Silas Marner, Chapter 13 — краткое содержание

Что происходит

1. Silas brings the child into the party and asks for a doctor for a woman lying in the snow.
2. Godfrey recognizes his daughter but denies knowing whose child she is, while Silas refuses to leave her behind.
3. Godfrey fetches Dolly Winthrop and waits outside the cottage, fearing that his wife may still be alive.
4. Mr. Kimble confirms the woman's death, and Godfrey enters to look at her and the child.
5. Silas insists on keeping the girl, and Godfrey gives him half a guinea without admitting fatherhood.
6. Godfrey returns to the party relieved and persuades himself that supporting the child without acknowledging her is enough.

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Silas connects the child's need with his own isolation. His insistence on keeping her contrasts with Godfrey's refusal to admit fatherhood.

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