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Quotation from North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
“I began to work in a carding-room soon after, and the fluff got into my lungs, and poisoned me.”
North and South, Chapter XIII: Soft Breeze in a Sultry Place
Bessy tells Margaret the cause of her illness.
Citation: "I began to work in a carding-room soon after, and the fluff got into my lungs, and poisoned me." — Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South, Chapter XIII: Soft Breeze in a Sultry Place. (id north-and-south-q4)
Portrait: Elizabeth Gaskell, George Richmond, Public domain.
