North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell chapter 33 | Audiobook

North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell chapter 33 "Peace" narrated by Isaac BirchallSubscribe on YT or Join the Book Club on KO-FI and support me as an independent creator :D⁠https://ko-fi.com/theessentialreads⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/join⁠Summary:Drinks were prepared for Margaret on her return from the train station, and the house seems strangely quiet to Margaret after all the chaos of Frederick’s departure. Margaret determines that she is not going to tell her father about everything that happened, not wishing to increase his anxiety. Frederick will, hopefully be soon out of England. Margaret tries to engage her father in conversation about Mr. Bell’s arrival, and asks what should happen if he cannot come. He says that he should ask Mr. Thornton, to which Margaret objects, asking to be able to go instead, against the traditions of Southern women. Mr. Bell cannot come… Margaret spends the next day trying to convince her father not to invite Mr. Thornton to her mother’s funeral, to which he finally relents, after receiving a letter from Mrs. Thornton saying that they will send their carriage to the procession, heavily vexing Margaret; are the Hale’s not good enough to be graced with their actual presence. They receive a letter from Frederick in London, saying that Mr. Lennox is not in town, and that and that his clerk told him that he should be back in a few days, causing Frederick to have to stay a few more days in the city. Margaret determines not to tell her father the contents of this note, worrying about it being a suggestion of hers to see the lawyer. Thankfully, in her father’s grief, he forgot that they were supposed to receive a letter from his son. The undertaker comes to take the body of Mrs. Hale.At the Funeral, Mr. Hale is more or less numb, and Margaret must keep her composure for her father’s sake. Dixon points out to Margaret that Nicholas Higgins and his daughter to her. When all is ended, Mr. Hale has Margaret lead him away like a man blind. Dixon, in tears, didn’t realise that the crowd was leaving until she was stopped by Mr. Thornton, who asks after Mr. and Miss Hale. She says that Mr. Hale is terribly beaten down, but that Margaret is holding out pretty well, which causes him to feel very uneasy about Margaret, especially after what he saw at the Outward Station. SEO stuff I don't want to do. Elizabeth Gaskell's classic, "North and South" sees Margaret Hale's live uprooted as her family moves to the north of England. Initially disgusted by the ugliness of the industrial town of Milton, Margaret develops a strong sense of social justice after seeing the poverty and suffering of local mill workers.