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North and South, still continued

Okay, I'm slowing down.  The enthusiasm has waned.  The ending is obvious and the obstacles aren't that interesting.

1) It's all a misunderstanding, and everybody looks better for it.

Margaret is seen with her brother, helping him escape.  Thornton believes she's compromised by this late night meeting with a male, but he continues to act nobly toward her.  Score one for him.

Margaret is confronted by Mrs. Thornton; she gets her back up.  No one questions my morals. Strong, though she cries a lot later.  Score one for her.

Thornton hires the union worker even though he doesn't know it's Margaret who is the champion of the man.  Margaret learns of the hire so loves Thornton all the more.

Now more complications.  Dad dies out of the blue, so Margaret may fall into the hands of the Lennox family. This won't happen, and I'm trying hard to care why it doesn't happen.

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