Do you think Silas Marner would give Eppie to Nancy and Godfrey for adoption?

The informality with which Silas Marner is able to adopt Eppie may seem extreme by today’s standards, but the English social welfare system at the time offered relatively few options for orphans. The tiny girl whom Silas names Hepzibah completely transforms Silas: she gives his life meaning for the first time. Silas had been a reclusive miser, but his growing love for Eppie makes him into a sociable human being; George Eliot explains that “the gold had turned into the child.”
Silas also finds a place in the community of Raveloe as a fellow parent. When Godfrey finally steps up to acknowledge Eppie as his daughter, in her opinion it is too late. Although Nancy generously supports him in his decision to bring Eppie into their family although she is the child of another woman, Eppie refuses the offer. Because she plays such an important role in Silas’s rebirth, it seems likely that he would have fought to keep her with him if the case had gone into the courts.