Pray don’t go into similes, Margaret; you have led us off once already,′ said her father, smiling, yet uneasy at the thought that they were detaining Mr. Thornton against his will, which was a mistake; for he rather liked it, as long as Margaret would talk, although what she said only irritated him.
-Elizabeth Gaskell
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