hadthe
misfortune
to
scream
in
my
sleep
,
owing
to
a
frightful
nightmare
.
I
'm
sorry
I
disturbed
you
.
"
"
Oh
,
God
confound
you
,
Mr.
Lockwood
!
I
wish
you
were
at
the
—
"
commenced
my
host
setting
the
candle
on
a
chair
,
because
he
found
it
impossible
to
hold
it
steady
.
"
And
who
showed
you
up
to
this
room
?
"
he
continued
,
crushing
his
nails
into
his
palms
,
and
grinding
his
teeth
to
subdue
the
maxillary
convulsions
.
"
Who
was
it
?
I
've
a
good
mind
to
turn
them
out
of
the
house
,
this
moment
!
"
"
It
was
your
servant
,
Zillah
,
"
I
replied
flinging
myself
,
on
to
the
floor
,
and
rapidly
resuming
my
garments
.
"
I
should
not
care
if
you
did
,
Mr.
Heathcliff
;
she
richly
deserves
it
.
I
suppose
that
she
wanted
to
get
another
proof
that
the
place
was
haunted
,
at
my
expense
—
Well
,
it
is
—
swarming
with
ghosts
and
goblins
!
You
have
reason
in
shutting
it
up
,
I
assure
you
.
No
one
will
thank
you
for
a
dose
in
such
a
den
!
"
"
What
do
you
mean
?
"
asked
Heathcliff
,
"
and
what
are
you
doing
?
Lie
down
and
finish
out
the
night
,
since
you
are
here
;
but
,
for
Heaven
's
sake
!
do
n't
repeat
that
horrid
noise
—
Nothing
could
excuse
it
,
unless
you
were
having
your
throat
cut
!
"
"
If
the
little
fiend
had
got
in
at
the
window
,
she
probably
would
have
strangled
me
!
"
I
returned
.
"
I
'm
not
going
to
endure
the
persecutions
of
your
hospitable
ancestors
,
again
—
Was
not
the
Reverend
Jabes
Branderham
akin
to
you
on
the
mother
's
side
?
And
that
minx
,
Catherine
Linton
,
or
Earnshaw
,
or
however
she
was
called
—
she
must
have
been
a
changling
—
wicked
little
soul
!
She
told
me
she
had
been
walking
the
earth
these
twenty
years
:
a
just
punishment
for
her
mortal
transgressions
,
I
've
no
doubt
!
"
Scarcely
were
these
words
uttered
,
when
I
recollected
the
association
of
Heathcliff
's
with
Catherine
's
name
in
the
book
,
which
had
completely
slipped
from
my
memory
till
thus
awakened
.
I
blushed
at
my
inconsideration
;
but
without
showing
further
consciousness
of
the
offence
,
I
hastened
to
add
,
"
The
truth
is
,
sir
,
I
passed
the
first
part
of
the
night
in
—
"
Here
,
I
stopped
afresh
—
I
was
about
to
say
"
perusing
those
old
volumes
,
"
then
it
would
have
revealed
my
knowledge
of
their
written
,
as
well
as
their
printed
contents
;
so
correcting
myself
,
I
went
on
,
"
In
spelling
over
the
name
scratched
on
that
window-ledge
.
A
monotonous
occupation
,
calculated
to
set
me
asleep
,
like
counting
,
or
—
"
"
What
can
you
mean
,
by
talking
in
this
way
to
me
!
"
thundered
Heathcliff
with
savage
vehemence
.
"
How
—
how
dare
you
,
under
my
roof
—
God
!
he
's
mad
to
speak
so
!
"
And
he
struck
his
forehead
with
rage
.
I
did
not
know
whether
to
resent
this
language
,
or
pursue
my
explanation
;
but
he
seemed
so
powerfully
affected
that
I
took
pity
and
proceeded
with
my
dreams
;
affirming
I
had
never
heard
the
appellation
of
"
Catherine
Linton
,
"
before
,
but
,
reading
it
often
over
produced
an
impression
which
personified
itself
when
I
had
no
longer
my
imagination
under
control
.
Heathcliff
gradually
fell
back
into
the
shelter
of
the
bed
,
as
I
spoke
,
finally
,
sitting
down
almost
concealed
behind
it
.
I
guessed
,
however
,
by
his
irregular
and
intercepted
breathing
,
that
he
struggled
to
vanquish
an
access
of
violent
emotion
.
Not
liking
to
show
him
that
I
heard
the
conflict
,
I
continued
my
toilette
rather
noisily
,
looked
at
my
watch
,
and
soliloquised
on
the
length
of
the
night
:
"
Not
three
o'clock
,
yet
!
I
could
have
taken
oath
it
had
been
six
—
time
stagnates
here
—
we
must
surely
have
retired
to
rest
at
eight
!
"
"
Always
at
nine
in
winter
,
and
always
rise
at
four
,
"
said
my
host
,
suppressing
a
groan
;
and
,
as
I
fancied
,
by
the
motion
of
his
shadow
's
arm
,
dashing
a
tear
from
his
eyes
.
"
Mr
Lockwood
,
"
he
added
,
"
you
may
go
into
my
room
;
you
'll
only
be
in
the
way
,
coming
down
stairs
so
early
:
and
your
childish
outcry
has
sent
sleep
to
the
devil
for
me
.
"
"
And
for
me
too
,
"
I
replied
.
"
I
'll
walk
in
the
yard
till
daylight
,
and
then
I
'll
be
off
;
and
you
need
not
dread
a
repetition
of
my
intrusion
.
I
am
now
quite
cured
of
seeking
pleasure
in
society
,
be
it
country
or
town
.
A
sensible
man
ought
to
find
sufficient
company
in
himself
.
"
"
Delightful
company
!
"
muttered
Heathcliff
.
"
Take
the
candle
,
and
go
where
you
please
.
I
shall
join
you
directly
.
Keep
out
of
the
yard
though
the
dogs
are
unchained
;
and
the
house
—
Juno
mounts
sentinel
there
—
and
—
nay
,
you
can
only
ramble
about
the
steps
and
passages
—
but
,
away
with
you
!
I
'll
come
in
two
minutes
.
"
I
obeyed
,
so
far
as
to
quit
the
chamber
;
when
,
ignorant
where
the
narrow
lobbies
led
,
I
stood
still
,
and
was
witness
,
involuntarily
,
to
a
piece
of
superstition
on
the
part
of
my
landlord
,
which
belied
,
oddly
,
his
apparent
sense
.
He
got
on
to
the
bed
,
and
wrenched
open
the
lattice
,
bursting
,
as
he
pulled
at
it
,
into
an
uncontrollable
passion
of
tears
.
"
Come
in
!
come
in
!
"
he
sobbed
.
"
Cathy
,
do
come
.
Oh
do
—
once
more
!
Oh
!
my
heart
's
darling
,
hear
me
this
time
—
Catherine
,
at
last
!
"
The
spectre
showed
a
spectre
's
ordinary
caprice
;
it
gave
no
sign
of
being
;
but
the
snow
and
wind
whirled
wildly
through
,
even
reaching
my
station
,
and
blowing
out
the
light
.
There
was
such
anguish
in
the
gush
of
grief
that
accompanied
this
raving
,
that
my
compassion
made
me
overlook
its
folly
,
and
I
drew
off
,
half
angry
to
have
listened
at
all
,
and
vexed
at
having
related
my
ridiculous
nightmare
,
since
it
produced
that
agony
;
though
why
,
was
beyond
my
comprehension
.
I
descended
cautiously
to
the
lower
regions
and
landed
in
the
back-kitchen
,
where
a
gleam
of
fire
,
raked
compactly
together
,
enabled
me
to
rekindle
my
candle
.
Nothing
was
stirring
except
a
brindled
,
grey
cat
,
which
crept
from
the
ashes
,
and
saluted
me
with
a
querulous
mew
.
Two
benches
,
shaped
in
sections
of
a
circle
,
nearly
enclosed
the
hearth
;
on
one
of
these
I
stretched
myself
,
and
Grimalkin
mounted
the
other
.
We
were
both
of
us
nodding
,
ere
any
one
invaded
our
retreat
;
and
then
it
was
Joseph
shuffling
down
a
wooden
ladder
that
vanished
in
the
roof
,
through
a
trap
,
the
assent
to
his
garret
,
I
suppose
.
He
cast
a
sinister
look
at
the
little
flame
which
I
had
enticed
to
play
between
the
ribs
,
swept
the
cat
from
its
elevation
,
and
bestowing
himself
In
the
vacancy
,
commenced
the
operation
of
stuffing
a
three-inch
pipe
with
tobacco
;
my
presence
in
his
sanctum
was
evidently
esteemed
a
piece
of
impudence
too
shameful
for
remark
.
He
silently
applied
the
tube
to
his
lips
,
folded
his
arms
,
and
puffed
away
.
I
let
him
enjoy
the
luxury
,
unannoyed
;
and
after
sucking
out
the
last
wreath
,
and
heaving
a
profound
sigh
,
he
got
up
,
and
departed
as
solemnly
as
he
came
.
A
more
elastic
footstep
entered
next
,
and
now
I
opened
my
mouth
for
a
"
good
morning
,
"
but
closed
it
again
,
the
salutation
unachieved
;
for
Hareton
Earnshaw
was
performing
his
orisons
,
sotto
voce
,
in
a
series
of
curses
directed
against
every
object
he
touched
,
while
he
rummaged
a
corner
,
for
a
spade
or
shovel
to
dig
through
the
drifts
.
He
glanced
over
the
back
of
the
bench
dilating
his
nostrils
,
and
thought
as
little
of
exchanging
civilities
with
me
,
as
with
my
companion
,
the
cat
.
I
guessed
by
his
preparations
that
egress
was
allowed
,
and
leaving
my
hard
couch
,
made
a
movement
to
follow
him
.
He
noticed
this
,
and
thrust
at
an
inner
door
with
the
end
of
his
spade
,
intimating
by
an
inarticulate
sound
,
that
there
was
the
place
where
I
must
go
,
if
I
changed
my
locality
.
It
opened
into
the
house
,
where
the
females
were
already
astir
.
Zillah
urging
flakes
of
flame
up
the
chimney
with
a
colossal
bellows
;
and
Mrs.
Heathcliff
,
kneeling
on
the
hearth
,
reading
a
book
by
the
aid
of
the
blaze
.
She
held
her
hand
interposed
between
the
furnace-heat
and
her
eyes
;
and
seemed
absorbed
in
her
occupation
:
desisting
from
it
only
to
chide
the
servant
for
covering
her
with
sparks
,
or
to
push
away
a
dog
,
now
and
then
,
that
snoozled
its
nose
over
forwardly
into
her
face
.
I
was
surprised
to
see
Heathcliff
there
also
.
He
stood
by
the
fire
,
his
back
towards
me
,
just
finishing
a
stormy
scene
to
poor
Zillah
,
who
ever
and
anon
interrupted
her
labour
to
pluck
up
the
corner
of
her
apron
,
and
heave
an
indignant
groan
.
"
And
you
,
you
worthless
—
"
he
broke
out
as
I
entered
,
turning
to
his
daughter-in-law
,
and
employing
an
epithet
as
harmless
as
duck
,
or
sheep
,
but
generally
represented
by
a
dash
.
"
There
you
are
at
your
idle
tricks
again
!
The
rest
of
them
do
earn
their
bread
—
you
live
on
my
charity
!
Put
your
trash
away
,
and
find
something
to
do
.
You
shall
pay
me
for
the
plague
of
having
you
eternally
in
my
sight
—
do
you
hear
,
damnable
jade
?
"
"
I
'll
put
my
trash
away
,
because
you
can
make
me
,
if
I
refuse
,
"
answered
the
young
lady
,
closing
her
book
,
and
throwing
it
on
a
chair
.
"
But
I
'll
not
do
anything
,
though
you
should
swear
your
tongue
out
,
except
what
I
please
!
"
Heathcliff
lifted
his
hand
,
and
the
speaker
sprang
to
a
safer
distance
,
obviously
acquainted
with
its
weight
.
Having
no
desire
to
be
entertained
by
a
cat
and
dog
combat
,
I
stepped
forward
briskly
,
as
if
eager
to
partake
the
warmth
of
the
hearth
,
and
innocent
of
any
knowledge
of
the
interrupted
dispute
.
Each
had
enough
decorum
to
suspend
further
hostilities
;
Heathcliff
placed
his
fists
,
out
of
temptation
,
in
his
pockets
:
Mrs.
Heathcliff
curled
her
lip
,
and
walked
to
a
seat
far
off
;
where
she
kept
her
word
by
playing
the
part
of
a
statue
during
the
remainder
of
my
stay
.
That
was
not
long
.
I
declined
joining
their
breakfast
,
and
,
at
the
first
gleam
of
dawn
,
took
an
opportunity
of
escaping
into
the
free
air
,
now
clear
,
and
still
,
and
cold
as
impalpable
ice
.
My
landlord
hallooed
for
me
to
stop
ere
I
reached
the
bottom
of
the
garden
,
and
offered
to
accompany
me
across
the
moor
.
It
was
well
he
did
,
for
the
whole
hill-back
was
one
billowy
,
white
ocean
;
the
swells
and
falls
not
indicating
corresponding
rises
and
depressions
in
the
ground
—
many
pits
,
at
least
,
were
filled
to
a
level
;
and
entire
ranges
of
mounds
,
the
refuse
of
the
quarries
,
blotted
from
the
chart
which
my
yesterday
's
walk
left
pictured
in
my
mind
.
I
had
remarked
on
one
side
of
the
road
,
at
intervals
of
six
or
seven
yards
,
a
line
of
upright
stones
,
continued
through
the
whole
length
of
the
barren
:
these
were
erected
,
and
daubed
with
lime
,
on
purpose
to
serve
as
guides
in
the
dark
,
and
also
,
when
a
fall
,
like
the
present
,
confounded
the
deep
swamps
on
either
hand
with
the
firmer
path
:
but
,
excepting
a
dirty
dot
pointing
up
,
here
and
there
,
all
traces
of
their
existence
had
vanished
;
and
my
companion
found
it
necessary
to
warn
me
frequently
to
steer
to
the
right
,
or
left
,
when
I
imagined
I
was
following
,
correctly
,
the
windings
of
the
road
.
We
exchanged
little
conversation
,
and
he
halted
at
the
entrance
of
Thrushcross
park
,
saying
,
I
could
make
no
error
there
.
Our
adieux
were
limited
to
a
hasty
bow
,
and
then
I
pushed
forward
,
trusting
to
my
own
resources
,
for
the
porter
's
lodge
is
untenanted
as
yet
.
The
distance
from
the
gate
to
the
Grange
is
to
miles
:
I
believe
I
managed
to
make
it
four
;
what
with
losing
myself
among
the
trees
,
and
sinking
up
to
the
neck
in
snow
,
a
predicament
which
only
those
who
have
experienced
it
can
appreciate
.
At
any
rate
,
whatever
were
my
wanderings
,
the
clock
chimed
twelve
as
I
entered
the
house
;
and
that
gave
exactly
an
hour
for
every
mile
of
the
usual
way
from
Wuthering
Heights
.
My
human
fixture
,
and
her
satellites
rushed
to
welcome
me
;
exclaiming
,
tumultuously
,
they
had
completely
given
me
up
;
everybody
conjectured
that
I
perished
last
night
;
and
they
were
wondering
how
they
must
set
about
the
search
for
my
remains
.
I
bid
them
be
quiet
,
now
that
they
saw
me
returned
,
and
,
benumbed
to
my
very
heart
,
I
dragged
up-stairs
,
whence
,
after
putting
on
dry
clothes
,
and
pacing
to
and
fro
,
thirty
or
forty
minutes
,
to
restore
the
animal
heat
,
I
am
adjourned
to
my
study
,
feeble
as
a
kitten
,
almost
too
much
so
to
enjoy
the
cheerful
fire
,
and
smoking
coffee
which
the
servant
has
prepared
for
my
refreshment
.
CHAPTER
IV
.
What
vain
weather-cocks
we
are
!
I
,
who
had
determined
to
held
myself
independent
of
all
social
intercourse
,
and
thanked
my
stars
that
,
at
length
,
I
had
lighted
on
a
spot
where
it
was
next
to
impracticable
.
I
,
weak
wretch
,
after
maintaining
till
dusk
a
struggle
with
low
spirits
,
and
solitude
,
was
finally
compelled
to
strike
my
colours
;
and
,
under
pretence
of
gaining
information
concerning
the
necessities
of
my
establishment
,
I
desired
Mrs.
Dean
,
when
she
brought
in
supper
,
to
sit
down
while
I
ate
it
,
hoping
sincerely
she
would
prove
a
regular
gossip
,
and
either
rouse
me
to
animation
,
or
lull
me
to
sleep
by
her
talk
.
"
You
have
lived
here
a
considerable
time
,
"
I
commenced
;
"
did
you
not
say
sixteen
years
?
"
"
Eighteen
,
sir
;
I
came
,
when
the
mistress
was
married
,
to
wait
on
her
;
after
she
died
,
the
master
retained
me
for
his
house-keeper
.
"
"
Indeed
.
"
There
ensued
a
pause
.
She
was
not
a
gossip
,
I
feared
,
unless
about
her
own
affairs
,
and
those
could
hardly
interest
me
.
However
,
having
studied
for
an
interval
,
with
a
fist
on
either
knee
,
and
a
cloud
of
meditation
over
her
ruddy
countenance
,
she
ejaculated
—
"
Ah
,
times
are
greatly
changed
since
then
!
"
"
Yes
,
"
I
remarked
,
"
you
've
seen
a
good
many
alterations
,
I
suppose
?
"
"
I
have
:
and
troubles
too
,
"
she
said
.
"
Oh
,
I
'll
turn
the
talk
on
my
landlord
's
family
!
"
I
thought
to
myself
.
"
A
good
subject
to
start
—
and
that
pretty
girl
—
widow
,
I
should
like
to
know
her
history
;
whether
she
be
a
native
of
the
country
,
or
,
as
is
more
probable
,
an
exotic
that
the
surly
indigenae
will
not
recognise
for
kin
.
"
With
this
intention
I
asked
Mrs.
Dean
why
Heathcliif
let
Thrushcross
Grange
,
and
preferred
living
in
a
situation
and
residence
so
much
inferior
.
"
Is
he
not
rich
enough
to
keep
the
estate
in
good
order
?
"
I
enquired
.
"
Rich
sir
!
"
she
returned
.
"
He
has
,
nobody
knows
what
money
,
and
every
year
it
increases
.
Yes
,
yes
,
he
's
rich
enough
to
live
in
a
finer
house
than
this
;
but
he
's
very
near
—
close-handed
;
and
,
if
he
had
meant
to
flit
to
Thrushcross
Grange
,
as
soon
as
he
heard
of
a
good
tenant
,
he
could
not
have
borne
to
miss
the
chance
of
getting
a
few
hundreds
more
.
It
is
strange
people
should
be
so
greedy
,
when
they
are
alone
in
the
world
!
"
"
He
had
a
son
,
it
seems
?
"
"
Yes
,
he
had
one
—
he
is
dead
.
"
"
And
that
young
lady
,
Mrs.
Heathcliff
,
is
his
widow
?
"
"
Yes
.
"
"
Where
did
she
come
from
originally
?
"
"
Why
,
sir
,
she
is
my
late
master
's
daughter
;
Catherine
Linton
was
her
maiden
name
.
I
nursed
her
,
poor
thing
!
I
did
wish
Mr.
Heathcliff
would
remove
here
,
and
then
we
might
have
been
together
again
.
"
"
What
,
Catherine
Linton
!
"
I
exclaimed
,
astonished
.
But
a
minute
's
reflection
convinced
me
it
was
not
my
ghostly
Catherine
.
"
Then
,
"
I
continued
,
"
my
predecessor
's
name
was
Linton
?
"
"
It
was
.
"
"
And
who
is
that
Earnshaw
,
Hareton
Earnshaw
,
who
lives
with
Mr.
Heathcliff
?
are
they
relations
?
"
"
No
;
he
is
the
late
Mrs.
Linton
's
nephew
.
"
"
The
young
lady
's
cousin
then
?
"
"
Yes
;
and
her
husband
was
her
cousin
also
—
one
,
on
the
mother
's
—
the
other
,
on
the
father
's
side
—
Heathcliff
married
Mr.
Linton
's
sister
.
"
"
I
see
the
house
at
Wuthering
Heights
has
'
Earnshaw
'
carved
over
the
front
door
.
Are
they
an
old
family
?
"
"
Very
old
,
sir
;
and
Hareton
is
the
last
of
them
,
as
our
Miss
Cathy
is
of
us
—
I
mean
,
of
the
Lintons
.
Have
you
been
to
Wuthering
Heights
?
I
beg
pardon
for
asking
;
but
I
should
like
to
hear
how
she
is
!
"
"
Mrs.
Heathcliff
?
she
looked
very
well
,
and
very
handsome
;
yet
,
I
think
,
not
very
happy
.
"
"
Oh
dear
,
I
do
n't
wonder
!
"
And
how
did
you
like
the
master
?
"
"
A
rough
fellow
,
rather
,
Mrs.
Dean
.
Is
not
that
his
character
?
"
"
Rough
as
a
saw-edge
,
and
hard
as
whinstone
!
The
less
you
meddle
with
him
the
better
.
"
"
He
must
have
had
some
ups
and
downs
in
life
to
make
him
such
a
churl
.
Do
you
know
anything
of
his
history
?
"
"
It
's
a
cuckoo
's
;
sir
—
I
know
all
about
it
;
except
where
he
was
born
,
and
who
were
his
parents
,
and
how
he
got
his
money
,
at
first
—
And
Hareton
has
been
cast
out
like
an
unfledged
dunnock
—
The
unfortunate
lad
is
the
only
one
,
in
all
this
parish
,
that
does
not
guess
how
he
has
been
cheated
!
"
"
Well
,
Mrs.
Dean
,
it
will
be
a
charitable
deed
to
tell
me
something
of
my
neighbours
—
I
feel
I
shall
not
rest
,
if
I
go
to
bed
;
so
,
be
good
enough
to
sit
,
and
chat
an
hour
.
"
"
Oh
,
certainly
,
sir
!
I
'll
just
fetch
a
little
sewing
,
and
then
I
'll
sit
as
long
as
you
please
but
you
've
caught
cold
,
I
saw
you
shivering
,
and
you
must
have
some
gruel
to
drive
it
out
.
"
The
worthy
woman
bustled
off
;
and
I
crouched
nearer
the
fire
:
my
head
felt
hot
,
and
the
rest
of
me
chill
:
moreover
I
was
excited
,
almost
to
a
pitch
of
foolishness
through
my
nerves
and
brain
.
This
caused
me
to
feel
,
not
uncomfortable
,
but
rather
fearful
,
as
I
am
still
,
of
serious
effects
from
the
incidents
of
today
and
yesterday
.
She
returned
presently
,
bringing
a
smoking
basin
,
and
a
basket
of
work
;
and
,
having
placed
the
former
on
the
hob
,
drew
in
her
seat
,
evidently
pleased
to
find
me
so
companionable
.
"
Before
I
came
to
live
here
,
"
she
commenced
,
waiting
no
further
invitation
to
her
story
;
"
I
was
almost
always
at
Wuthering
Heights
;
because
,
my
mother
had
nursed
Mr.
Hindley
Earnshaw
,
that
was
Hareton
's
father
,
and
I
got
used
to
playing
with
the
children
—
I
ran
errands
too
,
and
helped
to
make
hay
,
and
hung
about
the
farm
ready
for
anything
that
anybody
would
set
me
to
.
"
One
fine
summer
morning
—
it
was
the
beginning
of
harvest
,
I
remember
—
Mr.
Earnshaw
,
the
old
master
,
came
down
stairs
,
dressed
for
a
journey
;
and
,
after
he
had
told
Joseph
what
was
to
be
done
during
the
day
,
he
turned
to
Hindley
,
and
Cathy
,
and
me
—
for
I
sat
eating
my
porridge
,
with
them
,
and
he
said
,
speaking
to
his
son
,
"
Now
my
bonny
man
,
I
'm
going
to
Liverpool
,
to-day
.
.
.What
shall
I
bring
you
?
You
may
choose
what
you
like
;
only
let
it
be
little
,
for
I
shall
walk
there
and
back
;
sixty
miles
each
way
,
that
is
a
long
spell
!
"
Hindley
named
a
fiddle
,
and
then
he
asked
Miss
Cathy
;
she
was
hardly
six
years
old
,
but
she
could
ride
any
horse
in
the
stable
,
and
she
chose
a
whip
.
He
did
not
forget
me
,
for
,
he
had
a
kind
heart
,
though
he
was
rather
severe
,
sometimes
.
He
promised
to
bring
me
a
pocketful
of
apples
,
and
pears
,
and
then
he
kissed
his
children
,
good
bye
,
and
set
off
.
It
seemed
a
long
while
to
us
all
—
the
three
days
of
his
absence
—
and
often
did
little
Cathy
ask
when
he
would
be
home
:
Mrs.
Earnshaw
,
expected
him
by
supper-time
,
on
the
third
evening
;
and
she
put
the
meal
off
hour
after
hour
;
there
were
no
signs
of
his
coming
,
however
,
and
at
last
the
children
got
tired
of
running
down
to
the
gate
to
look
—
Then
it
grew
dark
,
she
would
have
had
them
to
bed
,
but
they
begged
sadly
to
be
allowed
to
stay
up
:
and
,
just
about
eleven
o'clock
,
the
door-latch
was
raised
quietly
and
in
stept
the
master
.
He
threw
himself
into
a
chair
,
laughing
and
groaning
,
and
bid
them
all
stand
off
,
for
he
was
nearly
killed
—
he
would
not
have
such
another
walk
for
the
three
kingdoms
.
"
And
at
the
end
of
it
,
to
be
flighted
to
death
!
"
he
said
opening
his
great
coat
,
which
he
held
bundled
up
in
his
arms
,
"
See
here
,
wife
;
I
was
never
so
beaten
with
anything
in
my
life
;
but
you
must
e'en
take
it
as
a
gift
of
God
;
though
it
's
as
dark
almost
as
if
it
came
from
the
devil
.
"
We
crowded
round
,
and
,
over
Miss
Cathy
's
head
,
I
had
a
peep
at
a
dirty
,
ragged
,
black-haired
child
;
big
enough
both
to
walk
and
talk
—
indeed
,
its
face
looked
older
than
Catherine
's
—
yet
,
when
it
was
set
on
its
feet
,
it
only
stared
round
,
and
repeated
over
and
over
again
,
some
gibberish
that
nobody
could
understand
.
I
was
frightened
,
and
Mrs.
Earnshaw
was
ready
to
fling
it
out
of
doors
:
she
did
fly
up
—
asking
how
he
could
fashion
to
bring
that
gipsy
brat
into
the
house
,
when
they
had
their
own
bairns
to
feed
,
and
fend
for
?
What
he
meant
to
do
with
it
,
and
whether
he
were
mad
?
The
master
tried
to
explain
the
matter
;
but
,
he
was
really
half
dead
with
fatigue
,
and
all
that
I
could
make
out
,
amongst
her
scolding
,
was
a
tale
of
his
seeing
it
starving
,
and
houseless
,
and
as
good
as
dumb
in
the
streets
of
Liverpool
where
he
picked
it
up
and
inquired
for
its
owner
—
Not
a
soul
knew
to
whom
it
belonged
,
he
said
,
and
his
money
and
time
,
being
both
limited
,
he
thought
it
better
,
to
take
it
home
with
him
,
at
once
,
than
run
,
into
vain
expences
there
;
because
he
was
determined
he
would
not
leave
as
he
found
it
.
Well
,
the
conclusion
was
that
my
mistress
grumbled
herself
calm
;
and
Mr
Earnshaw
told
me
to
wash
it
,
and
give
it
clean
things
,
and
let
it
sleep
with
the
children
.
Hindley
and
Cathy
contented
themselves
with
looking
and
listening
till
peace
was
restored
:
then
,
both
began
searching
their
father
's
pockets
for
the
presents
he
had
promised
them
.
The
former
was
a
boy
of
fourteen
,
but
when
he
drew
out
,
what
had
been
a
fiddle
crushed
to
morsels
in
the
great
coat
,
he
blubbered
aloud
,
and
Cathy
,
when
she
learnt
the
master
had
lost
her
whip
in
attending
on
the
stranger
,
showed
her
humour
by
grinning
and
spitting
at
the
stupid
little
thing
,
earning
for
her
pains
,
a
sound
blow
from
her
father
to
teach
her
cleaner
manners
.
They
entirely
refused
to
have
it
in
bed
with
them
,
or
even
in
their
room
,
and
I
had
no
more
sense
,
so
,
I
put
it
on
the
landing
of
the
stairs
,
hoping
it
might
be
gone
on
the
morrow
.
By
chance
,
or
else
attracted
by
hearing
his
voice
,
it
crept
to
Mr.
Earnshaw
's
door
and
there
he
found
it
on
quitting
his
chamber
.
Inquiries
were
made
as
to
how
it
got
there
;
I
was
obliged
to
confess
,
and
in
recompense
for
my
cowardice
and
inhumanity
was
sent
out
of
the
house
.
This
was
Heathcliff
's
first
introduction
to
the
family
:
on
coming
back
a
few
days
afterwards
,
for
I
did
not
consider
my
banishment
perpetual
,
I
found
they
had
christened
him
"
Heathcliff
,
"
it
was
the
name
of
a
son
who
died
in
childhood
,
and
it
has
served
him
ever
since
,
both
for
christian
and
surname
.
Miss
Cathy
and
he
were
now
very
thick
;
but
Hindley
hated
him
,
and
to
say
the
truth
I
did
the
same
;
and
we
plagued
and
went
on
with
him
shamefully
,
for
I
was'nt
reasonable
enough
to
feel
my
injustice
,
and
the
mistress
never
put
in
a
word
on
his
behalf
,
when
she
saw
him
wronged
.
He
seemed
a
sullen
,
patient
child
;
hardened
,
perhaps
,
to
ill-treatment
:
he
would
stand
Hindley
's
blows
without
winking
or
shedding
a
tear
,
and
my
pinches
moved
him
only
to
draw
in
a
breath
,
and
open
his
eyes
as
if
he
had
hurt
himself
by
accident
,
and
nobody
was
to
blame
.
This
endurance
made
old
Earnshaw
furious
when
he
discovered
his
son
persecuting
the
poor
,
fatherless
child
,
as
he
called
him
.
He
took
to
Heathcliff
strangely
,
believing
,
all
he
said
,
(
for
that
matter
,
he
said
precious
little
,
and
generally
the
truth
,
)
and
petting
him
up
far
above
Cathy
,
who
was
too
mischievous
and
wayward
for
a
favourite
.
So
,
from
the
very
beginning
,
he
bred
bad
feeling
in
the
house
;
and
at
Mrs
Earnshaw
's
death
,
which
happened
in
less
than
two
years
after
,
the
young
master
had
learnt
to
regard
his
father
as
an
oppressor
rather
than
a
friend
,
and
Heathcliff
as
a
usurper
of
his
parent
's
aflfections
,
and
his
privileges
,
and
he
grew
bitter
with
brooding
over
these
injuries
.
I
sympathised
awhile
,
but
,
when
the
children
fell
ill
of
the
measles
and
I
had
to
tend
them
,
and
take
on
me
the
cares
of
a
woman
,
at
once
,
I
changed
my
ideas
.
Heathcliff
was
dangerously
sick
,
and
while
he
lay
at
the
worst
he
would
have
me
constantly
by
his
pillow
;
I
suppose
he
felt
I
did
a
good
deal
for
him
,
and
he
had'nt
wit
to
guess
that
I
was
compelled
to
do
it
.
However
,
I
will
say
this
,
he
was
the
quietest
child
that
ever
nurse
watched
over
.
The
difference
between
him
and
the
others
forced
me
to
be
less
partial
:
Cathy
and
her
brother
harassed
me
terribly
:
he
was
as
uncomplaining
as
a
lamb
;
though
hardness
,
not
gentleness
,
made
him
give
little
trouble
.
He
got
through
,
and
the
doctor
affirmed
it
was
in
a
great
measure
owing
to
me
,
and
praised
me
for
my
care
.
I
was
vain
of
his
commendations
,
and
softened
towards
the
being
by
whose
means
,
I
earned
them
,
and
thus
Hindley
lost
his
last
ally
;
still
I
could
n't
dote
on
Heathcliff
,
and
I
wondered
often
what
my
master
saw
to
admire
so
much
in
the
sullen
boy
who
never
,
to
my
recollection
,
repaid
his
indulgence
by
any
sign
of
gratitude
.
He
was
not
insolent
to
his
benefactor
;
he
was
simply
insensible
,
though
knowing
perfectly
the
hold
he
had
on
his
heart
,
and
conscious
he
had
only
to
speak
and
all
the
house
would
be
obliged
to
bend
to
his
wishes
.
As
an
instance
,
I
remember
Mr.
Earnshaw
once
bought
a
couple
of
colts
at
the
parish
fair
,
and
gave
the
lads
each
one
.
Heathcliff
took
the
handsomest
,
but
it
soon
fell
lame
,
and
when
he
discovered
it
,
he
said
to
Hindley
,
"
You
must
exchange
horses
with
me
;
I
do
n't
like
mine
,
and
,
if
you
wo
n't
I
shall
tell
your
father
of
the
three
thrashings
you
've
given
me
this
week
,
and
show
him
my
arm
which
is
black
to
the
shoulder
.
"
Hindley
put
out
his
tongue
,
and
cuffed
him
over
the
ears
.
"
You
'd
better
do
it
,
at
once
,
"
he
persisted
escaping
to
the
porch
,
(
they
were
in
the
stable
)
"
you
will
have
to
,
and
,
if
I
speak
,
of
these
blows
,
you
'll
get
them
again
with
interest
.
"
"
Off
dog
!
"
cried
Hindley
,
threatening
him
with
an
iron
weight
,
used
for
weighing
potatoes
,
and
hay
.
"
Throw
it
,
"
he
replied
,
standing
still
,
"
and
then
I
'll
tell
how
you
boasted
that
you
would
turn
me
out
of
doors
as
soon
as
he
died
,
and
see
whether
he
will
not
turn
you
out
directly
.
"
Hindley
threw
it
,
hitting
him
on
the
breast
and
down
he
fell
but
staggered
up
,
immediately
,
breathless
and
white
,
and
had
not
I
prevented
it
he
would
have
gone
just
so
to
the
master
,
and
got
full
revenge
by
letting
his
condition
plead
for
him
,
intimating
who
had
caused
it
.
"
"
Take
my
colt
,
gipsy
,
then
!
"
said
young
Earnshaw
,
"
And
I
pray
that
he
may
break
your
neck
,
take
him
,
and
be
damned
,
you
beggarly
interloper
!
and
wheedle
my
father
out
of
all
he
has
,
only
,
afterwards
,
show
him
what
you
are
,
imp
of
Satan
—
And
take
that
,
I
hope
he
'll
kick
out
your
brains
!
"
Heathcliff
had
gone
to
loose
the
beast
,
and
shift
it
to
his
own
stall
—
He
was
passing
behind
it
,
when
Hindley
finished
his
speech
by
knocking
him
under
its
feet
,
and
without
stopping
to
examine
whether
his
hopes
were
fulfilled
,
ran
away
as
fast
as
he
could
.
I
was
surprised
to
witness
how
coolly
the
child
gathered
himself
up
,
and
went
on
with
his
intention
,
exchanging
saddles
and
all
;
and
then
sitting
down
on
a
bundle
of
hay
to
overcome
the
qualm
which
the
violent
blow
occasioned
,
before
he
entered
the
house
.
I
persuaded
him
easily
to
let
me
lay
the
blame
of
his
bruises
on
the
horse
;
he
minded
little
what
tale
was
told
since
he
had
what
he
wanted
.
He
complained
so
seldom
,
indeed
,
of
such
stirs
as
these
,
that
I
really
thought
him
not
vindictive
—
I
was
deceived
,
completely
,
as
you
will
hear
.
CHAPTER
V.
In
the
course
of
time
,
Mr.
Earnshaw
began
to
fail
.
He
had
been
active
and
healthy
,
yet
his
strength
left
him
suddenly
;
and
when
he
was
confined
to
the
chimney-corner
he
grew
grievously
irritable
.
A
nothing
vexed
him
,
and
suspected
slights
of
his
authority
nearly
threw
him
into
fits
.
This
was
especially
to
be
remarked
if
any
one
attempted
to
impose
upon
,
or
domineer
over
his
favourite
;
he
was
painfully
jealous
lest
a
word
should
be
spoken
amiss
to
him
,
seeming
to
have
got
into
his
head
the
notion
that
,
because
he
liked
Heathcliff
,
all
hated
,
and
longed
to
do
him
an
ill-turn
.
It
was
a
disadvantage
to
the
lad
,
for
the
kinder
among
us
did
not
wish
to
fret
the
master
,
so
we
humoured
his
partiality
;
and
that
humouring
was
rich
nourishment
to
the
child
's
pride
and
black
tempers
.
Still
it
became
in
a
manner
necessary
;
twice
,
or
thrice
,
Hindley
's
manifestations
of
scorn
,
while
his
father
was
near
,
roused
the
old
man
to
a
fury
.
He
seized
his
stick
to
strike
him
,
and
shook
with
rage
that
he
could
not
do
it
.
At
last
,
our
curate
,
(
we
had
a
curate
then
who
made
the
living
answer
by
teaching
the
little
Lintons
and
Earnshaws
,
and
farming
his
bit
of
land
himself
,
)
he
advised
that
the
young
man
should
be
sent
to
college
,
and
Mr
,
Earnshaw
agreed
,
though
with
a
heavy
spirit
,
for
he
said
—
"
Hindley
was
naught
,
and
would
never
thrive
as
where
he
wandered
.
"
I
hoped
heartily
we
should
have
peace
now
.
It
hurt
me
to
think
the
master
should
be
made
uncomfortable
by
his
own
good
deed
.
I
fancied
the
discontent
of
age
and
disease
arose
from
his
family
disagreements
,
as
he
would
have
it
that
it
did
—
really
,
you
know
,
sir
,
it
was
in
his
sinking
frame
.
We
might
have
got
on
tolerably
,
notwithstanding
;
but
,
for
two
people
.
Miss
Cathy
,
and
Joseph
,
the
servant
;
you
saw
him
,
I
dare
say
,
up
yonder
.
He
was
,
and
is
yet
,
most
likely
,
the
wearisomest
,
self-righteous
pharisee
that
ever
ransacked
a
bible
to
rake
the
promises
to
himself
,
and
fling
the
curses
on
his
neighbours
.
By
his
knack
of
sermonizing
and
pious
discoursing
,
he
contrived
to
make
a
great
impression
on
Mr.
Earnshaw
,
and
,
the
more
feeble
the
master
became
,
the
more
influence
he
gained
.
He
was
relentless
in
worrying
him
about
his
soul
's
concerns
,
and
about
ruling
his
children
rigidly
.
He
encouraged
him
to
regard
Hindley
as
a
reprobate
;
and
,
night
after
night
,
he
regularly
grumbled
out
a
long
string
of
tales
against
Heathcliff
and
Catherine
;
always
minding
to
flatter
Earnshaw
's
weakness
by
heaping
the
heaviest
blame
on
the
last
.
Certainly
,
she
had
ways
with
her
such
as
I
never
saw
a
child
take
up
before
;
and
she
put
all
of
us
past
our
patience
fifty
times
and
oftener
in
a
day
:
from
the
hour
she
came
down
stairs
,
till
the
hour
she
went
to
bed
,
we
had
not
a
minute
's
security
that
she
would
n't
be
in
mischief
.
Her
spirits
were
always
at
high-water
mark
,
her
tongue
always
going
—
singing
,
laughing
,
and
plaguing
everybody
who
would
not
do
the
same
.
A
wild
,
wick
slip
she
was
—
but
,
she
had
the
bonniest
eye
,
and
sweetest
smile
,
and
lightest
foot
in
the
parish
;
and
,
after
all
,
I
believe
she
meant
no
harm
;
for
when
once
she
made
you
cry
in
good
earnest
,
it
seldom
happened
that
she
would
not
keep
you
company
;
and
oblige
you
to
be
quiet
that
you
might
comfort
her
.
She
was
much
too
fond
of
Heathcliff
.
The
greatest
punishment
we
could
invent
for
her
was
to
keep
her
separate
from
him
:
yet
,
she
got
chided
more
than
any
of
us
on
his
account
.
In
play
,
she
liked
,
exceedingly
,
to
act
the
little
mistress
;
using
her
hands
freely
,
and
commanding
her
companions
:
she
did
so
to
me
,
but
I
would
not
bear
slapping
,
and
ordering
;
and
so
I
let
her
know
.
Now
,
Mr.
Earnshaw
did
not
understand
jokes
from
his
children
:
he
had
always
been
strict
and
grave
with
them
;
and
Catherine
,
on
her
part
,
had
no
idea
why
her
father
should
be
crosser
and
less
patient
in
his
ailing
condition
,
than
he
was
in
his
prime
.
His
peevish
reproofs
wakened
in
her
a
naughty
delight
to
provoke
him
;
she
was
never
so
happy
as
when
we
were
all
scolding
her
at
once
,
and
she
defying
us
with
her
bold
,
saucy
look
,
and
her
ready
words
;
turning
Joseph
's
religious
curses
into
ridicule
,
baiting
me
,
and
doing
just
what
her
father
hated
most
,
showing
how
her
pretended
insolence
,
which
he
thought
real
,
had
more
power
over
Heathcliff
than
his
kindness
.
How
the
boy
would
do
her
bidding
in
anything
,
and
his
only
when
it
suited
his
own
inclination
.
After
behaving
as
badly
as
possible
all
day
,
she
sometimes
came
fondling
to
make
it
up
at
night
.
"
Nay
,
Cathy
,
"
the
old
man
would
say
,
"
I
cannot
love
thee
;
thou'rt
worse
than
thy
brother
.
Go
,
say
thy
prayers
,
child
,
and
ask
God
's
pardon
.
I
doubt
thy
mother
and
I
must
rue
that
we
ever
reared
thee
!
"
That
made
her
cry
,
at
first
;
and
then
,
being
repulsed
continually
hardened
her
,
and
she
laughed
if
I
told
her
to
say
she
was
sorry
for
her
faults
,
and
beg
to
be
forgiven
.
But
the
hour
came
,
at
last
,
that
ended
Mr.
Earnshaw
's
troubles
on
earth
.
He
died
quietly
in
his
chair
one
October
evening
,
seated
by
the
fire-side
.
A
high
wind
blustered
round
the
house
,
and
roared
in
the
chimney
:
it
sounded
wild
and
stormy
,
yet
it
was
not
cold
,
and
we
were
all
together
—
I
,
a
little
removed
from
the
hearth
,
busy
at
my
knitting
,
and
Joseph
reading
his
Bible
near
the
table
,
(
for
the
servants
generally
sat
in
the
house
then
,
after
their
work
was
done
.
)
Miss
Cathy
had
been
sick
,
and
that
made
her
still
;
she
leant
against
her
father
's
knee
,
and
Heathcliff
was
lying
on
the
floor
with
his
head
in
her
lap
.
I
remember
the
master
,
before
he
fell
into
a
doze
,
stroking
her
bonny
hair
—
it
pleased
him
rarely
to
see
her
gentle
—
and
saying
—
"
Why
canst
thou
not
always
be
a
good
lass
,
Cathy
?
"
And
she
turned
her
face
up
to
his
,
and
laughed
,
and
answered
,
"
Why
cannot
you
always
be
a
good
man
,
father
?
"
But
as
soon
as
she
saw
him
vexed
again
,
she
kissed
his
hand
,
and
said
she
would
sing
him
to
sleep
.
She
began
singing
very
low
,
till
his
fingers
dropped
from
hers
,
and
his
head
sank
on
his
breast
.
Then
I
told
her
to
hush
,
and
not
stir
,
for
fear
she
should
wake
him
.
We
all
kept
as
mute
as
mice
a
full
half-hour
,
and
should
have
done
longer
,
only
Joseph
,
having
finished
his
chapter
,
got
up
and
said
that
he
must
rouse
the
master
for
prayers
and
bed
.
He
stepped
forward
,
and
called
him
by
name
,
and
touched
his
shoulder
,
but
he
would
not
move
—
so
he
took
the
candle
and
looked
at
him
.
I
thought
there
was
something
wrong
as
he
set
down
the
light
;
and
seizing
the
children
each
by
an
arm
,
whispered
them
to
"
frame
up-stairs
,
and
make
little
din
—
they
might
pray
alone
that
evening
—
he
had
summut
to
do
.
"
"
I
shall
bid
father
good-night
first
,
"
said
Catherine
,
putting
her
arms
round
his
neck
,
before
we
could
hinder
her
.
The
poor
thing
discovered
her
loss
directly
—
she
screamed
out
—
"
Oh
,
he
's
dead
,
Heathcliff
!
he
's
dead
!
"
And
they
both
set
up
a
heart-breaking
cry
.
I
joined
my
wail
to
theirs
,
loud
and
bitter
;
but
Joseph
asked
what
we
could
be
thinking
of
to
roar
in
that
way
over
a
saint
in
Heaven
.
He
told
me
to
put
on
my
cloak
and
run
to
Gimmerton
for
the
doctor
and
the
parson
.
I
could
not
guess
the
use
that
either
would
be
of
,
then
.
However
,
I
went
,
through
wind
and
rain
,
and
brought
one
,
the
doctor
,
back
with
me
;
the
other
said
he
would
come
in
the
morning
.
Leaving
Joseph
to
explain
matters
,
I
ran
to
the
children
's
room
;
their
door
was
ajar
,
I
saw
they
had
never
laid
down
,
though
it
was
past
midnight
;
but
they
were
calmer
,
and
did
not
need
me
to
console
them
.
The
little
souls
were
comforting
each
other
with
better
thoughts
than
I
could
have
hit
on
;
no
parson
in
the
world
ever
pictured
Heaven
so
beautifully
as
they
did
,
in
their
innocent
talk
;
and
,
while
I
sobbed
,
and
listened
,
I
could
not
help
wishing
we
were
all
there
safe
together
.
CHAPTER
VI
.
Mr.
Hindley
came
home
to
the
funeral
;
and
—
a
thing
that
amazed
us
,
and
set
the
neighbours
gossipping
right
and
left
—
he
brought
a
wife
with
him
.
What
she
was
,
and
where
she
was
born
he
never
informed
us
;
probably
,
she
had
neither
money
nor
name
to
recommend
her
,
or
he
would
scarcely
have
kept
the
union
from
his
father
.
She
was
not
one
that
would
have
disturbed
the
house
much
on
her
own
account
.
Every
object
she
saw
,
the
moment
she
crossed
the
threshold
,
appeared
to
delight
her
;
and
every
circumstance
that
took
place
about
her
,
except
the
preparing
for
the
burial
,
and
the
presence
of
the
mourners
.
I
thought
she
was
half
silly
from
her
behaviour
while
that
went
on
;
she
ran
into
her
chamber
,
and
made
me
come
with
her
,
though
I
should
have
been
dressing
the
children
;
and
there
she
sat
shivering
and
clasping
her
hands
,
and
asking
repeatedly
—
"
Are
they
gone
yet
?
"
Then
she
began
describing
with
hysterical
emotion
the
effect
it
produced
on
her
to
see
black
;
and
started
,
and
trembled
,
and
,
at
last
,
fell
a
weeping
—
and
when
I
asked
what
was
the
matter
?
answered
,
she
did
n't
know
;
but
she
felt
so
afraid
of
dying
!
I
imagined
her
as
little
likely
to
die
as
myself
.
She
was
rather
thin
,
but
young
,
and
fresh
complexioned
,
and
her
eyes
sparkled
as
bright
as
diamonds
.
I
did
remark
,
to
be
sure
,
that
mounting
the
stairs
made
her
breathe
very
quick
,
that
the
least
sudden
noise
set
her
all
in
a
quiver
,
and
that
she
coughed
troublesomely
sometimes
:
but
,
I
knew
nothing
of
what
these
symptoms
portended
,
and
had
no
impulse
to
sympathize
with
her
.
We
do
n't
in
general
take
to
foreigners
here
,
Mr.
Lockwood
,
unless
they
take
to
us
first
.
Young
Earnshaw
was
altered
considerably
in
the
three
years
of
his
absence
.
He
had
grown
sparer
,
and
lost
his
colour
,
and
spoke
and
dressed
quite
differently
:
and
,
on
the
very
day
of
his
return
,
he
told
Joseph
and
me
we
must
thenceforth
quarter
ourselves
in
the
back-kitchen
,
and
leave
the
house
for
him
.
Indeed
he
would
have
carpeted
and
papered
a
small
spare
room
for
a
parlour
;
but
his
wife
expressed
such
pleasure
at
the
white
floor
,
and
huge
glowing
fire-place
,
at
the
pewter
dishes
,
and
delf-case
,
and
dog-kennel
,
and
the
wide
space
there
was
to
move
about
in
,
where
they
usually
sat
,
that
he
thought
it
unnecessary
to
her
comfort
,
and
so
dropped
the
intention
.
She
expressed
pleasure
,
too
,
at
finding
a
sister
among
her
new
acquaintance
,
and
she
prattled
to
Catherine
,
and
kissed
her
,
and
ran
about
with
her
,
and
gave
her
quantities
of
presents
,
at
the
beginning
.
Her
affection
tired
very
soon
,
however
,
and
when
she
grew
peevish
,
Hindley
became
tyrannical
.
A
few
words
from
her
,
evincing
a
dislike
to
Heathcliff
,
were
enough
to
rouse
in
him
all
his
old
hatred
of
the
boy
.
He
drove
him
from
their
company
to
the
servants
,
deprived
him
of
the
instructions
of
the
curate
,
and
insisted
that
he
should
labour
out
of
doors
instead
,
compelling
him
to
do
so
,
as
hard
as
any
other
lad
on
the
farm
.
He
bore
his
degradation
pretty
well
at
first
,
because
Cathy
taught
him
what
she
learnt
,
and
worked
or
played
with
him
in
the
fields
.
They
both
promised
fair
to
grow
up
as
rude
as
savages
,
the
young
master
being
entirely
negligent
how
they
behaved
,
and
what
they
did
,
so
they
kept
clear
of
him
.
He
would
not
even
have
seen
after
their
going
to
church
on
Sundays
,
only
Joseph
and
the
curate
reprimanded
his
carelessness
when
they
absented
themselves
,
and
that
reminded
him
to
order
Heathcliff
a
flogging
,
and
Catherine
a
fast
from
dinner
or
supper
.
But
it
was
one
of
their
chief
amusements
to
run
away
to
the
moors
in
the
morning
and
remain
there
all
day
,
and
the
after
punishment
grew
a
mere
thing
to
laugh
at
.
The
curate
might
set
as
many
chapters
as
he
pleased
for
Catherine
to
get
by
heart
,
and
Joseph
might
thrash
Heathcliff
till
his
arm
ached
;
they
forgot
everything
the
minute
they
were
together
again
,
at
least
the
minute
they
had
contrived
some
naughty
plan
of
revenge
,
and
many
a
time
I
've
cried
to
myself
to
watch
them
growing
more
reckless
daily
,
and
I
not
daring
to
speak
a
syllable
for
fear
of
losing
the
small
power
I
still
retained
over
the
unfriended
creatures
.
One
Sunday
evening
,
it
chanced
that
they
were
banished
from
the
sitting-room
,
for
making
a
noise
,
or
a
light
offence
of
the
kind
,
and
when
I
went
to
call
them
to
supper
,
I
could
discover
them
nowhere
.
We
searched
the
house
,
above
and
below
,
and
the
yard
,
and
stables
,
they
were
invisible
;
and
,
at
last
,
Hindley
in
a
passion
told
us
to
bolt
the
doors
,
and
swore
nobody
should
let
them
in
that
night
.
The
household
went
to
bed
;
and
I
,
too
anxious
to
lie
down
,
opened
my
lattice
and
put
my
head
out
to
hearken
,
though
it
rained
,
determined
to
admit
them
in
spite
of
the
prohibition
,
should
they
return
.
In
a
while
,
I
distinguished
steps
coming
up
the
road
,
and
the
light
of
a
lantern
glimmered
through
the
gate
.
I
threw
a
shawl
over
my
head
and
ran
to
prevent
them
from
waking
Mr.
Earnshaw
by
knocking
.
There
was
Heathcliff
,
by
himself
;
it
gave
me
a
start
to
see
him
alone
.
"
Where
is
Miss
Catherine
?
"
I
cried
hurriedly
.
"
No
accident
,
I
hope
?
"
"
At
Thrushcross
Grange
,
"
he
answered
,
"
and
I
would
have
been
there
too
,
but
they
had
not
the
manners
to
ask
me
to
stay
.
"
"
Well
,
you
will
catch
it
!
"
I
said
,
"
you
'll
never
be
content
till
you
're
sent
about
your
business
.
What
in
the
world
led
you
wandering
to
Thrushcross
Grange
?
"
"
Let
me
get
off
my
wet
clothes
,
and
I
'll
tell
you
all
about
it
,
Nelly
,
"
he
replied
.
I
bid
him
beware
of
rousing
the
master
,
and
while
he
undressed
,
and
I
waited
to
put
out
the
candle
,
he
continued
—
"
Cathy
and
I
escaped
from
the
wash
house
to
have
a
ramble
at
liberty
,
and
getting
a
glimpse
of
the
Grange
lights
,
we
thought
we
would
just
go
and
see
whether
the
Lintons
passed
their
Sunday
evenings
standing
shivering
in
corners
,
while
their
father
and
mother
sat
eating
and
drinking
and
singing
and
laughing
,
and
burning
their
eyes
out
before
the
fire
.
Do
you
think
they
do
?
Or
reading
sermons
,
and
being
catechised
by
their
manservant
,
and
set
to
learn
a
column
of
Scripture
names
,
if
they
do
n't
answer
properly
?
"
"
Probably
not
,
"
I
responded
.
"
They
are
good
children
,
no
doubt
,
and
do
n't
deserve
the
treatment
you
receive
,
for
your
bad
conduct
.
"
"
Do
n't
you
cant
,
Nelly
,
"
he
said
"
nonsense
!
We
ran
from
the
top
of
the
Heights
to
the
park
,
without
stopping
—
Catherine
completely
beaten
in
the
race
,
because
she
was
barefoot
.
You
'll
have
to
seek
for
her
shoes
in
the
bog
to-morrow
.
We
crept
through
a
broken
hedge
,
groped
our
way
up
the
path
,
and
planted
ourselves
on
a
flower-plot
under
the
drawing
room
window
.
The
light
came
from
thence
;
they
had
not
put
up
the
shutters
,
and
the
curtains
were
only
half
closed
.
Both
of
us
were
able
to
look
in
by
standing
on
the
basement
,
and
clinging
to
the
ledge
,
and
we
saw
—
ah
!
it
was
beautiful
—
a
splendid
place
carpeted
with
crimson
,
and
crimson-covered
chairs
and
tables
,
and
a
pure
white
ceiling
bordered
by
gold
,
a
shower
of
glass-drops
hanging
in
silver
chains
from
the
centre
,
and
shimmering
with
little
soft
tapers
.
Old
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Linton
were
not
there
.
Edgar
and
his
sister
had
it
entirely
to
themselves
;
should
n't
they
have
been
happy
?
We
should
have
thought
ourselves
in
heaven
!
And
now
,
guess
what
your
good
children
were
doing
?
Isabella
,
I
believe
she
is
eleven
,
a
year
younger
than
Cathy
,
lay
screaming
at
the
farther
end
of
the
room
,
shrieking
as
if
witches
were
running
red
hot
needles
into
her
.
Edgar
stood
on
the
hearth
weeping
silently
,
and
in
the
middle
of
the
table
sat
a
little
dog
shaking
its
paw
and
yelping
,
which
,
from
their
mutual
accusations
,
we
understood
they
had
nearly
pulled
in
two
between
them
.
The
idiots
!
That
was
their
pleasure
!
to
quarrel
who
should
hold
a
heap
of
warm
hair
,
and
each
begin
to
cry
because
both
,
after
struggling
to
get
it
,
refused
to
take
it
.
We
laughed
outright
at
the
petted
things
,
we
did
despise
them
!
When
would
you
catch
me
wishing
to
have
what
Catherine
wanted
?
or
find
us
by
ourselves
,
seeking
entertainment
in
yelling
,
and
sobbing
,
and
rolling
on
the
ground
,
divided
by
the
whole
room
?
I
'd
not
exchange
,
for
a
thousand
lives
,
my
condition
here
,
for
Edgar
Linton
's
at
Thrushcross
Grange
—
not
if
I
might
have
the
privilege
of
flinging
Joseph
off
the
highest
gable
,
and
painting
the
house-front
with
Hindley
's
blood
!
"
"
Hush
,
hush
!
"
I
interrupted
.
"
Still
you
have
not
told
me
,
Heathcliff
,
how
Catherine
is
left
behind
?
"
"
I
told
you
we
laughed
,
"
he
answered
.
The
Linton
's
heard
us
,
and
with
one
accord
,
they
shot
like
arrows
to
the
door
;
there
was
silence
,
and
then
a
cry
,
'
Oh
,
mamma
,
mamma
!
Oh
,
papa
!
Oh
,
mamma
,
come
here
.
Oh
papa
,
oh
!
'
They
really
did
howl
out
,
something
in
that
way
.
We
made
frightful
noises
to
terrify
them
still
more
,
and
then
we
dropped
off
the
ledge
,
because
somebody
was
drawing
the
bars
,
and
we
felt
we
had
better
flee
.
I
had
Cathy
by
the
hand
,
and
was
urging
her
on
,
when
all
at
once
she
fell
down
.
"
Run
,
Heathcliff
,
run
!
"
she
whispered
.
"
They
have
let
the
bull-dog
loose
,
and
he
holds
me
!
"
"
The
devil
had
seized
her
ankle
,
Nelly
;
I
heard
his
abominable
snorting
.
She
did
not
yell
out
—
no
!
She
would
have
scorned
to
do
it
,
if
she
had
been
spitted
on
the
horns
of
a
mad
cow
.
I
did
,
though
,
I
vociferated
curses
enough
to
annihilate
any
fiend
in
Christendom
,
and
I
got
a
stone
and
thrust
it
between
his
jaws
,
and
tried
with
all
my
might
to
cram
it
down
his
throat
.
A
beast
of
a
servant
came
up
with
a
lantern
,
at
last
,
shouting
—
"
Keep
fast
,
Skulker
,
keep
fast
!
"
"
He
changed
his
note
,
however
,
when
he
saw
Skulker
's
game
.
The
dog
was
throttled
off
,
his
huge
,
purple
tongue
hanging
half
a
foot
out
of
his
mouth
,
and
his
pendant
lips
streaming
with
bloody
slaver
.
"
The
man
took
Cathy
up
;
she
was
sick
;
not
from
fear
,
I
'm
certain
,
but
from
pain
.
He
carried
her
in
;
I
followed
grumbling
execrations
and
vengeance
.
"
"
What
prey
,
Robert
?
"
hallooed
Linton
from
the
entrance
.
"
"
Skulker
has
caught
a
little
girl
,
sir
,
"
he
replied
,
and
there
's
a
lad
here
,
"
ha
added
,
making
a
clutch
at
me
,
"
who
looks
an
out-and-outer
!
Very
like
,
the
robbers
were
for
putting
them
through
the
window
,
to
open
the
doors
to
the
gang
,
after
all
were
asleep
,
that
they
might
murder
us
at
their
ease
.
Hold
your
tongue
,
you
foul-mouthed
thief
,
you
!
you
shall
go
to
the
gallows
for
this
.
Mr.
Linton
,
sir
,
do
n't
lay
by
your
gun
!
"
"
No
,
no
,
Robert
!
"
said
the
old
fool
.
"
The
rascals
knew
that
yesterday
was
my
rent
day
;
they
thought
to
have
me
cleverly
.
Come
in
;
I
'll
furnish
them
a
reception
.
There
,
John
,
fasten
the
chain
.
Give
Skulker
some
water
,
Jenny
.
To
beard
a
magistrate
in
his
strong-hold
,
and
on
the
Sabbath
,
too
!
where
will
their
insolence
stop
?
Oh
,
my
dear
Mary
,
look
here
!
Do
n't
be
afraid
,
it
is
but
a
boy
—
yet
,
the
villain
scowls
so
plainly
in
his
face
,
would
it
not
be
a
kindness
to
the
country
to
hang
him
at
once
,
before
he
shows
his
nature
in
acts
,
as
well
as
features
?
"
He
pulled
me
under
the
chandelier
,
and
Mrs.
Linton
placed
her
spectacles
on
her
nose
and
raised
her
hands
in
horror
.
The
cowardly
children
crept
nearer
also
,
Isabella
lisping
—
"
