Gold completely consumes Silas's life, but the spell is broken once Eppie enters his life. What keeps him in isolation is his gold: “His gold, as he watched him and saw him grow, gathered his power to love in harsh isolation like his own” (Eliot 40).21 Accusing, counting and loving one's money restricts one's heart to love. The following quote describes Silas's metamorphosis from a cold heart filled with gold to one dependent on human interaction: “Once his heart was like a locked coffin with its treasure inside; but now the coffin was empty and the lock was broken. …And there was a slight movement of expectation at the sight of his fellows, a faint consciousness of dependence upon their good will” (Eliot 81).22 Dunsey stealing Silas's gold is the greatest blessing disguised. Silas's heart has no room for his two treasures: gold and Eppie. Silas's change of mind "...also reveals that the human spirit within him is not quite dead" (Milne and Sisler).23 Silas allowing this "human spirit" to fill his heart again is the because of his happiness in the end. Eppie, the wandering child, for whom Silas first mistakes her vibrant blonde locks as her stolen gold becomes Silas's true source of happiness, "Eppie, of course, functions as the catalyst for the release of the energy of Silas” (Shuttleworth 90).24 The community of Raveloe helps Silas raise Eppie; in doing so, Silas "Under the influence of Eppie, Silas goes beyond the 'ever-repeating circle of thought' established by his gold to seek connections and bonds with his neighbors" (Shuttleworth 88).25 His first treasure, the however, never allows Silas to live a happy and fulfilled life, as Eliot describes in the following quote: “...asked him to sit in the middle of a sheet of paper..... .2. Print. Holloway, John. “George Eliot.” The Victorian sage studies argument. New York: Norton, 1953. 111-153. Print. Milne, Ira Mark and Sisler, Timothy, eds. “Silas Marner.” Novels for students. Flight. 20. Detroit: Gale, 2005. 166-182. Print.Shakespeare, William. Ed. Gayle Holste. Othello. New York: Barron's, 2002. Print. Shuttleworth, Sally. “Silas Marner: an Eden of dividends. » George Eliot and nineteenth-century science The illusion of a beginning. London: Cambridge UP, 1984. 78-95. Print. “Silas Marner. » 1,300 critical evaluations of selected novels and plays: reprints of all new material from the revised 12-volume edition of Masterplots. Ed. Frank N. Magil. Flight. Four. Englewood Cliffs: Salem, 1978. 2073-074. Print. Thale, Jérôme. “George Eliot’s fable for his time: Silas Marner.” The novels of George Eliot. New York: Columbia UP, 1959. 58-69. Print.