, thinking to bring Farfrae down but only through lawful means . But Jopp is not the manager Farfrae was and the business collapses, leaving Jopp out of work and Henchard bankrupt . </P> <P> When Lucetta marries Donald Farfrae, Jopp (who knew her in Jersey) asks her, as an old acquaintance, to put in a good word for him with Farfrae so as to help him find work . Lucetta refuses for reasons that are not clear, but that could be read as reluctance to keep a potential blackmailer close by or a high - and - mighty refusal to help anybody . Henchard by this time is using Jopp to run errands, and charges him with the important task of returning Lucetta's love letters, which Jopp decides to publicly read first . He is instrumental in putting together the skimmington ride, which is a public procession designed to mock and humiliate people, to publicise the affair between Henchard and Lucetta so as to hurt both . It is during the skimmington ride that the pregnant Lucetta suffers her first seizure and becomes fatally ill . </P>

He sold his wife and daughter for five guineas