He eventually comes to work for Mr. Boffin, his father's foreman, and tests the affections of his betrothed, Bella Wilfer.
A subplot concerns the schoolmaster Bradley Headstone's attempts to murder Eugene Wrayburn, who is saved by Lizzy Hexam. That story is connected to the main plot via the waterside murders, which enable the main character, the son of a dust-merchant, to fake his own death. He eventually comes to work for Mr. Boffin, his father's foreman, and tests the affections of his betrothed, Bella Wilfer. In the end, the machinations of Silas Wegg comes to light and the protagonist's true identify is revealed. FTP, identify this 1865 novel where John Harmon pretends to be John Rokesmith, written by Charles Dickens.
A subplot concerns the schoolmaster Bradley Headstone's attempts to murder Eugene Wrayburn, who is saved by Lizzy Hexam.
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