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marrying。 ̄ 

    ^I don¨t see how I can think of it at present�察�sir。   You  wouldn¨t 

like to settle me on one of the farms�察�I suppose�察�and I don¨t think 

she¨d     come    to   live  in  this   house    with    all  my    brothers。    It¨s  a 

different sort of life to what she¨s been used to。 ̄ 

    ^Not   come   to   live   in   this   house�拭  �Don¨t   tell   me。   You   ask   her�察�

that¨s all�察院�said the Squire�察�with a short�察�scornful laugh。 

    ^I¨d   rather   let   the   thing   be�察  �at   present�察  �sir�察院  �said   Godfrey。   ^I 

hope you won¨t try to hurry it on by saying anything。 ̄ 

    ^I shall do what I choose�察院�said the Squire�察 �and I shall let you 

know I¨m master�察�else you may turn out�察�and find an estate to drop 

into somewhere else。 Go out and tell Winthrop not to go to Cox¨s�察�

but wait for me。 And tell ¨em to get  my  horse   saddled。   And stop�此�

look   out   and   get   that   hack   o¨   Dunsey¨s   sold�察  �and   hand   me   the 



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money�察�will you�拭�He¨ll keep no more hacks at my expense。 And if 

you   know   where   he¨s   sneaking!I   daresay   you   do!you   may   tell 

him   to   spare   himself   the   journey   o¨   coming  back   home。   Let   him 

turn ostler�察�and keep himself。 He shan¨t hang on me any more。 ̄ 

    ^I don¨t know where he is�察�and if I did�察�it isn¨t my place to tell 

him to keep away�察院�said Godfrey�察�moving towards the door。 

    ^Confound       it�察 �sir�察 �don¨t  stay  arguing�察    �but  go   and   order    my 

horse�察院�said the Squire�察�taking up a pipe。 

    Godfrey  left  the  room�察  �hardly  knowing  whether  he  were  more 

relieved by the sense that the interview was ended without having 

made   any   change   in   his     position�察  �or   more    uneasy   that   he   had 

entangled   himself   still   further   in   prevarication   and   deceit。   What 

had passed about his proposing to Nancy had raised a new alarm�察�

lest by some after´dinner words of his father¨s to Mr。 Lammeter he 

should      be   thrown     into   the   embarrassment         of  being     obliged 

absolutely to decline her when she seemed to be within his reach。 

He   fled   to   his   usual   refuge�察  �that   of   hoping   for   some   unforeseen 

turn   of   fortune�察  �some   favourable   chance   which   would   save   him 

from      unpleasant        consequences!perhaps              even     justify    his 

insincerity by manifesting its prudence。 

    In this point of trusting to some throw of fortune¨s dice�察�Godfrey 

can hardly be called old´fashioned。 Favourable Chance is the god 

of all men who follow their own devices instead of obeying a law 

they believe in。 Let even a polished man of   these   days  get  into  a 

position he is ashamed to avow�察�and his mind will be bent  on  all 

the    possible    issues   that   may    deliver    him   from    the   calculable 

results of  that  position。   Let  him live   outside   his   income�察  �or  shirk 

the resolute honest work that brings wages�察�and he will presently 

find    himself     dreaming      of   a   possible    benefactor�察     �a   possible 



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simpleton   who   may   be  cajoled   into   using   his   interest�察  �a   possible 

state   of   mind   in   some   possible   person   not   yet   forthcoming。   Let 

him neglect the responsibilities of his office�察�and he will inevitably 

anchor himself on the chance that the thing left undone may turn 

out   not   to   be  of  the   supposed   importance。   Let        him    betray    his 

friend¨s     confidence�察      �and    he   will    adore    that    same     cunning 

complexity       called   Chance�察     �which    gives   him    the   hope    that   his 

friend will never know。 Let him forsake a decent craft that he may 

pursue the gentilities of a profession to which nature never called 

him�察   �and    his  religion    will  infallibly   be   the   worship     of  blessed 

Chance�察�which he will believe in as the mighty creator of success。 

The     evil   principle    deprecated       in  that   religion    is  the   orderly 

sequence by which the seed brings forth a crop after its kind。 



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                                  Chapter 10 



        ustice Malam was naturally regarded in Tarley and Raveloe 

Jas a man of capacious mind�察�seeing that he could draw much 

        wider conclusions without evidence than could be expected 

of his neighbours who were not on the Commission of the Peace。 

Such   a   man   was   not   likely   to   neglect   the   clue   of   the   tinder´box�察�

and     an   inquiry    was    set   on   foot   concerning      a   pedlar�察   �name 

unknown�察�with curly black hair and a foreign complexion�察�carrying 

a box of cutlery and jewelry�察�and wearing large rings in   his   ears。 

But either because inquiry was too slow´footed to overtake him�察�or 

because   the   description   applied   to   so   many   pedlars   that   inquiry 

did not know how to choose among them�察�weeks passed away�察�and 

there was no other result concerning the   robbery  than a   gradual 

cessation   of    the   excitement   it   had    caused   in   Raveloe。     Dunstan 

Cass¨s absence was hardly a subject of remark�此�he had once before 

had   a   quarrel   with   his   father�察  �and   had    gone   off�察 �nobody   knew 

whither�察�to return at the end of six weeks�察�take up his old quarters 

unforbidden�察 �and swagger  as   usual。  His   own  family�察 �who   equally 

expected   this   issue�察  �with   the   sole   difference   that   the   Squire   was 

determined        this   time   to   forbid    him    the   old   quarters�察    �never 

mentioned his absence�察�and when his uncle Kimble or Mr。 Osgood 

noticed   it�察  �the   story   of   his   having   killed   Wildfire   and   committed 

some   offence   against   his   father   was   enough   to   prevent   surprise。 

To   connect   the   fact   of   Dunsey¨s   disappearance   with   that   of   the 

robbery occurring on the same day lay quite away from the track 

of   every   one¨s   thought!even   Godfrey¨s�察  �who   had   better   reason 

than   any   one   else   to   know   what   his   brother   was   capable   of。   He 

remembered   no   mention   of   the   weaver   between   them   since   the 



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time�察  �twelve   years   ago�察  �when   it   was   their   boyish   sport   to   deride 

him�察�and�察�besides�察�his imagination constantly  created an alibi  for 

Dunstan�此     �he   saw   him    continually     in  some    congenial     haunt�察   �to 

which  he  had   walked   off  on   leaving   Wildfire!saw   him   sponging 

on chance acquaintances�察�and meditating a return home to the old 

amusement of tormenting his elder brother。   Even   if  any  brain  in 

Raveloe   had   put   the   said   two   facts   together�察  �I   doubt   whether   a 

combination        so   injurious   to  the  prescriptive     respectability     of  a 

family with a mural monument and venerable tankards would not 

have     been   suppressed   as      of  unsound     tendency。     But    Christmas 

puddings�察  �brawn�察  �and   abundance   of   spirituous   liquors�察  �throwing 

the   mental   originality   into   the   channel   of   nightmare�察      �are   great 

preservatives against a dangerous spontaneity of waking thought。 

    When the robbery was talked of at the Rainbow and elsewhere�察�

in   good   company�察  �the   balance   continued   to   waver   between   the 

rational explanation founded on the tinder´box�察�and the theory of 

an     impenetrable        mystery      that    mocked        investigation。      The 

advocates of the tinder´box´and´pedlar view considered the other 

side    a   muddle´headed         and   credulous      set�察 �who�察   �because     they 

themselves   were   wall´eyed�察  �supposed  everybody   else   to   have   the 

same   blank   outlook�察  �and   the   adherents   of   the   inexplicable   more 

than   hinted   that  their  antagonists   were animals   inclined   to   crow 

before they  had   found any  corn!mere skimming´dishes   in   point 

of   depth!whose   clear´sightedness   consisted   in   supposing   there 

was nothing behind a barn´door because they couldn¨t see through 

it�察�so that�察�though their controversy did not serve to elicit the fact 

concerning the robbery�察�it elicited some true opinions of collateral 

importance。 

    But    while    poor   Silas¨s   loss   served    thus    to  brush    the   slow 



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current     of  Raveloe     conversation�察     �Silas   himself    was   feeling    the 

withering       desolation     of   that    bereavement        about     which     his 

neighbours       were    arguing     at  their   ease。   To   any   one    who    had 

observed him before he lost his gold�察�it might have seemed that so 

withered and shrunken a life as his could hardly be susceptible of 

a bruise�察�could hardly endure any subtraction but  such  as   would 

put an end to it altogether。 But in reality it had been an eager life�察�

filled with i

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