"No!" said Margaret. "I have not seen anything of that description as yet."
Then she felt that, by concealing her utter indifference to all such places, she was hardly speaking with truth; so she went on:
"I dare say, papa would have taken me before now if I had cared. But I really do not find much pleasure in going over manufactories."
"They are very curious places," said Mrs. Hale, "but there is so much noise and dirt always. I remember once going in a lilac silk to see candles made, and my gown was utterly ruined."

'No! Not yet,' said Margaret. Trying to be honest, she went on: 'I dare say, papa would have taken me before now if I had cared. But I really do not find much pleasure in going over factories.'
'They are very curious places,' said Mrs. Hale, 'but there is so much noise and dirt always.'
