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between the shafts�察 �and then walk off as soon as you can say
^Gee� 院�But there might be such a thing as a man¨s soul being loose
from his body�察�and going out and in�察�like a bird out of its nest and
back�察�and that was how folks got overwise�察�for they went to school
in this shell´less state to those who could teach them more than
their neighbours could learn with their five senses and the parson。
And where did Master Marner get his knowledge of herbs from!
and charms too�察�if he liked to give them away�拭�Jem Rodney¨s story
was no more than what might have been expected by anybody
who had seen how Marner had cured Sally Oates�察�and made her
sleep like a baby�察 �when her heart had been beating enough to
burst her body�察 �for two months and more�察 �while she had been
under the doctor¨s care。 He might cure more folks if he would�察�but
he was worth speaking fair�察�if it was only to keep him from doing
you a mischief。
It was partly to this vague fear that Marner was indebted for
protecting him from the persecution that his singularities might
have drawn upon him�察�but still more to the fact that�察�the old linen´
weaver in the neighbouring parish of Tarley being dead�察 �his
handicraft made him a highly welcome settler to the richer
housewives of the district�察 �and even to the more provident
cottagers�察�who had their little stock of yarn at the year¨s end。 Their
sense of his usefulness would have counteracted any repugnance
or suspicion which was not confirmed by a deficiency in the
quality or the tale of the cloth he wove for them。 And the years had
rolled on without producing any change in the impressions of the
neighbours concerning Marner�察�except the change from novelty to
habit。 At the end of fifteen years the Raveloe men said just the
same things about Silas Marner as at the beginning�此�they did not
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say them quite so often�察 �but they believed them much more
strongly when they did say them。 There was only one important
addition which the years had brought�此�it was that Master Marner
had laid by a fine sight of money somewhere�察 �and that he could
buy up ^bigger men ̄ than himself。
But while opinion concerning him had remained nearly
stationary�察�and his daily habits had presented scarcely any visible
change�察 �Marner¨s inward life had been a history and a
metamorphosis�察�as that of every fervid nature must be when it has
fled�察 �or been condemned to solitude。 His life�察 �before he came to
Raveloe�察 �had been filled with the movement�察 �the mental activity�察�
and the close fellowship which�察�in that day as in this�察�marked the
life of an artisan early incorporated in a narrow religious sect�察�
where the poorest layman has the chance of distinguishing himself
by gifts of speech�察�and has�察�at the very least�察�the weight of a silent
voter in the government of his community。 Marner was highly
thought of in that little hidden world�察�known to itself as the church
assembling in Lantern Yard�察�he was believed to be a young man of
exemplary life and ardent faith�察�and a peculiar interest had been
centred in him ever since he had fallen�察�at a prayer´meeting�察�into a
mysterious rigidity and suspension of consciousness which�察�lasting
for an hour or more�察�had been mistaken for death。 To have sought
a medical explanation for this phenomenon would have been held
by Silas himself�察�as well as by his minister and fellow´members�察�a
wilful self´exclusion from the spiritual significance that might lie
therein。 Silas was evidently a brother selected for a peculiar
discipline�察 �and though the effort to interpret this discipline was
discouraged by the absence�察 �on his part�察 �of any spiritual vision
during his outward trance�察 �yet it was believed by himself and
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others that its effect was seen in an accession of light and fervour。
A less truthful man than he might have been tempted into the
subsequent creation of a vision in the form of resurgent memory�察�a
less sane man might have believed in such a creation�察 �but Silas
was both sane and honest�察 �though�察 �as with many honest and
fervent men�察�culture had not defined any channels for his sense of
mystery�察�and so it spread itself over the proper pathway of inquiry
and knowledge。 He had inherited from his mother some
acquaintance with medicinal herbs and their preparation!a little
store of wisdom which she had imparted to him as a solemn
bequest!but of late years he had had doubts about the lawfulness
of applying this knowledge�察 �believing that herbs could have no
efficacy without prayer�察 �and that prayer might suffice without
herbs�察�so that his inherited delight to wander through the fields in
search of foxglove and dandelion and coltsfoot began to wear to
him the character of a temptation。
Among the members of his church there was one young man�察�a
little older than himself�察�with whom he had long lived in such close
friendship that it was the custom of their Lantern Yard brethren
to call them David and Jonathan。 The real name of the friend was
William Dane�察�and he�察�too�察�was regarded as a shining instance of
youthful piety�察 �though somewhat given to over´severity towards
weaker brethren�察�and to be so dazzled by his own light as to hold
himself wiser than his teachers。 But whatever blemishes others
might discern in William�察�to his friend¨s mind he was faultless�察�for
Marner had one of those impressible�察�self´doubting natures which�察�
at an inexperienced age�察 �admire imperativeness and lean on
contradiction。 The expression of trusting simplicity in Marner¨s
face�察 �heightened by that absence of special observation�察 �that
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defenceless�察 �deer´like gaze which belongs to large�察 �prominent
eyes�察�was strongly contrasted by the self´complacent suppression
of inward triumph that lurked in the narrow�察 �slanting eyes and
compressed lips of William Dane。 One of the most frequent topics
of conversation between the two friends was Assurance of
salvation�此 �Silas confessed that he could never arrive at anything
higher than hope mingled with fear�察 �and listened with longing
wonder when William declared that he had possessed unshaken
assurance ever since�察 �in the period of his conversion�察 �he had
dreamed that he saw the words ^calling and