North and South Compassion and Forgiveness Quotes

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Quote #10

"Oh! how shocking! how pitiful! […] Higgins I don't know you to-day. Don't you see how you've made Boucher what he is, by driving him into the Union against his will—without his heart going into it." (2.11.48)

Margaret's compassion toward the worker Boucher goes beyond even that of Higgins, the man who has always tried to look out for Boucher. In Margaret's mind, poor people can really do little wrong. For her, there is always someone else to blame for the actions of someone like Boucher.