Return of the Native Book 4 Chapter 5

In which Mrs. Yeobright undertakes a wearying journey across the sun-scorched heath to visit her son, and discovers him wholly absorbed in the humble, laborious life of a furze-cutter. Resting beneath the battered fir trees known as the Devil’s Bellows, she gathers resolve to meet Eustacia, noting with quiet contemplation the heated stillness and the life that clings to this harsh, moaning landscape.