As the child’s mind was growing into knowledge, his mind was growing into memory: as her life unfolded, his soul, long stupefied in a cold narrow prison, was unfolding too, and trembling gradually into full consciousness.
孩子的心智在认识世界,他的心灵则在重拾记忆;随着她的生命舒展,他那长久麻木于冰冷狭窄牢笼中的灵魂,也在舒展,颤动着逐渐苏醒。
— George Eliot · Silas Marner · Chapter XIV —