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Answer for the clue "' Marner' ", 5 letters:
silas
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Word definitions for silas in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
masc. proper name, from Late Latin, from Greek Silas , contraction of Silouanos , transliteration of Latin Silvanus , a name that literally means "living in the woods," from silva "wood" (see sylvan ).
Usage examples of silas.
She had sensed just from the way Katie spoke his name that this Silas was important to her.
The trouble was that Katie had been so vague about this Silas Jardine, and she had not liked to question her too deeply.
Perhaps she should have taken hold of her courage and asked Katie outright if she expected this Silas to share her room, her bed.
What would she do if this Silas chose to insist that Katie show her mother just how committed she was to him by sleeping with him?
Now she wondered, shivering in the chill of the thought, if she would be expected to share Christmas with this Silas, or, even worse, if he would take Katie away from her completely, if the two of them would spend their Christmas somewhere alone, while she.
What would he see, this Silas, who threatened her peace of mind so much?
No, it was the quiet, assessing way that Silas Jardine was continuing to study her that made her feel so uncomfortable.
I wanted to stop off on the way, but Silas said there was no way he was going to poison his insides with the stuff they serve in motorway fast food outlets.
Her indignation flashed brilliantly in her eyes as she turned towards Katie, but once again she was forestalled as Silas himself intervened pleasantly.
Katie was too young, too blind, too selfish as the young were selfish, to suspect what she was going through, to guess at the bitter, envious thoughts distorting her mind, to even think in the most fleeting fashion that she, her mother, might feel the most acute despair at the thought of Katie and Silas sharing the old-fashioned double-bed which had been so well designed to accommodate the bodies of two eager lovers.
When she pictured Katie and Silas together in bed, she was jealous of her daughter.
She was envious of the fact that Silas desired her, that Silas wanted her.
Did she really imagine for a single second that Silas would find her in any way attractive or desirable?
She had just accepted a new commission herself, and, while she was quite prepared to invite Silas to join her for his meals if he wished, she had no intention of pandering to any kind of artistic temperament by providing food and beverages on demand.
Katie might be quite happy to include her mother in their company, but Hazel doubted that Silas could share her feelings.