wascovetousness
.
He
snatched
the
pistol
back
,
jealously
;
shut
the
knife
,
and
returned
it
to
its
concealment
.
"
I
do
n't
care
if
you
tell
him
,
"
said
he
.
Put
him
on
his
guard
,
and
watch
for
him
.
You
know
the
terms
we
are
on
,
I
see
;
his
danger
does
not
shock
you
.
"
"
What
has
Heathcliff
done
to
you
?
"
I
asked
.
"
In
what
has
he
wronged
you
to
warrant
this
appalling
hatred
?
Would
n't
it
be
wiser
to
bid
him
quit
the
house
?
"
"
No
,
"
thundered
Earnshaw
,
"
should
he
offer
to
leave
me
,
he
's
a
dead
man
,
persuade
him
to
attempt
it
,
and
you
are
a
murderess
!
Am
I
to
lose
all
without
a
chance
of
retrieval
?
Is
Hareton
to
be
a
beggar
?
Oh
,
damnation
!
I
will
have
it
back
;
and
I
'll
have
his
gold
too
;
and
then
his
blood
;
and
hell
shall
have
his
soul
!
It
will
be
ten
times
blacker
with
that
guest
than
ever
it
was
before
!
"
"
You
've
acquainted
me
,
Ellen
,
with
your
old
master
's
habits
.
He
is
clearly
on
the
verge
of
madness
—
he
was
so
last
night
,
at
least
.
I
shuddered
to
be
near
him
,
and
thought
on
the
servant
's
ill-bred
moroseness
as
comparatively
agreeable
.
He
now
recommenced
his
moody
walk
,
and
I
raised
the
latch
,
and
escaped
into
the
kitchen
.
Joseph
was
bending
over
the
fire
,
peering
into
a
large
pan
that
swung
above
it
;
and
a
wooden
bowl
of
oatmeal
stood
on
the
settle
close
by
.
The
contents
of
the
pan
began
to
boil
,
and
he
turned
to
plunge
his
hand
into
the
bowl
;
I
conjectured
that
this
preparation
was
probably
for
our
supper
,
and
,
being
hungry
,
I
resolved
it
should
be
eatable
—
so
crying
out
,
sharply
—
"
I
'll
make
the
porridge
!
"
I
removed
the
vessel
out
of
his
reach
,
and
proceeded
to
take
off
my
hat
and
riding
habit
.
"
Mr.
Earnshaw
,
"
I
continued
,
"
directs
me
to
wait
on
myself
—
I
will
—
I
'm
not
going
to
act
the
lady
among
you
,
for
fear
I
should
starve
.
"
"
Gooid
Lord
!
"
he
muttered
,
sitting
down
,
and
stroking
his
ribbed
stockings
from
the
knee
to
the
ankle
.
"
If
they
's
tuh
be
fresh
ortherings
—
just
when
Aw
getten
used
tuh
two
maisters
,
if
aw
mun
hev
a
mistress
set
o'er
my
heead
,
it
's
loike
time
tuh
be
flitting
.
Aw
niver
did
think
tuh
say
t
'
day
ut
aw
mud
lave
th
'
owld
place
—
but
aw
daht
it
's
nigh
at
hend
!
"
This
lamentation
drew
no
notice
from
me
;
I
went
briskly
to
work
;
sighing
to
remember
a
period
when
it
would
have
been
all
merry
fun
;
but
compelled
speedily
to
drive
off
the
remembrance
.
It
racked
me
to
recall
past
happiness
,
and
the
greater
peril
there
was
of
conjuring
up
its
apparition
,
the
quicker
the
thible
ran
round
,
and
the
faster
the
handfuls
of
meal
fell
into
the
water
.
Joseph
beheld
my
style
of
cookery
with
growing
indignation
.
"
Thear
!
"
he
ejaculated
.
"
Hareton
,
thah
willut
sup
thy
porridge
tuh
neeght
;
they
'll
be
nowt
bud
lumps
as
big
as
maw
nave
.
Thear
,
agean
!
Aw
'd
fling
in
bowl
un
all
,
if
aw
wer
yah
!
Thear
,
pale
t
'
guilp
off
,
un
'
then
yah
'll
hae
done
wi't
.
Bang
,
bang
.
It
's
a
marcy
t
'
bothom
is
n't
deaved
aht
!
"
It
was
rather
a
rough
mess
,
I
own
,
when
poured
into
the
basins
;
four
had
been
provided
,
and
a
gallon
pitcher
of
new
milk
was
brought
from
the
dairy
,
which
Hareton
seized
and
commenced
drinking
and
spilling
from
the
expansive
lip
.
I
expostulated
,
and
desired
that
he
should
have
his
in
a
mug
;
affirming
that
I
could
not
taste
the
liquid
treated
so
dirtily
.
The
old
cynic
chose
to
be
vastly
offended
at
this
nicety
;
assuring
me
,
repeatedly
,
that
"
the
barn
was
every
bit
as
gooid
"
as
I
,
"
and
every
bit
as
wollsome
,
"
and
wondering
how
I
could
fashion
to
be
so
conceited
;
meanwhile
,
the
infant
ruffian
continued
sucking
;
and
glowered
up
at
me
defyingly
,
as
he
slavered
into
the
jug
.
"
I
shall
have
my
supper
in
another
room
,
"
I
said
.
"
Have
you
no
place
you
call
a
parlour
?
"
"
Parlour
!
"
he
echoed
,
sneeringly
,
"
parlour
!
Nay
,
we
've
noa
parlours
.
If
yah
dunnut
loike
wer
company
,
they
's
maister
's
;
un
'
if
yah
dunnut
loike
maister
,
they
's
us
.
"
"
Then
I
shall
go
up-stairs
,
"
I
answered
;
"
shew
me
a
chamber
!
"
I
put
my
basin
on
a
tray
,
and
went
myself
to
fetch
some
more
milk
.
With
great
grumblings
,
the
fellow
rose
,
and
preceded
me
in
my
ascent
:
we
mounted
to
the
garrets
;
he
opening
a
door
,
now
and
then
,
to
look
into
the
apartments
we
passed
.
"
Here
's
a
rahm
,
"
he
said
,
at
last
,
flinging
back
a
cranky
board
on
hinges
.
"
It
's
weel
eneugh
tuh
ate
a
few
porridge
in
.
They
's
a
pack
uh
corn
i
'
t
'
corner
,
thear
,
meeterly
clane
;
if
yah
're
feared
uh
muckying
yer
grand
silk
cloes
,
spread
yer
hankerchir
ut
t
'
top
o
n't
.
"
The
"
rahm
"
was
a
kind
of
lumber-hole
smelling
strong
of
malt
and
grain
;
various
sacks
of
which
articles
were
piled
around
,
leaving
a
wide
,
bare
space
in
the
middle
.
"
Why
,
man
!
"
I
exclaimed
,
facing
him
angrily
,
"
this
is
not
a
place
to
sleep
in
.
I
wish
to
see
my
bed-room
.
"
"
Bed-rume
!
"
he
repeated
,
in
a
tone
of
mockery
.
"
Yah
's
see
all
t
'
bed-rumes
thear
is
—
yon
's
mine
.
"
He
pointed
into
the
second
garret
,
only
differing
from
the
first
in
being
more
naked
about
the
walls
,
and
having
a
large
,
low
,
curtainless
bed
,
with
an
indigo-coloured
quilt
,
at
one
end
.
"
What
do
I
want
with
yours
?
"
I
retorted
.
"
I
suppose
Mr.
Heathcliff
does
not
lodge
at
the
top
of
the
house
,
does
he
?
"
"
Oh
!
it
's
Maister
Hathecliff
's
yah
're
wenting
?
"
cried
he
,
as
if
making
a
new
discovery
.
"
Could
n't
ye
uh
said
soa
,
at
onst
?
un
then
,
aw
mud
uh
telled
ye
,
baht
all
this
wark
,
ut
that
's
just
one
yah
cannut
sea
—
he
allas
keeps
it
locked
,
un
'
nob'dy
iver
mells
o
n't
but
hisseln
.
"
"
You
've
a
nice
house
,
Joseph
,
"
I
could
not
refrain
from
observing
,
"
and
pleasant
inmates
;
and
I
think
the
concentrated
essence
of
all
the
madness
in
the
world
took
up
its
abode
in
my
brain
the
day
I
linked
my
fate
with
theirs
!
However
that
is
not
to
the
present
purpose
—
there
are
other
rooms
.
For
heaven
's
sake
,
be
quick
,
and
let
me
settle
somewhere
!
"
He
made
no
reply
to
this
adjuration
;
only
plodding
doggedly
down
the
wooden
steps
,
and
halting
before
an
apartment
which
,
from
that
halt
,
and
the
superior
quality
of
its
furniture
,
I
conjectured
to
be
the
best
one
.
There
was
a
carpet
,
a
good
one
;
but
the
pattern
was
obliterated
by
dust
;
a
fire-place
hung
with
cut
paper
dropping
to
pieces
;
a
handsome
oak-bedstead
with
ample
crimson
curtains
of
rather
expensive
material
,
and
modern
make
.
But
they
had
evidently
experienced
rough
usage
,
the
valances
hung
in
festoons
,
wrenched
from
their
rings
;
and
the
iron
rod
supporting
them
was
bent
in
an
arc
,
on
one
side
,
causing
the
drapery
to
trail
upon
the
floor
.
The
chairs
were
also
damaged
,
many
of
them
severely
;
and
deep
indentations
deformed
the
panels
of
the
walls
.
I
was
endeavouring
to
gather
resolution
for
entering
,
and
taking
possession
,
when
my
fool
of
a
guide
announced
—
"
This
here
is
t
'
maister
's
.
"
My
supper
by
this
time
was
cold
,
my
appetite
gone
,
and
my
patience
exhausted
.
I
insisted
on
being
provided
instantly
with
a
place
of
refuge
,
and
means
of
repose
.
"
Whear
the
divil
,
"
began
the
religious
elder
.
"
The
Lord
bless
us
!
The
Lord
forgie
us
!
Whear
the
hell
,
wold
ye
gang
?
ye
marred
,
wearisome
nowt
!
Yah
seen
all
bud
Hareton
's
bit
uf
a
cham'er
.
They
's
nut
another
hoile
tuh
lig
dahn
in
i
'
th
'
hahse
!
"
I
was
so
vexed
,
I
flung
my
tray
,
and
its
contents
on
the
ground
;
and
then
seated
myself
at
the
stairs-head
,
hid
my
face
in
my
hands
,
and
cried
.
"
Ech
!
ech
!
"
exclaimed
Joseph
.
"
Weel
done
,
Miss
Cathy
!
weel
done
,
Miss
Cathy
!
Hahsiver
,
t
'
maister
sall
just
tum'le
o'er
them
brocken
pots
;
un
'
then
we
's
hear
summut
;
we
's
hear
hah
it
's
tuh
be
.
Gooid-fur-nowt
madling
!
yah
desarve
pining
froo
this
tuh
Churstmas
,
flinging
t
'
precious
gifts
uh
God
under
fooit
i
'
yer
flaysome
rages
!
Bud
,
aw
'm
mista'en
if
yah
shew
yer
sperrit
lang
.
Will
Hathecliff
bide
sich
bonny
ways
,
think
ye
?
Aw
nobbut
wish
he
muh
cotch
ye
i
'
that
plisky
.
Aw
nobbut
wish
he
may
.
"
And
so
he
went
scolding
to
his
den
beneath
,
taking
the
candle
with
him
,
and
I
remained
in
the
dark
.
The
period
of
reflection
succeeding
this
silly
action
,
compelled
me
to
admit
the
necessity
of
smothering
my
pride
,
and
choking
my
wrath
,
and
bestirring
myself
to
remove
its
effects
.
An
unexpected
aid
presently
appeared
in
the
shape
of
Throttler
,
whom
I
now
recognised
as
a
son
of
our
old
Skulker
;
it
had
spent
its
whelphood
at
the
Grange
,
and
was
given
by
my
father
to
Mr.
Hindley
.
I
fancy
it
knew
me
—
it
pushed
its
nose
against
mine
by
way
of
salute
,
and
then
hastened
to
devour
the
porridge
,
while
I
groped
from
step
to
step
,
collecting
the
shattered
earthenware
,
and
drying
the
spatters
of
milk
from
the
bannister
with
my
pocket-handherchief
.
Our
labours
were
scarcely
over
when
I
heard
Earnshaw
's
tread
in
the
passage
;
my
assistant
tucked
in
his
tail
,
and
pressed
to
the
wall
;
I
stole
into
the
nearest
doorway
.
The
dog
's
endeavour
to
avoid
him
was
unsuccessful
;
as
I
guessed
by
a
scutter
down
stairs
,
and
a
prolonged
,
piteous
yelping
.
I
had
better
luck
.
He
passed
on
,
entered
his
chamber
,
and
shut
the
door
.
Directly
after
Joseph
came
up
with
Hareton
,
to
put
him
to
bed
.
I
had
found
shelter
in
Hareton
's
room
,
and
the
old
man
on
seeing
me
,
said
—
"
They
's
rahm
fur
boath
yah
,
un
yer
pride
,
nah
,
aw
sud
think
i
'
th
hahse
.
It
's
empty
;
yah
muh
hev
it
all
tuh
yerseln
,
un
Him
as
allas
maks
a
third
,
i
'
sich
ill
company
!
"
Gladly
did
I
take
advantage
of
this
intimation
;
and
the
minute
I
flung
myself
into
a
chair
,
by
the
fire
,
I
nodded
,
and
slept
.
My
slumber
was
deep
,
and
sweet
;
though
over
far
too
soon
.
Mr.
Heathcliff
awoke
me
;
he
had
just
come
in
,
and
demanded
,
in
his
loving
manner
,
what
I
was
doing
there
?
I
told
him
the
cause
of
my
staying
up
so
late
—
that
he
had
the
key
of
our
room
in
his
pocket
.
The
adjective
our
gave
mortal
offence
.
He
swore
it
was
not
,
nor
ever
should
be
mine
;
and
he
'd
—
but
I
'll
not
repeat
his
language
,
nor
describe
his
habitual
conduct
;
he
is
ingenious
and
unresting
in
seeking
to
gain
my
abhorrence
!
I
sometimes
wonder
at
him
with
an
intensity
that
deadens
my
fear
:
yet
,
I
assure
you
,
a
tiger
,
or
a
venomous
serpent
could
not
rouse
terror
in
me
equal
to
that
which
he
wakens
.
He
told
me
of
Catherine
's
illness
,
and
accused
my
brother
of
causing
it
;
promising
that
I
should
be
Edgar
's
proxy
in
suffering
,
till
he
could
get
a
hold
of
him
.
⁠
"
I
do
hate
him
—
I
am
wretched
—
I
have
been
a
fool
!
Beware
of
uttering
one
breath
of
this
to
any
one
at
the
Grange
.
I
shall
expect
you
every
day
—
do
n't
disappoint
me
!
"
ISABELLA
.
"
CHAPTER
XIV
.
As
soon
as
I
had
perused
this
epistle
,
I
went
to
the
master
,
and
informed
him
that
his
sister
had
arrived
at
the
Heights
,
and
sent
me
a
a
letter
expressing
her
sorrow
for
Mrs.
Linton
's
situation
,
and
her
ardent
desire
to
see
him
;
with
a
wish
that
he
would
transmit
to
her
,
as
early
as
possible
,
some
token
of
forgiveness
by
me
.
"
Forgiveness
?
"
said
Linton
.
"
I
have
nothing
to
forgive
her
,
Ellen
—
you
may
call
at
Wuthering
Heights
this
afternoon
,
if
you
like
,
and
say
that
I
am
not
angry
,
but
I
'm
sorry
to
have
lost
her
:
especially
as
I
can
never
think
she
'll
be
happy
.
It
is
out
of
the
question
my
going
to
see
her
,
however
;
we
are
eternally
divided
;
and
should
she
really
wish
to
oblige
me
,
let
her
persuade
the
villain
she
has
married
to
leave
the
country
.
"
"
And
you
wont
write
her
a
little
note
,
sir
?
"
I
asked
,
imploringly
.
"
No
,
"
he
answered
.
"
It
is
needless
.
My
communication
with
Heathcliff
's
family
shall
be
as
sparing
as
his
with
mine
.
It
shall
not
exist
!
"
Mr.
Edgar
's
coldness
depressed
me
exceedingly
;
and
all
the
way
from
the
Grange
,
I
puzzled
my
brains
how
to
put
more
heart
into
what
he
said
,
when
I
repeated
it
;
and
how
to
soften
his
refusal
of
even
a
few
lines
to
console
Isabella
.
I
dare
say
she
had
been
on
the
watch
for
me
since
morning
:
I
saw
her
looking
through
the
lattice
,
as
I
came
up
the
garden
causeway
and
I
nodded
to
her
;
but
she
drew
back
,
as
if
afraid
of
being
observed
.
I
entered
without
knocking
.
There
never
was
such
a
dreary
,
dismal
scene
as
the
formerly
cheerful
house
presented
!
I
must
confess
that
,
if
I
had
been
in
the
young
lady
's
place
,
I
would
,
at
least
,
have
swept
the
hearth
,
and
wiped
the
tables
with
a
duster
.
But
she
already
partook
of
the
pervading
spirit
of
neglect
which
encompassed
her
.
Her
pretty
face
was
wan
and
listless
;
her
hair
uncurled
;
some
locks
hanging
lankly
down
,
and
some
carelessly
twisted
round
her
head
.
Probably
she
had
not
touched
her
dress
since
yester
evening
.
Hindley
was
not
there
.
Mr.
Heathcliff
sat
at
a
table
,
turning
over
some
papers
in
his
pocket-book
;
but
he
rose
when
I
appeared
,
asked
me
how
I
did
,
quite
friendly
,
and
offered
me
a
chair
.
He
was
the
only
thing
there
that
seemed
decent
,
and
I
thought
he
never
looked
better
.
So
much
had
circumstances
altered
their
positions
,
that
he
would
certainly
have
struck
a
stranger
as
a
born
and
bred
gentleman
,
and
his
wife
as
a
thorough
little
slattern
!
She
came
forward
eagerly
to
greet
me
;
and
held
out
one
hand
to
take
the
expected
letter
.
I
shook
my
head
.
She
would
n't
understand
the
hint
,
but
followed
me
to
a
sideboard
,
where
I
went
to
lay
my
bonnet
,
and
importuned
me
in
a
whisper
to
give
her
directly
what
I
had
brought
.
Heathcliff
guessed
the
meaning
of
her
manœuvres
,
and
said
—
"
If
you
have
got
anything
for
Isabella
,
as
no
doubt
you
have
,
Nelly
,
give
it
to
her
.
You
need
n't
make
a
secret
of
it
;
we
have
no
secrets
between
us
.
"
"
Oh
,
I
have
nothing
,
"
I
replied
,
thinking
it
best
to
speak
the
truth
at
once
.
"
My
master
bid
me
tell
his
sister
that
she
must
not
expect
either
a
letter
or
a
visit
from
him
at
present
.
He
sends
his
love
,
ma'am
,
and
his
wishes
for
your
happiness
,
and
his
pardon
for
the
grief
you
have
occasioned
;
but
he
thinks
that
after
this
time
,
his
household
,
and
the
household
here
,
should
drop
intercommunication
;
as
nothing
good
could
come
of
keeping
it
up
.
Mrs.
Heathcliff
's
lip
quivered
slightly
,
and
she
returned
to
her
seat
in
the
window
.
Her
husband
took
his
stand
on
the
hearthstone
,
near
me
,
and
began
to
put
questions
concerning
Catherine
.
I
told
him
as
much
as
I
thought
proper
of
her
illness
,
and
he
extorted
from
me
,
by
cross-examination
,
most
of
the
facts
connected
with
its
origin
.
I
blamed
her
,
as
she
deserved
,
for
bringing
it
all
on
herself
;
and
ended
by
hoping
that
he
would
follow
Mr.
Linton
's
example
,
and
avoid
future
interference
with
his
family
,
for
good
or
evil
.
"
Mrs
Linton
is
now
just
recovering
,
"
I
said
,
"
she
'll
never
be
like
she
was
,
but
her
life
is
spared
,
and
if
you
really
have
a
regard
for
her
,
you
'll
shun
crossing
her
way
again
.
Nay
you
'll
move
out
of
this
country
entirely
;
and
that
you
may
not
regret
it
,
I
'll
inform
you
Catherine
Linton
is
as
different
now
,
from
your
old
friend
Catherine
Earnshaw
,
as
that
young
lady
is
different
from
me
!
Her
appearance
is
changed
greatly
,
her
character
much
more
so
;
and
the
person
,
who
is
compelled
,
of
necessity
,
to
be
her
companion
,
will
only
sustain
his
affection
hereafter
,
by
the
remembrance
of
what
she
once
was
,
by
common
humanity
,
and
a
sense
of
duty
!
"
"
That
is
quite
possible
,
"
remarked
Heathcliff
forcing
himself
to
seem
calm
,
"
quite
possible
that
your
master
should
have
nothing
but
common
humanity
,
and
a
sense
of
duty
to
fall
back
upon
.
But
do
you
imagine
that
I
shall
leave
Catherine
to
his
duty
and
humanity
?
and
can
you
compare
my
feelings
respecting
Catherine
,
to
his
?
Before
you
leave
this
house
,
I
must
exact
a
promise
from
you
,
that
you
'll
get
me
an
interview
with
her
—
consent
,
or
refuse
,
I
will
see
her
!
What
do
you
say
?
"
"
I
say
Mr.
Heathcliff
,
"
I
replied
,
"
you
must
not
—
you
never
shall
through
my
means
.
Another
encounter
between
you
and
the
master
,
would
kill
her
altogether
!
"
"
With
your
aid
that
may
be
avoided
;
"
he
continued
,
"
and
should
there
be
danger
of
such
an
event
—
should
he
be
the
cause
of
adding
a
single
trouble
more
to
her
existence
—
Why
,
I
think
,
I
shall
be
justified
in
going
to
extremes
!
I
wish
you
had
sincerity
enough
to
tell
me
whether
Catherine
would
suffer
greatly
from
his
loss
.
The
fear
that
she
would
restrains
me
:
and
there
you
see
the
distinction
between
our
feelings
—
Had
he
been
in
my
place
,
and
I
in
his
,
though
I
hated
him
with
a
hatred
that
turned
my
life
to
gall
,
I
never
would
have
raised
a
hand
against
him
.
You
may
look
incredulous
,
if
you
please
!
I
never
would
have
banished
him
from
her
society
,
as
long
as
she
desired
his
.
The
moment
her
regard
ceased
,
I
would
have
torn
his
heart
out
,
and
drank
his
blood
!
But
,
till
then
,
if
you
do
n't
believe
me
,
you
do
n't
know
me
—
till
then
,
I
would
have
died
by
inches
before
I
touched
a
single
hair
of
his
head
!
"
"
And
yet
,
I
interrupted
,
you
have
no
scruples
in
completely
ruining
all
hopes
of
her
perfect
restoration
,
by
thrusting
yourself
in
to
her
remembrance
,
now
,
when
she
has
nearly
forgotten
you
,
and
involving
her
in
a
new
tumult
of
discord
,
and
distress
.
"
"
You
suppose
she
has
nearly
forgotten
me
?
"
he
said
.
"
Oh
Nelly
!
you
know
she
has
not
!
You
know
as
well
as
I
do
,
that
for
every
thought
she
spends
on
Linton
,
she
spends
a
thousand
on
me
!
At
a
most
miserable
period
of
my
life
,
I
had
a
notion
of
the
kind
,
it
haunted
me
on
my
return
to
the
neighbourhood
,
last
summer
,
but
only
her
own
assurance
,
could
make
me
admit
the
horrible
idea
again
.
And
then
,
Linton
would
be
nothing
,
nor
Hindley
,
nor
all
the
dreams
that
ever
I
dreamt
.
Two
words
would
comprehend
my
future
death
and
hell
—
existence
,
after
losing
her
would
be
hell
.
"
Yet
I
was
a
fool
to
fancy
for
a
moment
that
she
valued
Edgar
Linton
's
attachment
more
than
mine
—
If
he
loved
with
all
the
powers
of
his
puny
being
,
he
could
n't
love
as
much
in
eighty
years
,
as
I
could
in
a
day
.
And
Catherine
has
a
heart
as
deep
as
I
have
;
the
sea
could
be
as
readily
contained
in
that
horse-trough
,
as
her
whole
affection
be
monopolized
by
him
—
Tush
!
He
is
scarcely
a
degree
dearer
to
her
than
her
dog
,
or
her
horse
—
It
is
not
in
him
to
be
loved
like
me
,
how
can
she
love
in
him
what
he
has
not
?
"
Catherine
and
Edgar
are
as
fond
of
each
other
,
as
any
two
people
can
be
!
"
cried
Isabella
with
sudden
vivacity
.
"
No
one
has
a
right
to
talk
in
that
manner
,
and
I
wo
n't
hear
my
brother
depreciated
in
silence
!
"
"
Your
brother
is
wondrous
fond
of
you
too
,
is
n't
he
?
"
observed
Heathcliff
scornfully
.
"
He
turns
you
adrift
on
the
world
with
surprising
alacrity
.
"
"
He
is
not
aware
of
what
I
suffer
,
"
she
replied
.
"
I
did
n't
tell
him
that
.
"
"
You
have
been
telling
him
something
,
then
—
you
have
written
,
have
you
?
"
"
To
say
that
I
was
married
,
I
did
write
—
you
saw
the
note
.
"
"
And
nothing
since
?
"
"
No.
"
"
My
young
lady
is
looking
sadly
the
worse
,
for
her
change
of
condition
,
"
I
remarked
.
"
Somebody
's
love
comes
short
in
her
case
,
obviously
—
whose
I
may
guess
;
but
,
perhaps
,
I
should
n't
say
.
"
"
I
should
guess
it
was
her
own
,
"
said
Heathcliff
.
"
She
degenerates
into
a
mere
slut
!
She
is
tired
of
trying
to
please
me
,
uncommonly
early
—
You
'd
hardly
credit
it
,
but
the
very
morrow
of
our
wedding
,
she
was
weeping
to
go
home
.
However
,
she
'll
suit
this
house
so
much
the
better
for
not
being
over
nice
,
and
I
'll
take
care
she
does
not
disgrace
me
by
rambling
abroad
.
"
"
Well
,
sir
;
"
returned
I
,
"
I
hope
you
'll
consider
that
Mrs.
Heathcliff
is
accustomed
to
be
looked
after
,
and
waited
on
;
and
that
she
has
been
brought
up
like
an
only
daughter
whom
every
one
was
ready
to
serve
—
You
must
let
her
have
a
maid
to
keep
things
tidy
about
her
,
and
you
must
treat
her
kindly
—
Whatever
be
your
notion
of
Mr.
Edgar
,
you
cannot
doubt
that
she
has
a
capacity
for
strong
attachments
or
she
would
n't
have
abandoned
the
elegancies
,
and
comforts
,
and
friends
of
her
former
home
,
to
fix
contentedly
,
in
such
a
wilderness
as
this
,
with
you
.
"
"
She
abandoned
them
under
a
delusion
;
"
he
answered
,
"
picturing
in
me
a
hero
of
romance
,
and
expecting
unlimited
indulgences
from
my
chivalrous
devotion
.
I
can
hardly
regard
her
in
the
light
of
a
rational
creature
,
so
obstinately
has
she
persisted
in
forming
a
fabulous
notion
of
my
character
,
and
acting
on
the
false
impressions
she
cherished
.
But
at
last
,
I
think
she
begins
to
know
me
—
I
do
n't
perceive
the
silly
smiles
and
grimaces
that
provoked
me
,
at
first
;
and
the
senseless
incapability
of
discerning
that
I
was
in
earnest
when
I
gave
her
my
opinion
of
her
infatuation
,
and
herself
—
It
was
a
marvellous
effort
of
perspicacity
to
discover
that
I
did
not
love
her
.
I
believed
at
one
time
,
no
lessons
could
teach
her
that
!
aud
yet
it
is
poorly
learnt
;
for
this
morning
she
announced
,
as
a
piece
of
appalling
intelligence
,
that
I
had
actually
succeeded
in
making
her
hate
me
!
A
positive
labour
of
Hercules
,
I
assure
you
!
If
it
be
achieved
,
I
have
cause
to
return
thanks
—
Can
I
trust
your
assertion
,
Isabella
,
are
you
sure
you
hate
me
?
If
I
let
you
alone
for
half-a-day
,
wo
n't
you
come
sighing
and
wheedling
to
me
again
?
I
dare
say
she
would
rather
I
had
seemed
all
tenderness
before
you
;
it
wounds
her
vanity
to
have
the
truth
exposed
.
But
,
I
do
n't
care
who
knows
that
the
passion
was
wholly
on
one
side
,
and
I
never
told
her
a
lie
about
it
.
She
cannot
accuse
me
of
showing
a
bit
of
deceitful
softness
.
The
first
thing
she
saw
me
do
,
on
coming
out
of
the
Grange
,
was
to
hang
up
her
little
dog
,
and
when
she
pleaded
for
it
the
first
words
I
uttered
,
were
a
wish
that
I
had
the
hanging
of
every
being
belonging
to
her
,
except
one
:
possibly
,
she
took
that
exception
for
herself
—
But
no
brutality
disgusted
her
—
I
suppose
,
she
has
an
innate
admiration
of
it
,
if
only
her
precious
person
were
secure
from
injury
!
Now
,
was
it
not
the
depth
of
absurdity
—
of
genuine
idiocy
,
for
that
pitiful
slavish
,
mean-minded
brach
to
dream
that
I
could
love
her
?
Tell
your
master
,
Nelly
,
that
I
never
,
in
all
my
life
,
met
with
such
an
abject
thing
as
she
is
—
She
even
disgraces
the
name
of
Linton
;
and
I
've
sometimes
relented
,
from
pure
lack
of
invention
,
in
my
experiments
on
what
she
could
endure
,
and
still
creep
shamefully
cringing
back
!
But
tell
him
also
,
to
set
his
fraternal
and
magisterial
heart
at
ease
,
that
I
keep
strictly
within
the
limits
of
the
law
—
I
have
avoided
,
up
to
this
period
,
giving
her
the
slightest
right
to
claim
a
separation
;
and
what
's
more
,
she
'd
thank
nobody
for
dividing
us
—
if
she
desired
to
go
she
might
—
the
nuisance
of
her
presence
outweighs
the
gratification
to
be
derived
from
tormenting
her
!
"
"
Mr.
Heathcliff
,
"
said
I
,
"
this
is
the
talk
of
a
madman
,
and
your
wife
,
most
likely
is
convinced
you
are
mad
;
and
,
for
that
reason
,
she
has
borne
with
you
hitherto
:
but
now
that
you
say
she
may
go
,
she
'll
doubtless
avail
herself
of
the
permission
—
You
are
not
so
bewitched
ma'am
,
are
you
,
as
to
remain
with
him
,
of
your
own
accord
?
"
"
Take
care
,
Ellen
!
"
answered
Isabella
,
her
eyes
sparkling
irefully
—
there
was
no
misdoubting
by
their
expression
,
the
full
success
of
her
partner
's
endeavours
to
make
himself
detested
,
"
Do
n't
put
faith
in
a
single
word
he
speaks
.
He
's
a
lying
fiend
,
a
monster
,
and
not
a
human
being
!
I
've
been
told
I
might
leave
him
before
;
and
I
've
made
the
attempt
,
but
I
dare
not
repeat
it
!
Only
Ellen
,
promise
you
'll
not
mention
a
syllable
of
his
infamous
conversation
to
my
brother
or
Catherine
—
whatever
he
may
pretend
,
he
wishes
to
provoke
Edgar
to
desperation
—
he
says
he
has
married
me
on
purpose
to
obtain
power
over
him
;
and
he
sha
n't
obtain
it
—
I
'll
die
first
!
I
just
hope
,
I
pray
that
he
may
forget
his
diabolical
prudence
,
and
kill
me
!
The
single
pleasure
I
can
imagine
is
,
is
to
die
,
or
to
see
him
dead
!
"
"
There
—
that
will
do
for
the
present
!
"
said
Heathcliff
.
"
If
you
are
called
upon
in
a
court
of
law
,
you
'll
remember
her
language
,
Nelly
!
And
take
a
good
look
at
that
countenance
—
she
's
near
the
point
which
would
suit
me
.
No
,
you
're
not
fit
to
be
your
own
guardian
,
Isabella
now
;
and
I
,
being
your
legal
protector
,
must
retain
you
in
my
custody
,
however
distasteful
the
obligation
may
be
—
Go
up
stairs
;
I
have
something
to
say
to
Ellen
Dean
,
in
private
.
That
's
not
the
way
—
up-stairs
,
I
tell
you
!
Why
this
is
the
road
up-stairs
,
child
!
"
He
seized
,
and
thrust
her
from
the
room
;
and
returned
muttering
,
"
I
have
no
pity
!
I
have
no
pity
!
The
worms
writhe
,
the
more
I
yearn
to
crush
out
their
entrails
!
It
is
a
moral
teething
,
and
I
grind
with
greater
energy
,
in
proportion
to
the
increase
of
pain
.
"
"
Do
you
understand
what
the
word
pity
means
?
"
I
said
hastening
to
resume
my
bonnet
.
"
Did
you
ever
feel
a
touch
of
it
in
your
life
?
"
"
Put
that
down
!
"
he
interrupted
,
perceiving
my
intention
to
depart
.
"
You
are
not
going
yet
—
Come
here
now
,
Nelly
—
I
must
either
persuade
,
or
compel
you
to
aid
me
in
fulfilling
my
determination
to
see
Catherine
,
and
that
without
delay
—
I
swear
that
I
meditate
no
harm
;
I
do
n't
desire
to
cause
any
disturbance
,
or
to
exasperate
,
or
insult
Mr.
Linton
;
I
only
wish
to
hear
from
herself
how
she
is
,
and
why
she
has
been
ill
;
and
to
ask
,
if
anything
that
I
could
do
would
be
of
use
to
her
.
Last
night
,
I
was
in
the
Grange
garden
six
hours
,
and
I
'll
return
there
to-night
;
and
every
night
I
'll
haunt
the
place
,
and
every
day
,
till
I
find
an
opportunity
of
entering
.
If
Edgar
Linton
meets
me
,
I
shall
not
hesitate
to
knock
him
down
,
and
give
him
enough
to
ensure
his
quiescence
while
I
stay
—
If
his
servants
oppose
me
,
I
shall
threaten
them
off
with
these
pistols
—
But
would
n't
it
be
better
to
prevent
my
coming
in
contact
with
them
,
or
their
master
.
And
you
could
do
it
so
easily
!
I
'd
warn
you
when
I
came
,
and
then
you
might
let
me
in
unobserved
,
as
soon
as
she
was
alone
,
and
watch
till
I
departed
—
your
conscience
quite
calm
,
you
would
be
hindering
mischief
.
"
I
protested
against
playing
that
treacherous
part
in
my
employer
's
house
;
and
besides
,
I
urged
the
cruelty
,
and
selfishness
of
his
destroying
Mrs.
Linton
's
tranquillity
,
for
his
satisfaction
.
"
The
commonest
occurrence
startles
her
painfully
,
"
I
said
.
"
She
's
all
nerves
,
and
she
could
n't
bear
the
surprise
,
I
'm
positive
—
Do
n't
persist
,
sir
!
or
else
,
I
shall
be
obliged
to
inform
my
master
of
your
designs
,
and
he
'll
take
measures
to
secure
his
house
and
its
inmates
from
any
such
unwarrantable
intrusions
!
In
that
case
,
I
'll
take
measures
to
secure
you
,
woman
!
"
exclaimed
Heathcliff
,
"
you
shall
not
leave
Wuthering
Heights
till
to-morrow
morning
.
It
is
a
foolish
story
to
assert
that
Catherine
could
not
bear
to
see
me
;
and
as
to
surprising
her
,
I
do
n't
desire
it
,
you
must
prepare
her
—
ask
her
if
I
may
come
.
You
say
she
never
mentions
my
name
,
and
that
I
am
never
mentioned
to
her
.
To
whom
should
she
mention
me
if
I
am
a
forbidden
topic
in
the
house
?
She
thinks
you
are
all
spies
for
her
husband
—
Oh
,
I
've
no
doubt
she
's
in
hell
among
you
!
I
guess
,
by
her
silence
as
much
as
any
thing
,
what
she
feels
.
You
say
she
is
often
restless
,
and
anxious
looking
—
is
that
a
proof
of
tranquillity
?
You
talk
of
her
mind
,
being
unsettled
—
How
the
devil
could
it
be
otherwise
,
in
her
frightful
isolation
.
And
that
insipid
,
paltry
creature
attending
her
from
duty
and
humanity
!
From
pity
and
charity
.
He
might
as
well
plant
an
oak
in
a
flower-pot
,
and
expect
it
to
thrive
,
as
imagine
he
can
restore
her
to
vigour
in
the
soil
of
his
shallow
cares
!
Let
us
settle
it
at
once
;
will
you
stay
here
,
and
am
I
to
fight
my
way
to
Catherine
over
Linton
,
and
his
footmen
?
Or
will
you
be
my
friend
,
as
you
have
been
hitherto
,
and
do
what
I
request
?
Decide
!
because
there
is
no
reason
for
my
lingering
another
minute
,
if
you
persist
in
your
stubborn
ill-nature
!
"
Well
,
Mr.
Lockwood
,
I
argued
,
and
complained
,
and
flatly
refused
him
fifty
times
;
but
in
the
long
run
he
forced
me
to
an
agreement
—
I
engaged
to
carry
a
letter
from
him
to
my
mistress
;
and
should
she
consent
,
I
promised
to
let
him
have
intelligence
of
Linton
's
next
absence
from
home
,
when
he
might
come
,
and
get
in
as
he
was
able
—
I
would
n't
be
there
,
and
my
fellow
servants
should
be
equally
out
of
the
way
.
Was
it
right
,
or
wrong
?
I
fear
it
was
wrong
,
though
expedient
.
I
thought
I
prevented
another
explosion
by
my
compliance
;
and
I
thought
too
,
it
might
create
a
favourable
crisis
in
Catherine
's
mental
illness
:
and
then
I
remembered
Mr.
Edgar
's
stern
rebuke
of
my
carrying
tales
;
and
I
tried
to
smooth
away
all
disquietude
on
the
subject
,
by
affirming
,
with
frequent
iteration
,
that
,
that
betrayal
of
trust
,
if
it
merited
so
harsh
an
appellation
,
should
be
the
last
.
Notwithstanding
my
journey
homeward
was
sadder
than
my
journey
thither
;
and
many
misgivings
I
had
,
ere
I
could
prevail
on
myself
to
put
the
missive
into
Mrs.
Linton
's
hand
.
But
here
is
Kenneth
—
I
'll
go
down
,
and
tell
him
how
much
better
you
are
.
My
history
is
dree
'
as
we
say
,
and
will
serve
to
wile
away
another
morning
.
Dree
,
and
dreary
!
I
reflected
as
the
good
woman
descended
to
receive
the
doctor
;
and
not
exactly
of
the
kind
which
I
should
have
chosen
to
amuse
me
;
but
never
mind
!
I
'll
extract
wholesome
medicines
from
Mrs.
Dean
's
bitter
herbs
;
and
firstly
,
let
me
beware
of
the
fascination
that
lurks
in
Catherine
Heathcliff
's
brilliant
eyes
.
I
should
be
in
a
curious
taking
if
I
surrendered
my
heart
to
that
young
person
,
and
the
daughter
turned
out
a
second
edition
of
the
mother
!
CHAPTER
I
.
Another
week
over
—
and
I
am
so
many
days
nearer
health
,
and
spring
!
I
have
now
heard
all
my
neighbour
's
history
,
at
different
sittings
,
as
the
housekeeper
could
spare
time
from
more
important
occupations
.
I
'll
continue
it
in
her
own
words
,
only
a
little
condensed
.
She
is
,
on
the
whole
,
a
very
fair
narrator
and
I
do
n't
think
I
could
improve
her
style
.
"
In
the
evening
,
"
she
said
,
"
the
evening
of
my
visit
to
the
Heights
,
I
knew
as
well
as
if
I
saw
him
,
that
Mr.
Heathcliff
was
about
the
place
;
and
I
shunned
going
out
,
because
I
still
carried
his
letter
in
my
pocket
,
and
did
n't
want
to
be
threatened
,
or
teased
any
more
.
I
had
made
up
my
mind
not
to
give
it
till
my
master
went
somewhere
;
as
I
could
not
guess
how
its
receipt
would
affect
Catherine
.
The
consequence
was
,
that
it
did
not
reach
her
before
the
lapse
of
three
days
.
The
fourth
was
Sunday
,
and
I
brought
it
into
her
room
,
after
the
family
were
gone
to
church
.
There
was
a
man
servant
left
to
keep
the
house
with
me
,
and
we
generally
made
a
practice
of
locking
the
doors
during
the
hours
of
service
;
but
on
that
occasion
,
the
weather
was
so
warm
and
pleasant
that
I
set
them
wide
open
;
and
to
fulfil
my
engagement
,
as
I
knew
who
would
be
coming
,
I
told
my
companion
that
the
mistress
wished
very
much
for
some
oranges
,
and
he
must
run
over
to
the
village
,
and
get
a
few
,
to
be
paid
for
on
the
morrow
.
He
departed
,
and
I
went
up-stairs
.
Mrs.
Linton
sat
in
a
loose
,
white
dress
,
with
a
light
shawl
over
her
shoulders
,
in
the
recess
of
the
open
window
,
as
usual
.
Her
thick
,
long
hair
had
been
partly
removed
at
the
beginning
of
her
illness
;
and
now
,
she
wore
it
simply
combed
in
its
natural
tresses
over
her
temples
and
neck
.
Her
appearance
was
altered
,
as
I
had
told
Heathcliff
,
but
when
she
was
calm
,
there
seemed
unearthly
beauty
in
the
change
.
The
flash
of
her
eyes
had
been
succeeded
by
a
dreamy
and
melancholy
softness
;
they
no
longer
gave
the
impression
of
looking
at
the
objects
around
her
;
they
appeared
always
to
gaze
beyond
,
and
far
beyond
—
you
would
have
said
out
of
this
world
—
Then
,
the
paleness
of
her
face
,
its
haggard
aspect
having
vanished
as
she
recovered
flesh
,
and
the
peculiar
expression
arising
from
her
mental
state
,
though
painfully
suggestive
of
their
causes
,
added
to
the
touching
interest
,
which
she
wakened
,
and
invariably
to
me
,
I
know
,
and
to
any
person
who
saw
her
,
I
should
think
,
refuted
more
tangible
proofs
of
convalescence
and
stamped
her
as
one
doomed
to
decay
.
A
book
lay
spread
on
the
sill
before
her
,
and
the
scarcely
perceptible
wind
fluttered
its
leaves
at
intervals
.
I
believe
Linton
had
laid
it
there
,
for
she
never
endeavoured
to
divert
herself
with
reading
,
or
occupation
of
any
kind
;
and
he
would
spend
many
an
hour
in
trying
to
entice
her
attention
to
some
subject
which
had
formerly
been
her
amusement
.
She
was
conscious
of
his
aim
,
and
in
her
better
moods
,
endured
his
efforts
placidly
;
only
showing
their
uselessness
by
now
and
then
suppressing
a
wearied
sigh
,
and
cheeking
him
at
last
,
with
the
saddest
of
smiles
and
kisses
.
At
other
times
,
she
would
turn
petulantly
away
,
and
hide
her
face
in
her
hands
,
or
even
push
him
off
angrily
;
and
then
he
took
care
to
let
her
alone
,
for
he
was
certain
of
doing
no
good
.
Gimmerton
chapel
bells
were
still
ringing
:
and
the
full
,
mellow
flow
,
of
the
beck
in
the
valley
,
came
soothingly
on
the
ear
.
It
was
a
sweet
substitute
for
the
yet
absent
murmur
of
the
summer
foliage
which
drowned
that
music
about
the
Grange
,
when
the
trees
were
in
leaf
.
At
Wuthering
Heights
it
always
sounded
on
quiet
days
,
following
a
great
thaw
,
or
a
season
of
steady
rain
—
and
,
of
Wuthering
Heights
,
Catherine
was
thinking
as
she
listened
;
that
is
,
if
she
thought
,
or
listened
,
at
all
;
but
she
had
the
vague
,
distant
look
,
I
mentioned
before
,
which
expressed
no
recognition
of
material
things
either
by
ear
or
eye
.
"
There
's
a
letter
for
you
,
Mrs.
Linton
,
"
I
said
,
gently
inserting
it
in
one
hand
that
rested
on
her
knee
.
"
You
must
read
it
immediately
,
because
it
wants
an
answer
.
Shall
I
break
the
seal
?
"
"
Yes
,
"
she
answered
,
without
altering
the
direction
of
her
eyes
.
I
opened
it
—
it
was
very
short
.
"
Now
,
"
I
continued
,
"
read
it
.
"
She
drew
away
her
hand
,
and
let
it
fall
.
I
replaced
it
in
her
lap
,
and
stood
waiting
till
it
should
please
her
to
glance
down
;
but
that
movement
was
so
long
delayed
that
at
last
I
resumed
—
"
Must
I
read
it
,
ma'am
?
It
is
from
Mr.
Heathcliff
.
"
There
was
a
start
,
and
a
troubled
gleam
of
recollection
,
and
a
struggle
to
arrange
her
ideas
.
She
lifted
the
letter
,
and
seemed
to
peruse
it
;
and
when
she
came
to
the
signature
she
sighed
;
yet
still
I
found
she
had
not
gathered
its
import
;
for
upon
my
desiring
to
hear
her
reply
she
merely
pointed
to
the
name
,
and
gazed
at
me
with
mournful
and
questioning
eagerness
.
"
Well
,
he
wishes
to
see
you
,
"
said
I
,
guessing
her
need
of
an
interpreter
.
"
He
's
in
the
garden
by
this
time
,
and
impatient
to
know
what
answer
I
shall
bring
.
"
As
I
spoke
,
I
observed
a
large
dog
lying
on
the
sunny
grass
beneath
,
raise
its
ears
,
as
if
about
to
bark
;
and
then
smoothing
them
back
,
announce
by
a
wag
of
the
tail
that
some
one
approached
whom
it
did
not
consider
a
stranger
.
Mrs.
Linton
bent
forward
,
and
listened
breathlessly
.
The
minute
after
a
step
traversed
the
hall
;
the
open
house
was
too
tempting
for
Heathcliff
to
resist
walking
in
:
most
likely
he
supposed
that
I
was
inclined
to
shirk
my
promise
,
and
so
resolved
to
trust
to
his
own
audacity
.
With
straining
eagerness
Catherine
gazed
towards
the
entrance
of
her
chamber
.
He
did
not
hit
the
right
room
directly
;
she
motioned
me
to
admit
him
;
but
he
found
it
out
,
ere
I
could
reach
the
door
,
and
in
a
stride
or
two
was
at
her
side
,
and
had
her
grasped
in
his
arms
.
He
neither
spoke
,
nor
loosed
his
hold
,
for
some
five
minutes
,
during
which
period
he
bestowed
more
kisses
than
ever
he
gave
in
his
life
before
,
I
dare
say
;
but
then
my
mistress
had
kissed
him
first
,
and
I
plainly
saw
that
he
could
hardly
bear
,
for
downright
agony
,
to
look
into
her
face
!
The
same
conviction
had
stricken
him
as
me
,
from
the
instant
he
beheld
her
,
that
there
was
no
prospect
of
ultimate
recovery
there
—
she
was
fated
,
sure
to
die
.
"
Oh
,
Cathy
!
Oh
my
life
!
how
can
I
bear
it
?
"
was
the
first
sentence
he
uttered
,
in
a
tone
that
did
not
seek
to
disguise
his
despair
.
And
now
he
stared
at
her
so
earnestly
that
I
thought
the
very
intensity
of
his
gaze
would
bring
tears
into
his
eyes
;
but
they
burned
with
anguish
,
they
did
not
melt
.
"
What
now
?
"
said
Catherine
,
leaning
back
,
and
returning
his
look
with
a
suddenly
clouded
brow
—
her
humour
was
a
mere
vane
for
constantly
varying
caprices
.
"
You
and
Edgar
have
broken
my
heart
,
Heathcliff
!
And
you
both
come
to
bewail
the
deed
to
me
,
as
if
you
were
the
people
to
be
pitied
!
I
shall
not
pity
you
,
not
I
.
You
have
killed
me
—
and
thriven
on
it
,
I
think
.
How
strong
you
are
!
How
many
years
do
you
mean
to
live
after
I
am
gone
?
"
Heathcliff
had
knelt
on
one
knee
to
embrace
her
;
he
attempted
to
rise
,
but
she
seized
his
hair
,
and
kept
him
down
.
"
I
wish
I
could
hold
you
,
"
she
continued
,
bitterly
,
"
till
we
were
both
dead
!
I
should
n't
care
what
you
suffered
.
I
care
nothing
for
your
sufferings
.
Why
should
n't
you
suffer
?
I
do
!
Will
you
forget
me
—
will
you
be
happy
when
I
am
in
the
earth
?
Will
you
say
twenty
years
hence
,
'
That
's
the
grave
of
Catherine
Earnshaw
.
I
loved
her
long
ago
,
and
was
wretched
to
lose
her
;
but
it
is
past
.
I
've
loved
many
others
since
—
my
children
are
dearer
to
me
that
she
was
,
and
,
at
death
,
I
shall
not
rejoice
that
I
am
going
to
her
,
I
shall
be
sorry
that
I
must
leave
them
!
'
Will
you
say
so
,
Heathcliff
?
"
"
Do
n't
torture
me
till
I
'm
as
mad
as
yourself
,
"
cried
he
,
wrenching
his
head
free
,
and
grinding
his
teeth
.
The
two
,
to
a
cool
spectator
,
made
a
strange
and
fearful
picture
.
Well
might
Catherine
deem
that
Heaven
would
be
a
land
of
exile
to
her
,
unless
,
with
her
mortal
body
,
she
cast
away
her
mortal
character
also
.
Her
present
countenance
had
a
wild
vindictiveness
in
its
white
cheek
,
and
a
bloodless
lip
,
and
scintillating
eye
;
and
she
retained
,
in
her
closed
fingers
,
a
portion
of
the
locks
she
had
been
grasping
.
As
to
her
companion
,
while
raising
himself
with
one
hand
,
he
had
taken
her
arm
with
the
other
;
and
so
inadequate
was
his
stock
of
gentleness
to
the
requirements
of
her
condition
,
that
on
his
letting
go
,
I
saw
four
distinct
impressions
left
blue
in
the
colourless
skin
.
"
Are
you
possessed
with
a
devil
,
"
he
pursued
,
savagely
,
"
to
talk
in
that
manner
to
me
,
when
you
are
dying
?
Do
you
reflect
that
all
those
words
will
be
branded
in
my
memory
,
and
eating
deeper
eternally
,
after
you
have
left
me
?
You
know
you
lie
to
say
I
have
killed
you
;
and
,
Catherine
,
you
know
that
I
could
as
soon
forget
you
,
as
my
existence
!
Is
it
not
sufficient
for
your
infernal
selfishness
,
that
while
you
are
at
peace
I
shall
writhe
in
the
torments
of
hell
?
"
"
I
shall
not
be
at
peace
,
"
moaned
Catherine
,
recalled
to
a
sense
of
physical
weakness
by
the
violent
,
unequal
throbbing
of
her
heart
,
which
beat
visibly
,
and
audibly
under
this
excess
of
agitation
.
She
said
nothing
further
till
the
paroxysm
was
over
;
then
she
continued
,
more
kindly
—
"
I
'm
not
wishing
you
greater
torment
than
I
have
,
Heathcliff
!
I
only
wish
us
never
to
be
parted
—
and
should
a
word
of
mine
distress
you
hereafter
,
think
I
feel
the
same
distress
underground
,
and
for
my
own
sake
,
forgive
me
!
Come
here
and
kneel
down
again
!
You
never
harmed
me
in
your
life
.
Nay
,
if
you
nurse
anger
,
that
will
be
worse
to
remember
than
my
harsh
words
!
Wont
you
come
here
again
?
Do
!
"
Heathcliff
went
to
the
back
of
her
chair
,
and
leant
over
,
but
not
so
far
as
to
let
her
see
his
face
,
which
was
livid
with
emotion
.
She
bent
round
to
look
at
him
;
he
would
not
permit
it
;
turning
abruptly
,
he
walked
to
the
fire-place
,
where
he
stood
,
silent
,
with
his
back
towards
us
.
Mrs.
Linton
's
glance
followed
him
suspiciously
:
every
movement
woke
a
new
sentiment
in
her
.
After
a
pause
,
and
a
prolonged
gaze
,
she
resumed
,
addressing
me
in
accents
of
indignant
disappointment
.
"
Oh
,
you
see
,
Nelly
!
he
would
not
relent
a
moment
,
to
keep
me
out
of
the
grave
!
That
is
how
I
'm
loved
!
Well
,
never
mind
!
That
is
not
my
Heathcliff
.
I
shall
love
mine
yet
;
and
take
him
with
me
—
he
's
in
my
soul
.
And
,
"
added
she
,
musingly
,
"
the
thing
that
irks
me
most
is
this
shattered
prison
,
after
all
.
I
'm
tired
,
tired
of
being
enclosed
here
.
I
'm
wearying
to
escape
into
that
glorious
world
,
and
to
be
always
there
;
not
seeing
it
dimly
through
tears
,
and
yearning
for
it
through
the
walls
of
an
aching
heart
;
but
really
with
it
,
and
in
it
.
Nelly
,
you
think
you
are
better
and
more
fortunate
than
I
;
in
full
health
and
strength
—
you
are
sorry
for
me
—
very
soon
that
will
be
altered
.
I
shall
be
sorry
for
you
.
I
shall
be
incomparably
beyond
and
above
you
all
.
I
wonder
he
wont
be
near
me
!
"
She
went
on
to
herself
.
"
I
thought
he
wished
it
.
Heathcliff
dear
!
you
should
not
be
sullen
now
.
Do
come
to
me
,
Heathcliff
.
"
In
her
eagerness
she
rose
,
and
supported
herself
on
the
arm
of
the
chair
.
At
that
earnest
appeal
,
he
turned
to
her
,
looking
absolutely
desperate
.
His
eyes
wide
,
and
wet
,
at
last
,
flashed
fiercely
on
her
;
his
breast
heaved
convulsively
.
An
instant
they
held
asunder
;
and
then
how
they
met
I
hardly
saw
,
but
Catherine
made
a
spring
,
and
he
caught
her
,
and
they
were
locked
in
an
embrace
from
which
I
thought
my
mistress
would
never
be
released
alive
.
In
fact
,
to
my
eyes
,
she
seemed
directly
insensible
.
He
flung
himself
into
the
nearest
seat
,
and
on
my
approaching
hurriedly
to
ascertain
if
she
had
fainted
,
he
gnashed
at
me
,
and
foamed
like
a
mad
dog
,
and
gathered
her
to
him
with
greedy
jealousy
.
I
did
not
feel
as
if
I
were
in
the
company
of
a
creature
of
my
own
species
;
it
appeared
that
he
would
not
understand
,
though
I
spoke
to
him
;
so
,
I
stood
off
,
and
held
my
tongue
,
in
great
perplexity
.
A
movement
of
Catherine
's
relieved
me
a
little
presently
:
she
put
up
her
hand
to
clasp
his
neck
,
and
bring
her
cheek
to
his
,
as
he
held
her
:
while
he
,
in
return
,
covering
her
with
frantic
caresses
,
said
wildly
—
"
You
teach
me
now
how
cruel
you
've
been
—
cruel
and
false
.
Why
did
you
despise
me
?
Why
did
you
betray
your
own
heart
,
Cathy
?
I
have
not
one
word
of
comfort
—
you
deserve
this
.
You
have
killed
yourself
.
Yes
,
you
may
kiss
me
,
and
cry
;
and
wring
out
my
kisses
and
tears
.
They
'll
blight
you
—
they
'll
damn
you
,
You
loved
me
—
then
what
right
had
you
to
leave
me
?
What
right
—
answer
me
—
for
the
poor
fancy
you
felt
for
Linton
?
Because
misery
,
and
degradation
,
and
death
,
and
nothing
that
God
or
satan
could
inflict
would
have
parted
us
,
you
,
of
your
own
will
,
did
it
.
I
have
not
broken
your
heart
—
you
have
broken
it
—
and
in
breaking
it
,
you
have
broken
mine
.
So
much
the
worse
for
me
,
that
I
am
strong
.
Do
I
want
to
live
?
What
kind
of
living
will
it
be
when
you
—
oh
God
!
would
you
like
to
live
with
your
soul
in
the
grave
?
"
"
Let
me
alone
.
Let
me
alone
,
"
sobbed
Catherine
.
"
If
I
've
done
wrong
,
I
'm
dying
for
it
.
It
is
enough
!
You
left
me
too
;
but
I
wont
upbraid
you
!
I
forgive
you
.
Forgive
me
!
"
"
It
is
hard
to
forgive
,
and
to
look
at
those
eyes
,
and
feel
those
wasted
hands
,
"
he
answered
.
"
Kiss
me
again
;
and
do
n't
let
me
see
your
eyes
!
I
forgive
what
you
have
done
to
me
.
I
love
my
murderer
—
but
yours
!
How
can
I
?
"
They
were
silent
—
their
faces
hid
against
each
other
,
and
washed
by
each
other
's
tears
.
At
least
,
I
suppose
the
weeping
was
on
both
sides
;
as
it
seemed
Heathcliff
could
weep
on
a
great
occasion
like
this
.
I
grew
very
uncomfortable
,
meanwhile
;
for
the
afternoon
wore
fast
away
,
the
man
whom
I
had
sent
off
returned
from
his
errand
,
and
I
could
distinguish
,
by
the
shine
of
the
westering
sun
up
the
valley
,
a
concourse
thickening
outside
Gimmerton
chapel
porch
.
"
Service
is
over
,
"
I
announced
.
"
My
master
will
be
here
in
half-an-hour
.
"
Heathcliff
groaned
a
curse
,
and
strained
Catherine
closer
—
she
never
moved
.
Ere
long
I
perceived
a
group
of
the
servants
passing
up
the
road
towards
the
kitchen
wing
.
Mr.
Linton
was
not
far
behind
;
he
opened
the
gate
himself
,
and
sauntered
slowly
up
,
probably
enjoying
the
lovely
afternoon
that
breathed
as
soft
as
summer
.
"
Now
he
is
here
,
"
I
exclaimed
.
"
For
Heaven
's
sake
,
hurry
down
!
You
'll
not
meet
any
one
on
the
front
stairs
.
Do
be
quick
;
and
stay
among
the
trees
till
he
is
fairly
in
.
"
"
I
must
go
,
Cathy
,
"
said
Heathcliff
,
seeking
to
extricate
himself
from
his
companion
's
arms
.
"
But
,
if
I
live
,
I
'll
see
you
again
before
you
are
asleep
.
I
wont
stray
five
yards
from
your
window
.
"
"
You
must
not
go
!
"
she
answered
,
holding
him
as
firmly
as
her
strength
allowed
.
"
You
shall
not
,
I
tell
you
.
"
"
For
one
hour
,
"
he
pleaded
,
earnestly
.
"
Not
for
one
minute
,
"
she
replied
.
"
I
must
—
Linton
will
be
up
immediately
,
"
persisted
the
alarmed
intruder
.
He
would
have
risen
,
and
unfixed
her
fingers
by
the
act
—
she
clung
fast
gasping
;
there
was
mad
resolution
in
her
face
.
"
No
!
"
she
shrieked
.
"
Oh
,
do
n't
,
do
n't
go
.
It
is
the
last
time
!
Edgar
will
not
hurt
us
.
Heathcliff
,
I
shall
die
!
I
shall
die
!
"
"
Damn
the
fool
.
There
he
is
,
"
cried
Heathcliff
,
sinking
back
into
his
seat
.
"
Hush
,
my
darling
!
Hush
,
hush
,
Catherine
!
I
'll
stay
.
If
he
shot
me
so
,
I
'd
expire
with
a
blessing
on
my
lips
.
"
And
there
they
were
fast
again
.
I
heard
my
master
mounting
the
stairs
—
the
cold
sweat
ran
from
my
forehead
;
I
was
horrified
.
"
Are
you
going
to
listen
to
her
ravings
?
"
I
said
,
passionately
.
"
She
does
not
know
what
she
says
.
Will
you
ruin
her
,
because
she
has
not
wit
to
help
herself
?
Get
up
!
you
could
be
free
instantly
.
That
is
the
most
diabolical
deed
that
ever
you
did
