Who is Horace Benbow from Sanctuary and what is their importance? Sanctuary_(novel) English & Literature Horace Benbow | Sanctuary

Horace Benbow is a tall, slender 43 year old man. Benbow is a lawyer that graduated from Oxford and has an air of refinement about him that intimidates those around him. Benbow is married to a woman named Belle, whom he leaves at the beginning of the story. When Benbow is asked why he left Belle, he remarks that it was not Belle's careless behavior or obvious instability that drove him away; it was the fact that Belle had been wearing make up and attempted to hide that fact from him.