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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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          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    

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