Mr. Jackson Benn

Further names: Mr. Benn, Jackson Benn

Mr. Jackson Benn has “[…] round baby cheeks […][,] [a] square blue jaw […]” (Lewis 191), small hard eyes, a “[…] narrow square-shouldered frame, and round unwinking countenance in the training mists of sentiment […]” (Lewis 191) He wears a tight black coat and has a tall shiny, “[…] perpendicular collar.” (Lewis 191).

Mr. Jackson Benn is a friend of Harvey Mears. Mrs. Mears “[…] boasts of his business standing [.]” (Lewis 191) which seems to mean that he is rich and successful.

On the steamer form America to France Mr. Benn acquaints Vincent Deering and doesn’t know that Lizzie and Vincent know each other, so he introduces everyone to Deering. During a dialogue between Lizzie and Vincent, he appears in Lizzie’s mind and she draws the differences between those two men in her imagination.