"I only wonder why you talk so much about her, then," said Fanny. "I'm sure, I'm tired enough of the subject."
"Well!" said her brother, with a shade of bitterness. "Suppose we find some more agreeable subject. What do you say to a strike, by way of something pleasant to talk about?"
"Have the hands actually turned out?" asked Mrs. Thornton, with vivid interest.

'I only wonder why you talk so much about her, then,' said Fanny. 'I'm sure, I'm tired of the subject.'
'Well!' said her brother, with a shade of bitterness. 'Suppose we find some more agreeable subject - like a strike?'
'Have the hands actually turned out?' asked Mrs. Thornton.
