Write a summary of Chapter 9 of the Return of the Native.

Diggory Venn resolves to confirm the information that Johnny delivered and find out for himself, so he hides to listen on another meeting between Eustacia Vye and Wildeve. The secret lover is playing it cool, reminding Eustacia that he still has the choice to marry Thomasin. However, in the end he asks her to come away with him. Diggory Venn listens to all this and remembers how he once asked Thomasin to marry him, and how she declined in a kind letter, trying not to hurt his feelings. Venn is still in love with Thomasin and vows to protect her reputation by making Wildeve fulfill his promise and marry her.