Winston Graham. Demelza (№ 382426)

... And when these people in the quiet, frosty air sang the Psalms, it made an impression. When they fell silent, and before the movement began, every time there came a brief silence, and heard the distant sound of the sea. In the end, Mr. Rogers found that he would have to make the funeral the face of over three hundred people filled the Church and stood in the courtyard.
It was this unexpected tribute to broke Ross. Everything else he did. Not being a religious man, Ross possessed an inner strength to survive the loss of a child, but his own wounded willpower. Inwardly he rebelled against Providence and circumstances, but the extreme violence of the strike left an imprint on his character, making him even more hard and stubborn.
What Demelza will probably not survive now caused him a rush of gratitude. Loss too stunned and shocked. When the mother of the child took him to Church, he repeated the Psalm, which said:
"If today you hear the voice of God, don't be stubborn". But when mother died, even when he was crying, something rebelled inside to protect it from its own weakness, tenderness and fragility. He thought, "Well, I lost her and was left alone. So be it". Today he behaved as a child, how people Mature.
But this strange silent testimony of respect and love expressed by all these simple hard workers and starving neighbors, the time to break away from fields, farms, mines, somehow broke through his defense.