silas marner(岶垢瀧掴)-及24何蛍
梓囚徒貧圭�鮗� ○ 賜 ★ 辛酔堀貧和鍬匈��梓囚徒貧議 Enter 囚辛指欺云慕朕村匈��梓囚徒貧圭�鮗� ● 辛指欺云匈競何��
!!!!隆堋響頼��紗秘慕禰厮宴和肝写偬堋響��
Master Marner�察 �and you¨re a young man�察 �eh�察 �for all you look so
mushed。 Why�察 �you couldn¨t ha¨ been five´and´twenty when you
come into these parts�察�eh�拭院�
Silas started a little at the change to a questioning tone�察 �and
answered mildly�察 �I don¨t know�察 �I can¨t rightly say!it¨s a long
while since。 ̄
After receiving such an answer as this�察�it is not surprising that
Mr。 Macey observed�察�later on in the evening at the Rainbow�察�that
Marner¨s head was ^all of a muddle ̄�察�and that it was to be doubted
if he ever knew when Sunday came round�察 �which showed him a
worse heathen than many a dog。
Another of Silas¨s comforters�察�besides Mr。 Macey�察�came to him
with a mind highly charged on the same topic。 This was Mrs。
Winthrop�察 �the wheelwright¨s wife。 The inhabitants of Raveloe
were not severely regular in their church´going�察�and perhaps there
was hardly a person in the parish who would not have held that to
George Eliot ElecBook Classics
´ Page 108´
Silas Marner 108
go to church every Sunday in the calendar would have shown a
greedy desire to stand well with Heaven�察 �and get an undue
advantage over their neighbours!a wish to be better than the
^common run ̄�察�that would have implied a reflection on those who
had had godfathers and godmothers as well as themselves�察 �and
had an equal right to the burying´service。 At the same time it was
understood to be requisite for all who were not household
servants�察�or young men�察�to take the sacrament at one of the great
festivals�此 �Squire Cass himself took it on Christmas Day�察 �while
those who were held to be ^good livers ̄ went to church with
greater�察�though still with moderate�察�frequency。
Mrs。 Winthrop was one of these�此 �she was in all respects a
woman of scrupulous conscience�察 �so eager for duties that life
seemed to offer them too scantily unless she rose at half´past four�察�
though this threw a scarcity of work over the more advanced
hours of the morning�察�which it was a constant problem with her to
remove。 Yet she had not the vixenish temper which is sometimes
supposed to be a necessary condition of such habits�此 �she was a
very mild�察�patient woman�察�whose nature it was to seek out all the
sadder and more serious elements of life�察 �and pasture her mind
upon them。 She was the person always first thought of in Raveloe
when there was illness or death in a family�察�when leeches were to
be applied�察 �or there was a sudden disappointment in a monthly
nurse。 She was a ^comfortable woman ̄!good´looking�察 �fresh´
complexioned�察 �having her lips always slightly screwed�察 �as if she
felt herself in a sickroom with the doctor or the clergyman present。
But she was never whimpering�察�no one had seen her shed tears�察�
she was simply grave and inclined to shake her head and sigh�察�
almost imperceptibly�察 �like a funereal mourner who is not a
George Eliot ElecBook Classics
´ Page 109´
Silas Marner 109
relation。 It seemed surprising that Ben Winthrop�察 �who loved his
quart´pot and his joke�察�got along so well with Dolly�察�but she took
her husband¨s jokes and joviality as patiently as everything else�察�
considering that ^men would be so�察院�and viewing the stronger sex
in the light of animals whom it had pleased Heaven to make
naturally troublesome�察�like bulls and turkey´cocks。
This good wholesome woman could hardly fail to have her mind
drawn strongly towards Silas Marner�察�now that he appeared in the
light of a sufferer�察 �and one Sunday afternoon she took her little
boy Aaron with her�察�and went to call on Silas�察�carrying in her hand
some small lard´cakes�察 �flat paste´like articles much esteemed in
Raveloe。 Aaron�察�an apple´cheeked youngster of seven�察�with a clean
starched frill which looked like a plate for the apples�察�needed all
his adventurous curiosity to embolden him against the possibility
that the big´eyed weaver might do him some bodily injury�察�and his
dubiety was much increased when�察 �on arriving at the Stone´pits�察�
they heard the mysterious sound of the loom。
^Ah�察�it is as I thought�察院�said Mrs。 Winthrop sadly。
They had to knock loudly before Silas heard them�察�but when he
did come to the door he showed no impatience�察�as he would once
have done�察�at a visit that had been unasked for and unexpected。
Formerly�察�his heart had been as a locked casket with its treasure
inside�察�but now the casket was empty�察 �and the lock was broken。
Left groping in darkness�察 �with his prop utterly gone�察 �Silas had
inevitably a sense�察 �though a dull and half´despairing one�察 �that if
any help came to him it must come from without�察�and there was a
slight stirring of expectation at the sight of his fellow´men�察�a faint
consciousness of dependence on their good will。 He opened the
door wide to admit Dolly�察 �but without otherwise returning her
George Eliot ElecBook Classics
´ Page 110´
Silas Marner 110
greeting than by moving the armchair a few inches as a sign that
she was to sit down in it。 Dolly�察�as soon as she was seated�察�removed
the white cloth that covered her lard´cakes�察�and said in her gravest
way!^I¨d a baking yisterday�察 �Master Marner�察�and the lard´cakes
turned out better nor common�察 �and I¨d ha¨ asked you to accept
some�察�if you¨d thought well。 I don¨t eat such things myself�察�for a bit
o¨ bread¨s what I like from one year¨s end to the other�察�but men¨s
stomichs are made so comical�察 �they want a change!they do�察 �I
know�察�God help ¨em。 ̄
Dolly sighed gently as she held out the cakes to Silas�察 �who
thanked her kindly and looked very close at them�察�absently�察�being
accustomed to look so at everything he took into his hand!eyed
all the while by the wondering bright orbs of the small Aaron�察�who
had made an outwork of his mother¨s chair�察 �and was peeping
round from behind it。
^There¨s letters pricked on ¨em�察院 �said Dolly。 ^I can¨t read ¨em
myself�察�and there¨s nobody�察�not Mr。 Macey himself�察�rightly knows
what they mean�察�but they¨ve a good meaning�察�for they¨re the same
as is on the pulpit´cloth at church。 What are they�察 �Aaron�察 �my
dear�拭院�
Aaron retreated completely behind his outwork。
^Oh�察 �go�察 �that¨s naughty�察院 �said his mother�察 �mildly。 ^Well�察�
whativer the letters are�察�they¨ve a good meaning�察�and it¨s a stamp
as has been in our house�察�Ben says�察�ever since he was a little un�察�
and his mother used to put it on the cakes�察�and I¨ve allays put it on
too�察�for if there¨s any good�察�we¨ve need of it i¨ this world。 ̄
^It¨s I。 H。 S。�察院 �said Silas�察 �at which proof of learning Aaron
peeped around the chair again。
^Well�察�to be sure�察�you can read ¨em off�察院�said Dolly。 ^Ben¨s read
George Eliot ElecBook Classics
´ Page 111´
Silas Marner 111
¨em to me many and many a time�察 �but they slip out o¨ my mind
again�察 �the more¨s the pity�察 �for they¨re good letters�察 �else they
wouldn¨t be in the church�察�and so I prick ¨em on all the loaves and
all the cakes�察 �though sometimes they won¨t hold�察 �because o¨ the
rising!for�察�as I said�察�if there¨s any good to be got�察�we¨ve need of it
i¨ this world!that we have�察�and I hope they¨ll bring good to you�察�
Master Marner�察�for it¨s wi¨ that will I brought you the cakes�察�and
you see the letters have held better nor common。 ̄
Silas was as unable to interpret the letters as Dolly�察 �but there
was no possibility of misunderstanding the desire to give comfort
that made itself heard in her quiet tones。 He said�察 �with more
feeling than before�察 �Thank you!thank you kindly。 ̄ But he laid
down the cakes and seated himself absently!drearily unconscious
of any distinct benefit towards which the cakes and the letters�察�or
even Dolly¨s kindness�察�could tend for him。
^Ah�察�if there¨s good anywhere�察�we¨ve need of it�察院�repeated Dolly�察�
who did not lightly forsake a serviceable phrase。 She looked at
Silas pityingly as she went on。 ^But you didn¨t hear the church´
bells this morning�察�Master Marner�拭�I doubt you didn¨t know it was
Sunday。 Living so lone here�察 �you lose your count�察 �I daresay�察�and
then�察 �when your loom makes a noise�察 �you can¨t hear the bells�察�
more partic¨lar now the frost kills the sound。 ̄
^Yes�察�I did�察�I heard ¨em�察院�said Silas�察�to whom Sunday bells were
a mer