Part 2, Chapters 20 and 21
Part
Two, Chapter Twenty
Nancy and Godfrey walk home in distress.
He realizes that there are debts he has that he can’t pay off and seems
somewhat relieved that the whole affair is over with.
They reiterate their love for each other, with or without children.
Part
Two, Chapter Twenty-One
Silas tells Eppie at breakfast the following morning that he wants them
to go to Lantern Yard so he can exonerate himself from the robbery that everyone
still thinks he’s guilty of. Eppie
is excited about the trip -- both to see a new place, as well as to return and
tell Aaron of her journey. They set
out with Dolly.
Lantern Yard has changed quite a bit.
It’s now a busy manufacturing town, and Silas has to ask several people
to make sure he’s in the right place. He
decides that Lantern Yard is gone, and has been replaced by this foreign city.
Silas is rattled, for sure, but the chapter closes with a reiteration of
his faith; since Eppie’s come into his life, he has trust and faith, and can
persevere.
