Olivia+and+Harry

This is Olivia and Harry's first meeting. To this point, Oliva has been "alone in her big house with all the doors and windows shut" (12). She is excited to enter the Nawab's palace but still feels more surrounded than a sense of belonging, thinking to herself "only the guests are not right" (13). However, a "plump, bald, Englishman" named Harry who appears to be the Nawab's indefinite house guest sits next to her. Harry becomes Olivia's first friend in India after they hit it off. Olivia has never felt wholly welcome with the other British denizens of Satipur, largely because she, unlike them, is a newcomer. To her, Harry, who is also an outsider, is the first person who she can truly relate too, especially as Douglas is always away working and cannot spend time on her.
 * Nawab's Dinner Party (12-15):**
 * "[Harry] whispered to her: 'I //like// your husband.' 'Oh do you?' Olivia said. 'So do I [...] Quite a change from our //other// friends,' and his eyes swept over the Crawfords and the Minnies and when they came back to Olivia he rolled them in distress. She knew it was disloyal but she could hardly help smiling in reply. It was nice to have someone feel the same way as herself; she hadn't so far met anyone in India who did." (14)

Harry comes with the Nawab and his "whole party" (16) to call on Olivia "four days after the party". Again, Olivia is excited for social company "playing (piano) with redoubled dash." (15) While Olivia is quite introverted, Harry is extremely extraverted despite his "exhaustion" and serves as a foil for Olivia. In fact, "Harry seemed to have done most of the talking and she and the Nawab laughed at the amusing things he said." (16) Olivia finds Harry entertaining, although Prawer hints here that Nawab may keep Harry around more as a pet idiot than as a friend, a foreign curiosity, more like a display than a person.
 * Nawab calls on Olivia (15-17):**

Harry feels extremely comfortable in Olivia's home and has labeled it "the Oasis". When he visits on day and is offered to stay the night, he ends up staying for many nights afterwards. "He and Olivia were very good company for each other" and spent all their time indoor, with her playing the piano and him singing. The only time the readers get to see them converse is when Mrs. Crawford comes to join them. Even though Olivia and Harry have become great friends, at times they use each other to get away from their other problems instead of actually enjoying each other's company.
 * Harry stays at Olivia's house (63):**

Even though Harry isn't present at the start of the scene, the audience is able to gain insight on Olivia's view of Harry. Harry expresses that he wishes to leave the Nawab in order to finally visit his mother, but Olivia disagrees with this because she believes that that would be unfair to the Nawab. Olivia believes that the Nawab "has been keeping [Harry] in the lap of luxury" (65) and therefore deserves Harry's presence or loyalty, which Douglas, most likely due to his distaste towards the Nawab, argues. Even though at this point, Olivia and Harry seem to be better friends, she still chooses to defend the Nawab rather than Harry. To Olivia, the Nawab is of more importance and is more emotionally attached to him.
 * Olivia and Douglas discuss Harry's stay (65-66):**

Harry's health begins to deteriorate due to heat and he has trouble eating. When Olivia visits Harry he points out that she is not ever received by the Begum and informs her that "it's a discourtesy [...] to you" (88) Harry, as a friend, is open with Olivia; he reveals that the Nawab was reluctant to answer his inquiries into the matter but Olivia asserts that she "doesn't //want// to meet the Begum" (89). While Olivia seems unfazed, it seems as if she tries to ignore it more than she is apathetic. Further on we see Olivia's partially towards the Nawab affect her actions. When Harry questions the Nawab's motives, Olivia brushes the notion off and looks "reproachfully at Harry" (91).
 * Harry falls ill**

When Olivia reasons that "she could simply and truthfully tell him that she had been to visit sick Harry that Khatm" (100) she implicitly states that there is reason for Douglas to object. Not only is Douglas unenthusiastic regarding Olivia's visits to Harry responded merely with "'Oh?' and nothing further" (100) but Olivia also goes to see the Nawab:
 * "I (Olivia) come here to see you (Harry)--And him (the Nawab) of course[...]Both of you"(89)