[turns to her panting] Who are you? What are you doing in here?
Miss Hale! -I'm sorry, sir. I told her to stay in the office.
Get her out of here. [to Stephens] Aye, crawl away on your belly, and don't come back!
[groaning] Please, sir. I have little ones.
[kicks him again] You know the rules!
My children'll starve, sir--
Better they starve than burn to death! Get out before I call the police! [to Williams and Margaret] Get that woman out of here!
HMr. Hale
Margaret? Is that you? [sees her peeking through the study door] Oh, Margaret! Come in, Margaret, come in. [stands up with his mysterious guest] Meet my new friend, and first proper pupil, Mr. Thornton. This is my daughter, Margaret.
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.
[with her teeth clenched] I saw you beat a defenseless man who is not your equal.
HMr. Hale
Margaret!
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--
A gentleman would not have used his fists on such a... pathetic creature. Or shout at children!
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.
Episode 2
JTJohn Thornton
[Walking into the sitting room and sees Mrs. Thornton sewing in her chair] You still up? I thought you'd be exhausted.
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