Source identified
Read & copy the quotation
“A hand is put into theirs, which leads them forth gently towards a calm and bright land, so that they look no more backward; and the hand may be a little child's.”
- Source
- Silas Marner
- Date
- 1861
- Local voice
- Narrator voice · Narrator
Meaning of “A hand is put into theirs, which leads…”
Recovery may arrive through relationship rather than argument: caring for another person can redirect attention from what was lost toward a future that again contains responsibility and hope.
Where does it come from?
Silas Marner; the image follows Eliot’s description of people being drawn away from destructive isolation, with a child’s hand representing the relationship that leads forward.
Why the local voice matters
Narrator voice in Silas Marner uses the child-hand image while discussing recovery from isolation.
