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clasping her hands together tightly on her lap。 

    ^No�察    �it¨s  nobody     living�察院  �said    Godfrey�察    �unequal     to   the 

considerate   skill   with   which   he   would   have   wished   to   make   his 

revelation。 ^It¨s Dunstan!my brother Dunstan�察�that we lost sight 

of   sixteen    years   ago。   We¨ve    found    him!found       his   body!his 

skeleton。 ̄ 

   The deep dread Godfrey¨s look had created in Nancy made her 

feel these words a relief。 She sat in comparative calmness to hear 



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what else he had to tell。 He went on!^The Stone´pit has gone dry 

suddenly!from   the   draining�察  �I   suppose�察  �and   there   he   lies!has 

lain for  sixteen   years�察  �wedged   between  two  great  stones。   There¨s 

his   watch   and   seals�察  �and   there¨s   my   gold´handled   hunting´whip�察�

with my name on�此�he took it away�察�without my knowing�察�the day he 

went hunting on Wildfire�察�the last time he was seen。 ̄ 

    Godfrey paused�此�it was not so easy to say what came next。 

    ^Do    you    think    he   drowned      himself�拭院    �said   Nancy�察   �almost 

wondering that her husband should be so deeply shaken by what 

had happened all those years ago to an unloved brother�察�of whom 

worse things had been augured。 

    ^No�察�he fell in�察院�said Godfrey�察�in a low but distinct voice�察�as if he 

felt some deep meaning in the fact。 Presently he added�此 �Dunstan 

was the man that robbed Silas Marner。 ̄ 

    The blood rushed to Nancy¨s face and neck at this surprise and 

shame�察�for she had been bred up to regard even a distant kinship 

with crime as a dishonour。 

    ^Oh�察  �Godfrey� 院  �she said�察  �with  compassion  in   her   tone�察  �for   she 

had   immediately   reflected   that   the      dishonour   must   be      felt   still 

more keenly by her husband。 

    ^There     was    the  money      in  the  pit�察院  �he  continued! ̄all        the 

weaver¨s      money。     Everything¨s      been    gathered     up�察 �and    they¨re 

taking  the   skeleton   to  the   Rainbow。   But  I   came  back  to  tell   you�此�

there was no hindering it�察�you must know。 ̄ 

    He    was   silent�察 �looking   on   the  ground     for   two   long   minutes。 

Nancy would have said some words of comfort under this disgrace�察�

but    she   refrained�察    �from   an   instinctive    sense    that   there    was 

something   behind!that   Godfrey   had   something   else   to   tell   her。 

Presently he lifted his eyes to her face�察�and kept them fixed on her�察�



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as   he   said!^Everything   comes   to   light�察  �Nancy�察  �sooner   or   later。 

When God Almighty wills it�察  �our  secrets   are   found   out。   I¨ve   lived 

with   a   secret   on   my   mind�察  �but   I¨ll   keep   it   from   you   no   longer。   I 

wouldn¨t   have   you   know   it   by   somebody   else�察  �and   not   by   me!I 

wouldn¨t have you find it out after I¨m dead。 I¨d tell you now。 It¨s 

been   `I   will¨   and   `I   won¨t¨   with   me   all   my   life!I¨ll   make   sure   of 

myself now。 ̄ 

    Nancy¨s   utmost dread   had   returned。   The   eyes   of   the   husband 

and   wife   met   with   awe   in   them�察  �as   at   a   crisis   which   suspended 

affection。 

    ^Nancy�察院     �said   Godfrey�察    �slowly�察    �when     I  married     you�察  �I  hid 

something   from   you!something   I   ought   to   have   told   you。   That 

woman   Marner   found   dead           in  the   snow!Eppie¨s   mother!that 

wretched woman!was my wife�此�Eppie is my child。 ̄ 

    He paused�察�dreading the effect of his confession。 But Nancy sat 

quite still�察�only that her eyes dropped and ceased to meet his。 She 

was pale and quiet as a meditative statue�察  �clasping  her  hands   on 

her lap。 

    ^You¨ll never think the same of me again�察院�said Godfrey�察�after a 

little while�察�with some tremor in his voice。 

    She was silent。 

    ^I   oughtn¨t  to  have   left   the   child   unowned�察  �I   oughtn¨t   to   have 

kept it from you。 But I couldn¨t bear to give you up�察�Nancy。 I was 

led away into marrying her!I suffered for it。 ̄ 

    Still   Nancy   was   silent�察  �looking  down�察  �and   he   almost   expected 

that   she    would    presently   get   up    and    say  she   would     go  to  her 

father¨s。 How could she have any mercy for faults that must seem 

so black to her�察�with her simple severe notions�拭�

    But at last she lifted up her eyes to his again and spoke。 There 



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was no indignation in her voice!only deep regret。 

    ^Godfrey�察  �if   you   had   but   told   me   this   six   years   ago�察  �we   could 

have   done   some   of   our   duty   by   the   child。   Do   you   think   I¨d   have 

refused to take her in�察�if I¨d known she was yours�拭院�

    At that moment Godfrey felt all the bitterness of  an   error  that 

was   not  simply   futile�察  �but   had   defeated   its   own   end。   He   had   not 

measured this wife with whom he had lived so long。 But she spoke 

again�察�with more agitation。 

    ^And!oh�察       �Godfrey!if      we¨d    had   her   from    the  first�察 �if  you¨d 

taken to her as you ought�察�she¨d have loved me for her mother! 

and you¨d have been happier with me�此�I could better have bore my 

little baby dying�察�and our life might have been more like what we 

used to think it ¨ud be。 ̄ 

    The tears fell�察�and Nancy ceased to speak。 

    ^But   you   wouldn¨t   have   married   me   then�察  �Nancy�察  �if   I¨d   told 

you�察院�said Godfrey�察�urged�察�in the bitterness of his self´reproach�察�to 

prove   to   himself   that   his   conduct   had   not   been   utter   folly。   ^You 

may think you would now�察�but you wouldn¨t then。 With your pride 

and your father¨s you¨d have hated having anything to do with me 

after the talk there¨d have been。 ̄ 

    ^I   can¨t   say   what   I   should   have   done   about   that�察  �Godfrey。     I 

should never have married anybody else。 But I wasn¨t worth doing 

wrong for!nothing is in this world。 Nothing is so good as it seems 

beforehand!not even our marrying wasn¨t�察�you see。 ̄ There was a 

faint sad smile on Nancy¨s face as she said the last words。 

    ^I¨m    a   worse    man     than   you    thought     I  was�察  �Nancy�察院     �said 

Godfrey�察�rather tremulously。 ^Can you forgive me ever�拭院�

    ^The   wrong   to   me   is   but  little�察  �Godfrey�此  �you¨ve   made   it   up   to 

me!you¨ve been good to me for fifteen years。 It¨s another you did 



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the wrong to�察�and I doubt it can never be all made up for。 ̄ 

    ^But we can take Eppie now�察院�said Godfrey。 ^I won¨t mind the 

world knowing at last。 I¨ll be plain and open for the rest o¨ my life。 ̄ 

    ^It¨ll  be   different    coming     to  us�察 �now    she¨s    grown     up�察院  �said 

Nancy�察�shaking her head sadly。 ^But it¨s your duty to acknowledge 

her  and provide   for  her�察  �and   I¨ll   do   my   part   by   her�察  �and   pray   to 

God Almighty to make her love me。 ̄ 

    ^Then   we¨ll   go   together   to   Silas   Marner¨s   this   very   night�察  �as 

soon as everything¨s quiet at the Stone´pits。 ̄ 



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                                  Chapter 19 



           etween   eight   and   nine   o¨clock   that   evening�察  �Eppie   and 

 BSilas   were   seated   alone   in   the             cottage。    After   the  great 

           excitement the weaver had undergone from the events of 

the afternoon�察�he had felt a longing for this quietude�察�and had even 

begged      Mrs。   Winthrop      and   Aaron�察    �who    had   naturally    lingered 

behind      every   one   else�察  �to  leave   him   alone    with   his  child。   The 

excitement   had   not   passed   away�此  �it   had   only   reached   that   stage 

when   the   keenness   of   the   susceptibility   makes   external   stimulus 

intolerable!when   there   is   no   sense   of   weariness�察  �but   rather   an 

intensity of inward life�察�under which sleep is an impossibility。 Any 

one who has watched such moments in other men remembers the 

brightness   of   the   eyes   and   the   strange     definiteness     that   comes 

over coarse features from that transient influence。 It is as if a new 

fineness   of   ear   for   all   spiritual   voices   had   sent   wonder´working 

vibrations through the heavy mortal frame!as if ^beauty born of 

murmuring sound ̄ had passed into the face of the listener。 

    Silas¨s face showed that sort of transfiguration�察�as he sat in his 

armchair       and   looked    at  Eppie。    She   had    drawn    her   own    chair 

towards   his   knees�察  �and   leaned   forward�察  �holding   both   his   hands�察�

while she looked up at him。 On the table near them�察�lit by a candle�察�

lay the recovered gold!the old long´loved gold�察�ranged in orderly 

heaps�察�as Silas   used   to  range   it  in   the   days   when   it  was   his   only 

joy。 He had been telling her how he used to count it every night�察�

and how his soul 

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