by GEORGE ELIOT abridged by Eileen Capel Read by ALEC MCCOWEN
Produced by John Cardy
First of twenty instalments: originally broadcast in 1967 Silas fell on his knees to examine the marvel; it was a sleeping child —a round, fair thing, with soft yellow rings all over its head. Was it a dream? Throwing some sticks onto the fire, he raised a flame. But the flame did not disperse the vision: it only lit up more distinctly the little round form of the child and its shabby clothes.