Silas Marner

Who became the prime human suspect? How did he appeal to the imagination of the people?

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The prime suspect was a pedlar who'd recently visited the village. His possible guilt appealed to the people's imagination because they saw him as mysterious.... a foreigner. A fact that sparked their prejudice, as well as their imaginations.

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