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Clym Yeobright
Thomasin Yeobright is the niece of Mrs. Yeobright and the cousin of Clym Yeobright. Before Clym moved to Paris to work as jeweler, most locals believed he would marry Thomasin. However, Thomasin becomes engaged to Wildeve instead. The novel opens on the day they are supposed to wed, though an issue with their marriage license postpones the wedding. Humiliated by the failed wedding, Thomasin refuses to show her face around town. And though she still wants to marry Wildeve, his strained relationship with Mrs. Yeobright makes things difficult. And, unbeknownst to Thomasin, Wildeve is secretly courting Eustacia, as well. Eventually, Wildeve and Thomasin do marry. The marriage is rocky from the start: Wildeve spends much of his time away from Thomasin and withholds money from her. Eventually, Thomasin gives birth to her first child, baby Eustacia, not knowing that Clym and Eustacia’s marriage has fallen apart. Later, Thomasin’s doubts about Wildeve prove warranted when she discovers that he has resumed his affair with Eustacia. Not long afterward, she goes to Clym and warns him that Wildeve and Eustacia are planning to run off together. After Clym goes off looking for them in the rain, Thomasin also runs into Venn and informs him of the situation. At the end of the novel, after Wildeve’s death, Thomasin decides to marry Venn.
Thomasin Yeobright Quotes in The Return of the Native
The The Return of the Native quotes below are all either spoken by Thomasin Yeobright or refer to Thomasin Yeobright. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Book 1, Chapter 5
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“As a matter of justice it is almost due to me,” said Wildeve. “Think what I have gone through to win her consent; the insult that it is to any man to have the banns forbidden—the double insult to a man unlucky enough to be cursed with sensitiveness, and blue demons, and Heaven knows what, as I am. I can never forget those banns. A harsher man would rejoice now in the power I have of turning upon your aunt by going no further in the business.”
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Book 2, Chapter 8
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When Thomasin was tremblingly engaged in signing her name Wildeve had flung towards Eustacia a glance that said plainly, “I have punished you now.” She had replied in a low tone—and he little thought how truly— “You mistake; it gives me sincerest pleasure to see her your wife today.”
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Book 4, Chapter 1
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“You ought to have better opinions of me—I feared you were against me from the first!” exclaimed Eustacia.
“No. I was simply for Clym,” replied Mrs. Yeobright, with too much emphasis in her earnestness. “It is the instinct of everyone to look after their own.”
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Thomasin Yeobright Quotes in The Return of the Native
The The Return of the Native quotes below are all either spoken by Thomasin Yeobright or refer to Thomasin Yeobright. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Book 1, Chapter 5
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“As a matter of justice it is almost due to me,” said Wildeve. “Think what I have gone through to win her consent; the insult that it is to any man to have the banns forbidden—the double insult to a man unlucky enough to be cursed with sensitiveness, and blue demons, and Heaven knows what, as I am. I can never forget those banns. A harsher man would rejoice now in the power I have of turning upon your aunt by going no further in the business.”
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Book 2, Chapter 8
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When Thomasin was tremblingly engaged in signing her name Wildeve had flung towards Eustacia a glance that said plainly, “I have punished you now.” She had replied in a low tone—and he little thought how truly— “You mistake; it gives me sincerest pleasure to see her your wife today.”
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Book 4, Chapter 1
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“You ought to have better opinions of me—I feared you were against me from the first!” exclaimed Eustacia.
“No. I was simply for Clym,” replied Mrs. Yeobright, with too much emphasis in her earnestness. “It is the instinct of everyone to look after their own.”
