The casting of lots to determine the culprit of the theft of the church money is superstitious. That the lot falls on Silas who is innocent points to the superstitiousness of the belief
Silas heals Sally Oats from his knowledge of herbs rather than possession of supernatural powers as believed.
The discussion about ghosts in the Rainbow Inn at the time Silas walks in to report the theft of his gold puts the belief of people in ghosts to question.
Superstition was also used to develop the plot of the novel.
Candidates who attempted the question due to poor knowledge of the
Content of the text could not point out specific instances of superstition
in the novel.
