North and South Chapter 7 - New Scenes and Faces

In which the Hales arrive at the industrious and somewhat austere town of Milton-Northern, where Margaret encounters the brisk, unsentimental ways of a manufacturing community quite unlike her southern home, and begins to make practical arrangements for their new life. They seek lodgings suited to their modest means and meet Mr. Thornton, a man whose strength and determination both puzzle and compel Margaret; meanwhile, the contrast between their refined tastes and the plainness of northern domesticity is gently revealed.