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at her，and took her hand．
‘That's ended！’he said sadly．
She kissed him and then said，‘Yes，I'm afraid we can't hope to adopt her，if she doesn't want to come to us．
‘No，'said Godfrey，‘it's too late now．I made mistakes in the past，and I can't put them right．I wanted to be childless once，Nancy，and now I'll always be childless．’
He thought for a moment，and then spoke in a softer voice．‘But I got yon，Nancy，and yet I've been wanting something different all the time Perhaps from now on I'll be able to ac－cept our life better，and we'll be happier．’The following spring，there was a wedding in Raveloe．The sun shone warmly as Eppie walked through the village towards the church，with Silas，Aaron and Dolly．Eppie was wearing the beautiful white wedding dress she had always dreamed of，which Nancy Cass had bought for her．She was walking arm in arm with her father，Silas．
‘I promise nothing will change when I'm married，father，'she whispered to him as they entered the church．‘You know I'll never leave you．
There was quite a crowd of villagers outside the church to see the wedding．Just then Miss Priscilla Lammeter and her fa－ther drove into the village．
‘Look，father！’cried Priscilla．‘How lucky！We're in time to see the weaver's daughter getting married！Doesn't she look lovely？I'm sorry Nancy couldn't find a pretty little or－phan girl like that to take care of．
Yes，my dear，’agreed Mr Lammeter．‘Now that we're all getting older，it would be good to have a young one in the fam－ily．Unfortunately，it's too late now．
They went into the Red House，where Nancy was waiting for them．They had come to spend the day with her，because Godfrey was away on business and she would perhaps be lonely without him．The Casses were not going to Eppie's wedding．
When the little wedding group came out of the church，the villagers and Silas's family all went to the Rainbow．There a wonderful wedding lunch was waiting for them，which had been ordered and paid for by Godfrey Cass．
‘It's very generous of the young Squire to pay for all this，'said the landlord as he refilled the beer glasses． ‘Well，what would you expect？'replied old Mr Macey sharply．‘Remember，it was his own brother who stole the weaver's gold！And Mr Godfrey has always helped Master Marner，with furniture and clothes and so on，since young Ep…pie came to the cottage．Well，it's only right to help a man like Master Marner．And I'd like you all to remember—I was the first to tell you I thought Master Marner was harmless—and I was right！Now let's drink to the health of the happy young couple！’And the villagers lifted their glasses and cried，‘ To Eppie and Aaron！’
When the meal was over and the guests had begun to return to their homes，Silas，Eppie and her new husband walked slow…ly back to their cottage by the quarry．It had been enlarged by Godfrey Cass's workmen，and was looking lovely in the late af－ternoon sunshine．
‘Oh father，'said Eppie．‘What a pretty home ours is！I think nobody could be happier than we are！ ’
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