Wuthering
Heights
A
novel
,
By
Ellis
Bell
,
in
three
volumes
...
London
:
Thomas
Cautley
Newby
,
publisher
,
72
Mortimer
St.
,
Cavendish
Sq
.
1847.
CHAPTER
I
.
1801
—
—
I
have
just
returned
from
a
visit
to
my
landlord
—
the
solitary
neighbour
that
I
shall
be
troubled
with
.
This
is
certainly
,
a
beautiful
country
!
In
all
England
,
I
do
not
believe
that
I
could
have
fixed
on
a
situation
so
completely
removed
from
the
stir
of
society
.
A
perfect
misanthropist
's
Heaven
—
and
Mr.
Heathcliff
and
I
are
such
a
suitable
pair
to
divide
the
desolation
between
us
.
A
capital
fellow
!
He
little
imagined
how
my
heart
warmed
towards
him
when
I
beheld
his
black
eyes
withdraw
so
suspiciously
under
their
brows
,
as
I
rode
up
,
and
when
his
fingers
sheltered
themselves
,
with
a
jealous
resolution
,
still
further
in
his
waistcoat
,
as
I
announced
my
name
.
"
Mr.
Heathcliff
?
"
I
said
.
A
nod
was
the
answer
.
"
Mr.
Lockwood
your
new
tenant
,
sir
—
I
do
myself
the
honour
of
calling
as
soon
as
possible
,
after
my
arrival
,
to
express
the
hope
that
I
have
not
inconvenienced
you
by
my
perseverance
in
soliciting
the
occupation
of
Thrushcross
Grange
:
I
heard
,
yesterday
,
you
had
had
some
thoughts
—
"
"
Thrushcross
Grange
is
my
own
,
sir
,
"
he
interrupted
wincing
,
"
I
should
not
allow
any
one
to
inconvenience
me
,
if
I
could
hinder
it
—
walk
in
!
"
The
"
walk
in
,
"
was
uttered
with
closed
teeth
and
expressed
the
sentiment
,
"
Go
to
the
Deuce
!
"
even
the
gate
over
which
he
leant
manifested
no
sympathizing
movement
to
the
words
;
and
I
think
that
circumstance
determined
me
to
accept
the
invitation
:
I
felt
interested
in
a
man
who
seemed
more
exaggeratedly
reserved
than
myself
.
When
he
saw
my
horse
's
breast
fairly
pushing
the
barrier
,
he
did
pull
out
his
hand
to
unchain
it
,
and
then
sullenly
preceded
me
up
the
causeway
,
calling
,
as
we
entered
the
court
:
"
Joseph
,
take
Mr.
Lockwood
's
horse
;
and
bring
up
some
wine
.
"
"
Here
we
have
the
whole
establishment
of
domestics
,
I
suppose
,
"
was
the
reflection
,
suggested
by
this
compound
order
,
"
No
wonder
the
grass
grows
up
between
the
flags
,
and
cattle
are
the
only
hedge-cutters
.
"
Joseph
was
an
elderly
,
nay
,
an
old
man
,
very
old
,
perhaps
,
though
hale
and
sinewy
.
"
The
Lord
help
us
!
"
he
soliloquised
in
an
undertone
of
peevish
displeasure
,
while
relieving
me
of
my
horse
:
looking
,
meantime
,
in
my
face
so
sourly
that
I
charitably
conjectured
he
must
have
need
of
divine
aid
to
digest
his
dinner
,
and
his
pious
ejaculation
had
no
reference
to
my
unexpected
advent
.
Wuthering
Heights
is
the
name
of
Mr.
Heathcliff
's
dwelling
.
"
Wuthering
"
being
a
significant
provincial
adjective
,
descriptive
of
the
atmospheric
tumult
to
which
its
station
is
exposed
,
in
stormy
weather
.
Pure
,
bracing
ventilation
they
must
have
up
there
,
at
all
times
,
indeed
:
one
may
guess
the
power
of
the
north
wind
,
blowing
over
the
edge
,
by
the
excessive
slant
of
a
few
,
stunted
firs
at
the
end
of
the
house
;
and
by
a
range
of
gaunt
thorns
all
stretching
their
limbs
one
way
,
as
if
craving
alms
of
the
sun
.
Happily
,
the
architect
had
foresight
to
build
it
strong
:
the
narrow
windows
are
deeply
set
in
the
wall
;
and
the
corners
defended
with
large
jutting
stones
.
Before
passing
the
threshold
,
I
paused
to
admire
a
quantity
of
grotesque
carving
lavished
over
the
front
,
and
especially
about
the
principal
door
,
above
which
,
among
a
wilderness
of
crumbling
griffins
,
and
shameless
little
boys
,
I
detected
the
date
"
1500
,
"
and
the
name
"
Hareton
Earnshaw
,
"
I
would
have
made
a
few
comments
,
and
requested
a
short
history
of
the
place
,
from
the
surly
owner
,
but
his
attitude
at
the
door
appeared
to
demand
my
speedy
entrance
,
or
complete
departure
,
and
I
had
no
desire
to
aggravate
his
impatience
,
previous
to
inspecting
the
penetralium
.
One
step
brought
us
into
the
family
sitting-room
,
without
any
introductory
lobby
,
or
passage
:
they
call
it
here
"
the
house
"
preeminently
.
It
includes
kitchen
,
and
parlor
,
generally
,
but
I
believe
at
Wuthering
Heights
,
the
kitchen
is
forced
to
retreat
altogether
,
into
another
quarter
,
at
least
I
distinguished
a
chatter
of
tongues
,
and
a
clatter
of
culinary
utensils
,
deep
within
;
and
I
observed
no
signs
of
roasting
,
boiling
,
or
baking
,
about
the
huge
fire-place
;
nor
any
glitter
of
copper
saucepans
and
tin
cullenders
on
the
walls
.
One
end
,
indeed
,
reflected
splendidly
both
light
and
heat
,
from
ranks
of
immense
pewter
dishes
;
interspersed
with
silver
jugs
,
and
tankards
,
towering
row
after
row
,
in
a
vast
oak
dresser
,
to
the
very
roof
.
The
latter
had
never
been
under-drawn
,
its
entire
anatomy
lay
bare
to
an
inquiring
eye
,
except
where
a
frame
of
wood
laden
with
oatcakes
,
and
clusters
of
legs
of
beef
,
mutton
and
ham
,
concealed
it
.
Above
the
chimney
were
sundry
villanous
old
guns
,
and
a
couple
of
horse-pistols
,
and
,
by
way
of
ornament
,
three
gaudily
painted
canisters
disposed
along
its
ledge
.
The
floor
was
of
smooth
,
white
stone
:
the
chairs
,
high-backed
,
primitive
structures
,
painted
green
:
one
or
two
heavy
black
ones
lurking
in
the
shade
.
In
an
arch
,
under
the
dresser
,
reposed
a
huge
,
liver-coloured
bitch
pointer
surrounded
by
a
swarm
of
squealing
puppies
,
and
other
dogs
,
haunted
other
recesses
.
The
apartment
,
and
furniture
would
have
been
nothing
extraordinary
as
belonging
to
a
homely
,
northern
farmer
with
a
stubborn
countenance
,
and
stalwart
limbs
,
set
out
to
advantage
in
knee-breeches
,
and
gaiters
.
Such
an
individual
,
seated
in
his
arm-chair
,
his
mug
of
ale
frothing
on
the
round
table
before
him
,
is
to
be
seen
in
any
circuit
of
five
or
six
miles
among
these
hills
,
if
you
go
at
the
right
time
,
after
dinner
.
But
,
Mr.
Heathcliff
forms
a
singular
contrast
to
his
abode
and
style
of
living
.
He
is
a
dark
skinned
gypsy
,
in
aspect
,
in
dress
,
and
manners
,
a
gentleman
,
that
is
,
as
much
a
gentleman
as
many
a
country
squire
:
rather
slovenly
,
perhaps
,
yet
not
looking
amiss
,
with
his
negligence
,
because
he
has
an
erect
and
handsome
figure
—
and
rather
morose
—
possibly
,
some
people
might
suspect
him
of
a
degree
of
under-bred
pride
—
I
have
a
sympathetic
chord
within
that
tells
me
it
is
nothing
of
the
sort
;
I
know
,
by
instinct
,
his
reserve
springs
from
an
aversion
to
showy
displays
of
feeling
—
to
manifestations
of
mutual
kindliness
.
He
'll
love
and
hate
,
equally
under
cover
,
and
esteem
it
a
species
of
impertinence
,
to
be
loved
or
hated
again
—
No
,
I
'm
running
on
too
fast
—
I
bestow
my
own
attributes
over
liberally
on
him
.
Mr.
Heathcliff
may
have
entirely
dissimilar
reasons
for
keeping
his
hand
out
of
the
way
,
when
he
meets
a
would
be
acquaintance
,
to
those
which
actuate
me
.
Let
me
hope
my
constitution
is
almost
peculiar
:
my
dear
mother
used
to
say
I
should
never
have
a
comfortable
home
,
and
only
last
summer
,
I
proved
myself
perfectly
unworthy
of
one
.
While
enjoying
a
month
of
fine
weather
at
the
sea-coast
,
I
was
thrown
into
the
company
of
a
most
fascinating
creature
,
a
real
goddess
,
in
my
eyes
,
as
long
as
she
took
no
notice
of
me
.
I
"
never
told
my
love
"
vocally
;
still
,
if
looks
have
language
,
the
merest
idiot
might
have
guessed
I
was
over
head
and
ears
:
she
understood
me
,
at
last
,
and
looked
a
return
—
the
sweetest
of
all
imaginable
looks
—
and
what
did
I
do
?
I
confess
it
with
shame
—
shrunk
icily
into
myself
,
like
a
snail
,
at
every
glance
retired
colder
and
farther
;
till
,
finally
,
the
poor
innocent
was
led
to
doubt
her
own
senses
,
and
,
overwhelmed
with
confusion
at
her
supposed
mistake
,
persuaded
her
mamma
to
decamp
.
By
this
curious
turn
of
disposition
I
have
gained
the
reputation
of
deliberate
heartlessness
,
how
undeserved
,
I
alone
can
appreciate
.
I
took
a
seat
at
the
end
of
the
hearthstone
opposite
that
towards
which
my
landlord
advanced
,
and
filled
up
an
interval
of
silence
by
attempting
to
caress
the
canine
mother
,
who
had
left
her
nursery
,
and
was
sneaking
wolfishly
to
the
back
of
my
legs
,
her
lip
curled
up
,
and
her
white
teeth
watering
for
a
snatch
.
My
caress
provoked
a
long
,
guttural
gnarl
.
"
You
'd
better
let
the
dog
alone
,
"
growled
Mr.
Heathcliff
,
in
unison
,
checking
fiercer
demonstrations
with
a
punch
of
his
foot
.
"
She
's
not
accustomed
to
be
spoiled
—
not
kept
for
a
pet
.
"
Then
,
striding
to
a
side-door
,
he
shouted
again
.
"
Joseph
!
"
Joseph
mumbled
indistinctly
in
the
depths
of
the
cellar
;
but
,
gave
no
intimation
of
ascending
;
so
,
his
master
dived
down
to
him
,
leaving
me
vis-à-vis
the
ruffianly
bitch
,
and
a
pair
of
grim
,
shaggy
sheep
dogs
,
who
shared
with
her
a
jealous
guardianship
over
all
my
movements
.
Not
anxious
to
come
in
contact
with
their
fangs
,
I
sat
still
—
but
,
imagining
they
would
scarcely
understand
tacit
insults
,
I
unfortunately
indulged
in
winking
and
making
faces
at
the
trio
,
and
some
turn
of
my
physiognomy
so
irritated
madam
,
that
she
suddenly
broke
into
a
fury
,
and
leapt
on
my
knees
.
I
flung
her
back
,
and
hastened
to
interpose
the
table
between
us
.
This
proceeding
roused
the
whole
hive
.
Half-a-dozen
four-footed
fiends
,
of
various
sizes
,
and
ages
,
issued
from
hidden
dens
to
the
common
centre
.
I
felt
my
heels
,
and
coat-laps
peculiar
subjects
of
assault
;
and
,
parrying
off
the
larger
combatants
,
as
effectually
as
I
could
,
with
the
poker
,
I
was
constrained
to
demand
,
aloud
,
assistance
from
some
of
the
household
,
in
re-establishing
peace
.
Mr.
Heathcliff
and
his
man
climbed
the
cellar
steps
with
vexatious
phlegm
.
I
do
n't
think
they
moved
one
second
faster
than
usual
,
though
the
hearth
was
an
absolute
tempest
of
worrying
and
yelping
.
Happily
,
an
inhabitant
of
the
kitchen
made
more
dispatch
;
a
lusty
dame
,
with
tucked
up
gown
,
bare
arms
,
and
fire-flushed
cheeks
,
rushed
into
the
midst
of
us
flourishing
a
fryingpan
;
and
used
that
weapon
,
and
her
tongue
to
such
purpose
,
that
the
storm
subsided
magically
,
and
she
only
remained
,
heaving
like
a
sea
after
a
high
wind
,
when
her
master
entered
on
the
scene
.
"
What
the
devil
is
the
matter
?
"
he
asked
,
eyeing
me
in
a
manner
that
I
could
ill
endure
after
this
inhospitable
treatment
.
"
What
the
devil
,
indeed
!
"
I
muttered
.
"
The
herd
of
possessed
swine
could
have
had
no
worse
spirits
in
them
than
those
animals
of
yours
,
sir
.
You
might
as
well
leave
a
stranger
with
a
brood
of
tigers
!
"
"
They
wont
meddle
with
persons
who
touch
nothing
,
"
he
remarked
,
putting
the
bottle
before
me
,
and
restoring
the
displaced
table
.
"
The
dogs
do
right
to
be
vigilant
.
Take
a
glass
of
wine
?
"
"
No
,
thank
you
.
"
"
Not
bitten
,
are
you
?
"
"
If
I
had
been
,
I
would
have
set
my
signet
on
the
biter
.
"
Heathcliff
's
countenance
relaxed
into
a
grin
.
"
Come
,
come
,
"
he
said
,
"
you
are
flurried
,
Mr.
Lockwood
.
Here
,
take
a
little
wine
.
Guests
are
so
exceedingly
rare
in
this
house
that
I
and
my
dogs
,
I
am
willing
to
own
,
hardly
know
how
to
receive
them
.
Your
health
,
sir
!
"
I
bowed
and
returned
the
pledge
;
beginning
to
perceive
that
it
would
be
foolish
to
sit
sulking
for
the
misbehaviour
of
a
pack
of
curs
:
besides
,
I
felt
loath
to
yield
the
fellow
further
amusement
,
at
my
expense
;
since
his
humour
took
that
turn
.
He-probably
swayed
by
prudential
considerations
of
the
folly
of
offending
a
good
tenant
—
relaxed
,
a
little
,
in
the
laconic
style
of
chipping
of
his
pronouns
,
and
auxiliary
verbs
;
and
introduced
,
what
he
supposed
would
be
a
subject
of
interest
to
me
,
a
discourse
on
the
advantages
and
disadvantages
of
my
present
place
of
retirement
.
I
found
him
very
intelligent
on
the
topics
we
touched
;
and
,
before
I
went
home
,
I
was
encouraged
so
far
as
to
volunteer
another
visit
,
to-morrow
.
He
evidently
wished
no
repetition
of
my
intrusion
.
I
shall
go
,
notwithstanding
.
It
is
astonishing
how
sociable
I
feel
myself
compared
with
him
.
CHAPTER
II
.
Yesterday
afternoon
set
in
misty
and
cold
.
I
had
half
a
mind
to
spend
it
by
my
study
fire
,
instead
of
wading
through
heath
and
mud
to
Wuthering
Heights
.
On
coming
up
from
dinner
,
however
,
(
N
.
B
.
I
dine
between
twelve
and
one
o'clock
;
the
housekeeper
,
a
matronly
lady
taken
as
a
fixture
along
with
the
house
,
could
not
,
or
would
not
comprehend
my
request
that
I
might
be
served
at
five
.
)
On
mounting
the
stairs
with
this
lazy
intention
,
and
stepping
into
the
room
,
I
saw
a
servant-girl
on
her
knees
,
surrounded
by
brushes
,
and
coal-scuttles
;
and
raising
an
infernal
dust
as
she
extinguished
the
flames
with
heaps
of
cinders
.
This
spectacle
drove
me
back
immediately
;
I
took
my
hat
,
and
,
after
a
four
miles
walk
,
arrived
at
Heathcliff
's
garden
gate
just
in
time
to
escape
the
first
feathery
flakes
of
a
snow
shower
.
On
that
bleak
hill
top
the
earth
was
hard
with
a
black
frost
,
and
the
air
made
me
shiver
through
every
limb
.
Being
unable
to
remove
the
chain
,
I
jumped
over
,
and
,
running
up
the
flagged
causeway
bordered
with
straggling
gooseberry
bushes
,
knocked
vainly
for
admittance
,
till
my
knuckles
tingled
,
and
the
dogs
howled
.
"
Wretched
inmates
!
"
I
ejaculated
,
mentally
,
"
you
deserve
perpetual
isolation
from
your
species
for
your
churlish
inhospitality
.
At
least
,
I
would
not
keep
my
doors
barred
in
the
day
time
—
I
do
n't
care
—
I
will
get
in
!
"
So
resolved
,
I
grasped
the
latch
,
and
shook
it
vehemently
.
Vinegar-faced
Joseph
projected
his
head
from
a
round
window
of
the
barn
.
"
Whet
are
ye
for
?
"
he
shouted
.
"
T
'
maisters
dahn
i
'
t'fowld
.
Goa
rahnd
by
th
'
end
ut
'
laith
,
if
yah
went
tuh
spake
tull
him
.
"
"
Is
there
nobody
inside
to
open
the
door
?
"
I
hallooed
,
responsively
.
"
They
's
nobbut
t
'
missis
;
and
shoo
'll
nut
oppe
n't
an
ye
mak
yer
flaysome
dins
till
neeght
.
"
"
Why
?
cannot
you
tell
her
who
I
am
,
eh
,
Joseph
?
"
"
Nor-ne
me
!
Aw
'll
hae
noa
hend
wi't
,
"
muttered
the
head
vanishing
.
The
snow
began
to
drive
thickly
.
I
seized
the
handle
to
essay
another
trial
;
when
a
young
man
,
without
coat
,
and
shouldering
a
pitchfork
,
appeared
in
the
yard
behind
.
He
hailed
me
to
follow
him
,
and
,
after
marching
through
a
washhouse
,
and
a
paved
area
containing
a
coal-shed
,
pump
,
and
pigeon
cote
,
we
at
length
arrived
in
the
large
,
warm
,
cheerful
apartment
,
where
I
was
formerly
received
.
It
glowed
delightfully
in
the
radiance
of
an
immense
fire
,
compounded
of
coal
,
peat
,
and
wood
:
and
near
the
table
,
laid
for
a
plentiful
evening
meal
,
I
was
pleased
to
observe
the
"
missis
,
"
an
individual
whose
existence
I
had
never
previously
suspected
.
I
bowed
and
waited
,
thinking
she
would
bid
me
take
a
seat
.
She
looked
at
me
,
leaning
back
in
her
chair
,
and
remained
motionless
and
mute
.
"
Rough
weather
!
"
I
remarked
.
"
I
'm
afraid
,
Mrs.
Heathcliff
,
the
floor
must
bear
the
consequence
of
your
servant
's
leisure
attendance
:
I
had
hard
work
to
make
them
hear
me
!
"
She
never
opened
her
mouth
.
I
stared
—
she
stared
also
.
At
any
rate
,
she
kept
her
eyes
on
me
,
in
a
cool
,
regardless
manner
,
exceedingly
embarrassing
and
disagreeable
.
"
Sit
down
,
"
said
the
young
man
,
gruffly
.
"
He
'll
be
in
soon
.
"
I
obeyed
;
and
hemmed
,
and
called
the
villain
Juno
,
who
deigned
,
at
this
second
interview
,
to
move
the
extreme
tip
of
her
tail
,
in
token
of
owning
my
acquaintance
.
"
A
beautiful
animal
!
"
I
commenced
again
.
"
Do
you
intend
parting
with
the
little
ones
,
madam
?
"
"
They
are
not
mine
,
"
said
the
amiable
hostess
more
repellingly
than
Heathcliff
himself
could
have
replied
.
"
Ah
,
your
favourites
are
among
these
!
"
I
continued
,
turning
to
an
obscure
cushion
full
of
something
like
cats
.
"
A
strange
choice
of
favourites
,
"
she
observed
scornfully
.
Unluckily
,
it
was
a
heap
of
dead
rabbits
—
I
hemmed
once
more
,
and
drew
closer
to
the
hearth
,
repeating
my
comment
on
the
wildness
of
the
evening
.
"
You
should
not
have
come
out
,
"
she
said
,
rising
and
reaching
from
the
chimney
piece
two
of
the
painted
canisters
.
Her
position
before
was
sheltered
from
the
light
:
now
,
I
had
a
distinct
view
of
her
whole
figure
and
countenance
.
She
was
slender
,
and
apparently
scarcely
past
girlhood
:
an
admirable
form
,
and
the
most
exquisite
little
face
that
I
have
ever
had
the
pleasure
of
beholding
:
small
features
,
very
fair
;
flaxen
ringlets
,
or
rather
golden
,
hanging
loose
on
her
delicate
neck
;
and
eyes
—
had
they
been
agreeable
in
expression
,
they
would
have
been
irresistible
—
fortunately
for
my
susceptible
heart
,
the
only
sentiment
they
evinced
hovered
between
scorn
and
a
kind
of
desperation
,
singularly
unnatural
to
be
detected
there
.
The
canisters
were
almost
out
of
her
reach
;
I
made
a
motion
to
aid
her
;
she
turned
upon
me
as
a
miser
might
turn
,
if
any
one
attempted
to
assist
him
in
counting
his
gold
.
"
I
do
n't
want
your
help
,
"
she
snapped
,
"
I
can
get
them
for
myself
.
"
"
I
beg
your
pardon
,
"
I
hastened
to
reply
.
"
Were
you
asked
to
tea
?
"
she
demanded
,
tying
an
apron
over
her
neat
black
frock
,
and
standing
with
a
spoonful
of
the
leaf
poised
over
the
pot
.
"
I
shall
be
glad
to
have
a
cup
,
"
I
answered
.
"
Were
you
asked
?
"
she
repeated
.
"
No
;
"
I
said
,
half
smiling
.
"
You
are
the
proper
person
to
ask
me
.
"
She
flung
the
tea
back
,
spoon
and
all
;
and
resumed
her
chair
in
a
pet
,
her
forehead
corrugated
,
and
her
red
under-lip
pushed
out
,
like
a
child
's
,
ready
to
cry
.
Meanwhile
,
the
young
man
had
slung
onto
his
person
a
decidedly
shabby
upper
garment
,
and
,
erecting
himself
before
the
blaze
,
looked
down
on
me
,
from
the
corner
of
his
eyes
,
for
all
the
world
as
if
there
were
some
mortal
feud
unavenged
between
us
.
I
began
to
doubt
whether
he
were
a
servant
or
not
;
his
dress
and
speech
were
both
rude
,
entirely
devoid
of
the
superiority
observable
in
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Heathcliff
;
his
thick
,
brown
curls
were
rough
and
uncultivated
,
his
whiskers
encroached
bearishly
over
his
cheeks
,
and
his
hands
were
embrowned
like
those
of
a
common
labourer
,
still
his
bearing
was
free
,
almost
haughty
;
and
he
showed
none
of
a
domestic
's
assiduity
in
attending
on
the
lady
of
the
house
.
In
the
absence
of
clear
proofs
of
his
condition
,
I
deemed
it
best
to
abstain
from
noticing
his
curious
conduct
,
and
,
five
minutes
afterwards
,
the
entrance
of
Heathcliff
relieved
me
,
in
some
measure
,
from
my
uncomfortable
state
.
"
You
see
,
sir
,
I
am
come
according
to
promise
!
"
I
exclaimed
,
assuming
the
cheerful
"
and
I
fear
I
shall
be
weather-bound
for
half
an
hour
,
if
you
can
afford
me
shelter
during
that
space
.
"
"
Half
an
hour
?
"
he
said
,
shaking
the
white
flakes
from
his
clothes
;
"
I
wonder
you
should
select
the
thick
of
a
snow-storm
to
ramble
about
in
.
Do
you
know
that
you
run
a
risk
of
being
lost
in
the
marshes
?
People
familiar
with
these
moors
often
miss
their
road
on
such
evenings
,
and
,
I
can
tell
you
,
there
is
no
chance
of
a
change
at
present
.
"
"
Perhaps
I
can
get
a
guide
among
your
lads
,
and
he
might
stay
at
the
Grange
till
morning
—
could
you
spare
me
one
?
"
"
No
,
I
could
not
.
"
"
Oh
,
indeed
!
Well
then
,
I
must
trust
to
my
own
sagacity
.
"
"
Umph
!
"
"
Are
you
going
to
mak
th'tea
?
"
demanded
he
of
the
shabby
coat
,
shifting
his
ferocious
gaze
from
me
to
the
young
lady
.
"
Is
he
to
have
any
?
"
she
asked
,
appealing
to
Heathcliff
.
"
Get
it
ready
,
will
you
?
"
was
the
answer
,
uttered
so
savagely
that
I
started
.
The
tone
in
which
the
words
were
said
,
revealed
a
genuine
bad
nature
.
I
no
longer
felt
Inclined
to
call
Heathcliff
a
capital
fellow
.
When
the
preparations
were
finished
,
he
invited
me
with
—
"
Now
,
sir
,
bring
forward
your
chair
.
"
And
we
all
,
including
the
rustic
youth
,
drew
round
the
table
,
an
austere
silence
prevailing
while
we
discussed
our
meal
.
I
thought
,
if
I
had
caused
the
cloud
,
it
was
my
duty
to
make
an
effort
to
dispel
it
.
They
could
not
every
day
sit
so
grim
and
taciturn
,
and
it
was
impossible
,
however
ill-tempered
they
might
be
,
that
the
universal
scowl
they
wore
was
their
every
day
countenance
.
"
It
is
strange
,
"
I
began
in
the
interval
of
swallowing
one
cup
of
tea
,
and
receiving
another
,
"
it
is
strange
how
custom
can
mould
our
tastes
and
ideas
;
many
could
not
imagine
the
existence
of
happiness
in
a
life
of
such
complete
exile
from
the
world
as
you
spend
,
Mr.
Heathcliff
;
yet
,
I
'll
venture
to
say
,
that
,
surrounded
by
your
family
,
and
with
your
amiable
lady
as
the
presiding
genius
over
your
home
and
heart
—
"
"
My
amiable
lady
!
"
he
interrupted
,
with
an
almost
diabolical
sneer
on
his
face
.
"
Where
is
she
—
my
amiable
lady
?
"
"
Mrs.
Heathcliff
,
your
wife
,
I
mean
.
"
"
Well
,
yes
—
Oh
!
you
would
intimate
that
her
spirit
has
taken
the
post
of
ministering
angel
,
and
guards
the
fortunes
of
Wuthering
Heights
,
even
when
her
body
is
gone
.
Is
that
it
?
"
Perceiving
myself
in
a
blunder
,
I
attempted
to
correct
it
.
I
might
have
seen
there
was
too
great
a
disparity
between
the
ages
of
the
parties
to
make
it
likely
that
they
were
man
and
wife
.
One
was
about
forty
;
a
period
of
mental
vigour
at
which
men
seldom
cherish
the
delusion
of
being
married
for
love
,
by
girls
:
that
dream
is
reserved
for
the
solace
of
our
declining
years
.
The
other
did
not
look
seventeen
.
Then
it
flashed
upon
me
;
"
the
clown
at
my
elbow
,
who
is
drinking
his
tea
out
of
a
basin
,
and
eating
his
bread
with
unwashed
hands
,
may
be
her
husband
.
Heathcliff
,
junior
,
of
course
.
Here
is
the
consequence
of
being
buried
alive
:
she
has
thrown
herself
away
upon
that
boor
,
from
sheer
ignorance
that
better
individuals
existed
!
A
sad
pity
—
I
must
beware
how
I
cause
her
to
regret
her
choice
.
"
The
last
reflection
may
seem
conceited
;
it
was
not
.
My
neighbour
struck
me
as
bordering
on
repulsive
.
I
knew
,
through
experience
,
that
I
was
tolerably
attractive
.
"
Mrs.
Heathcliff
is
my
daughter-in-law
,
"
said
Heathcliff
,
corroborating
my
surmise
.
He
turned
,
as
he
spoke
,
a
peculiar
look
in
her
direction
,
a
look
of
hatred
unless
he
has
a
most
perverse
set
of
facial
muscles
that
will
not
,
like
those
of
other
people
,
interpret
the
language
of
his
soul
.
"
Ah
,
certainly
—
I
see
now
;
you
are
the
favoured
possessor
of
the
beneficent
fairy
,
"
I
remarked
,
turning
to
my
neighbour
.
This
was
worse
than
before
:
the
youth
grew
crimson
,
and
clenched
his
fist
with
every
appearance
of
a
meditated
assault
.
But
he
seemed
to
recollect
himself
,
presently
;
and
smothered
the
storm
in
a
brutal
curse
,
muttered
on
my
behalf
,
which
,
however
,
I
took
care
not
to
notice
.
"
"
Unhappy
in
your
conjectures
,
sir
!
"
observed
my
host
;
"
we
neither
of
us
have
the
privilege
of
owning
your
good
fairy
;
her
mate
is
dead
.
I
said
she
was
my
daughter-in-law
,
therefore
,
she
must
have
married
my
son
.
"
"
And
this
young
man
is
—
"
"
Not
my
son
,
assuredly
!
"
Heathcliff
smiled
again
,
as
if
it
were
rather
too
bold
a
jest
to
attribute
the
paternity
of
that
bear
to
him
.
"
My
name
is
Hareton
Earnshaw
,
"
growled
the
other
;
"
and
I
'd
counsel
you
to
respect
it
!
"
I
've
shown
no
disrespect
,
"
was
my
reply
,
laughing
internally
at
the
dignity
with
which
he
announced
himself
.
He
fixed
his
eye
on
me
longer
than
I
cared
to
return
the
stare
,
for
fear
I
might
be
tempted
either
to
box
his
ears
,
or
render
my
hilarity
audible
.
I
began
to
feel
unmistakably
out
of
place
in
that
pleasant
family
circle
.
The
dismal
spiritual
atmosphere
overcame
,
and
more
than
neutralized
the
glowing
physical
comforts
round
me
;
and
I
resolved
to
be
cautious
how
I
ventured
under
those
rafters
a
third
time
.
The
business
of
eating
being
concluded
,
and
no
one
uttering
a
word
of
sociable
conversation
,
I
approached
a
window
to
examine
the
weather
.
A
sorrowful
sight
I
saw
;
dark
night
coming
down
prematurely
,
and
sky
and
hills
mingled
in
one
bitter
whirl
of
wind
and
suffocating
snow
.
"
I
do
n't
think
it
possible
for
me
to
get
home
now
,
without
a
guide
,
"
I
could
not
help
exclaiming
.
"
The
roads
will
be
buried
already
;
and
,
if
they
were
bare
,
I
could
scarcely
distinguish
a
foot
in
advance
.
"
"
Hareton
,
drive
those
dozen
sheep
into
the
barn
porch
.
They
'll
be
covered
if
left
in
the
fold
all
night
;
and
put
a
plank
before
them
,
"
said
Heathcliff
.
"
How
must
I
do
?
"
I
continued
,
with
rising
irritation
.
There
was
no
reply
to
my
question
;
and
,
on
looking
round
,
I
saw
only
Joseph
bringing
in
a
pail
of
porridge
for
the
dogs
;
and
Mrs.
Heathcliff
,
leaning
over
the
fire
,
diverting
herself
with
burning
a
bundle
of
matches
which
had
fallen
from
the
chimney-piece
as
she
restored
the
tea-canister
to
its
place
.
The
former
,
when
he
had
deposited
his
burden
,
took
a
critical
survey
of
the
room
;
and
,
in
cracked
tones
,
grated
out
:
"
Aw
woonder
hagh
yah
can
faishion
tuh
stand
thear
i
'
idleness
un
war
,
when
all
on
'
em
's
goan
aght
!
Bud
yah
're
a
nowt
,
and
it
's
noa
use
talking
—
yah
'll
niver
mend
uh
yer
ill
ways
;
bud
,
goa
raight
tuh
t
'
divil
,
like
yer
mother
afore
ye
!
"
I
imagined
,
for
a
moment
,
that
this
piece
of
eloquence
was
addressed
to
me
;
and
,
sufficiently
enraged
,
stepped
towards
the
aged
rascal
with
an
intention
of
kicking
him
out
of
the
door
.
Mrs.
Heathcliff
,
however
,
checked
me
by
her
answer
.
"
You
scandalous
old
hypocrite
!
"
she
replied
.
"
Are
you
not
afraid
of
being
carried
away
bodily
,
whenever
you
mention
the
devil
's
name
?
I
warn
you
to
refrain
from
provoking
me
,
or
I
'll
ask
your
abduction
as
a
special
favour
.
Stop
,
look
here
,
Joseph
,
"
she
continued
,
taking
a
long
,
dark
book
from
a
shelf
.
"
I
'll
show
you
how
far
I
've
progressed
in
the
Black
Art
—
I
shall
soon
be
competent
to
make
a
clear
house
of
it
.
The
red
cow
did
n't
die
by
chance
;
and
your
rheumatism
can
hardly
be
reckoned
among
providential
visitations
!
"
"
Oh
,
wicked
,
wicked
!
"
gasped
the
elder
,
"
may
the
Lord
deliver
us
from
evil
!
"
"
No
,
reprobate
!
you
are
a
castaway
—
be
off
,
or
I
'll
hurt
you
seriously
!
I
'll
have
you
all
modlled
in
wax
and
clay
;
and
the
first
who
passes
the
limits
,
I
fix
,
shall
—
I
'll
not
say
what
he
shall
be
done
to
—
but
,
you
'll
see
!
Go
,
I
'm
looking
at
you
!
"
The
little
witch
put
a
mock
malignity
into
her
beautiful
eyes
,
and
Joseph
,
trembling
with
sincere
horror
,
hurried
out
praying
and
ejaculating
"
wicked
"
as
he
went
.
I
thought
her
conduct
must
be
prompted
by
a
species
of
dreary
fun
;
and
,
now
that
we
were
alone
,
I
endeavoured
to
interest
her
in
my
distress
.
"
Mrs.
Heathcliff
,
"
I
said
,
earnestly
,
"
you
must
excuse
me
for
troubling
you
—
I
presume
,
because
,
with
that
face
,
I
'm
sure
you
cannot
help
being
good-hearted
.
Do
point
out
some
landmarks
by
which
I
may
know
my
way
home
—
I
have
no
more
idea
how
to
get
there
than
you
would
have
how
to
get
to
London
!
"
"
Take
the
road
you
came
,
"
she
answered
,
ensconcing
herself
in
a
chair
,
with
a
candle
,
and
the
long
book
open
before
her
.
"
It
is
brief
advice
;
but
,
as
sound
as
I
can
give
.
"
"
Then
,
if
you
hear
of
me
being
discovered
dead
in
a
bog
,
or
a
pit
full
of
snow
,
your
conscience
wont
whisper
that
it
is
partly
your
fault
?
"
"
How
so
?
I
cannot
escort
you
.
They
would
n't
let
me
go
to
the
end
of
the
garden-wall
.
"
"
You
!
I
should
be
sorry
to
ask
you
to
cross
the
threshold
,
for
my
convenience
,
on
such
a
night
,
"
I
cried
.
"
I
want
you
to
tell
me
my
way
,
not
to
show
it
;
or
else
to
persuade
Mr.
Heathcliff
to
give
me
a
guide
.
"
"
Who
?
There
is
himself
,
Earnshaw
,
Zillah
,
Joseph
,
and
I
.
Which
would
you
have
?
"
"
Are
there
no
boys
at
the
farm
?
"
"
No
,
those
are
all
.
"
"
Then
,
it
follows
that
I
am
compelled
to
stay
.
"
"
That
you
may
settle
with
your
host
.
I
have
nothing
to
do
with
it
.
"
"
I
hope
it
will
be
a
lesson
to
you
,
to
make
no
more
rash
journeys
on
these
hills
,
"
cried
Heathcliff
's
stern
voice
from
the
kitchen
entrance
.
"
As
to
staying
here
,
I
do
n't
keep
accommodations
for
visiters
;
you
must
share
a
bed
with
Hareton
,
or
Joseph
,
if
you
do
.
"
"
I
can
sleep
on
a
chair
in
this
room
,
"
I
replied
.
"
No
,
no
!
A
stranger
is
a
stranger
,
be
he
rich
or
poor
—
it
will
not
suit
me
to
permit
any
one
the
range
of
the
place
while
I
am
off
guard
!
"
said
the
unmannerly
wretch
.
With
this
insult
my
patience
was
at
an
end
.
I
uttered
an
expression
of
disgust
,
and
pushed
past
him
into
the
yard
,
running
against
Earnshaw
in
my
haste
.
It
was
so
dark
that
I
could
not
see
the
means
of
exit
,
and
,
as
I
wandered
round
,
I
heard
another
specimen
of
their
civil
behaviour
amongst
each
other
.
At
first
,
the
young
man
appeared
about
to
befriend
me
.
"
I
'll
go
with
him
as
far
as
the
park
,
"
he
said
.
"
You
'll
go
with
him
to
hell
!
"
exclaimed
his
master
,
or
whatever
relation
he
bore
.
"
And
who
is
to
look
after
the
horses
,
eh
?
"
"
A
man
's
life
is
of
more
consequence
than
one
evening
's
neglect
of
the
horses
;
somebody
must
go
,
"
murmured
Mrs.
Heathcliff
,
more
kindly
than
I
expected
.
"
Not
at
your
command
!
"
retorted
Hareton
.
"
If
you
set
store
on
him
,
you
'd
better
be
quiet
.
"
"
Then
I
hope
his
ghost
will
haunt
you
;
and
I
hope
Mr.
Heathcliff
will
never
get
another
tenant
,
till
the
Grange
is
a
ruin
!
"
she
answered
sharply
.
"
Hearken
,
hearken
,
shoo
's
cursing
on
em
!
"
muttered
Joseph
,
towards
whom
I
had
been
steering
.
He
sat
within
earshot
,
milking
the
cows
,
by
the
aid
of
a
lantern
which
I
seized
unceremoniously
,
and
calling
out
that
I
would
send
it
back
on
the
morrow
,
rushed
to
the
nearest
postern
.
"
Maister
,
maister
,
he
's
staling
t
'
lantern
!
"
shouted
the
ancient
,
pursuing
my
retreat
.
"
Hey
,
Gnasher
!
Hey
,
dog
!
Hey
,
wolf
,
holld
him
,
holld
him
!
"
On
opening
the
little
door
,
two
hairy
monsters
flew
at
my
throat
,
bearing
me
down
,
and
extinguishing
the
light
,
while
a
mingled
guffaw
,
from
Heathcliff
and
Hareton
,
put
the
copestone
on
my
rage
and
humiliation
.
Fortunately
,
the
beasts
seemed
more
bent
on
stretching
their
paws
,
and
yawning
,
and
flourishing
their
tails
,
than
devouring
me
alive
;
but
,
they
would
suffer
no
resurrection
,
and
I
was
forced
to
lie
till
their
malignant
masters
pleased
to
deliver
me
:
then
hatless
,
and
trembling
with
wrath
,
I
ordered
the
miscreants
to
let
me
out
—
on
their
peril
to
keep
me
one
minute
longer
—
with
several
incoherent
threats
of
retaliation
,
that
in
their
indefinite
depth
of
virulency
,
smacked
of
King
Lear
.
The
vehemence
of
my
agitation
brought
on
a
copious
bleeding
at
the
nose
,
and
still
Heathcliff
laughed
,
and
still
I
scolded
.
I
do
n't
know
what
would
have
concluded
the
scene
had
there
not
been
one
person
at
hand
rather
more
rational
than
myself
,
and
more
benevolent
than
my
entertainer
.
This
was
Zillah
,
the
stout
housewife
;
who
at
length
issued
forth
to
inquire
into
the
nature
of
the
uproar
.
She
thought
that
some
of
them
had
been
laying
violent
hands
on
me
;
and
,
not
daring
to
attack
her
master
,
she
turned
her
vocal
artillery
against
the
younger
scoundrel
.
"
Well
,
Mr.
Earnshaw
,
"
she
cried
,
"
I
wonder
what
you
'll
have
agait
next
!
Are
we
going
to
murder
folk
on
our
very
door-stones
?
I
see
this
house
will
never
do
for
me
—
look
at
t
'
poor
lad
,
he
's
fair
choking
!
Wisht
,
wisht
!
you
mun'
n't
go
on
so
—
come
in
,
and
I
'll
cure
that
.
There
now
,
hold
ye
still
.
"
With
these
words
she
suddenly
splashed
a
pint
of
icy
water
down
my
neck
,
and
pulled
me
into
the
kitchen
.
Mr.
Heathcliff
followed
,
his
accidental
merriment
expiring
quickly
in
his
habitual
moroseness
.
I
was
sick
exceedingly
,
and
dizzy
and
faint
;
and
thus
compelled
,
perforce
,
to
accept
lodgings
under
his
roof
.
He
told
Zillah
to
give
me
a
glass
of
brandy
,
and
then
passed
on
to
the
inner
room
,
while
she
condoled
with
me
on
my
sorry
predicament
,
and
having
obeyed
his
orders
,
whereby
I
was
somewhat
revived
,
ushered
me
to
bed
.
CHAPTER
III
.
While
leading
the
way
up-stairs
,
she
recommended
that
I
should
hide
the
candle
,
and
not
make
a
noise
,
for
her
master
had
an
odd
notion
about
the
chamber
she
would
put
me
in
;
and
never
let
anybody
lodge
there
willingly
.
I
asked
the
reason
.
She
did
not
know
,
she
answered
;
she
had
only
lived
there
a
year
or
two
;
and
they
had
so
many
queer
goings
on
,
she
could
not
begin
to
be
curious
.
Too
stupified
to
be
curious
myself
,
I
fastened
my
door
and
glanced
round
for
the
bed
.
The
whole
furniture
consisted
of
a
chair
,
a
clothes-press
,
and
a
large
oak
case
,
with
squares
cut
out
near
the
top
,
resembling
coach
windows
.
Having
approached
this
structure
,
I
looked
inside
,
and
perceived
it
to
be
a
singular
sort
of
old-fashioned
couch
,
very
conveniently
designed
to
obviate
the
necessity
for
every
member
of
the
family
having
a
room
to
himself
.
In
fact
,
it
formed
a
little
closet
,
and
the
ledge
of
a
window
,
which
it
enclosed
,
served
as
a
table
.
I
slid
back
the
panelled
sides
,
got
in
with
my
light
,
pulled
them
together
again
,
and
felt
secure
against
the
vigilance
of
Heathcliff
,
and
every
one
else
.
The
ledge
,
where
I
placed
my
candle
,
had
a
few
mildewed
books
piled
up
in
one
corner
;
and
it
was
covered
with
writing
scratched
on
the
paint
.
This
writing
,
however
,
was
nothing
but
a
name
repeated
in
all
kinds
of
characters
,
large
and
small
—
Catherine
Earnshaw
;
here
and
there
varied
to
Catherine
Heathcliff
,
and
then
again
to
Catherine
Linton
.
"
In
vapid
listlessness
I
leant
my
head
against
the
window
,
and
continued
spelling
over
Catherine
Earnshaw
—
Heathcliff
—
Linton
,
till
my
eyes
closed
;
but
they
had
not
rested
five
minutes
when
a
glare
of
white
letters
started
from
the
dark
,
as
vivid
as
spectres
—
the
air
swarmed
with
Catherines
;
and
rousing
myself
to
dispel
the
obtrusive
name
,
I
discovered
my
candle
wick
reclining
on
one
of
the
antique
volumes
,
and
perfuming
the
place
with
an
odour
of
roasted
calf-skin
.
I
snuffed
it
off
,
and
,
very
ill
at
ease
,
under
the
influence
of
cold
and
lingering
nausea
,
sat
up
,
and
spread
open
the
injured
tome
on
my
knee
.
It
was
a
Testament
,
in
lean
type
,
and
smelling
dreadfully
musty
:
a
fly-leaf
bore
the
inscription
—
"
Catherine
Earnshaw
,
her
book
,
"
and
a
date
some
quarter
of
a
century
back
.
I
shut
it
,
and
took
up
another
,
and
another
,
till
I
had
examined
all
.
Catherine
's
library
was
select
;
and
its
state
of
dilapidation
proved
it
to
have
been
well
used
,
though
not
altogether
for
a
legitimate
purpose
;
scarcely
one
chapter
had
escaped
a
pen
and
ink
commentary
,
at
least
,
the
appearance
of
one
,
covering
every
morsel
of
blank
that
the
printer
had
left
.
Some
were
detached
sentences
;
other
parts
took
the
form
of
a
regular
diary
,
scrawled
in
an
unformed
,
childish
hand
.
At
the
top
of
an
extra
page
,
quite
a
treasure
probably
when
first
lighted
on
,
I
was
greatly
amused
to
behold
an
excellent
caricature
of
my
friend
Joseph
,
rudely
yet
powerfully
sketched
.
An
immediate
interest
kindled
within
me
for
the
unknown
Catherine
,
and
I
began
,
forthwith
,
to
decypher
her
faded
hieroglyphics
.
"
An
awful
Sunday
!
"
commenced
the
paragraph
beneath
.
"
I
wish
my
father
were
back
again
.
Hindley
is
a
detestable
substitute
—
his
conduct
to
Heathcliff
is
atrocious
—
H
.
and
I
are
going
to
rebel
—
we
took
our
initiatory
step
this
evening
.
"
All
day
had
been
flooding
with
rain
;
we
could
not
go
to
church
,
so
Joseph
must
needs
get
up
a
congregation
in
the
garret
;
and
,
while
Hindley
and
his
wife
basked
down
stairs
before
a
comfortable
fire
,
doing
anything
but
reading
their
bibles
,
I
'll
answer
for
it
;
Heathcliff
,
myself
,
and
the
unhappy
plough-boy
,
were
commanded
to
take
our
Prayer-books
,
and
mount
—
we
were
ranged
in
a
row
,
on
a
sack
of
corn
,
groaning
and
shivering
,
and
hoping
that
Joseph
would
shiver
too
,
so
that
he
might
give
us
a
short
homily
for
his
own
sake
.
A
vain
idea
!
The
service
lasted
precisely
three
hours
;
and
yet
my
brother
had
the
face
to
exclaim
,
when
he
saw
us
descending
,
"
'
What
,
done
already
?
"
"
On
Sunday
evenings
we
used
to
be
permitted
to
play
,
if
we
did
not
make
much
noise
;
now
a
mere
titter
is
sufficient
to
send
us
into
corners
!
"
'
You
forget
you
have
a
master
here
,
"
says
the
tyrant
.
'
I
'll
demolish
the
first
who
puts
me
out
of
temper
!
I
insist
on
perfect
sobriety
and
silence
.
Oh
,
boy
!
was
that
you
?
Frances
,
darling
,
pull
his
hair
as
you
go
by
;
I
heard
him
snap
his
fingers
.
"
Frances
pulled
his
hair
heartily
;
and
then
went
and
seated
herself
on
her
husband
's
knee
,
and
there
they
were
,
like
two
babies
,
kissing
and
talking
nonsense
by
the
hour
—
foolish
palaver
that
we
should
be
ashamed
of
.
"
We
made
ourselves
as
snug
as
our
means
allowed
in
the
arch
of
the
dresser
.
I
had
just
fastened
our
pinafores
together
,
and
hung
them
up
for
a
curtain
;
when
in
comes
Joseph
,
on
an
errand
from
the
stables
.
He
tears
down
my
handywork
,
boxes
my
ears
,
and
croaks
:
"
'
T
'
maister
nobbut
just
buried
,
and
Sabbath
nut
oe'red
,
und
t
'
sabnd
,
uh't
gospel
still
i
'
yer
lugs
,
and
yah
darr
be
laiking
!
shame
on
ye
!
sit
ye
dahn
,
ill
chllder
!
they
's
good
books
eneugh
if
ye
'll
read
'
em
;
sit
ye
dahn
,
and
think
uh
yer
sowls
!
"
Saying
this
,
he
compelled
us
so
to
square
our
positions
that
we
might
receive
,
from
the
far-off
fire
,
a
dull
ray
to
show
us
the
text
of
the
lumber
he
thrust
upon
us
.
"
I
could
not
bear
the
employment
.
I
took
my
dingy
volume
by
the
scroop
,
and
hurled
it
into
the
dog-kennel
,
vowing
I
hated
a
good
book
.
"
Heathcliff
kicked
his
to
the
same
place
.
"
Then
there
was
a
hubbub
!
"
'
Maister
Hindley
!
'
shouted
our
chaplain
.
'
Maister
,
coom
hither
!
Miss
Cathy
's
riven
th
'
back
off
'
Th
'
Helmet
uh
Salvation
,
'
un
'
Heathcliff
'
s
pawsed
his
fit
intuh
t
'
first
part
uh
'
T
'
Brooad
Way
to
Destruction
!
'
It
's
fair
flaysome
ut
yah
let
'
em
goa
on
this
gait
.
Ech
!
th
'
owd
man
ud
uh
laced
'
em
properly
—
bud
he
's
goan
!
'
"
Hindley
hurried
up
from
his
paradise
on
the
hearth
,
and
seizing
one
of
us
by
the
collar
,
and
the
other
by
the
arm
,
hurled
both
into
the
back-kitchen
;
where
,
Joseph
asseverated
,
"
owd
Nick
"
would
fetch
us
as
sure
as
we
were
living
;
and
,
so
comforted
,
we
each
sought
a
separate
nook
to
await
his
advent
.
"
I
reached
this
book
,
and
a
pot
of
ink
from
a
shelf
,
and
pushed
the
house-door
ajar
to
give
me
light
,
and
I
have
got
the
time
on
with
writing
for
twenty
minutes
;
but
my
companion
is
impatient
and
proposes
that
we
should
appropriate
the
dairy
woman
's
cloak
,
and
have
a
scamper
on
the
moors
,
under
its
shelter
.
A
pleasant
suggestion
—
and
then
,
if
the
surly
old
man
come
in
,
he
may
believe
his
prophesy
verified
—
we
cannot
be
damper
,
or
colder
,
in
the
rain
than
we
are
here
.
"
I
suppose
Catherine
fulfilled
her
project
,
for
the
next
sentence
took
up
another
subject
;
she
waxed
lachrymose
.
"
How
little
did
I
dream
that
Hindley
would
ever
make
me
cry
so
!
"
she
wrote
.
"
My
head
aches
,
till
I
cannot
keep
it
on
the
pillow
;
and
still
I
ca
n't
give
over
.
Poor
Heathcliff
!
Hindley
calls
him
a
vagabond
,
and
wont
let
him
sit
with
us
,
nor
eat
with
us
any
more
;
and
,
he
says
,
he
and
I
must
not
play
together
,
and
threatens
to
turn
him
out
of
the
house
if
we
break
his
orders
.
"
He
has
been
blaming
our
father
(
how
dared
he
?
)
for
treating
H
.
too
liberally
;
and
swears
he
will
reduce
him
to
his
right
place
—
"
I
began
to
nod
drowsily
over
the
dim
page
;
my
eye
wandered
from
manuscript
to
print
.
I
saw
a
red
ornamented
title
.
.
.
"
Seventy
Times
Seven
,
and
the
First
of
the
Seventy
First
.
A
Pious
Discourse
delivered
by
the
Reverend
Jabes
Branderham
,
in
the
Chapel
of
Gimmerden
Sough
.
"
And
while
I
was
,
half
consciously
,
worrying
my
brain
to
guess
what
Jabes
Branderham
would
make
of
his
subject
,
I
sank
back
in
bed
,
and
fell
asleep
.
Alas
,
for
the
effects
of
bad
tea
and
bad
temper
!
what
else
could
it
be
that
made
me
pass
such
a
terrible
night
?
I
do
n't
remember
another
that
I
can
at
all
compare
with
it
since
I
was
capable
of
suffering
.
I
began
to
dream
,
almost
before
I
ceased
to
be
sensible
of
my
locality
.
I
thought
it
was
morning
;
and
I
had
set
out
on
my
way
home
,
with
Joseph
for
a
guide
.
The
snow
lay
yards
deep
in
our
road
;
and
,
as
we
floundered
on
,
my
companion
wearied
me
with
constant
reproaches
that
I
had
not
brought
a
pilgrim
's
staff
:
telling
me
I
could
never
get
into
the
house
without
one
,
and
boastfully
flourishing
a
heavy-headed
cudgel
,
which
I
understood
to
be
so
denominated
.
For
a
moment
I
considered
it
absurd
that
I
should
need
such
a
weapon
to
gain
admittance
into
my
own
residence
.
Then
,
a
new
idea
flashed
across
me
.
I
was
not
going
there
;
we
were
journeying
to
hear
the
famous
Jabes
Branderham
preach
from
the
text
—
"
Seventy
Times
Seven
;
"
and
either
Joseph
,
the
preacher
,
or
I
had
committed
the
"
First
of
the
Seventy
First
,
"
and
were
to
be
publicly
exposed
and
excommunicated
.
We
came
to
the
chapel
—
I
have
passed
it
really
in
my
walks
,
twice
or
thrice
:
it
lies
in
a
hollow
,
between
two
hills
—
an
elevated
hollow
—
near
a
swamp
,
whose
peaty
moisture
is
said
to
answer
all
the
purposes
of
embalming
on
the
few
corpses
deposited
there
.
The
roof
has
been
kept
whole
hitherto
,
but
,
as
the
clergyman
's
stipend
is
only
twenty
pounds
per
annum
,
and
a
house
with
two
rooms
,
threatening
speedily
to
determine
into
one
,
no
clergyman
will
undertake
the
duties
of
pastor
,
especially
,
as
it
is
currently
reported
that
his
flock
would
rather
let
him
starve
than
increase
the
living
by
one
penny
from
their
own
pockets
.
However
,
in
my
dream
,
Jabes
had
a
full
and
attentive
congregation
:
and
he
preached
—
good
God
—
what
a
sermon
!
Divided
into
four
hundred
and
ninety
parts
—
each
fully
equal
to
an
ordinary
address
from
the
pulpit
—
and
each
discussing
a
separate
sin
!
Where
he
searched
for
them
,
I
cannot
tell
;
he
had
his
private
manner
of
interpreting
the
phrase
,
and
it
seemed
necessary
the
brother
should
sin
different
sins
on
every
occasion
.
They
were
of
the
most
curious
character
—
odd
trangressions
that
I
never
imagined
previously
.
Oh
,
how
weary
I
grew
.
How
I
writhed
,
and
yawned
,
and
nodded
,
and
revived
!
How
I
pinched
and
pricked
myself
,
and
rubbed
my
eyes
,
and
stood
up
,
and
sat
down
again
,
and
nudged
Joseph
to
inform
me
if
he
would
ever
have
done
!
"
I
was
condemned
to
hear
all
out
—
finally
,
he
reached
the
"
First
of
the
Seventy-First
.
"
At
that
crisis
,
a
sudden
inspiration
descended
on
me
;
I
was
moved
to
rise
and
denounce
Jabes
Branderham
as
the
sinner
of
the
sin
that
no
christian
need
pardon
.
"
Sir
,
"
I
exclaimed
,
"
sitting
here
,
within
these
four
walls
,
at
one
stretch
,
I
have
endured
and
forgiven
the
four
hundred
and
ninety
heads
of
your
discourse
.
Seventy
times
seven
times
have
I
plucked
up
ray
hat
,
and
been
about
to
depart
—
Seventy
times
seven
times
have
you
preposterously
forced
me
to
resume
my
seat
.
The
four
hundred
and
ninety-first
is
too
much
.
Fellow
martyrs
,
have
at
him
!
Drag
him
down
,
and
crush
him
to
atoms
,
that
the
place
which
knows
him
may
know
him
no
more
!
"
"
Thou
art
the
Man
!
"
cried
Jabes
,
after
a
solemn
pause
,
leaning
over
his
cushion
.
"
Seventy
times
seven
times
didst
thou
gapingly
contort
thy
visage
—
seventy
times
seven
did
I
take
counsel
with
my
soul
—
Lo
,
this
is
human
weakness
;
this
also
may
be
absolved
!
The
First
of
the
Seventy-First
is
come
.
Brethren
,
execute
upon
him
the
judgment
written
!
such
honour
have
all
His
saints
!
"
With
that
concluding
word
,
the
whole
assembly
,
exalting
their
pilgrim
's
staves
,
rushed
round
me
in
a
body
,
and
I
,
having
no
weapon
to
raise
in
self-defence
,
commenced
grappling
with
Joseph
,
my
nearest
and
most
ferocious
assailant
,
for
his
.
In
the
confluence
of
the
multitude
,
several
clubs
crossed
;
blows
,
aimed
at
me
,
fell
on
other
sconses
.
Presently
the
whole
chapel
resounded
with
rappings
and
counter-rappings
.
Every
man
's
hand
was
against
his
neighbour
;
and
Branderham
,
unwilling
to
remain
idle
,
poured
forth
his
zeal
in
a
shower
of
loud
taps
on
the
boards
of
the
pulpit
which
responded
so
smartly
,
that
,
at
last
,
to
my
unspeakable
relief
,
they
woke
me
.
And
what
was
it
that
had
suggested
the
tremendous
tumult
,
what
bad
played
Jabes
'
part
in
the
row
?
Merely
,
the
branch
of
a
fir-tree
that
touched
my
lattice
,
as
the
blast
wailed
by
,
and
rattled
its
dry
cones
against
the
panes
!
I
listened
doubtingly
an
instant
;
detected
the
disturber
,
then
turned
and
dosed
,
and
dreamt
again
;
if
possible
,
still
more
disagreebly
than
before
.
This
time
,
I
remembered
I
was
lying
in
the
oak
closet
,
and
I
heard
distinctly
the
gusty
wind
,
and
the
driving
of
the
snow
;
I
heard
also
,
the
firbough
repeat
its
teasing
sound
,
and
ascribed
it
to
the
right
cause
:
but
,
it
annoyed
me
so
much
,
that
I
resolved
to
silence
it
,
if
possible
;
and
,
I
thought
,
I
rose
and
endeavoured
to
unhasp
the
casement
.
The
hook
was
soldered
into
the
staple
,
a
circumstance
observed
by
me
,
when
awake
,
but
forgotten
.
"
I
must
stop
it
,
nevertheless
!
"
I
muttered
,
knocking
my
knuckles
through
the
glass
,
and
stretching
an
arm
out
to
seize
the
importunate
branch
:
instead
of
which
,
my
fingers
closed
on
the
fingers
of
a
little
,
ice-cold
hand
!
The
intense
horror
of
nightmare
came
over
me
;
I
tried
to
draw
back
my
arm
,
but
,
the
hand
clung
to
it
,
and
a
most
melancholy
voice
,
sobbed
,
"
Let
me
in
—
let
me
in
!
"
"
Who
are
you
?
"
I
asked
struggling
,
meanwhile
,
to
disengage
myself
.
"
Catherine
Linton
,
"
it
replied
,
shiveringly
,
(
why
did
I
think
of
Linton
?
I
had
read
Earnshaw
,
twenty
times
for
Linton
)
"
I
'm
come
home
,
I
'd
lost
my
way
on
the
moor
!
"
As
it
spoke
,
I
discerned
,
obscurely
,
a
child
's
face
looking
through
the
window
—
Terror
made
me
cruel
;
and
,
finding
it
useless
to
attempt
shaking
the
creature
off
,
I
pulled
its
wrist
on
to
the
broken
pane
,
and
rubbed
it
to
and
fro
till
the
blood
ran
down
and
soaked
the
bed-clothes
:
still
it
wailed
,
"
Let
me
in
!
"
and
maintained
its
tenacious
gripe
,
almost
maddening
me
with
fear
.
"
How
can
I
?
"
I
said
at
length
.
"
Let
me
go
,
if
you
want
me
to
let
you
in
!
"
The
fingers
relaxed
,
I
snatched
mine
through
the
hole
,
hurriedly
piled
the
books
up
in
a
pyramid
against
it
,
and
stopped
my
ears
to
exclude
the
lamentable
prayer
.
I
seemed
to
keep
them
closed
above
a
quarter
of
an
hour
,
yet
,
the
instant
I
listened
,
again
,
there
was
the
doleful
cry
moaning
on
!
"
Begone
!
"
I
shouted
,
"
I
'll
never
let
you
in
,
not
if
you
beg
for
twenty
years
!
"
"
It
's
twenty
years
,
"
mourned
the
voice
,
"
twenty
years
,
I
've
been
a
waif
for
twenty
years
!
"
Thereat
began
a
feeble
scratching
outside
,
and
the
pile
of
books
moved
as
if
thrust
forward
.
I
tried
to
jump
up
;
but
,
could
not
stir
a
limb
;
and
so
,
yelled
aloud
,
in
a
frenzy
of
fright
.
To
my
confusion
,
I
discovered
the
yell
was
not
ideal
.
Hasty
footsteps
approached
my
chamber
door
:
somebody
pushed
it
open
,
with
a
vigorous
hand
,
and
a
light
glimmered
through
the
squares
at
the
top
of
the
bed
.
I
sat
shuddering
,
yet
,
and
wiping
the
perspiration
from
my
forehead
:
the
intruder
appeared
to
hesitate
and
muttered
to
himself
.
At
last
,
he
said
in
a
half-whisper
,
plainly
not
expecting
an
answer
,
"
Is
any
one
here
?
"
I
considered
it
best
to
confess
my
presence
,
for
I
knew
Heathcliff
's
accents
,
and
feared
he
might
search
further
,
if
I
kept
quiet
.
With
this
intention
,
I
turned
and
opened
the
panels
—
I
shall
not
soon
forget
the
effect
my
action
produced
.
Heathcliff
stood
near
the
entrance
,
in
his
shirt
and
trousers
;
with
a
candle
dripping
over
his
fingers
,
and
his
face
as
white
as
the
wall
behind
him
.
The
first
creak
of
the
oak
startled
him
like
an
electric
shock
:
the
light
leaped
from
his
hold
to
a
distance
of
some
feet
,
and
his
agitation
was
so
extreme
,
that
he
could
hardly
pick
it
up
.
"
It
is
only
your
guest
,
slr
,
"
I
called
out
,
desirous
to
spare
him
the
humiliation
of
exposing
his
cowardice
further
.
"
I
