Return of the Native Book 2 Chapter 2

In which the household at Blooms-End busies itself with preparations for the awaited return of a certain gentleman, amidst tender and somewhat troubled reflections of kinship and affection. The gentle Thomasin, steadfast yet quietly burdened, resolves to face her complex future with a bittersweet mixture of pride and guarded hope, while the winter landscape bears witness to their secret resolves.