Henry

"This is to certify that I, William Sackhouse Schoonmaker, do leave all my worldly possessions,as itemized below, including all holdings relating to business, real estate, and personal property, to..."(pg 44) This was Henry Schoolmakers fathers will. "Awful morbid, Dad, we left the party for this?" (pg 45) Henry Schoonmaker was a known ladies man, and everything in life to him was a party. Henry stared across the desk at his father and his step-mother, who was 25 only five years older than him. "So tell me about you and Miss Hayes" (pg 47) said Henry's father abruptly. Henry thought of Penelope, her gigantic eyes and her always dramatic red dress. She had the ability to frighten people but also seduce them at the same time. He wished he was back at the party pushing her body across the dance floor. "I very much enjoy her company."(pg 48) and his fathers next question caught him off guard. "So... do you want to marry her?"(pg 48) He told his father that he had not yet met a women he would think about so seriously, because he didn't take life seriously. William Schoonmaker told him that was a good thing and that he wanted Henry to find someone that would be a "good wife." His father already had someone in mind for his son. Someone with class and sophistication and good family. His father had suddenly taken interest in his son's social life because he was planning to run for office. The girl he had in mind was Elizabeth Holland.