Status Updates From Silas Marner

“And as memory, when duly impregnated with ascertained facts, is sometimes surprisingly fertile, Mr. Snell gradually recovered a vivid impression of the effect produced on him by the pedlars countenance and conversation. He had a "look with his eye" which fell unpleasantly on Mr. Snell's sensitive organism.“

Whats going on with the pregnancies…

“By this pregnant speech the farrier had re-established his self-complacency, and waited with confidence to hear himself named as one of the superlatively sensible men.”

By his what speech..?

"And you're a doctor, I reckon, though you're only a cow-doctor-for a fly's a fly though it may be a hoss-fly," concluded Mr. Macey, wondering a little at his own “cuteness."

“But where's the use o' talking?—you can't think what goes on in a 'cute man's inside."”

'Is't the meanin' or the words as makes folks fast i' wedlock?' For the parson meant right, and the bride and bridegroom meant right. But then, when I come to think on it, meanin' goes but a little way i most things, for you may mean to stick things together and your glue may be bad, and then where are you? And so I says to mysen, 'It isn't the meanin', it's the glue.'

What. This was the whole 6th chapter basically

Right im imagining Silas just standing awkwardly at the entrance of the rainbow while everyone else tries to ignore him and make conversation of which I GEN COULD NOT UNDERSTAND ANYTHING - WHAT THE FUCK WERE THEY ON ABOUTTTT ugh

Like at some point they talk about some wedding, then some cow, then ghosts and bets and I genuinely cant follow along or understand the context of anything. 🫩🫩

Scums