The Garden House in a Smokestack

Alfred built a glass mansion in the centre of his giant steel factory. The smelter put out an enormous amount of soot and pollution. Within months, every window was stained brown and caked in filth. All the plants died. And to make matters worse, there was a glass crow's nest peeking out of the top of the roof. It is probably not surprising that bertha left him as soon as she possibly could. She might have been a hypochondriac, but basically, she she played well enough at being ill,. cause they did live in a poison box in the middle of the lactery.