The Return of the Native Book 1, Chapter 4 Summary

The Halt on the Turnpike Road

• Olly and Mrs. Yeobright walk and talk and we get the lowdown on the Thomasin situation.
• Basically Wildeve is kind of a playboy and Mrs. Yeobright therefore does not approve of him.
• Suddenly the reddleman comes up the road.
• He tells Mrs. Yeobright that he has Thomasin in his van. She came up to him crying earlier that day and said she needed a ride home.
• The reddleman's name is Diggory Venn, and he used to be pals with Thomasin.
• Mrs. Yeobright is very concerned and she goes to wake Thomasin.
• Thomasin is very upset but she manages to pull herself together enough to get out of Venn's van and send him on his way.
• Her aunt demands to know what the heck is going on.
• Thomasin is so grounded.