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growing       purpose     to   the   earnings�察    �drawing     his   hope    and    joy 

continually onward beyond the money。 

    In old days there were angels who came   and   took men by  the 

hand and led them away  from   the   city  of  destruction。  We see   no 

white´winged         angels    now。    But    yet   men     are    led   away     from 

threatening   destruction�此        �a   hand   is  put   into   theirs�察 �which    leads 

them forth gently towards a calm and bright land�察�so that they look 

no more backward�察�and the hand may be a little child¨s。 



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                                 Chapter 15 



          here   was   one   person�察  �as   you   will   believe�察  �who   watched 

          with keener though more hidden interest than any other�察�

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          the prosperous growth of Eppie   under  the   weaver¨s   care。 

He dared not do anything that would imply a stronger interest in a 

poor     man¨s    adopted     child   than    could    be   expected     from    the 

kindliness of the young Squire�察�when a chance meeting suggested 

a   little   present   to   a   simple   old   fellow   whom   others   noticed   with 

good will�察�but he told himself that the time would come when he 

might      do   something      towards      furthering     the   welfare    of   his 

daughter without incurring suspicion。 Was he very uneasy in  the 

meantime   at   his   inability   to   give   his   daughter   her   birthright�拭  �I 

cannot   say   that   he   was。   The   child   was   being   taken   care   of�察  �and 

would   very   likely   be   happy�察  �as   people   in   humble   stations   often 

were!happier�察�perhaps�察�than those who are brought up in luxury。 

    That   famous   ring   that   pricked   its   owner   when   he   forgot   duty 

and followed desire!I wonder if it pricked very hard when he set 

out on the chase�察�or whether it pricked but lightly then�察�and only 

pierced   to   the   quick   when   the   chase   had   long   been   ended�察  �and 

hope�察�folding her wings�察�looked backward and became regret�拭�

    Godfrey Cass¨s cheek and eye were brighter than ever now。 He 

was    so   undivided     in  his   aims   that   he   seemed     like  a  man    of 

firmness。   No   Dunsey   had   come   back�此  �people   had   made   up   their 

minds that he was gone for a soldier�察�or gone ^out of the country ̄�察�

and   no   one   cared   to   be   specific   in   their   inquiries   on   a   subject 

delicate   to   a   respectable   family。   Godfrey   had   ceased   to   see   the 

shadow of Dunsey across his path�察�and the path now lay  straight 

forward      to  the   accomplishment        of  his   best�察  �longest´cherished 



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wishes。 Everybody said Mr。 Godfrey had taken the right turn�察�and 

it was pretty clear what would be the end of things�察�for there were 

not   many   days   in   the   week   that   he   was   not   seen   riding   to   the 

Warrens。 Godfrey himself�察�when he was asked jocosely if the day 

had been fixed�察�smiled with the pleasant consciousness of a lover 

who could say ^yes ̄�察�if he liked。 He felt a reformed man�察�delivered 

from temptation�察�and the vision of his future life seemed to him as 

a   promised      land   for  which     he  had    no  cause    to  fight。   He   saw 

himself   with   all   his   happiness   centred   on   his   own   hearth�察  �while 

Nancy would smile on him as he played with the children。 

    And that other child�察�not on the hearth!he would not forget it�察�

he   would   see   that   it   was   well   provided   for。   That   was   a   father¨s 

duty。 



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                        PART 2 



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                                 Chapter 16 



      t  was    a  bright   autumn      Sunday�察    �sixteen    years   after   Silas 

      Marner had found his new treasure on the hearth。 The bells of 

I 

      the old Raveloe church were ringing the cheerful peal which 

told   that   the   morning   service   was   ended�察  �and   out   of   the   arched 

doorway in the tower came slowly�察�retarded by friendly greetings 

and questions�察�the richer parishioners who had chosen this bright 

Sunday      morning      as  eligible  for  church´going。      It  was   the   rural 

fashion     of  that   time   for  the   more    important     members       of  the 

congregation       to   depart    first�察 �while   their   humbler      neighbours 

waited and looked on�察�stroking their bent heads or dropping their 

curtsies to any large ratepayer who turned to notice them。 

    Foremost   among   these   advancing   groups   of   well´clad   people 

there are some whom we shall recognise�察�in spite of Time�察�who has 

laid his hand on them all。 The tall blond man of forty is not much 

changed in feature from the Godfrey Cass of six´and´twenty�此�he is 

only    fuller  in  flesh�察  �and   has   only   lost  the   indefinable    look   of 

youth!a loss which is marked even when the eye is undulled and 

the   wrinkles   are   not   yet   come。   Perhaps   the   pretty   woman�察  �not 

much      younger     than   he�察  �who    is  leaning    on   his  arm�察  �is  more 

changed      than    her  husband�此     �the  lovely   bloom     that  used    to  be 

always     on   her   cheek     now    comes    but    fitfully�察 �with   the  fresh 

morning   air   or   with   some   strong      surprise�察  �yet   to  all  who   love 

human faces best for what they tell of human experience�察�Nancy¨s 

beauty   has   a   heightened   interest。   Often   the   soul   is   ripened   into 

fuller   goodness   while   age   has   spread   an   ugly   film�察  �so   that   mere 

glances   can   never   divine   the   preciousness   of   the   fruit。   But   the 

years have not been so cruel to Nancy。 The firm yet placid mouth�察�



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the    clear   veracious     glance    of  the  brown     eyes�察  �speak    now    of  a 

nature that has been tested and has kept its highest qualities�察�and 

even   the   costume�察  �with   its   dainty   neatness   and   purity�察  �has   more 

significance now   the   coquetries   of   youth   can   have   nothing   to   do 

with it。 

    Mr。 and Mrs。 Godfrey Cass ��any higher title has died away from 

Raveloe lips since the old Squire was gathered to his fathers and 

his inheritance was divided�� have turned round to look for the tall 

aged man and the plainly dressed woman who are a little behind! 

Nancy      having     observed      that   they   must     wait   for   ^father    and 

Priscilla ̄!and   now   they   all   turn   into   a   narrower   path   leading 

across the churchyard to a small gate opposite the Red House。 We 

will not follow them now�察�for may there not be some others in this 

departing congregation whom we should like to  see  again!some 

of those who are not likely to be handsomely clad�察�and whom we 

may not recognise so easily as the master and mistress of the Red 

House�拭�

    But  it  is   impossible   to   mistake   Silas   Marner。   His   large   brown 

eyes seem to have gathered a longer vision�察�as is the way with eyes 

that   have   been   short´sighted   in   early   life�察  �and   they   have   a   less 

vague�察  �a   more   answering   gaze�察  �but   in   everything   else   one   sees 

signs of a frame much enfeebled by the lapse of the sixteen years。 

The   weaver¨s   bent  shoulders and   white   hair  give   him almost  the 

look   of   advanced   age�察  �though   he   is   not   more   than   five´and´fifty�察�

but   there   is   the   freshest   blossom   of   youth   close   by   his   side!a 

blonde dimpled   girl   of  eighteen�察 �who   has   vainly   tried   to   chastise 

her curly  auburn   hair  into  smoothness   under  her  brown bonnet�此�

the    hair   ripples   as  obstinately     as   a  brooklet    under     the  March 

breeze�察    �and   the   little  ringlets   burst    away    from    the  restraining 



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comb behind and show themselves below the bonnet´crown。 Eppie 

cannot   help   being   rather   vexed   about   her   hair�察  �for   there   is   no 

other girl in Raveloe who has hair at all like it�察�and she thinks hair 

ought to be smooth。 She does not like to be blameworthy even in 

small things�此�you see how neatly her prayer´book is folded in her 

spotted handkerchief。 

    That    good´looking       young    fellow�察  �in   a  new    fustian   suit�察 �who 

walks behind her�察�is not quite sure upon the question of hair in the 

abstract�察    �when     Eppie    puts   it  to  him�察  �and    thinks   that   perhaps 

straight   hair   is   the   best   in   general�察  �but   he   doesn¨t   want   Eppie¨s 

hair    to  be   different。   She    surely   divines    that   there    is  someone 

behind      her   who    is  thinking     about    her   very    particularly�察    �and 

mustering courage to come to her side as so

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