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Quotation from Silas Marner by George Eliot
“Marner was in the right in what he said about a man’s turning away a blessing from his door: it falls to somebody else. I wanted to pass for childless once, Nancy—I shall pass for childless now against my wish.”
Silas Marner, Chapter XX (Project Gutenberg #550)
After Eppie's refusal, Godfrey tells Nancy he accepts the consequences of his long concealment.
Citation: "Marner was in the right in what he said about a man’s turning away a blessing from his door: it falls to somebody else. I wanted to pass for childless once, Nancy—I shall pass for childless now against my wish." — George Eliot, Silas Marner, Chapter XX (Project Gutenberg #550). (id silas-marner-q8)
Portrait: Silas Marner 1, Published by Blackwood, 1861, Public domain.
