Only once does anything happen to show that he has any affection left: Silas drops his old pot and saves the pieces as a memorial of its long service. His work and his gold draw Silas ever farther from contact with his neighbors. Silas knows of no such charms, but his refusal is taken as mere ill-temper, and after that he is more alone than ever. For some time after that, he is beset by villagers wanting charms against disease or other evils. Silas comes to look forward to the evenings, when he can take pleasure in the brightness of his gold.įrom his mother, Silas had learned the medicinal properties of herbs, and once he uses his knowledge to bring relief to a sick woman. Then the coins seem to offer companionship. Work claims all of Silas’ attention until he receives his first money. The countryside is different, the church has little in common with that of his old sect, and even the old Power he has trusted in seems far away here. Silas' life at Raveloe is so unlike that at Lantern Yard that it seems almost a dream.
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