,throwing
himself
backward
again
,
and
speaking
defiantly
;
"
if
I
do
n't
know
Mr
Lammeter
's
cows
,
I
should
like
to
know
who
does
—
that
's
all
.
And
as
for
the
cow
you
've
bought
,
bargain
or
no
bargain
,
I
've
been
at
the
drenching
of
her
—
contradick
me
who
will
.
"
The
farrier
looked
fierce
,
and
the
mild
butcher
's
conversational
spirit
was
roused
a
little
.
"
I
'm
not
for
contradicking
no
man
,
"
he
said
;
"
I
'm
for
peace
and
quietness
.
Some
are
for
cutting
long
ribs
—
I
'm
for
cutting
'
em
short
,
myself
;
but
I
do
n't
quarrel
with
'
em
.
All
I
say
is
,
it
's
a
lovely
carkiss
—
and
anybody
as
was
reasonable
,
it
'
ud
bring
tears
into
their
eyes
to
look
at
it
.
"
"
Well
,
it
's
the
cow
as
I
drenched
,
whatever
it
is
,
"
pursued
the
farrier
,
angrily
;
"
and
it
was
Mr
Lammeter
's
cow
,
else
you
told
a
lie
when
you
said
it
was
a
red
Durham
.
"
"
I
tell
no
lies
,
"
said
the
butcher
,
with
the
same
mild
huskiness
as
before
;
"
and
I
contradick
none
—
not
if
a
man
was
to
swear
himself
black
:
he
's
no
meat
o
'
mine
,
nor
none
o
'
my
bargains
.
All
I
say
is
,
it
's
a
lovely
carkiss
.
And
what
I
say
,
I
'll
stick
to
;
but
I
'll
quarrel
wi
'
no
man
.
"
"
No
,
"
said
the
farrier
,
with
bitter
sarcasm
,
looking
at
the
company
generally
;
"
and
p'rhaps
you
are
n't
pig-headed
;
and
p'rhaps
you
did
n't
say
the
cow
was
a
red
Durham
;
and
p'rhaps
you
did
n't
say
she
'd
got
a
star
on
her
brow
—
stick
to
that
,
now
you
're
at
it
.
"
"
Come
,
come
,
"
said
the
landlord
;
"
let
the
cow
alone
.
The
truth
lies
atween
you
:
you
're
both
right
and
both
wrong
,
as
I
allays
say
.
And
as
for
the
cow
's
being
Mr
Lammeter
's
,
I
say
nothing
to
that
;
but
this
I
say
,
as
the
Rainbow
's
the
Rainbow
.
And
for
the
matter
o
'
that
,
if
the
talk
is
to
be
o
'
the
Lammeters
,
you
know
the
most
upo
'
that
head
,
eh
,
Mr
Macey
?
You
remember
when
first
Mr
Lammeter
's
father
come
into
these
parts
,
and
took
the
Warrens
?
"
Mr
Macey
,
tailor
and
parish-clerk
,
the
latter
of
which
functions
rheumatism
had
of
late
obliged
him
to
share
with
a
small-featured
young
man
who
sat
opposite
him
,
held
his
white
head
on
one
side
,
and
twirled
his
thumbs
with
an
air
of
complacency
,
slightly
seasoned
with
criticism
.
He
smiled
pityingly
,
in
answer
to
the
landlord
's
appeal
,
and
said
—
"
Ay
,
ay
;
I
know
,
I
know
;
but
I
let
other
folks
talk
.
I
've
laid
by
now
,
and
gev
up
to
the
young
uns
.
Ask
them
as
have
been
to
school
at
Tarley
:
they
've
learnt
pernouncing
;
that
's
come
up
since
my
day
.
"
"
If
you
're
pointing
at
me
,
Mr
Macey
,
"
said
the
deputy-clerk
,
with
an
air
of
anxious
propriety
,
"
I
'm
nowise
a
man
to
speak
out
of
my
place
.
As
the
psalm
says
—
'
I
know
what
's
right
,
nor
only
so
,
But
also
practise
what
I
know
.
"
'
"
Well
,
then
,
I
wish
you
'd
keep
hold
o
'
the
tune
when
it
's
set
for
you
;
if
you
're
for
practising
,
I
wish
you
'd
practise
that
,
"
said
a
large
jocose-looking
man
,
an
excellent
wheel-wright
in
his
week-day
capacity
,
but
on
Sundays
leader
of
the
choir
.
He
winked
,
as
he
spoke
,
at
two
of
the
company
,
who
were
known
officially
as
the
"
bassoon
"
and
"
the
key-bugle
,
"
in
the
confidence
that
he
was
expressing
the
sense
of
the
musical
profession
in
Raveloe
.
Mr
Tookey
,
the
deputy-clerk
,
who
shared
the
unpopularity
common
to
deputies
,
turned
very
red
,
but
replied
,
with
careful
moderation
—
"
Mr
Winthrop
,
if
you
'll
bring
me
any
proof
as
I
'm
in
the
wrong
,
I
'm
not
the
man
to
say
I
wo
n't
alter
.
But
there
's
people
set
up
their
own
ears
for
a
standard
,
and
expect
the
whole
choir
to
follow
'
em
.
There
may
be
two
opinions
,
I
hope
.
"
"
Ay
,
ay
,
"
said
Mr
Macey
,
who
felt
very
well
satisfied
with
this
attack
on
youthful
presumption
:
"
you
're
right
there
,
Tookey
:
there
's
allays
two
'
pinions
;
there
's
the
'
pinion
a
man
has
of
himsen
,
and
there
's
the
'
pinion
other
folks
have
on
him
.
There
'd
be
two
'
pinions
about
a
cracked
bell
,
if
the
bell
could
hear
itself
.
"
"
Well
,
Mr
Macey
,
"
said
poor
Tookey
,
serious
amidst
the
general
laughter
,
"
I
undertook
to
partially
fill
up
the
office
of
parish-clerk
by
Mr
Crackenthorp
's
desire
,
whenever
your
infirmities
should
make
you
unfitting
;
and
it
's
one
of
the
rights
thereof
to
sing
in
the
choir
—
else
why
have
you
done
the
same
yourself
?
"
"
Ah
!
but
the
old
gentleman
and
you
are
two
folks
,
"
said
Ben
Winthrop
.
"
The
old
gentleman
's
got
a
gift
.
Why
,
the
Squire
used
to
invite
him
to
take
a
glass
,
only
to
hear
him
sing
the
'
Red
Rovier
;
'
did
n't
he
,
Mr
Macey
?
It
's
a
nat'ral
gift
.
There
's
my
little
lad
Aaron
,
he
's
got
a
gift
—
he
can
sing
a
tune
off
straight
,
like
a
throstle
.
But
as
for
you
,
Master
Tookey
,
you
'd
better
stick
to
your
'
Amens
:
'
your
voice
is
well
enough
when
you
keep
it
up
in
your
nose
.
It
's
your
inside
as
is
n't
right
made
for
music
:
it
's
no
better
nor
a
hollow
stalk
.
"
This
kind
of
unflinching
frankness
was
the
most
piquant
form
of
joke
to
the
company
at
the
Rainbow
,
and
Ben
Winthrop
's
insult
was
felt
by
everybody
to
have
capped
Mr
Macey
's
epigram
.
"
I
see
what
it
is
plain
enough
,
"
said
Mr
Tookey
,
unable
to
keep
cool
any
longer
.
"
There
's
a
consperacy
to
turn
me
out
o
'
the
choir
,
as
I
should
n't
share
the
Christmas
money
—
that
's
where
it
is
.
But
I
shall
speak
to
Mr
Crackenthorp
;
I
'll
not
be
put
upon
by
no
man
.
"
"
Nay
,
nay
,
Tookey
,
"
said
Ben
Winthrop
.
"
We
'll
pay
you
your
share
to
keep
out
of
it
—
that
's
what
we
'll
do
.
There
's
things
folks
'
ud
pay
to
be
rid
on
,
besides
varmin
.
"
"
Come
,
come
,
"
said
the
landlord
,
who
felt
that
paying
people
for
their
absence
was
a
principle
dangerous
to
society
;
"
a
joke
's
a
joke
.
We
're
all
good
friends
here
,
I
hope
.
We
must
give
and
take
.
You
're
both
right
and
you
're
both
wrong
,
as
I
say
.
I
agree
wi
'
Mr
Macey
here
,
as
there
's
two
opinions
;
and
if
mine
was
asked
,
I
should
say
they
're
both
right
.
Tookey
's
right
and
Winthrop
's
right
,
and
they
've
only
got
to
split
the
difference
and
make
themselves
even
.
"
The
farrier
was
puffing
his
pipe
rather
fiercely
,
in
some
contempt
at
this
trivial
discussion
.
He
had
no
ear
for
music
himself
,
and
never
went
to
church
,
as
being
of
the
medical
profession
,
and
likely
to
be
in
requisition
for
delicate
cows
.
But
the
butcher
,
having
music
in
his
soul
,
had
listened
with
a
divided
desire
for
Tookey
's
defeat
,
and
for
the
preservation
of
the
peace
.
"
To
be
sure
,
"
he
said
,
following
up
the
landlord
's
conciliatory
view
,
"
we
're
fond
of
our
old
clerk
;
it
's
nat'ral
,
and
him
used
to
be
such
a
singer
,
and
got
a
brother
as
is
known
for
the
first
fiddler
in
this
country-side
.
Eh
,
it
's
a
pity
but
what
Solomon
lived
in
our
village
,
and
could
give
us
a
tune
when
we
liked
;
eh
,
Mr
Macey
?
I
'd
keep
him
in
liver
and
lights
for
nothing
—
that
I
would
.
"
"
Ay
,
ay
,
"
said
Mr
Macey
,
in
the
height
of
complacency
;
"
our
family
's
been
known
for
musicianers
as
far
back
as
anybody
can
tell
.
But
them
things
are
dying
out
,
as
I
tell
Solomon
every
time
he
comes
round
;
there
's
no
voices
like
what
there
used
to
be
,
and
there
's
nobody
remembers
what
we
remember
,
if
it
is
n't
the
old
crows
.
"
"
Ay
,
you
remember
when
first
Mr
Lammeter
's
father
came
into
these
parts
,
do
n't
you
,
Mr
Macey
?
"
said
the
landlord
.
"
I
should
think
I
did
,
"
said
the
old
man
,
who
had
now
gone
through
that
complimentary
process
necessary
to
bring
him
up
to
the
point
of
narration
;
"
and
a
fine
old
gentleman
he
was
—
as
fine
,
and
finer
nor
the
Mr
Lammeter
as
now
is
.
He
came
from
a
bit
north'ard
,
so
far
as
I
could
ever
make
out
.
But
there
's
nobody
rightly
knows
about
those
parts
:
only
it
could
n't
be
far
north'ard
,
nor
much
different
from
this
country
,
for
he
brought
a
fine
breed
o
'
sheep
with
him
,
so
there
must
be
pastures
there
,
and
everything
reasonable
.
We
heared
tell
as
he
'd
sold
his
own
land
to
come
and
take
the
Warrens
,
and
that
seemed
odd
for
a
man
as
had
land
of
his
own
,
to
come
and
rent
a
farm
in
a
strange
place
.
But
they
said
it
was
along
of
his
wife
's
dying
;
though
there
's
reasons
in
things
as
nobody
knows
on
—
that
's
pretty
much
what
I
've
made
out
;
though
some
folks
are
so
wise
,
they
'll
find
you
fifty
reasons
straight
off
,
and
all
the
while
the
real
reason
's
winking
at
'
em
in
the
corner
,
and
they
niver
see't
.
Howsomever
,
it
was
soon
seen
as
we
'd
got
a
new
parish'ner
as
know
'd
the
rights
and
customs
o
'
things
,
and
kep
a
good
house
,
and
was
well
looked
on
by
everybody
.
And
the
young
man
—
that
's
the
Mr
Lammeter
as
now
is
,
for
he
'd
niver
a
sister
—
soon
begun
to
court
Miss
Osgood
,
that
's
the
sister
o
'
the
Mr
Osgood
as
now
is
,
and
a
fine
handsome
lass
she
was
—
eh
,
you
ca
n't
think
—
they
pretend
this
young
lass
is
like
her
,
but
that
's
the
way
wi
'
people
as
do
n't
know
what
come
before
'
em
.
I
should
know
,
for
I
helped
the
old
rector
,
Mr
Drumlow
as
was
,
I
helped
him
marry
'
em
.
"
Here
Mr
Macey
paused
;
he
always
gave
his
narrative
in
instalments
,
expecting
to
be
questioned
according
to
precedent
.
"
Ay
,
and
a
partic'lar
thing
happened
,
did
n't
it
,
Mr
Macey
,
so
as
you
were
likely
to
remember
that
marriage
?
"
said
the
landlord
,
in
a
congratulatory
tone
.
"
I
should
think
there
did
—
a
very
partic'lar
thing
,
"
said
Mr
Macey
,
nodding
sideways
.
"
For
Mr
Drumlow
—
poor
old
gentleman
,
I
was
fond
on
him
,
though
he
'd
got
a
bit
confused
in
his
head
,
what
wi
'
age
and
wi
'
taking
a
drop
o
'
summat
warm
when
the
service
come
of
a
cold
morning
.
And
young
Mr
Lammeter
,
he
'd
have
no
way
but
he
must
be
married
in
Janiwary
,
which
,
to
be
sure
,
'
s
a
unreasonable
time
to
be
married
in
,
for
it
is
n't
like
a
christening
or
a
burying
,
as
you
ca
n't
help
;
and
so
Mr
Drumlow
—
poor
old
gentleman
,
I
was
fond
on
him
—
but
when
he
come
to
put
the
questions
,
he
put
'
em
by
the
rule
o
'
contrairy
,
like
,
and
he
says
,
'
Wilt
thou
have
this
man
to
thy
wedded
wife
?
'
says
he
,
and
then
he
says
,
'
Wilt
thou
have
this
woman
to
thy
wedded
husband
?
'
says
he
.
But
the
partic'larest
thing
of
all
is
,
as
nobody
took
any
notice
on
it
but
me
,
and
they
answered
straight
off
'
yes
,
'
like
as
if
it
had
been
me
saying
'
Amen
'
i
'
the
right
place
,
without
listening
to
what
went
before
.
"
"
But
you
knew
what
was
going
on
well
enough
,
did
n't
you
,
Mr
Macey
?
You
were
live
enough
,
eh
?
"
said
the
butcher
.
"
Lor
bless
you
!
"
said
Mr
Macey
,
pausing
,
and
smiling
in
pity
at
the
impotence
of
his
hearers
'
imagination
—
"
why
,
I
was
all
of
a
tremble
:
it
was
as
if
I
'd
been
a
coat
pulled
by
the
two
tails
,
like
;
for
I
could
n't
stop
the
parson
,
I
could
n't
take
upon
me
to
do
that
;
and
yet
I
said
to
myself
,
I
says
,
'
Suppose
they
should
n't
be
fast
married
,
'
cause
the
words
are
contrairy
?
'
and
my
head
went
working
like
a
mill
,
for
I
was
allays
uncommon
for
turning
things
over
and
seeing
all
round
'
em
;
and
I
says
to
myself
,
'
Is't
the
meanin
'
or
the
words
as
makes
folks
fast
i
'
wedlock
?
'
For
the
parson
meant
right
,
and
the
bride
and
bridegroom
meant
right
.
But
then
,
when
I
come
to
think
on
it
,
meanin
'
goes
but
a
little
way
i
'
most
things
,
for
you
may
mean
to
stick
things
together
and
your
glue
may
be
bad
,
and
then
where
are
you
?
And
so
I
says
to
mysen
,
'
It
is
n't
the
meanin
'
,
it
's
the
glue
.
'
And
I
was
worreted
as
if
I
'd
got
three
bells
to
pull
at
once
,
when
we
got
into
the
vestry
,
and
they
begun
to
sign
their
names
.
But
where
's
the
o
'
talking
?
—
you
ca
n't
think
what
goes
on
in
a
'
cute
man
's
inside
.
"
"
But
you
held
in
for
all
that
,
did
n't
you
,
Mr
Macey
?
"
said
the
landlord
.
"
Ay
,
I
held
in
tight
till
I
was
by
mysen
wi
'
Mr
Drumlow
,
and
then
I
out
wi
'
everything
,
but
respectful
,
as
I
allays
did
.
And
he
made
light
on
it
,
and
he
says
,
'
Pooh
,
pooh
,
Macey
,
make
yourself
easy
,
'
he
says
,
'
it
's
neither
the
meaning
nor
the
words
—
it
's
the
regester
does
it
—
that
's
the
glue
.
'
So
you
see
he
settled
it
easy
;
for
parsons
and
doctors
know
everything
by
heart
,
like
,
so
as
they
are
n't
worreted
wi
'
thinking
what
's
the
rights
and
wrongs
o
'
things
,
as
I'n
been
many
and
many
's
the
time
.
And
sure
enough
the
wedding
turned
out
all
right
,
on'y
poor
Mrs
Lammeter
—
that
's
Miss
Osgood
as
was
—
died
afore
the
lasses
were
growed
up
;
but
for
prosperity
and
everything
respectable
,
there
's
no
family
more
looked
on
.
"
Every
one
of
Mr
Macey
's
audience
had
heard
this
story
many
times
,
but
it
was
listened
to
as
if
it
had
been
a
favourite
tune
,
and
at
certain
points
the
puffing
of
the
pipes
was
momentarily
suspended
,
that
the
listeners
might
give
their
whole
minds
to
the
expected
words
.
But
there
was
more
to
come
;
and
Mr
Snell
,
the
landlord
,
duly
put
the
leading
question
.
"
Why
,
old
Mr
Lammeter
had
a
pretty
fortin
,
did
n't
they
say
,
when
he
come
into
these
parts
?
"
"
Well
,
yes
,
"
said
Mr
Macey
;
"
but
I
daresay
it
's
as
much
as
this
Mr
Lammeter
's
done
to
keep
it
whole
.
For
there
was
allays
a
talk
as
nobody
could
get
rich
on
the
Warrens
:
though
he
holds
it
cheap
,
for
it
's
what
they
call
Charity
Land
.
"
"
Ay
,
and
there
's
few
folks
know
so
well
as
you
how
it
come
to
be
Charity
Land
,
eh
,
Mr
Macey
?
"
said
the
butcher
.
"
How
should
they
?
"
said
the
old
clerk
,
with
some
contempt
.
"
Why
,
my
grandfather
made
the
grooms
'
livery
for
that
Mr
Cliff
as
came
and
built
the
big
stables
at
the
Warrens
.
Why
,
they
're
stables
four
times
as
big
as
Squire
Cass
's
,
for
he
thought
o
'
nothing
but
hosses
and
hunting
,
Cliff
did
n't
—
a
Lunnon
tailor
,
some
folks
said
,
as
had
gone
mad
wi
'
cheating
.
For
he
could
n't
ride
;
lor
bless
you
!
they
said
he
'd
got
no
more
grip
o
'
the
hoss
than
if
his
legs
had
been
cross
sticks
:
my
grandfather
heared
old
Squire
Cass
say
so
many
and
many
a
time
.
But
ride
he
would
,
as
if
old
Harry
had
been
a-driving
him
;
and
he
'd
a
son
,
a
lad
o
'
sixteen
;
and
nothing
would
his
father
have
him
do
,
but
he
must
ride
and
ride
—
though
the
lad
was
frighted
,
they
said
.
And
it
was
a
common
saying
as
the
father
wanted
to
ride
the
tailor
out
o
'
the
lad
,
and
make
a
gentleman
on
him
—
not
but
what
I
'm
a
tailor
myself
,
but
in
respect
as
God
made
me
such
,
I
'm
proud
on
it
,
for
'
Macey
,
tailor
,
'
'
s
been
wrote
up
over
our
door
since
afore
the
Queen
's
heads
went
out
on
the
shillings
.
But
Cliff
,
he
was
ashamed
o
'
being
called
a
tailor
,
and
he
was
sore
vexed
as
his
riding
was
laughed
at
,
and
nobody
o
'
the
gentlefolks
hereabout
could
abide
him
.
Howsomever
,
the
poor
lad
got
sickly
and
died
,
and
the
father
did
n't
live
long
after
him
,
for
he
got
queerer
nor
ever
,
and
they
said
he
used
to
go
out
i
'
the
dead
o
'
the
night
,
wi
'
a
lantern
in
his
hand
,
to
the
stables
,
and
set
a
lot
o
'
lights
burning
,
for
he
got
as
he
could
n't
sleep
;
and
there
he
'd
stand
,
cracking
his
whip
and
looking
at
his
hosses
;
and
they
said
it
was
a
mercy
as
the
stables
did
n't
get
burnt
down
wi
'
the
poor
dumb
creaturs
in
'
em
.
But
at
last
he
died
raving
,
and
they
found
as
he
'd
left
all
his
property
,
Warrens
and
all
,
to
a
Lunnon
Charity
,
and
that
's
how
the
Warrens
come
to
be
Charity
land
;
though
,
as
for
the
stables
,
Mr
Lammeter
never
uses
'
em
—
they
're
out
o
'
all
charicter
—
lor
bless
you
!
if
you
was
to
set
the
doors
a-banging
in
'
em
,
it
'
ud
sound
like
thunder
half
o'er
the
parish
.
"
"
Ay
,
but
there
's
more
going
on
in
the
stables
than
what
folks
see
by
daylight
,
eh
,
Mr
Macey
?
"
said
the
landlord
.
"
Ay
,
ay
;
go
that
way
of
a
dark
night
,
that
's
all
,
"
said
Mr
Macey
,
winking
mysteriously
,
"
and
then
make
believe
,
if
you
like
,
as
you
did
n't
see
lights
i
'
the
stables
,
nor
hear
the
stamping
o
'
the
hosses
,
nor
the
cracking
o
'
the
whips
,
and
howling
,
too
,
if
it
's
tow'rt
daybreak
.
'
Cliff
's
Holiday
'
has
been
the
name
of
it
ever
sin
'
I
were
a
boy
;
that
's
to
say
,
some
said
as
it
was
the
holiday
Old
Harry
gev
him
from
roasting
,
like
.
That
's
what
my
father
told
me
,
and
he
was
a
reasonable
man
,
though
there
's
folks
nowadays
know
what
happened
afore
they
were
born
better
nor
they
know
their
own
business
.
"
"
What
do
you
say
to
that
,
eh
,
Dowlas
?
"
said
the
landlord
,
turning
to
the
farrier
,
who
was
swelling
with
impatience
for
his
cue
.
"
There
's
a
nut
for
you
to
crack
.
"
Mr
Dowlas
was
the
negative
spirit
in
the
company
,
and
was
proud
of
his
position
.
"
Say
?
I
say
what
a
man
should
say
as
does
n't
shut
his
eyes
to
look
at
a
finger-post
.
I
say
,
as
I
'm
ready
to
wager
any
man
ten
pound
,
if
he
'll
stand
out
wi
'
me
any
dry
night
in
the
pasture
before
the
Warren
stables
,
as
we
shall
neither
see
lights
nor
hear
noises
,
if
it
is
n't
the
blowing
of
our
own
noses
.
That
's
what
I
say
,
and
I
've
said
it
many
a
time
;
but
there
's
nobody
'
ull
ventur
a
ten-pun
'
note
on
their
ghos'es
as
they
make
so
sure
of
.
"
"
Why
,
Dowlas
,
that
's
easy
betting
,
that
is
,
"
said
Ben
Winthrop
.
"
You
might
as
well
bet
a
man
as
he
would
n't
catch
the
rheumatise
if
he
stood
up
to
's
neck
in
the
pool
of
a
frosty
night
.
It
'
ud
be
fine
fun
for
a
man
to
win
his
bet
as
he
'd
catch
the
rheumatise
.
Folks
as
believe
in
Cliff
's
Holiday
are
n't
agoing
to
ventur
near
it
for
a
matter
o
'
ten
pound
.
"
"
If
Master
Dowlas
wants
to
know
the
truth
on
it
,
"
said
Mr
Macey
,
with
a
sarcastic
smile
,
tapping
his
thumbs
together
,
"
he
's
no
call
to
lay
any
bet
—
let
him
go
and
stan
'
by
himself
—
there
's
nobody
'
ull
hinder
him
;
and
then
he
can
let
the
parish'ners
know
if
they
're
wrong
.
"
"
Thank
you
!
I
'm
obliged
to
you
,
"
said
the
farrier
,
with
a
snort
of
scorn
.
"
If
folks
are
fools
,
it
's
no
business
o
'
mine
.
I
do
n't
want
to
make
out
the
truth
about
ghos'es
:
I
know
it
a'ready
.
But
I
'm
not
against
a
bet
—
everything
fair
and
open
.
Let
any
man
bet
me
ten
pound
as
I
shall
see
Cliff
's
Holiday
,
and
I
'll
go
and
stand
by
myself
.
I
want
no
company
.
I
'd
as
lief
do
it
as
I
'd
fill
this
pipe
.
"
"
Ah
,
but
who
's
to
watch
you
,
Dowlas
,
and
see
you
do
it
?
That
's
no
fair
bet
,
"
said
the
butcher
.
"
No
fair
bet
?
"
replied
Mr
Dowlas
,
angrily
.
"
I
should
like
to
hear
any
man
stand
up
and
say
I
want
to
bet
unfair
.
Come
now
,
Master
Lundy
,
I
should
like
to
hear
you
say
it
.
"
"
Very
like
you
would
,
"
said
the
butcher
.
"
But
it
's
no
business
o
'
mine
.
You
're
none
o
'
my
bargains
,
and
I
are
n't
a-going
to
try
and
'
bate
your
price
.
If
anybody
'
ll
bid
for
you
at
your
own
vallying
,
let
him
.
I
'm
for
peace
and
quietness
,
I
am
.
"
"
Yes
,
that
's
what
every
yapping
cur
is
,
when
you
hold
a
stick
up
at
him
,
"
said
the
farrier
.
"
But
I
'm
afraid
o
'
neither
man
nor
ghost
,
and
I
'm
ready
to
lay
a
fair
bet
—
I
are
n't
a
turn-tail
cur
.
"
"
Ay
,
but
there
's
this
in
it
,
Dowlas
,
"
said
the
landlord
,
speaking
in
a
tone
of
much
candour
and
tolerance
.
"
There
's
folks
,
i
'
my
opinion
,
they
ca
n't
see
ghos'es
,
not
if
they
stood
as
plain
as
a
pike-staff
before
'
em
.
And
there
's
reason
i
'
that
.
For
there
's
my
wife
,
now
,
ca
n't
smell
,
not
if
she
'd
the
strongest
o
'
cheese
under
her
nose
.
I
never
see
'd
a
ghost
myself
,
but
then
I
says
to
myself
,
'
Very
like
I
have
n't
got
the
smell
for
'
em
.
'
I
mean
,
putting
a
ghost
for
a
smell
,
or
else
contrairiways
.
And
so
,
I
'm
for
holding
with
both
sides
;
for
,
as
I
say
,
the
truth
lies
between
'
em
.
And
if
Dowlas
was
to
go
and
stand
,
and
say
he
'd
never
seen
a
wink
o
'
Cliff
's
Holiday
all
the
night
through
,
I
'd
back
him
;
and
if
anybody
said
as
Cliff
's
Holiday
was
certain
sure
,
for
all
that
,
I
'd
back
him
too
.
For
the
smell
's
what
I
go
by
.
"
The
landlord
's
analogical
argument
was
not
well
received
by
the
farrier
—
a
man
intensely
opposed
to
compromise
.
"
Tut
,
tut
,
"
he
said
,
setting
down
his
glass
with
refreshed
irritation
;
"
what
's
the
smell
got
to
do
with
it
?
Did
ever
a
ghost
give
a
man
a
black
eye
?
That
's
what
I
should
like
to
know
.
If
ghos'es
want
me
to
believe
in
'
em
,
let
'
em
leave
off
skulking
i
'
the
dark
and
i
'
lone
places
—
let
'
em
come
where
there
's
company
and
candles
.
"
"
As
if
ghos'es
'
ud
want
to
be
believed
in
by
anybody
so
ignirant
!
"
said
Mr
Macey
,
in
deep
disgust
at
the
farrier
's
crass
incompetence
to
apprehend
the
conditions
of
ghostly
phenomena
.
CHAPTER
VII
.
Yet
the
next
moment
there
seemed
to
be
some
evidence
that
ghosts
had
a
more
condescending
disposition
than
Mr
Macey
attributed
to
them
;
for
the
pale
thin
figure
of
Silas
Marner
was
suddenly
seen
standing
in
the
warm
light
,
uttering
no
word
,
but
looking
round
at
the
company
with
his
strange
unearthly
eyes
.
The
long
pipes
gave
a
simultaneous
movement
,
like
the
antennæ
of
startled
insects
,
and
every
man
present
,
not
excepting
even
the
sceptical
farrier
,
had
an
impression
that
he
saw
,
not
Silas
Marner
in
the
flesh
,
but
an
apparition
;
for
the
door
by
which
Silas
had
entered
was
hidden
by
the
high-screened
seats
,
and
no
one
had
noticed
his
approach
.
Mr
Macey
,
sitting
a
long
way
off
the
ghost
,
might
be
supposed
to
have
felt
an
argumentative
triumph
,
which
would
tend
to
neutralise
his
share
of
the
general
alarm
.
Had
he
not
always
said
that
when
Silas
Marner
was
in
that
strange
trance
of
his
,
his
soul
went
loose
from
his
body
?
Here
was
the
demonstration
:
nevertheless
,
on
the
whole
,
he
would
have
been
as
well
contented
without
it
.
For
a
few
moments
there
was
a
dead
silence
,
Marner
's
want
of
breath
and
agitation
not
allowing
him
to
speak
.
The
landlord
,
under
the
habitual
sense
that
he
was
bound
to
keep
his
house
open
to
all
company
,
and
confident
in
the
protection
of
his
unbroken
neutrality
,
at
last
took
on
himself
the
task
of
adjuring
the
ghost
.
"
Master
Marner
,
"
he
said
,
in
a
conciliatory
tone
,
"
what
's
lacking
to
you
?
What
's
your
business
here
?
"
"
Robbed
!
"
said
Silas
,
gaspingly
.
"
I
've
been
robbed
!
I
want
the
constable
—
and
the
Justice
—
and
Squire
Cass
—
and
Mr
Crackenthorp
.
"
"
Lay
hold
on
him
,
Jem
Rodney
,
"
said
the
landlord
,
the
idea
of
a
ghost
subsiding
;
"
he
's
off
his
head
,
I
doubt
.
He
's
wet
through
.
"
Jem
Rodney
was
the
outermost
man
,
and
sat
conveniently
near
Marner
's
standing-place
;
but
he
declined
to
give
his
services
.
"
Come
and
lay
hold
on
him
yourself
,
Mr
Snell
,
if
you
've
a
mind
,
"
said
Jem
,
rather
sullenly
.
"
He
's
been
robbed
,
and
murdered
too
,
for
what
I
know
,
"
he
added
,
in
a
muttering
tone
.
"
Jem
Rodney
!
"
said
Silas
,
turning
and
fixing
his
strange
eyes
on
the
suspected
man
.
"
Ay
,
Master
Marner
,
what
do
you
want
wi
'
me
?
"
said
Jem
,
trembling
a
little
,
and
seizing
his
drinking-can
as
a
defensive
weapon
.
"
If
it
was
you
stole
my
money
,
"
said
Silas
,
clasping
his
hands
entreatingly
,
and
raising
his
voice
to
a
cry
,
"
give
it
me
back
,
—
and
I
wo
n't
meddle
with
you
.
I
wo
n't
set
the
constable
on
you
.
Give
it
me
back
,
and
I
'll
let
you
—
I
'll
let
you
have
a
guinea
.
"
"
Me
stole
your
money
!
"
said
Jem
,
angrily
.
"
I
'll
pitch
this
can
at
your
eye
if
you
talk
o
'
my
stealing
your
money
.
"
"
Come
,
come
,
Master
Marner
,
"
said
the
landlord
,
now
rising
resolutely
,
and
seizing
Marner
by
the
shoulder
,
"
if
you
've
got
any
information
to
lay
,
speak
it
out
sensible
,
and
show
as
you
're
in
your
right
mind
,
if
you
expect
anybody
to
listen
to
you
.
You
're
as
wet
as
a
drownded
rat
.
Sit
down
and
dry
yourself
,
and
speak
straight
forrard
.
"
"
Ah
,
to
be
sure
,
man
,
"
said
the
farrier
,
who
began
to
feel
that
he
had
not
been
quite
on
a
par
with
himself
and
the
occasion
.
"
Let
's
have
no
more
staring
and
screaming
,
else
we
'll
have
you
strapped
for
a
madman
.
That
was
why
I
did
n't
speak
at
the
first
—
thinks
I
,
the
man
's
run
mad
.
"
"
Ay
,
ay
,
make
him
sit
down
,
"
said
several
voices
at
once
,
well
pleased
that
the
reality
of
ghosts
remained
still
an
open
question
.
The
landlord
forced
Marner
to
take
off
his
coat
,
and
then
to
sit
down
on
a
chair
aloof
from
every
one
else
,
in
the
centre
of
the
circle
,
and
in
the
direct
rays
of
the
fire
.
The
weaver
,
too
feeble
to
have
any
distinct
purpose
beyond
that
of
getting
help
to
recover
his
money
,
submitted
unresistingly
.
The
transient
fears
of
the
company
were
now
forgotten
in
their
strong
curiosity
,
and
all
faces
were
turned
towards
Silas
,
when
the
landlord
,
having
seated
himself
again
,
said
—
"
Now
then
,
Master
Marner
,
what
's
this
you
've
got
to
say
,
as
you
've
been
robbed
?
speak
out
.
"
"
He
'd
better
not
say
again
as
it
was
me
robbed
him
,
"
cried
Jem
Rodney
,
hastily
.
"
What
could
I
ha
'
done
with
his
money
?
I
could
as
easy
steal
the
parson
's
surplice
,
and
wear
it
.
"
"
Hold
your
tongue
,
Jem
,
and
let
's
hear
what
he
's
got
to
say
,
"
said
the
landlord
.
"
Now
then
,
Master
Marner
.
"
Silas
now
told
his
story
under
frequent
questioning
,
as
the
mysterious
character
of
the
robbery
became
evident
.
This
strangely
novel
situation
of
opening
his
trouble
to
his
Raveloe
neighbours
,
of
sitting
in
the
warmth
of
a
hearth
not
his
own
,
and
feeling
the
presence
of
faces
and
voices
which
were
his
nearest
promise
of
help
,
had
doubtless
its
influence
on
Marner
,
in
spite
of
his
passionate
preoccupation
with
his
loss
.
Our
consciousness
rarely
registers
the
beginning
of
a
growth
within
us
any
more
than
without
us
:
there
have
been
many
circulations
of
the
sap
before
we
detect
the
smallest
sign
of
the
bud
.
The
slight
suspicion
with
which
his
hearers
at
first
listened
to
him
,
gradually
melted
away
before
the
convincing
simplicity
of
his
distress
:
it
was
impossible
for
the
neighbours
to
doubt
that
Marner
was
telling
the
truth
,
not
because
they
were
capable
of
arguing
at
once
from
the
nature
of
his
statements
to
the
absence
of
any
motive
for
making
them
falsely
,
but
because
,
as
Mr
Macey
observed
,
"
Folks
as
had
the
devil
to
back
'
em
were
not
likely
to
be
so
mushed
"
as
poor
Silas
was
.
Rather
,
from
the
strange
fact
that
the
robber
had
left
no
traces
,
and
had
happened
to
know
the
nick
of
time
,
utterly
incalculable
by
mortal
agents
,
when
Silas
would
go
away
from
home
without
locking
his
door
,
the
more
probable
conclusion
seemed
to
be
,
that
his
disreputable
intimacy
in
that
quarter
,
if
it
ever
existed
,
had
been
broken
up
,
and
that
,
in
consequence
,
this
ill
turn
had
been
done
to
Marner
by
somebody
it
was
quite
in
vain
to
set
the
constable
after
.
Why
this
preternatural
felon
should
be
obliged
to
wait
till
the
door
was
left
unlocked
,
was
a
question
which
did
not
present
itself
.
"
It
is
n't
Jem
Rodney
as
has
done
this
work
,
Master
Marner
,
"
said
the
landlord
.
"
You
must
n't
be
a-casting
your
eye
at
poor
Jem
.
There
may
be
a
bit
of
a
reckoning
against
Jem
for
the
matter
of
a
hare
or
so
,
if
anybody
was
bound
to
keep
their
eyes
staring
open
,
and
niver
to
wink
—
but
Jem
's
been
asitting
here
drinking
his
can
,
like
the
decentest
man
i
'
the
parish
,
since
before
you
left
your
house
,
Master
Marner
,
by
your
own
account
.
"
"
Ay
,
ay
,
"
said
Mr
Macey
;
"
let
's
have
no
accusing
o
'
the
innicent
.
That
is
n't
the
law
.
There
must
be
folks
to
swear
again
'
a
man
before
he
can
be
ta'en
up
.
Let
's
have
no
accusing
o
'
the
innicent
,
Master
Marner
.
"
Memory
was
not
so
utterly
torpid
in
Silas
that
it
could
not
be
wakened
by
these
words
.
With
a
movement
of
compunction
,
as
new
and
strange
to
him
as
everything
else
within
the
last
hour
,
he
started
from
his
chair
and
went
close
up
to
Jem
,
looking
at
him
as
if
he
wanted
to
assure
himself
of
the
expression
in
his
face
.
"
I
was
wrong
,
"
he
said
—
"
yes
,
yes
—
I
ought
to
have
thought
.
There
's
nothing
to
witness
against
you
,
Jem
.
Only
you
'd
been
into
my
house
oftener
than
anybody
else
,
and
so
you
came
into
my
head
.
I
do
n't
accuse
you
—
I
wo
n't
accuse
anybody
—
only
,
"
he
added
,
lifting
up
his
hands
to
his
head
,
and
turning
away
with
bewildered
misery
,
"
I
try
—
I
try
to
think
where
my
money
can
be
.
"
"
Ay
,
ay
,
they
're
gone
where
it
's
hot
enough
to
melt
'
em
,
I
doubt
,
"
said
Mr
Macey
.
"
Tchuh
!
"
said
the
farrier
.
And
then
he
asked
,
with
a
cross-examining
air
,
"
How
much
money
might
there
be
in
the
bags
,
Master
Marner
?
"
"
Two
hundred
and
seventy-two
pounds
,
twelve
and
sixpence
,
last
night
when
I
counted
it
,
"
said
Silas
,
seating
himself
again
,
with
a
groan
.
"
Pooh
!
why
,
they
'd
be
none
so
heavy
to
carry
.
Some
tramp
's
been
in
,
that
's
all
;
and
as
for
the
no
footmarks
,
and
the
bricks
and
the
sand
being
all
right
—
why
,
your
eyes
are
pretty
much
like
a
insect
's
,
Master
Marner
;
they
're
obliged
to
look
so
close
,
you
ca
n't
see
much
at
a
time
.
It
's
my
opinion
as
,
if
I
'd
been
you
,
or
you
'd
been
me
—
for
it
comes
to
the
same
thing
—
you
would
n't
have
thought
you
'd
found
everything
as
you
left
it
.
But
what
I
vote
is
,
as
two
of
the
sensiblest
o
'
the
company
should
go
with
you
to
Master
Kench
,
the
constable
's
—
he
's
ill
i
'
bed
,
I
know
that
much
—
and
get
him
to
appoint
one
of
us
his
deppity
;
for
that
's
the
law
,
and
I
do
n't
think
anybody
'
ull
take
upon
him
to
contradick
me
there
.
It
is
n't
much
of
a
walk
to
Kench
's
;
and
then
,
if
it
's
me
as
is
deppity
,
I
'll
go
back
with
you
,
Master
Marner
,
and
examine
your
primises
;
and
if
anybody
's
got
any
fault
to
find
with
that
,
I
'll
thank
him
to
stand
up
and
say
it
out
like
a
man
.
"
By
this
pregnant
speech
the
farrier
had
reestablished
his
self-complacency
,
and
waited
with
confidence
to
hear
himself
named
as
one
of
the
superlatively
sensible
men
.
"
Let
us
see
how
the
night
is
,
though
,
"
said
the
landlord
,
who
also
considered
himself
personally
concerned
in
this
proposition
.
"
Why
,
it
rains
heavy
still
,
"
he
said
,
returning
from
the
door
.
"
Well
,
I
'm
not
the
man
to
be
afraid
o
'
the
rain
,
"
said
the
farrier
.
"
For
it
'll
look
bad
when
Justice
Malam
hears
as
respectable
men
like
us
had
a
information
laid
before
'
em
and
took
no
steps
.
"
The
landlord
agreed
with
this
view
,
and
after
taking
the
sense
of
the
company
,
and
duly
rehearsing
a
small
ceremony
known
in
high
ecclesiastical
life
as
the
nolo
episcopari
,
he
consented
to
take
on
himself
the
chill
dignity
of
going
to
Kench
's
.
But
to
the
farrier
's
strong
disgust
,
Mr
Macey
now
started
an
objection
to
his
proposing
himself
as
a
deputy-constable
;
for
that
oracular
old
gentleman
,
claiming
to
know
the
law
,
stated
,
as
a
fact
delivered
to
him
by
his
father
,
that
no
doctor
could
be
a
constable
.
"
And
you
're
a
doctor
,
I
reckon
,
though
you
're
only
a
cow-doctor
—
for
a
fly
's
a
fly
,
though
it
may
be
a
hoss-fly
,
"
concluded
Mr
Macey
,
wondering
a
little
at
his
own
"
'
cuteness
.
"
There
was
a
hot
debate
upon
this
,
the
farrier
being
of
course
indisposed
to
renounce
the
quality
of
doctor
,
but
contending
that
a
doctor
could
be
a
constable
if
he
liked
—
the
law
meant
,
he
need
n't
be
one
if
he
did
n't
like
.
Mr
Macey
thought
this
was
nonsense
,
since
the
law
was
not
likely
to
be
fonder
of
doctors
than
of
other
folks
.
Moreover
,
if
it
was
in
the
nature
of
doctors
more
than
of
other
men
not
to
like
being
constables
,
how
came
Mr
Dowlas
to
be
so
eager
to
act
in
that
capacity
?
"
I
do
n't
want
to
act
the
constable
,
"
said
the
farrier
,
driven
into
a
corner
by
this
merciless
reasoning
;
"
and
there
's
no
man
can
say
it
of
me
,
if
he
'd
tell
the
truth
.
But
if
there
's
to
be
any
jealousy
and
envying
about
going
to
Kench
's
in
the
rain
,
let
them
go
as
like
it
—
you
wo
n't
get
me
to
go
,
I
can
tell
you
.
"
By
the
landlord
's
intervention
,
however
,
the
dispute
was
accommodated
.
Mr
Dowlas
consented
to
go
as
a
second
person
disinclined
to
act
officially
;
and
so
poor
Silas
,
furnished
with
some
old
coverings
,
turned
out
with
his
two
companions
into
the
rain
again
,
thinking
of
the
long
night-hours
before
him
,
not
as
those
do
who
long
to
rest
,
but
as
those
who
expect
to
"
watch
for
the
morning
.
"
CHAPTER
VIII
.
When
Godfrey
Cass
returned
from
Mrs
Osgood
's
party
at
midnight
,
he
was
not
much
surprised
to
learn
that
Dunsey
had
not
come
home
.
Perhaps
he
had
not
sold
Wildfire
,
and
was
waiting
for
another
chance
—
perhaps
,
on
that
foggy
afternoon
,
he
had
preferred
housing
himself
at
the
Red
Lion
at
Batherley
for
the
night
,
if
the
run
had
kept
him
in
that
neighbourhood
;
for
he
was
not
likely
to
feel
much
concern
about
leaving
his
brother
in
suspense
.
Godfrey
's
mind
was
too
full
of
Nancy
Lammeter
's
looks
and
behaviour
,
too
full
of
the
exasperation
against
himself
and
his
lot
,
which
the
sight
of
her
always
produced
in
him
,
for
him
to
give
much
thought
to
Wildfire
or
to
the
probabilities
of
Dunstan
's
conduct
.
The
next
morning
the
whole
village
was
excited
by
the
story
of
the
robbery
,
and
Godfrey
,
like
every
one
else
,
was
occupied
in
gathering
and
discussing
news
about
it
,
and
in
visiting
the
Stone-pits
.
The
rain
had
washed
away
all
possibility
of
distinguishing
foot-marks
,
but
a
close
investigation
of
the
spot
had
disclosed
,
in
the
direction
opposite
to
the
village
,
a
tinder-box
,
with
a
flint
and
steel
,
half
sunk
in
the
mud
.
It
was
not
Silas
's
tinder-box
,
for
the
only
one
he
had
ever
had
was
still
standing
on
his
shelf
;
and
the
inference
generally
accepted
was
,
that
the
tinder-box
in
the
ditch
was
somehow
connected
with
the
robbery
.
A
small
minority
shook
their
heads
,
and
intimated
their
opinion
that
it
was
not
a
robbery
to
have
much
light
thrown
on
it
by
tinder-boxes
,
that
Master
Marner
's
tale
had
a
queer
look
with
it
,
and
that
such
things
had
been
known
as
a
man
's
doing
himself
a
mischief
,
and
then
setting
the
justice
to
look
for
the
doer
.
But
when
questioned
closely
as
to
their
grounds
for
this
opinion
,
and
what
Master
Marner
had
to
gain
by
such
false
pretences
,
they
only
shook
their
heads
as
before
,
and
observed
that
there
was
no
knowing
what
some
folks
counted
gain
;
moreover
,
that
everybody
had
a
right
to
their
own
opinions
,
grounds
or
no
grounds
,
and
that
the
weaver
,
as
everybody
knew
,
was
partly
crazy
.
Mr
Macey
,
though
he
joined
in
the
defence
of
Marner
against
all
suspicions
of
deceit
,
also
poohpoohed
the
tinder-box
;
indeed
,
repudiated
it
as
a
rather
impious
suggestion
,
tending
to
imply
that
everything
must
be
done
by
human
hands
,
and
that
there
was
no
power
which
could
make
away
with
the
guineas
without
moving
the
bricks
.
Nevertheless
,
he
turned
round
rather
sharply
on
Mr
Tookey
,
when
the
zealous
deputy
,
feeling
that
this
was
a
view
of
the
case
peculiarly
suited
to
a
parish-clerk
,
carried
it
still
farther
,
and
doubted
whether
it
was
right
to
inquire
into
a
robbery
at
all
when
the
circumstances
were
so
mysterious
.
"
As
if
,
"
concluded
Mr
Tookey
—
"
as
if
there
was
nothing
but
what
could
be
made
out
by
justices
and
constables
.
"
"
Now
,
do
n't
you
be
for
overshooting
the
mark
,
Tookey
,
"
said
Mr
Macey
,
nodding
his
head
aside
,
admonishingly
.
"
That
's
what
you
're
allays
at
;
if
I
throw
a
stone
and
hit
,
you
think
there
's
summat
better
than
hitting
,
and
you
try
to
throw
a
stone
beyond
.
What
I
said
was
against
the
tinder-box
:
I
said
nothing
against
justices
and
constables
,
for
they
're
o
'
King
George
's
making
,
and
it
'
ud
be
ill-becoming
a
man
in
a
parish
office
to
fly
out
again
'
King
George
.
"
While
these
discussions
were
going
on
amongst
the
group
outside
the
Rainbow
,
a
higher
consultation
was
being
carried
on
within
,
under
the
presidency
of
Mr
Crackenthorp
.
the
rector
,
assisted
by
Squire
Cass
and
other
substantial
parishioners
.
It
had
just
occurred
to
Mr
Snell
,
the
landlord
—
he
being
,
as
he
observed
,
a
man
accustomed
to
put
two
and
two
together
—
to
connect
with
the
tinder-box
which
,
as
deputy-constable
,
he
himself
had
had
the
honourable
distinction
of
finding
,
certain
recollections
of
a
pedlar
who
had
called
to
drink
at
the
house
about
a
month
before
,
and
had
actually
stated
that
he
carried
a
tinder-box
about
with
him
to
light
his
pipe
.
Here
,
surely
,
was
a
clue
to
be
followed
out
.
And
as
memory
,
when
duly
impregnated
with
ascertained
facts
,
is
sometimes
surprisingly
fertile
,
Mr
Snell
gradually
recovered
a
vivid
impression
of
the
effect
produced
on
him
by
the
pedlar
's
countenance
and
conversation
.
He
had
a
"
look
with
his
eye
"
which
fell
unpleasantly
on
Mr
Snell
's
sensitive
organism
.
To
be
sure
,
he
did
n't
say
anything
particular
—
no
,
except
that
about
the
tinder-box
—
but
it
is
n't
what
a
man
says
,
it
's
the
way
he
says
it
.
Moreover
,
he
had
a
swarthy
foreignness
of
complexion
which
boded
little
honesty
.
"
Did
he
wear
ear-rings
?
"
Mr
Crackenthorp
wished
to
know
,
having
some
acquaintance
with
foreign
customs
.
"
Well
—
stay
—
let
me
see
,
"
said
Mr
Snell
,
like
a
docile
clairvoyante
,
who
would
really
not
make
a
mistake
if
she
could
help
it
.
After
stretching
the
corners
of
his
mouth
and
contracting
his
eyes
,
as
if
he
were
trying
to
see
the
ear-rings
,
he
appeared
to
give
up
the
effort
,
and
said
,
"
Well
,
he
'd
got
ear-rings
in
his
box
to
sell
,
so
it
's
nat'ral
to
suppose
he
might
wear
'
em
.
But
he
called
at
every
house
,
a'most
,
in
the
village
:
there
's
somebody
else
,
mayhap
,
saw
'
em
in
his
ears
,
though
I
ca
n't
take
upon
me
rightly
to
say
.
"
Mr
Snell
was
correct
in
his
surmise
,
that
somebody
else
would
remember
the
pedlar
's
ear-rings
.
For
,
on
the
spread
of
inquiry
among
the
villagers
,
it
was
stated
with
gathering
emphasis
,
that
the
parson
had
wanted
to
know
whether
the
pedlar
wore
ear-rings
in
his
ears
,
and
an
impression
was
created
that
a
great
deal
depended
on
the
eliciting
of
this
fact
.
Of
course
every
one
who
heard
the
question
,
not
having
any
distinct
image
of
the
pedlar
as
without
ear-rings
,
immediately
had
an
image
of
him
with
ear-rings
,
larger
or
smaller
,
as
the
case
might
be
;
and
the
image
was
presently
taken
for
a
vivid
recollection
,
so
that
the
glazier
's
wife
,
a
well-intentioned
woman
,
not
given
to
lying
,
and
whose
house
was
among
the
cleanest
in
the
village
,
was
ready
to
declare
,
as
sure
as
ever
she
meant
to
take
the
sacrament
,
the
very
next
Christmas
that
was
ever
coming
,
that
she
had
seen
big
ear-rings
,
in
the
shape
of
the
young
moon
,
in
the
pedlar
's
two
ears
;
while
Jinny
Oates
,
the
cobbler
's
daughter
,
being
a
more
imaginative
person
,
stated
not
only
that
she
had
seen
them
too
,
but
that
they
had
made
her
blood
creep
,
as
it
did
at
that
very
moment
while
there
she
stood
.
Also
,
by
way
of
throwing
further
light
on
this
clue
of
the
tinder-box
,
a
collection
was
made
of
all
the
articles
purchased
from
the
pedlar
at
various
houses
,
and
carried
to
the
Rainbow
to
be
exhibited
there
.
In
fact
,
there
was
a
general
feeling
in
the
village
,
that
for
the
clearing-up
of
this
robbery
there
must
be
a
great
deal
done
at
the
Rainbow
,
and
that
no
man
need
offer
his
wife
an
excuse
for
going
there
while
it
was
the
scene
of
severe
public
duties
.
Some
disappointment
was
felt
,
and
perhaps
a
little
indignation
also
,
when
it
became
known
that
Silas
Marner
,
on
being
questioned
by
the
Squire
and
the
parson
,
had
retained
no
other
recollection
of
the
pedlar
than
that
he
had
called
at
his
door
,
but
had
not
entered
his
house
,
having
turned
away
at
once
when
Silas
,
holding
the
door
ajar
,
had
said
that
he
wanted
nothing
.
This
had
been
Silas
's
testimony
,
though
he
clutched
strongly
at
the
idea
of
the
pedlar
's
being
the
culprit
,
if
only
because
it
gave
him
a
definite
image
of
a
whereabout
for
his
gold
,
after
it
had
been
taken
away
from
its
hiding-place
:
he
could
see
it
now
in
the
pedlar
's
box
.
But
it
was
observed
with
some
irritation
in
the
village
,
that
anybody
but
a
"
blind
creatur
"
like
Marner
would
have
seen
the
man
prowling
about
,
for
how
came
he
to
leave
his
tinder-box
in
the
ditch
close
by
,
if
he
had
n't
been
lingering
there
?
Doubtless
,
he
had
made
his
observations
when
he
saw
Marner
at
the
door
.
Anybody
might
know
—
and
only
look
at
him
—
that
the
weaver
was
a
half-crazy
miser
.
It
was
a
wonder
the
pedlar
had
n't
murdered
him
;
men
of
that
sort
,
with
rings
in
their
ears
,
had
been
known
for
murderers
often
and
often
;
there
had
been
one
tried
at
the
'
sizes
,
not
so
long
ago
but
what
there
were
people
living
who
remembered
it
.
Godfrey
Cass
,
indeed
,
entering
the
Rainbow
during
one
of
Mr
Snell
's
frequently
repeated
recitals
of
his
testimony
,
had
treated
it
lightly
,
stating
that
he
himself
had
bought
a
pen-knife
of
the
pedlar
,
and
thought
him
a
merry
grinning
fellow
enough
;
it
was
all
nonsense
,
he
said
,
about
the
man
's
evil
looks
.
But
this
was
spoken
of
in
the
village
as
the
random
talk
of
youth
,
"
as
if
it
was
only
Mr
Snell
who
had
seen
something
odd
about
the
pedlar
!
"
On
the
contrary
,
there
were
at
least
half-a-dozen
who
were
ready
to
go
before
Justice
Malam
,
and
give
in
much
more
striking
testimony
than
any
the
landlord
could
furnish
.
It
was
to
be
hoped
Mr
Godfrey
would
not
go
to
Tarley
and
throw
cold
water
on
what
Mr
Snell
said
there
,
and
so
prevent
the
justice
from
drawing
up
a
warrant
.
He
was
suspected
of
intending
this
,
when
,
after
mid-day
,
he
was
seen
setting
off
on
horseback
in
the
direction
of
Tarley
.
But
by
this
time
Godfrey
's
interest
in
the
robbery
had
faded
before
his
growing
anxiety
about
Dunstan
and
Wildfire
,
and
he
was
going
,
not
to
Tarley
,
but
to
Batherley
,
unable
to
rest
in
uncertainty
about
them
any
longer
.
The
possibility
that
Dunstan
had
played
him
the
ugly
trick
of
riding
away
with
Wildfire
,
to
return
at
the
end
of
a
month
,
when
he
had
gambled
away
or
otherwise
squandered
the
price
of
the
horse
,
was
a
fear
that
urged
itself
upon
him
more
,
even
,
than
the
thought
of
an
accidental
injury
;
and
now
that
the
dance
at
Mrs
Osgood
's
was
past
,
he
was
irritated
with
himself
that
he
had
trusted
his
horse
to
Dunstan
.
Instead
of
trying
to
still
his
fears
,
he
encouraged
them
,
with
that
superstitious
impression
which
clings
to
us
all
,
that
if
we
expect
evil
very
strongly
it
is
the
less
likely
to
come
;
and
when
he
heard
a
horse
approaching
at
a
trot
,
and
saw
a
hat
rising
above
a
hedge
beyond
an
angle
of
the
lane
,
he
felt
as
if
his
conjuration
had
succeeded
.
But
no
sooner
did
the
horse
come
within
sight
,
than
his
heart
sank
again
.
It
was
not
Wildfire
;
and
in
a
few
moments
more
he
discerned
that
the
rider
was
not
Dunstan
,
but
Bryce
,
who
pulled
up
to
speak
,
with
a
face
that
implied
something
disagreeable
.
"
Well
,
Mr
Godfrey
,
that
's
a
lucky
brother
of
yours
,
that
Master
Dunsey
,
is
n't
he
?
"
"
What
do
you
mean
?
"
said
Godfrey
,
hastily
.
"
Why
,
has
n't
he
been
home
yet
?
"
said
Bryce
.
"
Home
?
no.
What
has
happened
?
Be
quick
.
What
has
he
done
with
my
horse
?
"
"
Ah
,
I
thought
it
was
yours
,
though
he
pretended
you
had
parted
with
it
to
him
.
"
"
Has
he
thrown
him
down
and
broken
his
knees
?
"
said
Godfrey
,
flushed
with
exasperation
.
"
Worse
than
that
,
"
said
Bryce
.
"
You
see
,
I
'd
made
a
bargain
with
him
to
buy
the
horse
for
a
hundred
and
twenty
—
a
swinging
price
,
but
I
always
liked
the
horse
.
And
what
does
he
do
but
go
and
stake
him
—
fly
at
a
hedge
with
stakes
in
it
,
atop
of
a
bank
with
a
ditch
before
it
.
The
horse
had
been
dead
a
pretty
good
while
when
he
was
found
.
So
he
has
n't
been
home
since
,
has
he
?
"
"
Home
?
no
,
"
said
Godfrey
,
"
and
he
'd
better
keep
away
.
Confound
me
for
a
fool
!
I
might
have
known
this
would
be
the
end
of
it
.
"
"
Well
,
to
tell
you
the
truth
,
"
said
Bryce
,
"
after
I
'd
bargained
for
the
horse
,
it
did
come
into
my
head
that
he
might
be
riding
and
selling
the
horse
without
your
knowledge
,
for
I
did
n't
believe
it
was
his
own
.
I
knew
Master
Dunsey
was
up
to
his
tricks
sometimes
.
But
where
can
he
be
gone
?
He
's
never
been
seen
at
Batherley
.
He
could
n't
have
been
hurt
,
for
he
must
have
walked
off
.
"
"
Hurt
?
"
said
Godfrey
,
bitterly
.
"
He
'll
never
be
hurt
—
he
's
made
to
hurt
other
people
.
"
"
And
so
you
did
give
him
leave
to
sell
the
horse
,
eh
?
"
said
Bryce
.
"
Yes
;
I
wanted
to
part
with
the
horse
—
he
was
always
a
little
too
hard
in
the
mouth
for
me
,
"
said
Godfrey
;
his
pride
making
him
wince
under
the
idea
that
Bryce
guessed
the
sale
to
be
a
matter
of
necessity
.
"
I
was
going
to
see
after
him
—
I
thought
some
mischief
had
happened
.
I
'll
go
back
now
,
"
he
added
,
turning
the
horse
's
head
,
and
wishing
he
could
get
rid
of
Bryce
;
for
he
felt
that
the
long-dreaded
crisis
in
his
life
was
close
upon
him
.
"
You
're
coming
on
to
Raveloe
,
are
n't
you
?
"
"
Well
,
no
,
not
now
,
"
said
Bryce
.
"
I
was
coming
round
there
,
for
I
had
to
go
to
Flitton
,
and
I
thought
I
might
as
well
take
you
in
my
way
,
and
just
let
you
know
all
I
knew
myself
about
the
horse
.
I
suppose
Master
Dunsey
did
n't
like
to
show
himself
till
the
ill
news
had
blown
over
a
bit
.
He
's
perhaps
gone
to
pay
a
visit
at
the
Three
Crowns
,
by
Whitbridge
—
I
know
he
's
fond
of
the
house
.
"
"
Perhaps
he
is
,
"
said
Godfrey
,
rather
absently
.
Then
rousing
himself
,
he
said
,
with
an
effort
at
carelessness
,
"
We
shall
hear
of
him
soon
enough
,
I
'll
be
bound
.
"
"
Well
,
here
's
my
turning
,
"
said
Bryce
,
not
surprised
to
perceive
that
Godfrey
was
rather
'
down
;
'
"
so
I
'll
bid
you
good-day
,
and
wish
