EPPIE HAS GROWN UP

EPPIE HAS GROWN UP

Silas Marner

Eppie has grown up
Godfrey and Nancy Cass haven't had children- but Godfrey wanted them so much. They went to look at some of the fields near the old quarry every evening, and he saw Eppie sometimes. At the first moment Godfrey spoke adopting Eppie, he was relented.
Unlike Godfrey and Nancy, Silas and Eppie was sitting outside their door in the sunshine. Silas told to Eppie how her mother had died in the snow, and he had given her the dead woman's wedding ring. After that Eppie told her father that Aaron was talking to her about marriage. At night Silas want to speak with Dolly Winthrop (Aaron's Mother) about their marriage.

Chapter 9
Godfrey Confesses at last
The villagers were found Dunstan's body with Silas's gold when the quarry has suddenly gone dry. Then Godfrey had to confess the truth to Nancy. He told her, the dead woman that Silas found many years ago was his wife and Eppie is his girl. He married with Molly and he was afraid if he told the truth, Nancy didn't want to get married with him. At first Nancy was angry, but she advised him to adopt Eppie. At the end Godfrey decided to talk about this with Silas tonight.

SILAS’S NEIGHBORS

SILAS’S NEIGHBORS

Silas Marner

Silas’s neighbors
The villagers continued to discuss Silas and his lost gold, but they had no more explanations to offer. This disaster had gone good result. Little by little, Silas’s neighbors realized it was wrong to be suspicious of him. He was just a poor, simple, harmless man, who needed their help. They showed their new opinion of him in many different ways. Some of the women, who were baking cakes and preparing meat for Christmas, brought him present of food. Some of the men, who had nothing to give him stopped him in the village to ask about his health, or visited him to discuss the robbery.


Chapter 6
The New Year’s Eve dance
On December 31st all villagers arriving at the Red house. All ladies go upstairs to change your clothes for dancing. Godfrey Cass asked to dance with Nancy and she accepted, they went to dance into the large hall when music started, suddenly the Squire’s heavy foot stood on part of Nancy’s dress and some of the material was pulled away and they had to go to another room to repair her clothes. This is a best time for Godfrey to speak with her without any knocker. They spoke about their marriage, but just then Priscilla (Nancy’s sister) hurried in, saying, ‘the Squire waiting for you to come back to dance.’ they had to go to dance hall.

Chapter 7
Silas finds his ‘gold’
When all villagers were in the New Year’s Eve, Molly (Godfrey’s wife) went to Raveloe that was carrying her sleeping child in her arms. She had very tired, then she had to lie down, but she didn’t notice that the ground was cold.
In a few moment the child woke up, crying, and went away to a dancing light on the white ground. She arrived to the Silas’s cottage. She fallen down on the ground, and she was completely unconscious. Silas opened the door and took her to the cottage. When she became conscious again, she was crying, Silas understood, maybe, her mother fallen down near the cottage, he went out to find her, when he found her, immediate, he understood she can’t breathing then he went to the Red house whit child to find doctor. When they came back, they understood Molly was dead. Silas adopted the child and he called her, Eppie.
Godfrey Cass watched the little girl growing up. He often gave money to Silas to spend on her. He was looking forward to marrying Nancy very soon.

GODFREY IS IN TROUBLE

GODFREY IS IN TROUBLE

Silas Marner

Godfrey is in trouble
After two days when Dunstan did not return home, Godfrey began to worry about wildfire. So he decided to go to look for his brother. He met his neighbor, John Bryce and asked about his brother and his horse. Mr. Bryce told him I thought your horse was dead and your brother scape.
Godfrey had to confess the whole truth to his father. Next day, Godfrey was already in the dining-room when his father arrived for breakfast. ‘Wildfire’s dead and I just feel sorry I can’t pay you. Fowler did pay the money to me and I was stupid enough to let Dunstan have it’, said Godfrey. The squire was very angry and told to Godfrey, you are wacky because I told you; you never lent money to your brother, I think you should get married with Miss Nancy. I speak to her father tonight. But Godfrey begged from his father; don’t say anything at the moment.
After squire ate breakfast he told to Godfrey if he doesn’t do what he wants, he’ll disinherit he and he can leave the house and if knows where Dunstan’s hiding- tell him he needn’t come home . . .

GODFREY AND DUNSTAN CASS

GODFREY AND DUNSTAN CASS

Silas Marner

Godfrey and Dunstan Cass
The most important person in Raveloe was Squire Cass, a gentleman farmer, who lived with his three sons in the handsome red house opposite the church. His wife had died many years before. His son’s name is Dunstan, Godfrey and Bob. Dunstan Cass is a bad one, he is. Always borrowing money, and never paying it back. Always gambling, always in trouble! He’ll come to a bad end, he will! But the other two are different. Bob Cass is still only a boy and Godfrey is got an open, honest face. He’s going to inherit the Squire’s money and all the land. And what’s more he’s going to marry Miss Nancy Lammeter.
One day, Godfrey was waiting for his brother in the sitting-room, with a very expression on his handsome face. Soon the door was opened and Dunstan entered. You must pay me back the money I lent you last month, said Godfrey. And I had to pay it to the Squire. Dunstan came close to Godfrey and smiled in an evil way and said, I don’t have money to pay to you. You have two ways; first of all you can borrow money from your friend and second of all you can sell your horse wildfire, and then pay the money to Squire. After a moment Godfrey accepted to sell wildfire and Dunstan get the horse to sell it to the hunter. Dunstan decided to enter to the competition with wildfire, then he borrowed wildfire to a rider but the wildfire and the rider was falling down and poor wildfire’s back was Brocken, and in a few moments he died. Dunstan had to come back to house without wildfire and without money. At the end of way, he arrived at the Silas Marner’s cottage. He knocked at the door loudly, but there was no reply. When he pushed the door, it opened and he entered. Dunstan remembered all villagers were talking about Silas’s Money, he looked round the cottage and he noticed a place on the floor, near the loom. He took out the two heavy bags filled with gold and hurried to the door.
Outside, the rain was falling heavily, and he could not see anything at all. Carrying the heavy bags, he stepped forward into the darkness.

SILAS MARNER, PAST AND PRESENT

SILAS MARNER, PAST AND PRESENT

Silas Marner

Silas Marner, past and present
Silas Marner lived in a small cottage near the village of Raveloe. Every day he worked at his loom in the cottage. He was a linen-weaver. He was taking the linen, and he had woven to the woman in the villages. He was small and thin, with tired white face, bent back and round shoulder. He was often shortsighted too, because he had to look so closely at his work.
All people in Raveloe used to be very suspicious of all strangers and travelers. The villagers believed that Silas had an almost devilish power, which he cloud use to harm them if he wanted, and so they were all afraid of him.
Silas Marner had first come to Raveloe fifteen years before, as a young man. He and his way of life seemed very strange to the villagers. He worked long hours at his loom, and had no friends or visitors from the village or anywhere else.
The years passed, and Silas could find his best friend at the chapel was William Dane, and he trusted his friend completely. After that he became engaged to a young woman, Sarah, who belonged to same chapel like Silas.
At that time one of the chapel leaders was dangerously ill, and because he had no family, some of the young man offered to sit with him at night. One night Silas was sitting alone at the old man’s bedside, suddenly he realized that the man was no longer breathing. He was dead. Silas hurried out of the house to call the doctor and the minister, and then went to work as usual, still wondering why William had not arrived; he must arrived at two o’clock, but now four o’clock in the morning.
That evening, William comes to Silas room with the minister, and they wanted to get Silas to the chapel to answer few question about last night. Then, in the chapel, Silas stood alone, in front of all the people who were once his friend. There was a pocket-knife in the minister’s hand.
‘Where did you leave this knife?’ he asked.
They was thinking that Silas is a thief, because they found his knife in front of dead man’s bedside, and the bag of church money, has gone. They went to search Silas’s room and William found the missing bag, now empty, under Silas’s bed. After that all people went to get out Silas from the chapel will not be accepted back until he confess his crime.
At last he walked over to William Dan and said firmly, I lent you my knife, and you know that, you stole the money. William answered; this is the voice of devil speaking.
Silas went home. The next day he sat alone for the whole day. On the second day the minister came to tell him that Sarah had decided she could not marry him. Only a month later, Sarah married William Dane, and Silas shut himself away in his cottage. He did not want to think about the disaster he had experienced.
He worked very hard in his loom to save gold coins into piles. He didn’t need money, because he less spent on himself, but his gold became a habit, a delight, a reason for living, almost a religion.

Silas Marner By: Gorge Eliot Introduction

Silas Marner By: Gorge Eliot Introduction

Silas Marner

Silas Marner
By:
Gorge Eliot

Introduction:
In the quite villages of England in the early nineteenth century, life follows an unchanging pattern. The seasons come and go, for both the rich Squire and his family in the big house, and the villages in their little cottages. Anything new or strange is met with suspicion in villages like Raveloe.
And Silas Marner the linen-weaver is strange. He lives alone, and no one knows anything about his family. How can you trust a man when you don’t know his mother and father? And he is pale with strange, staring eyes, for he works long hours at his loom every day even on Sundays, when he should be in church. He must be a friend of devil the villagers say to each other.
Poor Silas! He’s a sad, lonely man, and his only friends are the bright gold coins that he earns for his weaving and keeps hidden under the floorboards. But change must come, even to quite place like Raveloe. The Squire’s two sons share a secret, which leads to quarrelling robbery, and a death, one cold snowy night not far from the door of Silas’s cottage . . .

WHERE IS SILAS’S GOLD?

WHERE IS SILAS’S GOLD?

Silas Marner

Where is Silas’s gold?
When Dunstan Cass left the cottage, Silas Marner was only a hundred meters away. He came back at home and ate dinner. After that he wanted to see his gold, when he took up the floorboards near the loom, he saw the empty hole, he did not understand at once. He thought put his gold in a different place and forgotten about it. He searched every corner of his small cottage but he can’t find anything. He had to accept the truth- his gold had been stolen!
He must go and tell the Squire, and the police! So he hurried out in the rain without coat, and ran towards the rainbow. Five villagers at the Rainbow. Robbed! Cried Silas. He told to villagers Jem Rodney stolen my gold. But Jem moved quickly away and said not me. But Silas persist. After that the landlord taking Silas by the arm and sat down by the fire. Silas told the story to the villagers but the landlord answered to him that Jem been sitting here drinking with us all evening. So he’s not the thief. Then Silas had to apologize from Jem and Jem accepted his apologize.