This view of Marner 's personality was not without another ground than his pale face and unexampled eyes ; for Jem Rodney , the mole-catcher , averred aver that one evening as he was returning return homeward , he saw see Silas Marner leaning against a stile with a heavy bag on his back , instead of resting the bag on the stile as a man in his senses would have done ; and that , on coming come up to him , he saw see that Marner 's eyes were set like a dead man 's , and he spoke speak to him , and shook shake him , and his limbs were stiff , and his hands clutched clutch the bag as if they 'd been made of iron ; but just as he had made make up his mind that the weaver was dead , he came come all right again , like , as you might say , in the winking of an eye , and said say " Good-night " , and walked walk off .