eppie quotes

• "freshest blossom of youth"
• "attained in pure white"
• "his new treasure"


  comparison of eppie to gold
• "soft wards of curl"


  in comparison to money's "hard resisting outline"
• "your father was a low man till you were sent to him"


  eppie is silas' saviour
• "bridge over the loveless chasm of life"


  eppie is figuratively described as a bridge towards community/love for silas
• "there was love between him and the child that blent them into one"


  inseparable father-daughter relationship
• "precious child"
• "nobody shall ever come between me and him"


  defensive over silas, shows level of care
• "i can't feel as if i've got any father but one"


  only recognises silas as her father, not godfrey
• "she held silas' hand in hers, and grasped him firmly"