Return of the Native Book 3 Chapter 5

In which Clym Yeobright confronts his mother’s grave objections to his engagement to Eustacia Vye, igniting a painful domestic rift amid the quiet ferns and open heath. Nevertheless, bound by affection and stirring resolve, he and Eustacia settle upon a swift marriage and the promise of a shared future, shadowed by the vast and somber landscape that seems to reflect the weight of their choice.