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1、SILASMARNERTheWeaverofRaveloebyGeorgeEliot(MaryAnneEvans)1861"Achild,morethanallothergiftsThatearthcanoffertodecliningman,Bringshopewithit,andforward-lookingthoughts."--WORDSWORTH.PARTONECHAPTERIInthedayswhenthespinning-wheelshummedbusilyinthefarmhou
2、ses--andevengreatladies,clothedinsilkandthread-lace,hadtheirtoyspinning-wheelsofpolishedoak--theremightbeseenindistrictsfarawayamongthelanes,ordeepinthebosomofthehills,certainpallidundersizedmen,who,bythesideofthebrawnycountry-folk,lookedliketheremna
3、ntsofadisinheritedrace.Theshepherd'sdogbarkedfiercelywhenoneofthesealien-lookingmenappearedontheupland,darkagainsttheearlywintersunset;forwhatdoglikesafigurebentunderaheavybag?--andthesepalemenrarelystirredabroadwithoutthatmysteriousburden.Theshepher
4、dhimself,thoughhehadgoodreasontobelievethatthebagheldnothingbutflaxenthread,orelsethelongrollsofstronglinenspunfromthatthread,wasnotquitesurethatthistradeofweaving,indispensablethoughitwas,couldbecarriedonentirelywithoutthehelpoftheEvilOne.Inthatfar-
5、offtimesuperstitionclungeasilyroundeverypersonorthingthatwasatallunwonted,orevenintermittentandoccasionalmerely,likethevisitsofthepedlarortheknife-grinder.Nooneknewwherewanderingmenhadtheirhomesortheirorigin;andhowwasamantobeexplainedunlessyouatleast
6、knewsomebodywhoknewhisfatherandmother?Tothepeasantsofoldtimes,theworldoutsidetheirowndirectexperiencewasaregionofvaguenessandmystery:totheiruntravelledthoughtastateofwanderingwasaconceptionasdimasthewinterlifeoftheswallowsthatcamebackwiththespring;an
7、devenasettler,ifhecamefromdistantparts,hardlyeverceasedtobeviewedwitharemnantofdistrust,whichwouldhavepreventedanysurpriseifalongcourseofinoffensiveconductonhisparthadendedinthecommissionofacrime;especiallyifhehadanyreputationforknowledge,orshowedany
8、skillinhandicraft.Allcleverness,whetherintherapiduseofthatdifficultinstrumentthetongue,orinsomeotherartunfamiliartovillagers,wasinitselfsuspicious:honestfolk,bornandbredinavisiblemanner,weremostlynotoverwiseorclever--atleast,notbeyondsuchamatteraskno
