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

repulsion between him and his neighbours�察�and made his isolation 

more complete。 

    Gradually the guineas�察�the crowns�察�and the half´crowns grew to 

a heap�察�and Marner drew less and less for his own wants�察�trying to 

solve    the   problem      of  keeping     himself    strong    enough     to  work 

sixteen   hours   a   day   on   as   small   an   outlay   as   possible。   Have   not 



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men�察    �shut    up   in  solitary    imprisonment�察      �found     an   interest   in 

marking the moments by straight strokes of a certain length on the 

wall�察�until the growth of  the   sum   of  straight  strokes�察  �arranged in 

triangles�察�has become a mastering purpose�拭�Do we not while away 

moments  of  inanity  or  fatigued   waiting  by  repeating  some   trivial 

movement or sound�察�until the repetition has bred a want�察�which is 

incipient  habit�拭 �That  will   help   us   to   understand   how   the   love   of 

accumulating   money   grows   an   absorbing   passion   in   men   whose 

imaginations�察  �even   in   the   very   beginning   of   their   hoard�察  �showed 

them   no   purpose   beyond   it。   Marner   wanted   the   heaps   of   ten   to 

grow into a square�察�and then into a larger square�察�and every added 

guinea�察�while it was itself a satisfaction�察�bred a new desire。 In this 

strange world�察�made a hopeless riddle to him�察�he might�察�if he had 

had    a   less  intense   nature�察   �have    sat  weaving�察    �weaving!looking 

towards the end of his pattern�察�or towards the end of his web�察�till 

he    forgot    the   riddle�察  �and    everything     else   but    his  immediate 

sensations�察�but the money had come to mark off his weaving into 

periods�察�and the money not only grew�察�but it remained with him。 

He began to think it was conscious of him�察�as his loom was�察�and he 

would     on   no   account     have    exchanged      those    coins�察  �which    had 

become       his  familiars�察  �for   other   coins   with    unknown      faces。   He 

handled   them�察  �he   counted   them�察  �till   their   form   and   colour   were 

like the satisfaction of a thirst to him�察�but it was only in the night�察�

when   his   work   was   done�察  �that   he   drew   them   out   to   enjoy   their 

companionship。          He    had    taken    up   some     bricks    in   his   floor 

underneath his loom�察�and here he had made a hole in which he set 

the iron pot that contained his guineas and silver coins�察�covering 

the bricks with sand whenever he replaced them。 Not that the idea 

of   being   robbed   presented       itself  often   or   strongly   to   his   mind�此�



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hoarding   was   common   in   country   districts   in   those   days�察  �there 

were   old   labourers   in   the   parish   of   Raveloe   who   were   known   to 

have   their  savings by  them�察  �probably  inside   their  flock´beds�察  �but 

their rustic neighbours�察�though not all of them as honest as their 

ancestors   in   the   days   of   King   Alfred�察  �had   not   imaginations   bold 

enough to lay a plan of burglary。 How could  they  have   spent  the 

money   in   their   own   village   without   betraying   themselves�拭  �They 

would be obliged to ^run away ̄!a course as dark and dubious as 

a balloon journey。 

    So�察�year after year�察�Silas Marner had lived in this solitude�察�his 

guineas      rising    in  the    iron   pot�察  �and    his   life  narrowing       and 

hardening   itself   more   and   more   into   a   mere   pulsation   of   desire 

and   satisfaction   that   had   no   relation   to   any   other   being。   His   life 

had     reduced     itself  to  the   functions     of  weaving      and   hoarding�察�

without any contemplation of an end towards which the functions 

tended。 The same sort of process has perhaps been undergone by 

wiser men�察�when they have been cut off from faith and love!only�察�

instead   of   a   loom   and    a   heap   of   guineas�察  �they   have   had    some 

erudite research�察�some ingenious project�察�or some well´knit theory。 

Strangely�察  �Marner¨s   face   and   figure   shrank   and   bent   themselves 

into a constant mechanical relation to the objects of his life�察�so that 

he produced the same sort of impression as a handle or a crooked 

tube�察�which has no meaning standing  apart。   The   prominent  eyes 

that used to look trusting and dreamy�察�now looked as if they had 

been made to see only one kind of thing that was very small�察�like 

tiny    grain�察  �for  which    they    hunted     everywhere�此     �and    he   was   so 

withered and yellow that�察�though he was not yet forty�察�the children 

always called him ^Old Master Marner ̄。 

    Yet  even   in   this   stage   of   withering   a   little   incident   happened�察�



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which showed that the sap of affection was not all gone。 It was one 

of his daily tasks to fetch his water from a well a couple   of  fields 

off�察  �and  for   this   purpose�察  �ever   since   he   came   to   Raveloe�察  �he   had 

had a brown earthenware pot�察�which he held as his most precious 

utensil among the very few conveniences he had granted himself。 

It   had   been   his   companion   for   twelve   years�察  �always   standing   on 

the    same     spot�察  �always     lending     its  handle    to   him    in  the   early 

morning�察  �so   that   its   form   had   an   expression   for   him   of   willing 

helpfulness�察  �and       the   impress   of    its  handle     on   his  palm     gave   a 

satisfaction mingled with that of having the fresh clear water。 One 

day�察  �as   he   was   returning   from   the   well�察  �he   stumbled   against   the 

step of the stile�察�and his brown pot�察�falling with force against  the 

stones that overarched the ditch below him�察�was  broken   in   three 

pieces。   Silas   picked   up   the   pieces   and   carried   them   home   with 

grief in his heart。 The brown pot could never be of use to him any 

more�察�but he stuck the bits together and propped the ruin in its old 

place for a memorial。 

    This is the history of Silas Marner�察�until the fifteenth year after 

he  came   to  Raveloe。   The livelong day  he  sat  in  his   loom�察  �his   ear 

filled   with   its   monotony�察  �his   eyes   bent   close   down   on   the   slow 

growth of sameness in the brownish web�察�his muscles moving with 

such   even   repetition   that   their   pause   seemed   almost   as   much   a 

constraint   as      the   holding   of   his   breath。    But   at   night   came     his 

revelry�此  �at  night  he   closed   his shutters�察  �and   made   fast   his   doors�察�

and drew forth his gold。 Long ago the heap of coins   had become 

too large for the iron pot to hold them�察�and he had made for them 

two   thick   leather   bags�察  �which   wasted   no   room   in   their   resting´ 

place�察    �but   lent   themselves       flexibly    to   every    corner。    How      the 

guineas      shone     as   they   came     pouring      out   of  the   dark    leather 



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mouths� �The silver bore no large proportion in amount to the gold�察�

because the long pieces of linen which formed his chief work were 

always partly paid for in gold�察�and out of the silver he supplied his 

own bodily wants�察�choosing always the shillings and sixpences to 

spend   in   this   way。   He   loved   the   guineas   best�察  �but   he   would   not 

change the silver!the crowns and half´crowns that were his own 

earnings�察  �begotten   by   his   labour�察  �he   loved   them   all。   He   spread 

them out in heaps and bathed his hands in them�察�then he counted 

them   and   set   them     up   in  regular   piles�察  �and   felt   their   rounded 

outline between his thumb and fingers�察�and thought fondly of the 

guineas that were only half earned by the work in his loom�察�as if 

they had been unborn children!thought of the guineas that were 

coming      slowly    through    the   coming     years�察  �through     all  his  life�察�

which     spread     far  away    before    him�察   �the  end    quite   hidden     by 

countless days of weaving。 No wonder his thoughts were still with 

his loom and his  money  when   he  made   his   journeys   through  the 

fields and the lanes to fetch and carry home his work�察�so that his 

steps   never   wandered   to   the      hedge´banks   and       the   lane´side   in 

search of the once familiar herbs。 These too belonged to the past�察�

from which his life had shrunk away�察�like a rivulet that has sunk 

far   down   from   the   grassy   fringe   of   its   old  breadth   into   a  little 

shivering thread�察�that cuts a groove for itself in the barren sand。 

    But about  the   Christmas   of  that  fifteenth  year�察  �a   second   great 

change came over Marner¨s life�察�and his history became blent in a 

singular manner with the life of his neighbours。 



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                                  Chapter 3 



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