The Return of the Native Book 5, Chapter 4 Summary

The Ministrations of a Half-Forgotten One

• Eustacia wanders to her grandfather's house in a daze.
• Gramps isn't home, but young Charley, the mummer with the crush on Eustacia, is there.
• He looks after Eustacia since he still has a huge crush on her and is now seriously worried about her.
• Eustacia won't really explain what happened.
• She then starts eyeballing some pistols and feels suicidal.
• Charley notices this and locks up the pistols before Eustacia can do anything.
• He tells Eustacia it's for her own good and she promises not to do anything drastic.