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moreover�察�you neglected the dead body。 ̄
^I must have slept�察院 �said Silas。 Then�察 �after a pause�察 �he added
^Or I must have had another visitation like that which you have all
seen me under�察�so that the thief must have come and gone while I
was not in the body�察�but out of the body。 But�察�I say again�察�search
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me and my dwelling�察�for I have been nowhere else。 ̄
The search was made�察�and it ended!in William Dane¨s finding
the well´known bag�察�empty�察�tucked behind the chest of drawers in
Silas¨s chamber。 On this William exhorted his friend to confess�察�
and not to hide his sin any longer。 Silas turned a look of keen
reproach on him�察�and said�察 �William�察�for nine years that we have
gone in and out together�察�have you ever known me tell a lie�拭�But
God will clear me。 ̄
^Brother�察院 �said William�察 �how do I know what you may have
done in the secret chambers of your heart�察 �to give Satan an
advantage over you�拭院�
Silas was still looking at his friend。 Suddenly a deep flush came
over his face�察 �and he was about to speak impetuously�察 �when he
seemed checked again by some inward shock�察�that sent the flush
back and made him tremble。 But at last he spoke feebly�察�looking at
William。
^I remember now!the knife wasn¨t in my pocket。 ̄
William said�察 �I know nothing of what you mean。 ̄ The other
persons present�察�however�察�began to inquire where Silas meant to
say that the knife was�察�but he would give no further explanation�此�
he only said�察 �I am sore stricken�察�I can say nothing。 God will clear
me。 ̄
On their return to the vestry there was further deliberation。
Any resort to legal measures for ascertaining the culprit was
contrary to the principles of the church in Lantern Yard�察�
according to which prosecution was forbidden to Christians�察�even
had the case held less scandal to the community。 But the members
were bound to take other measures for finding out the truth�察�and
they resolved on praying and drawing lots。 This resolution can be
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a ground of surprise only to those who are unacquainted with that
obscure religious life which has gone on in the alleys of our towns。
Silas knelt with his brethren�察�relying on his own innocence being
certified by immediate divine interference�察�but feeling that there
was sorrow and mourning behind for him even then!that his
trust in man had been cruelly bruised。 The lots declared that Silas
Marner was guilty。 He was solemnly suspended from church´
membership�察�and called upon to render up the stolen money�此�only
on confession�察�as the sign of repentance�察�could he be received once
more within the folds of the church。 Marner listened in silence。 At
last�察�when every one rose to depart�察�he went towards William Dane
and said�察 �in a voice shaken by agitation!^The last time I
remember using my knife was when I took it out to cut a strap for
you。 I don¨t remember putting it in my pocket again。 You stole the
money�察�and you have woven a plot to lay the sin at my door。 But
you may prosper�察�for all that�此�there is no just God that governs the
earth righteously�察�but a God of lies�察�that bears witness against the
innocent。 ̄
There was a general shudder at this blasphemy。
William said meekly�察 �I leave our brethren to judge whether
this is the voice of Satan or not。 I can do nothing but pray for you�察�
Silas。 ̄
Poor Marner went out with that despair in his soul!that
shaken trust in God and man�察�which is little short of madness to a
loving nature。 In the bitterness of his wounded spirit�察 �he said to
himself�察 �She will cast me off too。 ̄ And he reflected that if she did
not believe the testimony against him�察 �her whole faith must be
upset as his was。 To people accustomed to reason about the forms
in which their religious feeling has incorporated itself�察�it is difficult
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to enter into that simple�察�untaught state of mind in which the form
and the feeling have never been severed by an act of reflection。 We
are apt to think it inevitable that a man in Marner¨s position
should have begun to question the validity of an appeal to the
divine judgment by drawing lots�察�but to him this would have been
an effort of independent thought such as he had never known�察�and
he must have made the effort at a moment when all his energies
were turned into the anguish of disappointed faith。 If there is an
angel who records the sorrows of men as well as their sins�察 �he
knows how many and deep are the sorrows that spring from false
ideas for which no man is culpable。
Marner went home�察�and for a whole day sat alone�察�stunned by
despair�察 �without any impulse to go to Sarah and attempt to win
her belief in his innocence。 The second day he took refuge from
benumbing unbelief�察�by getting into his loom and working away as
usual�察�and before many hours were past�察�the minister and one of
the deacons came to him with the message from Sarah�察 �that she
held her engagement to him at an end。 Silas received the message
mutely�察�and then turned away from the messengers to work at his
loom again。 In little more than a month from that time�察�Sarah was
married to William Dane�察�and not long afterwards it was known to
the brethren in Lantern Yard that Silas Marner had departed
from the town。
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Chapter 2
ven people whose lives have been made various by
Elearning�察 �sometimes find it hard to keep a fast hold on
their habitual views of life�察�on their faith in the Invisible�察�
nay�察 �on the sense that their past joys and sorrows are a real
experience�察 �when they are suddenly transported to a new land�察�
where the beings around them know nothing of their history�察�and
share none of their ideas!where their mother earth shows
another lap�察�and human life has other forms than those on which
their souls have been nourished。 Minds that have been unhinged
from their old faith and love have perhaps sought this Lethean
influence of exile in which the past becomes dreamy because its
symbols have all vanished�察�and the present too is dreamy because
it is linked with no memories。 But even their experience may
hardly enable them thoroughly to imagine what was the effect on a
simple weaver like Silas Marner�察�when he left his own country and
people and came to settle in Raveloe。 Nothing could be more
unlike his native town�察�set within sight of the widespread hillsides�察�
than this low�察�wooded region�察�where he felt hidden even from the
heavens by the screening trees and hedgerows。 There was nothing
here�察�when he rose in the deep morning quiet and looked out on
the dewy brambles and rank tufted grass�察�that seemed to have any
relation with that life centring in Lantern Yard�察 �which had once
been to him the altar´place of high dispensations。 The
whitewashed walls�察 �the little pews where well´known figures
entered with a subdued rustling�察�and where first one well´known
voice and then another�察 �pitched in a peculiar key of petition�察�
uttered phrases at once occult and familiar�察�like the amulet worn
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on the heart�察 �the pulpit where the minister delivered
unquestioned doctrine�察 �and swayed to and fro�察 �and handled the
book in a long´accustomed manner�察�the very pauses between the
couplets of the hymn�察�as it was given out�察�and the recurrent swell
of voices in song�此 �these things had been the channel of divine
influence to Marner!they were the fostering home of his religious
emotions!they were Christianity and God¨s kingdom upon earth。
A weaver who finds hard words in his hymn´book knows nothing
of abstractions�察�as the little child knows nothing of parental love�察�
but only knows one face and one lap towards which it stretches its
arms for refuge and nurture。
And what could be more unlike that Lantern Yard world than
the world in Raveloe�拭�orchards looking lazy with neglected
plenty�察�the large church in the wide churchyard�察�which men gazed
at lounging at their own doors in service´time�察 �the purple´faced
farmers