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and followed desire!I wonder if it pricked very hard when he set
out on the chase�察�or whether it pricked but lightly then�察�and only
pierced to the quick when the chase had long been ended�察 �and
hope�察�folding her wings�察�looked backward and became regret�拭�
Godfrey Cass¨s cheek and eye were brighter than ever now。 He
was so undivided in his aims that he seemed like a man of
firmness。 No Dunsey had come back�此 �people had made up their
minds that he was gone for a soldier�察�or gone ^out of the country ̄�察�
and no one cared to be specific in their inquiries on a subject
delicate to a respectable family。 Godfrey had ceased to see the
shadow of Dunsey across his path�察�and the path now lay straight
forward to the accomplishment of his best�察 �longest´cherished
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wishes。 Everybody said Mr。 Godfrey had taken the right turn�察�and
it was pretty clear what would be the end of things�察�for there were
not many days in the week that he was not seen riding to the
Warrens。 Godfrey himself�察�when he was asked jocosely if the day
had been fixed�察�smiled with the pleasant consciousness of a lover
who could say ^yes ̄�察�if he liked。 He felt a reformed man�察�delivered
from temptation�察�and the vision of his future life seemed to him as
a promised land for which he had no cause to fight。 He saw
himself with all his happiness centred on his own hearth�察 �while
Nancy would smile on him as he played with the children。
And that other child�察�not on the hearth!he would not forget it�察�
he would see that it was well provided for。 That was a father¨s
duty。
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PART 2
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Chapter 16
t was a bright autumn Sunday�察 �sixteen years after Silas
Marner had found his new treasure on the hearth。 The bells of
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the old Raveloe church were ringing the cheerful peal which
told that the morning service was ended�察 �and out of the arched
doorway in the tower came slowly�察�retarded by friendly greetings
and questions�察�the richer parishioners who had chosen this bright
Sunday morning as eligible for church´going。 It was the rural
fashion of that time for the more important members of the
congregation to depart first�察 �while their humbler neighbours
waited and looked on�察�stroking their bent heads or dropping their
curtsies to any large ratepayer who turned to notice them。
Foremost among these advancing groups of well´clad people
there are some whom we shall recognise�察�in spite of Time�察�who has
laid his hand on them all。 The tall blond man of forty is not much
changed in feature from the Godfrey Cass of six´and´twenty�此�he is
only fuller in flesh�察 �and has only lost the indefinable look of
youth!a loss which is marked even when the eye is undulled and
the wrinkles are not yet come。 Perhaps the pretty woman�察 �not
much younger than he�察 �who is leaning on his arm�察 �is more
changed than her husband�此 �the lovely bloom that used to be
always on her cheek now comes but fitfully�察 �with the fresh
morning air or with some strong surprise�察 �yet to all who love
human faces best for what they tell of human experience�察�Nancy¨s
beauty has a heightened interest。 Often the soul is ripened into
fuller goodness while age has spread an ugly film�察 �so that mere
glances can never divine the preciousness of the fruit。 But the
years have not been so cruel to Nancy。 The firm yet placid mouth�察�
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the clear veracious glance of the brown eyes�察 �speak now of a
nature that has been tested and has kept its highest qualities�察�and
even the costume�察 �with its dainty neatness and purity�察 �has more
significance now the coquetries of youth can have nothing to do
with it。
Mr。 and Mrs。 Godfrey Cass ��any higher title has died away from
Raveloe lips since the old Squire was gathered to his fathers and
his inheritance was divided�� have turned round to look for the tall
aged man and the plainly dressed woman who are a little behind!
Nancy having observed that they must wait for ^father and
Priscilla ̄!and now they all turn into a narrower path leading
across the churchyard to a small gate opposite the Red House。 We
will not follow them now�察�for may there not be some others in this
departing congregation whom we should like to see again!some
of those who are not likely to be handsomely clad�察�and whom we
may not recognise so easily as the master and mistress of the Red
House�拭�
But it is impossible to mistake Silas Marner。 His large brown
eyes seem to have gathered a longer vision�察�as is the way with eyes
that have been short´sighted in early life�察 �and they have a less
vague�察 �a more answering gaze�察 �but in everything else one sees
signs of a frame much enfeebled by the lapse of the sixteen years。
The weaver¨s bent shoulders and white hair give him almost the
look of advanced age�察 �though he is not more than five´and´fifty�察�
but there is the freshest blossom of youth close by his side!a
blonde dimpled girl of eighteen�察 �who has vainly tried to chastise
her curly auburn hair into smoothness under her brown bonnet�此�
the hair ripples as obstinately as a brooklet under the March
breeze�察 �and the little ringlets burst away from the restraining
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comb behind and show themselves below the bonnet´crown。 Eppie
cannot help being rather vexed about her hair�察 �for there is no
other girl in Raveloe who has hair at all like it�察�and she thinks hair
ought to be smooth。 She does not like to be blameworthy even in
small things�此�you see how neatly her prayer´book is folded in her
spotted handkerchief。
That good´looking young fellow�察 �in a new fustian suit�察 �who
walks behind her�察�is not quite sure upon the question of hair in the
abstract�察 �when Eppie puts it to him�察 �and thinks that perhaps
straight hair is the best in general�察 �but he doesn¨t want Eppie¨s
hair to be different。 She surely divines that there is someone
behind her who is thinking about her very particularly�察 �and
mustering courage to come to her side as soon as they are ou