RJ3 E組 林家綾

After Silas's gold was stolen, Dunstan did not appear in the village anymore, but no one cared about it. In the other hand, Godfrey didn't love his drinking wife anymore, and he wanted to marry Nancy.

On the New Year's Eve, most villagers enjoyed the party that the Squire held in a luxurious house. When Godfrey danced with Nancy at the party, his wife, Molly, was walking with slow, uncertain steps along the snow-covered road to the village where Godfrey lived. She was carrying her sleeping child in her arms. Molly wanted to appear in front of all his family and guests at the big house and let everyone know they're married. There was a freezing wind, Molly felt so tired and sleepy when she was very near the village. She lay down on the snow. the child fell out of its mother's arms on the soft snow, it noticed a bright light on the white ground. The child stood up and followed the light to the door of Silas Marner's cottage. After a few minutes, the little toddled into the cottage and fell asleep by the bright fire. After Silas found the child in his cottage, the child woke up and cried 'Mummy'. A few steps away the door, Silas found a young woman's body half-covered with snow. He held the child and ran to the house where the Squire was taking place a party to look for the doctor. As Godfrey heard the news, he followed the doctor and Silas to see the woman, and confirmed she was dead. Godfrey felt relax because there's no one knew his secret so that he could marry Nancy and certainly inherit his father's property. Silas adopted the child, he gave it a name, Eppie, and regarded it is the treasure god sent him.

After sixteen years, Eppie had grown up and become a pretty girl. Silas was not lonely anymore and had a happy life with Eppie by his side. One day, the works drained water from the old quarry and found Dunstan's body and Silas's lost gold lay on the bottom. The news shocked Godfrey, and he decided to confess all the facts to his wife, Nancy. Beyond his expectations, Nancy agreed to adopt his daughter, Eppie, rather than anger him. But Eppie refused to leave Silas and live with her real father. She didn't want to be a rich lady at all.

In the end, Godfrey and Nancy gave up adopting Eppie. After Eppie got married with a working man, she and her husband and her father happily lived together.