"I dare say it was that man Higgins who told you all this," said Mrs. Hale. Mr. Thornton did not appear to hear what Margaret evidently did not wish him to know. But he caught it nevertheless.
"I heard, moreover, that it was considered to the advantage of the masters to have ignorant workmen--not hedge-lawyers, as Captain Lennox used to call those men in his company who questioned and would know the reason for every order."
This latter part of her sentence she addressed rather to her father than to Mr. Thornton. Who is Captain Lennox? asked Mr. Thornton of himself, with a strange kind of displeasure, that prevented him for the moment from replying to her! Her father took up the conversation.
"You never were fond of schools, Margaret, or you would have seen and known before this how much is being done for education in Milton."

'I dare say it was that man Higgins,' said Mrs. Hale. Mr. Thornton pretended not to hear what Margaret evidently did not wish him to know.
'I heard, moreover,' said Margaret, ' that it was considered to the advantage of the masters to have ignorant workmen - not hedge-lawyers, as Captain Lennox used to call those men who questioned the reason for every order.'
Who is Captain Lennox? asked Mr. Thornton of himself, with a strange displeasure. Her father took up the conversation.
'You never were fond of schools, Margaret, or you would have seen and known how much is being done for education in Milton.'
