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winnowing´machine�察�or the simpler rhythm of the flail�察�had a half´ 

fearful fascination for the Raveloe boys�察�who would often leave off 

their   nutting   or   birds¨´nesting   to   peep   in   at   the   window   of   the 

stone   cottage�察  �counterbalancing   a   certain   awe   at   the   mysterious 

action   of   the   loom�察  �by   a   pleasant   sense   of   scornful      superiority�察�

drawn from   the   mockery  of  its   alternating  noises�察 �along  with  the 

bent�察�treadmill attitude of the weaver。 But sometimes it happened 

that    Marner�察     �pausing      to  adjust    an   irregularity      in  his   thread�察�

became   aware   of   the   small   scoundrels�察  �and�察  �though   chary   of   his 

time�察�he liked their intrusion so ill that he would descend from his 



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loom�察  �and�察  �opening  the  door�察  �would   fix   on   them   a   gaze   that   was 

always enough to make them take to their legs in terror。 For how 

was it possible to believe that those large brown protuberant eyes 

in Silas Marner¨s pale face really saw nothing very distinctly that 

was   not   close   to   them�察  �and   not   rather   that   their   dreadful   stare 

could   dart   cramp�察     �or   rickets�察 �or   a  wry   mouth   at   any   boy    who 

happened        to  be  in   the   rear�拭  �They    had�察   �perhaps�察    �heard    their 

fathers     and   mothers      hint   that  Silas   Marner      could    cure   folk¨s 

rheumatism   if   he   had   a   mind�察  �and   add�察  �still   more   darkly�察  �that   if 

you could only speak the devil fair enough�察�he might save you the 

cost    of  the   doctor。    Such    strange�察   �lingering    echoes     of  the   old 

demon´worship might perhaps even now be caught by the diligent 

listener among the gray´haired peasantry�察�for the rude mind with 

difficulty associates the ideas of power and benignity。 A shadowy 

conception   of  power  that  by  much  persuasion can be   induced   to 

refrain from inflicting harm�察�is the shape most easily taken by the 

sense of the Invisible in the minds of men who have always been 

pressed close by primitive wants�察  �and   to  whom   a  life   of  hard   toil 

has never been illuminated by any enthusiastic religious faith。 To 

them   pain   and   mishap   present   a   far   wider   range   of   possibilities 

than gladness and enjoyment�此  �their  imagination is almost  barren 

of  the  images   that  feed desire and   hope�察 �but   is   all   overgrown   by 

recollections      that   are   a   perpetual     pasture     to   fear。  ^Is   there 

anything you can fancy that you would like to eat�拭院�I once said to 

an   old   labouring´man�察  �who   was   in   his   last   illness�察  �and   who   had 

refused all the food his wife had offered him。 ^No�察院�he answered�察�

^I¨ve never been used to nothing but common victual�察�and I can¨t 

eat that。 ̄ Experience had bred no fancies in him that could raise 

the phantasm of appetite。 



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   And      Raveloe    was    a  village   where     many     of  the  old   echoes 

lingered�察�undrowned by  new  voices。  Not  that  it  was   one   of  those 

barren parishes lying on the outskirts of civilization!inhabited by 

meagre sheep and thinly scattered shepherds�此�on   the   contrary�察  �it 

lay in the rich�察�central plain of what we are pleased to call Merry 

England�察�and held farms which�察�speaking from a spiritual point of 

view�察  �paid   highly   desirable   tithes。   But   it   was   nestled   in   a   snug�察�

well´wooded   hollow�察  �quite   an   hour¨s   journey   on   horseback   from 

any turnpike�察�where it was never reached by the vibrations of the 

coach´horn�察      �or  of  public    opinion。    It  was   an   important´looking 

village�察�with a fine old church�察�and large churchyard in the heart 

of   it�察 �and  two   or   three  large   brick´and´stone       homesteads�察     �with 

well´walled       orchards     and    ornamental       weathercocks�察      �standing 

close   upon   the   road�察  �and   lifting   more   imposing   fronts   than   the 

rectory�察�which peeped from among the trees on the other  side  of 

the churchyard!a village which showed at once the summits of its 

social life�察�and told the practised eye that there was no great park 

and manor´house in the vicinity�察�but that there were several chiefs 

in   Raveloe     who    could   farm    badly   quite   at  their   ease�察 �drawing 

enough money from their bad farming�察�in those wartimes�察�to  live 

in a   rollicking  fashion�察  �and keep a   jolly   Christmas�察  �Whitsun�察  �and 

Eastertide。 

    It  was    fifteen   years    since   Silas   Marner     had    first  come    to 

Raveloe�此�he was then simply a pallid young man�察�with prominent�察�

short´sighted       brown     eyes�察  �whose    appearance       would    have    had 

nothing strange for people of average culture and experience�察�but 

for    the   villagers   near    whom      he   had    come     to  settle   it  had 

mysterious peculiarities which corresponded with the exceptional 

nature of his occupation�察�and his advent from an unknown region 



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called ^North¨ard ̄。 So had his way of life�此�he invited no comer to 

step   across   his door´sill�察  �and   he never  strolled   into   the   village   to 

drink a pint at the Rainbow�察�or to gossip at the wheelwright¨s�察�he 

sought no man or woman�察�save for the purposes of his calling�察�or in 

order to supply himself with necessaries�察�and it was soon clear to 

the Raveloe lasses that he would never urge one of them to accept 

him against  her  will!quite as   if  he  had   heard   them declare  that 

they would never marry a dead man come to life again。 This view 

of Marner¨s personality was not without another ground than his 

pale face and unexampled eyes�察�for Jem Rodney�察�the molecatcher�察�

averred   that  one  evening  as  he  was   returning  homeward   he saw 

Silas Marner leaning against a stile with a heavy bag on his back�察�

instead of resting the bag on the stile as a man in his senses would 

have done�察�and that�察�on coming up to  him�察 �he   saw  that  Marner¨s 

eyes were set like a dead man¨s�察�and he spoke to him�察�and shook 

him�察�and his limbs were stiff�察�and his hands clutched the bag as if 

they¨d   been   made   of   iron�察  �but   just   as   he   had   made   up   his   mind 

that   the   weaver   was   dead�察  �he   came   all   right   again�察  �like�察  �as   you 

might  say�察  �in   the   winking   of   an   eye�察  �and   said   ^Good´night ̄�察  �and 

walked off。 All this Jem swore he had seen�察�more by token that it 

was the very day he had been molecatching on Squire Cass¨s land�察�

down by the old saw´pit。 Some said Marner must have been in a 

^fit ̄!a      word     which      seemed      to   explain     things     otherwise 

incredible�察�but the argumentative Mr。 Macey�察�clerk of the parish�察�

shook his head�察�and asked if anybody was ever known to go off in a 

fit and not fall down。 A fit was a stroke�察�wasn¨t it�拭�and it was in the 

nature of a stroke to partly take away the use of a man¨s limbs and 

throw him on the parish�察�if he¨d got no children to look to。 No�察�no�察�

it was no stroke that would let a man stand on his legs�察�like a horse 



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