Chapter 60
I have to say, it was right to ask Dr. Watson to come along to see the Higgins family. It was only through Margaret's introduction that Mary learned that Nicholas Higgins was a trade union representative in Milton. That meant he was a class-conscious worker. This also makes him different from the Irish youth of the London slums, and even when Mary blurts out Marxian political economy, Higgins doesn't see her as a companion - Mary Bennet's delicate dress and the fact that she is entrusted with the identity of Thornton, the factory owner, clearly draws the line between the two of them. He is a worker and she is a young lady living off the sweat of the proletariat, a distinction that makes it difficult for Higgins to trust Mary. But not Dr. Watson. He had come to see Nicholas Higgins' da
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