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Quotation from Silas Marner by George Eliot

“the child was come instead of the gold—that the gold had turned into the child”

George Eliot (spoken by Narrator)

Silas Marner, Chapter XIV (Project Gutenberg #550)

Portrait of George Eliot

Silas, unable to explain his feelings, links the lost gold with the child who has come to his hearth.

Citation: "the child was come instead of the gold—that the gold had turned into the child" — George Eliot, Silas Marner, Chapter XIV (Project Gutenberg #550). (id silas-marner-q3)

Portrait: Silas Marner 1, Published by Blackwood, 1861, Public domain.

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