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                                Silas Marner                                        12 



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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                                 Silas Marner                                        13 



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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                                Silas Marner                                       14 



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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                                 Silas Marner                                         15 



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    

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