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at   lounging   at   their   own   doors   in   service´time�察  �the   purple´faced 

farmers      jogging   along   the    lanes   or   turning   in   at  the  Rainbow�察�

homesteads�察  �where   men   supped   heavily   and   slept   in   the   light   of 

the   evening  hearth�察  �and   where   women seemed   to  be laying  up a 

stock of linen for the life to come。 There were   no  lips   in   Raveloe 

from     which     a  word    could    fall  that   would    stir  Silas   Marner¨s 

benumbed faith to a sense of pain。 In the early ages of the world�察�

we   know�察  �it   was   believed   that   each   territory   was   inhabited   and 

ruled by its own divinities�察�so that a man could cross the bordering 

heights and be out of the reach of his native gods�察�whose presence 

was   confined   to  the   streams and   the   groves   and   the   hills   among 

which   he   had   lived   from   his   birth。   And   poor   Silas   was   vaguely 

conscious   of   something   not   unlike   the   feeling   of   primitive   men�察�

when they fled thus�察�in fear  or  in   sullenness�察  �from   the  face   of  an 

unpropitious deity。 It seemed to him that the Power he had vainly 



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trusted in among the streets and at the prayer´meetings was very 

far away from this land in which he had taken refuge�察�where men 

lived in careless abundance�察�knowing and needing nothing of that 

trust which�察�for him�察�had been turned to bitterness。 The little light 

he   possessed   spread   its   beams   so  narrowly   that   frustrated   belief 

was   a   curtain   broad   enough   to   create   for   him   the   blackness   of 

night。 

    His   first   movement   after   the   shock   had   been   to   work   in   his 

loom�察    �and    he   went    on   with   this   unremittingly�察     �never     asking 

himself why�察�now he was come to Raveloe�察�he worked far on into 

the night to finish the tale of Mrs。 Osgood¨s table´linen sooner than 

she   expected!without  contemplating beforehand   the   money   she 

would put into his hand for the work。 He seemed to weave�察�like the 

spider�察�from pure impulse�察�without  reflection。   Every  man¨s  work�察�

pursued steadily�察�tends in this way to become an end in itself�察�and 

so   to  bridge    over   the   loveless    chasms     of  his  life。  Silas¨s  hand 

satisfied   itself  with  throwing  the   shuttle�察  �and  his   eye   with  seeing 

the little squares in the cloth complete themselves under his effort。 

Then there were the calls of hunger�察�and Silas�察�in his solitude�察�had 

to provide his own breakfast�察�dinner�察�and supper�察�to fetch his own 

water from the well�察�and to put his own kettle on the fire�察�and all 

these   immediate   promptings   helped�察  �along   with   the   weaving�察  �to 

reduce   his life   to  the   unquestioning activity  of   a   spinning   insect。 

He hated the thought of the past�察�there was nothing that called out 

his    love   and    fellowship     toward     the    strangers     he   had    come 

amongst�察  �and   the   future   was   all   dark�察  �for   there   was   no   Unseen 

Love      that   cared     for   him。    Thought       was    arrested     by    utter 

bewilderment�察        �now    its  old   narrow     pathway      was    closed�察   �and 

affection seemed to have died under the bruise that had fallen on 



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its keenest nerves。 

    But at last Mrs。 Osgood¨s table´linen was finished�察�and Silas was 

paid in gold。 His earnings in his native town�察�where he worked for 

a wholesale dealer�察�had been after a lower rate�察�he had been paid 

weekly�察�and of his weekly earnings a large proportion had gone to 

objects of piety and charity。 Now�察�for the   first  time   in   his   life�察  �he 

had five bright guineas put into his hand�察�no man expected a share 

of  them�察  �and   he   loved   no   man   that   he   should   offer   him   a   share。 

But    what    were    the  guineas     to  him   who    saw   no   vista   beyond 

countless days of weaving�拭�It was needless for him to ask that�察�for 

it was pleasant to him to feel them in his palm�察�and look at  their 

bright faces�察�which were all his own�此�it was another element of life�察�

like   the   weaving   and   the   satisfaction   of   hunger�察  �subsisting   quite 

aloof from the life of belief and love from which he had been cut 

off。 The weaver¨s hand had known the touch of hard´won money 

even   before   the   palm   had   grown   to   its   full   breadth�察  �for   twenty 

years�察�mysterious money had stood to him as the symbol of earthly 

good�察  �and   the  immediate  object  of  toil。   He  had   seemed   to   love   it 

little in the years when every penny had its purpose for him�察�for he 

loved the purpose then。 But now�察�when all purpose was gone�察�that 

habit of looking towards the money and grasping it with a sense of 

fulfilled effort made a loam that was deep enough for the seeds of 

desire�察  �and    as  Silas   walked   homeward   across        the   fields  in  the 

twilight�察�he drew out the money and thought it was brighter in the 

gathering gloom。 

   About this time an incident happened which seemed to open a 

possibility of some fellowship with his neighbours。 One day�察�taking 

a pair of shoes to be mended�察�he saw the cobbler¨s wife seated by 

the fire�察�suffering from the terrible symptoms of heart´disease and 



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dropsy�察�which he had witnessed as the precursors of his mother¨s 

death。     He     felt  a   rush    of   pity   at   the    mingled      sight   and 

remembrance�察�and�察�recalling the relief his mother had found from 

a simple preparation of foxglove�察�he promised Sally Oates to bring 

her   something   that   would   ease   her�察  �since   the   doctor   did   her   no 

good。 In this office of charity�察�Silas felt�察�for the first time since he 

had    come     to  Raveloe�察   �a   sense   of  unity   between      his  past   and 

present   life�察  �which   might   have   been   the   beginning   of   his   rescue 

from   the   insect´like   existence  into   which   his   nature   had   shrunk。 

But Sally Oates¨s disease had raised her into a personage of much 

interest and importance among the neighbours�察�and the fact of her 

having found relief from drinking Silas Marner¨s ^stuff ̄ became a 

matter of general discourse。 When   Doctor  Kimble   gave   physic�察  �it 

was natural that it should have an effect�察�but when a weaver�察�who 

came from nobody knew where�察�worked wonders with a bottle of 

brown   waters�察  �the   occult   character   of   the   process   was   evident。 

Such a sort of thing had not been known since the Wise Woman at 

Tarley   died�察  �and   she   had   charms   as   well   as   ^stuff ̄�此   �everybody 

went to her when their children had fits。 Silas Marner must be a 

person   of  the  same   sort�察  �for   how   did   he  know   what   would   bring 

back Sally Oates¨s breath�察�if he didn¨t know a fine sight more than 

that�拭�The Wise Woman had words that she muttered to herself�察�so 

that you couldn¨t hear what they were�察�and if she tied a bit of red 

thread round the child¨s toe the while�察�it would keep off the water 

in the head。 There were women in Raveloe�察�at that present time�察�

who   had   worn   one   of   the   Wise   Woman¨s   little   bags   round   their 

necks�察�and�察�in consequence�察�had never had an idiot child�察�as Ann 

Coulter had。 Silas Marner could very likely do as much�察�and more�察�

and now it was all clear how he should have come from unknown 



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parts�察�and be so ^comical´looking ̄。 But Sally Oates must mind and 

not   tell   the   doctor�察  �for   he   would   be   sure   to   set   his   face   against 

Marner�此�he was always angry about the Wise Woman�察�and used to 

threaten those who went to her that they should have none of his 

help any more。 

    Silas   now    found    himself    and    his  cottage    suddenly     beset    by 

mothers who wanted him to charm away the whooping´cough�察�or 

bring   back   the   milk�察  �and   by   men   who   wanted   stuff   against   the 

rheumatics   or  the   knots   in   the   hands�察  �and�察  �to   secure   themselves 

against a refusal�察�the applicants brought silver in their palms。 Silas 

might   have   driven   a   profitable   trade   in   charms   as   well   as   in   his 

small list of drugs�察�but money on this condition was no temptation 

to   him。   He   had   never   known   an   impulse   towards   falsity�察  �and   he 

drove one after another away with growing irritation�察�for the news 

of him as a wise man had spread even to Tarley�察�and it was long 

before people ceased to take long walks for the sake of asking his 

aid。 But the hope in his wisdom was at length changed into dread�察�

for   no   one   believed   him   when   he   said   he   knew   no   charms   and 

could   work   no   cures�察  �and      every   man    and    woman   who   had       an 

accident or a new attack after applying to him�察�set the misfortune 

down      to   Master   Marner¨s   ill´will    and   irritated   glances。    Thus    it 

came to pass that his movement of pity towards Sally Oates�察�which 

had   given   him   a   transient   sense   of   brotherhood�察  �heightened   the 

repulsion between him and his neighbours�察�and 

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