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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

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