Mr. Thornton quotes from North & South

Mr. Thornton

Stephens! Put that pipe out!

Mr. Thornton

I saw you! Come here! [Catches up to him and pushes him against the wall searching his

Mr. Thornton

[finds the pipe] Still warm. I warned you! [yanks his shirt and punches him in the stomach and then the face. Margaret sees them both struggling.]

Mr. Thornton

[turns to her panting] Who are you? What are you doing in here?

Mr. Thornton

Get her out of here. [to Stephens] Aye, crawl away on your belly, and don't come back!

Mr. Thornton

[kicks him again] You know the rules!

Mr. Thornton

Better they starve than burn to death! Get out before I call the police! [to Williams and Margaret] Get that woman out of here!

Mr. Thornton

I believe your daughter and I have already met. I'm afraid Miss Hale and I met under rather less than pleasant circumstances. I had to dismiss a worker for smoking in the sorting room.

Mr. Thornton

No, she's right. I was angry, I have a temper. Fire is the greatest danger in my mill. So, you see I have to be strict--

Mr. Thornton

I dare say a gentleman has not seen 300 corpses laid out on a Yorkshire hillside as I did last May. And many of them were children... and that was an accidental flame. The whole mill destroyed in 20 minutes.