![]() Harris, Mrs ( Martin Chuzzlewit ) Imaginary friend of Sairey Gamp who uses Mrs Harris's invented quotes to establish Mrs Gamp's good reputation. a tremendous rascal who made his money by dust. Harmon, Old John ( Our Mutual Friend ) Wealthy dust contractor who has died before the story begins. He later reveals his true identity and regains his fortune. Here he meets Bella and, with the help of the Boffins, wins her love as Rokesmith, and marries her. John gets himself hired into the Boffin home as secretary John Rokesmith. With his supposed death the dust fortune goes to Boffin. He is away from England when his father dies and on the way home he is supposed drowned in a case of mistaken identity. Harmon, John ( Our Mutual Friend ) PIX Son of Old John Harmon, a wealthy dust contractor and heir to his fortune if he agrees to marry Bella Wilfer. Mr Harleigh smiled, and looked foolish – not an unusual thing with him – hummed ‘Behold how brightly breaks the morning,’ and blushed as red as the fisherman's nightcap he was trying on. Harleigh sings that music admirably.’ Every body echoed the sentiment. Harleigh, Mr ( Sketches by Boz: Mrs Joseph Porter ) Performer in the Gattleton's private theatrical. Murdered before the story begins, the gardener is assumed to have been the murderer but it turns out to have been Barnaby Rudge's father, Haredale's steward. Haredale, Reuben ( Barnaby Rudge ) Brother of Geoffrey, father of Emma. A burly square-built man, negligently dressed, rough and abrupt in manner, stern, and, in his present mood, forbidding both in look and speech. He fights a duel with Sir John Chester, kills him, and leaves the country. A Catholic, his house is burned in the Gordon Riots. Suspected of being responsible for the murder of his brother, he spends his life in pursuit of the real killer. Haredale, Geoffrey ( Barnaby Rudge ) Brother of the murdered Reuben and uncle of Emma. Haredale, Emma ( Barnaby Rudge ) PIX Daughter of the murdered Reuben and niece of Geoffrey. He could sing comic songs, imitate hackney-coachmen and fowls, play airs on his chin, and execute concertos on the Jews'-harp. ![]() He was always engaged in some pleasure excursion or other, and delighted in getting somebody into a scrape on such occasions. A stout gentleman of about forty.a practical joker, immensely popular with married ladies, and a general favourite with young men. Hardy, Mr ( Sketches by Boz: The Steam Excursion ) Bosom friend of Percy Noakes who helps organize the steam excursion. Hannah ( Nicholas Nickleby ) Handmaid of Miss La Creevy. ![]() Handford, Julius ( Our Mutual Friend ) Alias taken by John Harmon in order to investigate his own supposed drowning. ![]() Amazingly shabby, in a torn and darned rough-weather sea-jacket, out at elbows and eminently short of buttons (he had been in his time the experienced surgeon carried by a passenger ship), the dirtiest white trousers conceivable by mortal man, carpet slippers, and no visible linen. Haggage, Dr ( Little Dorrit ) Doctor at the Marshalsea prison who delivers Amy Dorrit with the assistance of Mrs Bangham. Charles Dickens' Characters H-K H - I - J - K ![]()
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