terrorof
encountering
either
his
wild-beast
's
fondness
,
or
his
madman
's
rage
—
for
in
one
he
ran
a
chance
of
being
squeezed
and
kissed
to
death
,
and
in
the
other
of
being
flung
into
the
fire
,
or
dashed
against
the
wall
—
and
the
poor
thing
remained
perfectly
quiet
wherever
I
chose
to
put
him
.
"
There
I
've
found
it
out
at
last
!
"
cried
Hindley
,
pulling
me
back
by
the
skin
of
the
neck
,
like
a
dog
,
"
By
Heaven
and
Hell
,
you
've
sworn
between
you
to
murder
that
child
!
I
know
how
it
is
,
now
,
that
he
is
always
out
of
my
way
.
But
,
with
the
help
of
Satan
,
I
shall
make
you
swallow
the
carving
knife
,
Nelly
!
you
need
n't
laugh
;
for
I
've
just
crammed
Kenneth
head-downmost
,
in
the
Blackhorse
marsh
;
and
two
is
the
same
as
one
—
and
I
want
to
kill
some
of
you
,
I
shall
have
no
rest
till
I
do
!
"
"
But
I
do
n't
like
the
carving
knife
,
Mr.
Hindley
;
"
I
answered
,
it
has
been
cutting
red
herrings
—
I
'd
rather
be
shot
if
you
please
.
"
"
You
'd
rather
be
damned
!
"
he
said
,
"
and
so
you
shall
—
No
law
in
England
can
hinder
a
man
from
keeping
his
house
decent
,
and
mine
's
abominable
!
open
your
mouth
.
"
He
held
the
knife
in
his
hand
,
and
pushed
its
point
between
my
teeth
:
but
,
for
my
part
I
was
never
much
afraid
of
his
vagaries
.
I
spat
out
,
and
affirmed
it
tasted
detestably
—
I
would
not
take
it
on
any
account
.
"
"
Oh
!
"
said
he
releasing
me
,
I
see
that
hideous
little
villain
is
not
Hareton
—
I
beg
your
pardon
,
Nell
—
if
it
be
he
deserves
flaying
alive
for
not
running
to
welcome
me
,
and
for
screaming
as
if
I
were
a
goblin
.
Unnatural
cub
,
come
hither
!
I
'll
teach
thee
to
impose
on
a
good-hearted
,
deluded
father
—
Now
,
do
n't
you
think
the
lad
would
be
handsomer
cropped
?
It
makes
a
dog
fiercer
,
and
I
love
something
fierce
—
Get
me
a
scissors
—
something
fierce
and
trim
!
Besides
,
it
's
infernal
affectation
—
devilish
conceit
,
it
is
to
cherish
our
ears
—
we
're
asses
enough
without
them
.
Hush
,
child
,
hush
!
well
then
,
it
is
my
darling
I
wisht
,
dry
thy
eyes
—
there
's
a
joy
;
kiss
me
;
what
it
wo
n't
?
kiss
me
,
Hareton
!
Dam'n
thee
,
kiss
me
!
By
God
,
as
if
I
would
rear
such
a
monster
!
As
sure
as
I
'm
living
,
I
'll
break
the
brat
's
neck
.
"
Poor
Hareton
was
squalling
and
kicking
in
his
father
's
arms
with
all
his
might
,
and
re-doubled
his
yells
when
he
carried
him
up-stairs
and
lifted
him
over
the
bannister
.
I
cried
out
that
he
would
frighten
the
child
into
fits
,
and
ran
to
rescue
him
.
As
I
reached
them
,
Hindley
leant
forward
on
the
rails
to
listen
to
a
noise
below
;
almost
forgetting
what
he
had
in
his
hands
.
"
Who
is
that
?
"
he
asked
,
hearing
some
one
approaching
the
stair's-foot
.
I
leant
forward
,
also
,
for
the
purpose
of
signing
to
Heathcliff
,
whose
step
I
recognized
,
not
to
come
further
;
and
,
at
the
instant
when
my
eye
quitted
Hareton
,
he
gave
a
sudden
spring
,
delivered
himself
from
the
careless
grasp
that
held
him
,
and
fell
.
There
was
scarcely
time
to
experience
a
thrill
of
horror
before
we
saw
that
the
little
wretch
was
safe
.
Heathcliff
arrived
underneath
just
at
the
critical
moment
;
by
a
natural
impulse
,
he
arrested
his
descent
,
and
setting
him
on
his
feet
,
looked
up
to
discover
the
author
of
the
accident
.
A
miser
who
has
parted
with
a
lucky
lottery
ticket
for
five
shillings
and
finds
next
day
he
has
lost
in
the
bargain
five
thousand
pounds
,
could
not
show
a
blanker
countenance
than
he
did
on
beholding
the
figure
of
Mr.
Earnshaw
above
—
It
expressed
,
plainer
than
words
could
do
,
the
intensest
anguish
at
having
made
himself
the
instrument
of
thwarting
his
own
revenge
.
Had
it
been
dark
,
I
dare
say
,
he
would
have
tried
to
remedy
the
mistake
by
smashing
Hareton
's
skull
on
the
steps
;
but
,
we
witnessed
his
salvation
;
and
I
was
presently
below
with
my
precious
charge
pressed
to
my
heart
.
Hindley
descended
more
leisurely
,
sobered
and
abashed
.
"
It
is
your
fault
,
Ellen
,
"
be
said
,
"
you
should
have
kept
him
out
of
sight
;
you
should
have
taken
him
from
me
!
Is
he
injured
anywhere
?
"
"
Injured
!
"
I
cried
angrily
,
"
If
he
's
not
killed
,
he
'll
be
an
idiot
!
Oh
!
I
wonder
his
mother
does
not
rise
from
her
grave
to
see
how
you
use
him
.
You
're
worse
than
a
heathen
—
treating
your
own
flesh
and
blood
in
that
manner
!
"
He
attempted
to
touch
the
child
,
who
on
finding
himself
with
me
sobbed
off
his
terror
directly
.
At
the
first
finger
his
father
laid
on
him
,
however
,
he
shrieked
again
louder
than
before
,
and
struggled
as
if
he
would
go
into
convulsions
.
"
You
shall
not
meddle
with
him
!
"
I
continued
,
"
He
hates
you
—
they
all
hate
you
—
that
's
the
truth
!
A
happy
family
you
have
;
and
a
pretty
state
you
're
come
to
!
"
"
I
shall
come
to
a
prettier
,
yet
!
Nelly
,
"
laughed
the
misguided
man
,
recovering
his
hardness
.
"
At
present
,
convey
yourself
and
him
away
—
And
,
hark
you
,
Heathcliff
!
clear
you
too
,
quite
from
my
reach
and
hearing
.
.
.I
would
n't
murder
you
to-night
,
unless
,
perhaps
I
set
the
house
on
fire
;
but
that
's
as
my
fancy
goes
—
"
While
saying
this
he
took
a
pint
bottle
of
brandy
from
the
dresser
,
and
poured
some
into
a
tumbler
.
"
Nay
do
n't
!
"
I
entreated
,
"
Mr.
Hindley
do
take
warning
.
Have
mercy
on
this
unfortunate
boy
,
if
you
care
nothing
for
yourself
!
"
"
Any
one
will
do
better
for
him
,
than
I
shall
,
"
he
answered
.
"
Have
mercy
on
your
own
soul
!
"
I
said
,
endeavouring
to
snatch
the
glass
from
his
hand
.
"
Not
I
!
on
the
contrary
,
I
shall
have
great
pleasure
in
sending
it
to
perdition
,
to
punish
its
maker
,
"
exclaimed
the
blasphemer
,
"
Here
's
to
its
hearty
damnation
!
"
He
drank
the
spirits
,
and
impatiently
bade
us
go
;
terminating
his
command
with
a
sequel
of
horrid
imprecations
,
too
bad
to
repeat
,
or
remember
.
"
It
's
a
pity
he
cannot
kill
himself
with
drink
,
"
observed
Heathcliff
,
muttering
an
echo
of
curses
back
when
the
door
was
shut
.
"
He
's
doing
his
very
utmost
;
but
his
constitution
defies
him
—
Mr.
Kenneth
says
he
would
wager
his
mare
,
that
he
'll
outlive
any
man
on
this
side
Gimmerton
,
and
go
to
the
grave
a
hoary
sinner
;
unless
,
some
happy
chance
out
of
the
common
course
befall
him
.
"
I
went
into
the
kitchen
and
sat
down
to
lull
my
little
lamb
to
sleep
.
Heathcliff
,
as
I
thought
,
walked
through
to
the
barn
.
It
turned
out
,
afterwards
,
that
he
only
got
as
far
as
the
other
side
the
settle
,
when
he
flung
himself
on
a
bench
by
the
wall
,
removed
from
the
fire
,
and
remained
silent
.
I
was
rocking
Hareton
on
my
knee
,
and
humming
a
song
that
began
;
"
It
was
far
in
the
night
,
and
the
bairnies
grat
,
The
mither
beneath
the
mools
heard
that
.
"
when
Miss
Cathy
,
who
had
listened
to
the
hubbub
from
her
room
,
put
her
head
in
,
and
whispered
,
"
Are
you
alone
,
Nelly
?
"
"
Yes
,
Miss
,
"
I
replied
.
She
entered
and
approached
the
hearth
.
I
,
supposing
she
was
going
to
say
something
,
looked
up
.
The
expression
of
her
face
seemed
disturbed
and
anxious
.
Her
lips
were
half
asunder
as
if
she
meant
to
speak
;
and
she
drew
a
breath
,
but
it
escaped
in
a
sigh
,
instead
of
a
sentence
.
I
resumed
my
song
:
not
having
forgotten
her
recent
behaviour
.
"
Where
's
Heathcliff
?
"
she
said
,
interrupting
me
.
"
About
his
work
in
the
stable
,
"
was
my
answer
.
He
did
not
contradict
me
;
perhaps
,
he
had
fallen
into
a
dose
.
There
followed
another
long
pause
,
during
which
I
perceived
a
drop
or
two
trickle
from
Catherine
's
cheek
to
the
flags
.
Is
she
sorry
for
her
shameful
conduct
?
I
asked
myself
.
That
will
be
a
novelty
,
but
,
she
may
come
to
the
point
as
she
will
—
I
sha
n't
help
her
!
No
,
she
felt
small
trouble
regarding
any
subject
,
save
her
own
concerns
.
"
Oh
,
dear
!
"
she
cried
at
last
.
"
I
'm
very
unhappy
!
"
"
A
pity
,
"
observed
I
,
"
you
're
hard
to
please
—
so
many
friends
and
so
few
cares
,
and
ca
n't
make
yourself
,
content
!
"
"
Nelly
,
will
you
keep
a
secret
for
me
?
"
she
pursued
,
kneeling
down
by
me
,
and
lifting
her
winsome
eyes
to
my
face
with
that
sort
of
look
which
turns
off
bad
temper
,
even
,
when
one
has
all
the
right
in
the
world
to
indulge
it
.
"
Is
it
worth
keeping
?
"
I
inquired
less
sulkily
.
"
Yes
,
and
it
worries
me
,
and
I
must
let
it
out
!
I
want
to
know
what
I
should
do
—
Today
,
Edgar
Linton
has
asked
me
to
marry
him
,
and
I
've
given
him
an
answer
—
Now
,
before
I
tell
you
whether
it
was
a
consent
,
or
denial
—
you
tell
me
which
it
ought
to
have
been
.
"
"
Really
,
Miss
Catherine
,
how
can
I
know
?
"
I
replied
.
"
To
be
sure
,
considering
the
exhibition
you
performed
in
his
presence
,
this
afternoon
,
I
might
say
it
would
be
wise
to
refuse
him
—
since
he
asked
you
after
that
,
he
must
either
be
hopelessly
stupid
,
or
a
venturesome
fool
.
"
"
If
you
talk
so
,
I
wont
tell
you
any
more
,
"
she
returned
,
peevishly
,
rising
to
her
feet
,
"
I
accepted
him
,
Nelly
;
be
quick
,
and
say
whether
I
was
wrong
!
"
"
You
accepted
him
?
then
,
what
good
is
it
discussing
the
matter
?
You
have
pledged
your
word
,
and
cannot
retract
.
"
"
But
,
say
whether
I
should
have
done
so
—
do
!
"
she
exclaimed
in
an
irritated
tone
;
chafing
her
hands
together
,
and
frowning
.
"
There
are
many
things
to
be
considered
,
before
that
question
can
be
answered
properly
.
"
I
said
sententiously
,
"
First
and
foremost
,
do
you
love
Mr.
Edgar
?
"
"
Who
can
help
it
?
of
course
I
do
,
"
she
answered
.
Then
I
put
her
through
the
following
catechism
—
for
a
girl
of
twenty-two
it
was
not
injudicious
.
"
Why
do
you
love
him
,
Miss
Cathy
?
"
"
Nonsense
,
I
do
—
that
's
sufficient
.
"
"
By
no
means
;
you
must
say
why
?
"
"
Well
,
because
he
is
handsome
,
and
pleasant
to
be
with
.
"
"
Bad
,
"
was
my
commentary
.
"
And
because
he
is
young
and
cheerful
.
"
"
Bad
,
still
.
"
"
And
,
because
he
loves
me
.
"
"
Indifferent
,
coming
there
.
"
"
And
he
will
be
rich
,
and
I
shall
like
to
be
the
greatest
woman
of
the
neighbourhood
,
and
I
shall
be
proud
of
having
such
a
husband
.
"
"
Worst
of
all
!
And
,
now
,
say
how
you
love
him
?
"
"
As
every
body
loves
—
You
're
silly
,
Nelly
.
"
"
Not
at
all
—
Answer
.
"
"
I
love
the
ground
under
his
feet
,
and
the
air
over
his
head
,
and
everything
he
touches
,
and
every
word
he
says
—
I
love
all
his
looks
,
and
all
his
actions
,
and
him
entirely
,
and
altogether
.
There
now
!
"
"
And
why
?
"
"
Nay
—
you
are
making
a
jest
of
it
;
it
is
exceedingly
ill-natured
!
It
's
no
jest
to
me
!
"
said
the
young
lady
scowling
,
and
turning
her
face
to
the
fire
.
"
I
'm
very
far
from
jesting
,
Miss
Catherine
,
"
I
replied
,
"
you
love
Mr.
Edgar
,
because
he
is
handsome
,
and
young
,
and
cheerful
,
and
rich
,
and
loves
you
.
The
last
,
however
,
goes
for
nothing
—
You
would
love
him
without
that
,
probably
,
and
with
it
,
you
would
n't
unless
he
possessed
the
four
former
attractions
.
"
"
No
,
to
be
sure
not
—
I
should
only
pity
him
—
hate
him
,
perhaps
,
if
he
were
ugly
,
and
a
clown
.
"
"
But
,
there
are
several
other
handsome
,
rich
young
men
in
the
world
;
handsomer
,
possibly
,
and
richer
than
he
is
—
What
should
hinder
you
from
loving
them
?
"
"
If
there
be
any
,
they
are
out
of
my
way
—
I
've
seen
none
like
Edgar
.
"
"
You
may
see
some
;
and
he
wo
n't
always
be
handsome
,
and
young
,
and
may
not
always
be
rich
.
"
"
He
is
now
;
and
I
have
only
to
do
with
the
present
—
I
wish
you
would
speak
rationally
.
"
"
Well
,
that
settles
it
—
if
you
have
only
to
do
with
the
present
,
marry
Mr.
Linton
.
"
"
I
do
n't
want
your
permission
for
that
—
I
shall
marry
him
;
and
yet
,
you
have
not
told
me
whether
I
'm
right
.
"
"
Perfectly
right
;
if
people
be
right
to
marry
only
for
the
present
.
And
now
,
let
us
hear
what
you
are
unhappy
about
.
Your
brother
will
be
pleased
.
.
.The
old
lady
and
gentleman
will
not
object
,
I
think
—
you
will
escape
from
a
disorderly
,
comfortless
home
into
a
wealthy
respectable
one
;
and
you
love
Edgar
,
and
Edgar
loves
you
.
All
seems
smooth
and
easy
—
where
is
the
obstacle
?
"
"
Here
!
and
here
!
"
replied
Catherine
,
striking
one
hand
on
her
forehead
,
and
the
other
on
her
breast
.
"
In
whichever
place
the
soul
lives
—
in
my
soul
,
and
in
my
heart
,
I
'm
convinced
I
'm
wrong
!
"
"
That
's
very
strange
!
I
cannot
make
it
out
.
"
"
It
's
my
secret
;
but
if
you
will
not
mock
at
me
,
I
'll
explain
it
;
I
ca
n't
do
it
distinctly
—
but
I
'll
give
you
a
feeling
of
how
I
feel
.
"
She
seated
herself
by
me
again
:
her
countenance
grew
sadder
and
graver
,
and
her
clasped
hands
trembled
.
"
Nelly
,
do
you
never
dream
queer
dreams
?
"
she
said
,
suddenly
,
after
some
minutes
'
reflection
.
"
"
Yes
,
now
and
then
,
"
I
answered
.
"
And
so
do
I
.
I
've
dreamt
in
my
life
dreams
that
have
stayed
with
me
ever
after
,
and
changed
my
ideas
;
they
've
gone
through
and
through
me
,
like
wine
through
water
,
and
altered
the
colour
of
my
mind
.
And
this
is
one
—
I
'm
going
to
tell
it
—
but
take
care
not
to
smile
at
any
part
of
it
.
"
"
Oh
!
do
n't
.
Miss
Catherine
!
"
I
cried
.
"
We
're
dismal
enough
without
conjuring
up
ghosts
,
and
visions
to
perplex
us
.
Come
,
come
,
be
merry
,
and
like
yourself
!
Look
at
little
Hareton
—
he
's
dreaming
nothing
dreary
.
How
sweetly
he
smiles
in
his
sleep
!
"
"
Yes
;
and
how
sweetly
his
father
curses
in
his
solitude
!
You
remember
him
,
I
dare
say
,
when
he
was
just
such
another
as
that
chubby
thing
—
nearly
as
young
and
innocent
.
However
,
Nelly
,
I
shall
oblige
you
to
listen
—
it
's
not
long
;
and
I
've
no
power
to
be
merry
to-night
.
"
"
I
wont
hear
it
,
I
wont
hear
it
!
"
I
repeated
,
hastily
.
I
was
superstitious
about
dreams
then
,
and
am
still
;
and
Catherine
had
an
unusual
gloom
in
her
aspect
,
that
made
me
dread
something
from
which
I
might
shape
a
prophecy
,
and
foresee
a
fearful
catastrophe
.
She
was
vexed
,
but
she
did
not
proceed
.
Apparently
taking
up
another
subject
,
she
re-commenced
in
a
short
time
.
"
If
I
were
in
heaven
,
Nelly
,
I
should
be
extremely
miserable
.
"
"
Because
you
are
not
fit
to
go
there
,
"
I
answered
.
"
All
sinners
would
be
miserable
in
heaven
.
"
"
But
it
is
not
for
that
.
I
dreamt
,
once
,
that
I
was
there
.
"
"
I
tell
you
I
wont
harken
to
your
dreams
,
Miss
Catherine
!
I
'll
go
to
bed
,
"
I
interrupted
again
.
She
laughed
,
and
held
me
down
,
for
I
made
a
motion
to
leave
my
chair
.
"
This
is
nothing
,
"
cried
she
;
"
I
was
only
going
to
say
that
heaven
did
not
seem
to
be
my
home
;
and
I
broke
my
heart
with
weeping
to
come
back
to
earth
;
and
the
angels
were
so
angry
that
they
flung
me
out
,
into
the
middle
of
the
heath
on
the
top
of
Wuthering
Heights
:
where
I
woke
sobbing
for
joy
.
That
will
do
to
explain
my
secret
,
as
well
as
the
other
.
I
've
no
more
business
to
marry
Edgar
Linton
than
I
have
to
be
in
heaven
;
and
if
the
wicked
man
in
there
,
had
not
brought
Heathcliff
so
low
I
should
n't
have
thought
of
it
.
It
would
degrade
me
to
marry
Heathcliff
,
now
;
so
he
shall
never
know
how
I
love
him
;
and
that
,
not
because
he
's
handsome
,
Nelly
,
but
because
he
's
more
myself
than
I
am
.
Whatever
our
souls
are
made
of
,
his
and
mine
are
the
same
,
and
Linton
's
is
as
different
as
a
moonbeam
from
lightning
,
or
frost
from
fire
.
"
Ere
this
speech
ended
I
became
sensible
of
Heathcliff
's
presence
.
Having
noticed
a
slight
movement
,
I
turned
my
head
,
and
saw
him
rise
from
the
bench
,
and
steal
out
,
noiselessly
.
He
had
listened
till
he
heard
Catherine
say
it
would
degrade
her
to
marry
him
,
and
then
he
staid
to
hear
no
farther
.
My
companion
,
sitting
on
the
ground
,
was
prevented
by
the
back
of
the
settle
from
remarking
his
presence
or
departure
;
but
I
started
,
and
bade
her
hush
!
"
Why
?
"
she
asked
,
gazing
nervously
round
.
"
Joseph
is
here
,
"
I
answered
,
catching
,
opportunely
,
the
roll
of
his
cartwheels
up
the
road
;
"
and
Heathcliff
will
come
in
with
him
.
I
'm
not
sure
whether
he
were
not
at
the
door
this
moment
.
"
"
Oh
,
he
could
n't
overhear
me
at
the
door
!
"
said
she
.
"
Give
me
Hareton
,
while
you
get
the
supper
,
and
when
it
is
ready
ask
me
to
sup
with
you
.
I
want
to
cheat
my
uncomfortable
conscience
,
and
be
convinced
that
Heathcliff
has
no
notion
of
these
things
—
he
has
not
,
has
be
?
He
does
not
know
what
being
in
love
is
?
"
"
I
see
no
reason
that
he
should
not
know
,
as
well
as
you
,
"
I
returned
;
"
and
if
you
are
his
choice
,
he
'll
be
the
most
unfortunate
creature
that
ever
was
born
!
As
soon
as
you
become
Mrs.
Linton
,
he
loses
friend
,
and
love
,
and
all
!
Have
you
considered
how
you
'll
bear
the
separation
,
and
how
he
'll
bear
to
be
quite
deserted
in
the
world
?
Because
,
Miss
Catherine
—
"
"
He
quite
deserted
!
we
separated
!
"
she
exclaimed
,
with
an
accent
of
indignation
.
"
Who
is
to
separate
us
,
pray
?
They
'll
meet
the
fate
of
Milo
!
Not
as
long
as
I
live
,
Ellen
—
for
no
mortal
creature
.
Every
Linton
on
the
face
of
the
earth
might
melt
into
nothing
,
before
I
could
consent
to
forsake
Heathcliff
.
Oh
,
that
's
not
what
I
intend
—
that
's
not
what
I
mean
!
I
should
n't
be
Mrs.
Linton
were
such
a
price
demanded
!
He
'll
be
as
much
to
me
as
he
has
been
all
his
lifetime
.
Edgar
must
shake
off
his
antipathy
,
and
tolerate
him
,
at
least
.
He
will
when
he
learns
my
true
feelings
towards
him
.
Nelly
,
I
see
now
,
you
think
me
a
selfish
wretch
,
but
,
did
it
never
strike
you
that
,
if
Heathcliff
and
I
married
,
we
should
be
beggars
?
whereas
,
if
I
marry
Linton
,
I
can
aid
Heathcliff
to
rise
,
and
place
him
out
of
my
brother
's
power
.
"
"
With
your
husband
's
money
,
Miss
Catherine
?
"
I
asked
.
"
You
'll
find
him
not
so
pliable
as
you
calculate
upon
:
and
,
though
I
'm
hardly
a
judge
,
I
think
that
's
the
worst
motive
you
've
given
yet
for
being
the
wife
of
young
Linton
.
"
"
It
is
not
,
"
retorted
she
,
"
it
is
the
best
!
The
others
were
the
satisfaction
of
my
whims
;
and
for
Edgar
's
sake
,
too
,
to
satisfy
him
.
This
is
for
the
sake
of
one
who
comprehends
in
his
person
my
feelings
to
Edgar
and
myself
.
I
cannot
express
it
;
but
surely
you
and
every
body
have
a
notion
that
there
is
,
or
should
be
an
existence
of
yours
beyond
you
.
What
were
the
use
of
my
creation
if
I
were
entirely
contained
here
?
My
great
miseries
in
this
world
have
been
Heathcliff
's
miseries
,
and
I
watched
and
felt
each
from
the
beginning
;
my
great
thought
in
living
is
himself
.
If
all
else
perished
,
and
he
remained
,
I
should
still
continue
to
be
;
and
,
if
all
else
remained
,
and
he
were
annihilated
,
the
Universe
would
turn
to
a
mighty
stranger
.
I
should
not
seem
a
part
of
it
.
My
love
for
Linton
is
like
the
foliage
in
the
woods
.
Time
will
change
it
,
I
'm
well
aware
,
as
winter
changes
the
trees
—
my
love
for
Heathcliff
resembles
the
eternal
rocks
beneath
—
a
source
of
little
visible
delight
,
but
necessary
.
Nelly
,
I
am
Heathcliff
—
he
's
always
,
always
in
my
mind
—
not
as
a
pleasure
,
any
more
than
I
am
always
a
pleasure
to
myself
—
but
,
as
my
own
being
—
so
,
do
n't
talk
of
our
separation
again
—
it
is
impracticable
;
and
—
"
She
paused
,
and
hid
her
face
in
the
folds
of
my
gown
;
but
I
jerked
it
forcibly
away
.
I
was
out
of
patience
with
her
folly
!
"
If
I
can
make
any
sense
of
your
nonsense
,
Miss
,
"
I
said
,
"
it
only
goes
to
convince
me
that
you
are
ignorant
of
the
duties
you
undertake
in
marrying
;
or
else
,
that
you
are
a
wicked
,
unprincipled
girl
.
But
,
trouble
me
with
no
more
secrets
.
I
'll
not
promise
to
keep
them
.
"
"
You
'll
keep
that
?
"
she
asked
,
eagerly
.
"
No
,
I
'll
not
promise
,
"
I
repeated
.
She
was
about
to
insist
,
when
the
entrance
of
Joseph
finished
our
conversation
;
and
Catherine
removed
her
seat
to
a
corner
,
and
nursed
Hareton
,
while
I
made
the
supper
.
After
it
was
cooked
,
my
fellow
servant
and
I
began
to
quarrel
who
should
carry
some
to
Mr.
Hindley
;
and
we
did
n't
settle
it
till
all
was
nearly
cold
.
Then
we
came
to
the
agreement
that
we
would
let
him
ask
,
if
he
wanted
any
,
for
we
feared
particularly
to
go
into
his
presence
when
he
had
been
sometime
alone
.
"
Und
hah
is
n't
that
nowt
comed
in
frough
th
'
field
,
be
this
time
?
What
is
he
abaht
?
girt
eedle
seeght
!
"
demanded
the
old
man
,
looking
round
for
Heathcliff
.
"
I
'll
call
him
,
"
I
replied
.
"
He
's
in
the
barn
,
I
've
no
doubt
.
"
I
went
and
called
,
but
got
no
answer
.
On
returning
,
I
whispered
to
Catherine
that
he
had
heard
a
good
part
of
what
she
said
,
I
was
sure
;
and
told
how
I
saw
him
quit
the
kitchen
just
as
she
complained
of
her
brother
's
conduct
regarding
him
.
She
jumped
up
in
a
fine
fright
—
flung
Hareton
onto
the
settle
,
and
ran
to
seek
for
her
friend
herself
,
not
taking
leisure
to
consider
why
she
was
so
flurried
,
or
how
her
talk
would
have
affected
him
.
She
was
absent
such
a
while
that
Joseph
proposed
we
should
wait
no
longer
.
He
cunningly
conjectured
they
were
staying
away
in
order
to
avoid
hearing
his
protracted
blessing
.
They
were
"
ill
eneugh
for
ony
fahl
manners
,
"
he
affirmed
.
And
,
on
their
behalf
,
he
added
,
that
night
a
special
prayer
to
the
usual
quarter
of
an
hour
's
supplication
before
meat
,
and
would
have
tacked
another
to
the
end
of
the
grace
,
had
not
his
young
mistress
broken
in
upon
him
with
a
hurried
command
,
that
he
must
run
down
the
road
,
and
,
wherever
Heathcliff
had
rambled
,
find
and
make
him
re-enter
directly
!
"
"
I
want
to
speak
to
him
,
and
I
must
,
before
I
go
up-stairs
,
she
said
.
"
And
the
gate
is
open
,
he
is
somewhere
out
of
hearing
;
for
he
would
not
reply
,
though
I
shouted
at
the
top
of
the
fold
as
loud
as
I
could
.
"
Joseph
objected
at
first
;
she
was
too
much
in
earnest
,
however
,
to
suffer
contradiction
;
and
,
at
last
,
he
placed
his
hat
on
his
head
,
and
walked
grumbling
forth
.
Meantime
,
Catherine
paced
up
and
down
the
floor
,
exclaiming
—
"
I
wonder
where
he
is
—
I
wonder
where
he
can
be
!
"
What
did
I
say
,
Nelly
?
I
've
forgotten
.
Was
he
vexed
at
my
bad
humour
this
afternoon
?
Dear
!
tell
me
what
I
've
said
to
grieve
him
?
I
do
wish
he
'd
come
.
I
do
wish
be
would
!
"
"
What
a
noise
for
nothing
!
"
I
cried
,
though
rather
uneasy
myself
.
"
What
a
trifle
scares
you
!
It
's
surely
no
great
cause
of
alarm
that
Heathcliff
should
take
a
moonlight
saunter
on
the
moors
,
or
,
even
lie
too
sulky
to
speak
to
us
,
in
the
hay-loft
.
I
'll
engage
he
's
lurking
there
.
See
,
if
I
do
n't
ferret
him
out
!
"
I
departed
to
renew
my
search
;
its
result
was
disappointment
,
and
Joseph
's
quest
ended
in
the
same
.
"
Yon
lad
gets
war
un
war
!
"
observed
he
on
re-entering
.
"
He
's
left
th
'
yate
ut
t
'
full
swing
,
and
miss
's
pony
has
trodden
dahn
two
rigs
uh
corn
,
un
plottered
through
,
raight
o'er
intuh
t
'
meadow
!
Hahsomdiver
,
t
'
maister
'
ull
play
t
'
divil
to-morn
,
and
he
'll
do
weel
.
He
's
patience
itsseln
wi
'
sich
careless
,
offald
craters
—
patience
itsseln
he
is
!
Bud
he
'll
nut
be
soa
allus
—
yah
's
see
,
all
on
ye
!
Yah
mum
n't
drive
him
aht
uf
his
heead
fur
nowt
!
"
"
Have
you
found
Heathcliff
,
you
ass
?
"
interrupted
Catherine
.
"
Have
you
been
looking
for
him
,
as
I
ordered
?
"
"
Aw
sud
more
likker
look
for
th
'
horse
,
"
he
replied
.
"
It
'
ud
be
tuh
more
sense
.
Bud
,
aw
can
look
for
norther
horse
,
nur
man
uf
a
neeght
loike
this
—
as
black
as
t
'
chimbley
!
und
Hathecliff
's
noan
t
'
chap
tuh
coom
ut
maw
whistle
—
happen
he
'll
be
less
hard
uh
hearing
wi
'
ye
!
"
It
was
a
very
dark
evening
for
summer
:
the
clouds
appeared
inclined
to
thunder
,
and
I
said
we
had
better
all
sit
down
;
the
approaching
rain
would
be
certain
to
bring
him
home
without
further
trouble
.
However
,
Catherine
would
not
be
persuaded
into
tranquillity
.
She
kept
wandering
to
and
fro
,
from
the
gate
to
the
door
,
in
a
state
of
agitation
,
which
permitted
no
repose
:
and
,
at
length
,
took
up
a
permanent
situation
on
one
side
of
the
wall
,
near
the
road
;
where
,
heedless
of
my
expostulations
,
and
the
growling
thunder
,
and
the
great
drops
that
began
to
plash
around
her
,
she
remained
calling
,
at
intervals
,
and
then
listening
,
and
then
crying
outright
.
She
beat
Hareton
,
or
any
child
,
at
a
good
,
passionate
fit
of
crying
.
About
midnight
,
while
we
still
sat
up
,
the
storm
came
rattling
over
the
Heights
in
full
fury
.
There
was
a
violent
wind
,
as
well
as
thunder
,
and
either
one
or
the
other
split
a
tree
off
at
the
corner
of
the
building
;
a
huge
bough
fell
across
the
roof
,
and
knocked
down
a
portion
of
the
east
chimney-stack
,
sending
a
clatter
of
stones
and
soot
into
the
kitchen
fire
.
We
thought
a
bolt
had
fallen
in
the
middle
of
us
,
and
Joseph
swung
onto
his
knees
,
beseeching
the
Lord
to
remember
the
Patriarchs
Noah
and
Lot
;
and
,
as
in
former
times
,
spare
the
righteous
,
though
he
smote
the
ungodly
.
I
felt
some
sentiment
that
it
must
be
a
judgment
on
us
also
.
The
Jonah
,
in
my
mind
,
was
Mr.
Earnshaw
,
and
I
shook
the
handle
of
his
den
that
I
might
ascertain
if
he
were
yet
living
.
He
replied
audibly
enough
,
in
a
fashion
which
made
my
companion
vociferate
more
clamorously
than
before
that
a
wide
distinction
might
be
drawn
between
saints
like
himself
,
and
sinners
like
his
master
.
But
,
the
uproar
passed
away
in
twenty
minutes
,
leaving
us
all
unharmed
,
excepting
Cathy
,
who
got
thoroughly
drenched
for
her
obstinacy
in
refusing
to
take
shelter
,
and
standing
bonnetless
and
shawlless
to
catch
as
much
water
as
she
could
with
her
hair
and
clothes
.
She
came
in
,
and
lay
down
on
the
settle
,
all
soaked
as
she
was
,
turning
her
face
to
the
back
,
and
putting
her
hands
before
it
.
"
Well
Miss
!
"
I
exclaimed
,
touching
her
shoulder
.
"
You
are
not
bent
on
getting
your
death
,
are
you
?
Do
you
know
what
o'clock
it
is
?
Half-past
twelve
.
Come
!
come
to
bed
;
there
's
no
use
waiting
longer
on
that
foolish
boy
—
he
'll
be
gone
to
Gimmerton
,
and
he
'll
stay
there
now
.
He
guesses
we
should
n't
wake
for
him
till
this
late
hour
;
at
least
,
he
guesses
that
only
Mr.
Hindley
would
be
up
;
and
he
'd
rather
avoid
having
the
door
opened
by
the
master
.
"
"
Nay
,
nay
,
he
's
noan
at
Gimmerton
!
"
said
Joseph
.
"
Aw
's
niver
wonder
,
bud
he
's
at
t
'
bothoin
uf
a
bog-hoile
.
This
visitation
wor
n't
for
nowt
,
und
aw
wod
hev
ye
tub
look
aht
.
Miss
,
—
yah
muh
be
t
'
next
.
Thank
Hivin
for
all
!
All
warks
togither
for
gooid
tuh
them
as
is
chozzen
,
and
piked
aht
froo
'
th
'
rubbidge
!
Yah
knaw
whet
t
'
Scripture
ses
—
"
And
he
began
quoting
several
texts
;
refering
us
to
the
chapters
and
verses
,
where
we
might
find
them
.
I
having
vainly
begged
the
wilful
girl
to
rise
and
remove
her
wet
things
,
left
him
preaching
,
and
her
shivering
,
and
betook
myself
to
bed
with
little
Hareton
;
who
slept
as
fast
as
if
every
one
had
been
sleeping
round
him
.
I
heard
Joseph
read
on
a
while
afterwards
;
then
,
I
distinguished
his
slow
step
on
the
ladder
,
and
then
I
dropt
asleep
.
Coming
down
somewhat
later
than
usual
,
I
saw
,
by
the
sunbeams
piercing
the
chinks
of
the
shutters
.
Miss
Catherine
still
seated
near
the
fire-place
.
The
house
door
was
ajar
,
too
light
entered
from
its
unclosed
windows
,
Hindley
had
come
out
,
and
stood
on
the
kitchen
hearth
,
haggard
and
drowsy
.
"
What
ails
you
,
Cathy
?
"
he
was
saying
when
I
entered
;
"
You
look
as
dismal
as
a
drowned
whelp
—
Why
are
you
so
damp
and
pale
child
?
"
"
I
've
been
wet
;
"
she
answered
reluctantly
"
and
I
'm
cold
,
that
's
all
.
"
"
Oh
,
she
is
naughty
!
"
I
cried
,
perceiving
the
master
to
be
tolerably
sober
;
"
She
got
steeped
in
the
shower
of
yesterday
evening
,
and
there
she
has
sat
,
the
night
through
,
and
I
could
n't
prevail
on
her
to
stir
.
"
Mr.
Earnshaw
stared
at
us
in
surprise
.
"
The
night
through
,
"
he
repeated
.
"
What
kept
her
up
,
not
fear
of
the
thunder
,
surely
?
That
was
over
,
hours
since
.
"
Neither
of
us
wished
to
mention
Heathcliff
's
absence
,
as
long
as
we
could
conceal
it
;
so
,
I
replied
,
I
did
n't
know
how
she
took
it
into
her
head
to
sit
up
;
and
she
said
nothing
.
The
morning
was
fresh
and
cool
;
I
threw
back
the
lattice
,
and
presently
the
room
filled
with
sweet
scents
from
the
garden
:
but
Catherine
called
peevishly
to
me
.
"
Ellen
,
shut
the
window
.
I
'm
starving
!
"
And
her
teeth
chattered
as
she
shrunk
closer
to
the
almost
extinguished
embers
.
"
She
's
ill
—
"
said
Hindley
,
taking
her
wrist
,
"
I
suppose
that
's
the
reason
she
would
not
go
to
bed
—
Damn
it
!
I
do
n't
want
to
be
troubled
with
more
sickness
,
here
—
What
took
you
into
the
rain
?
"
"
Running
after
t'lads
,
as
usuald
!
"
croaked
Joseph
,
catching
an
opportunity
,
from
our
hesitation
,
to
thrust
in
his
evil
tongue
.
"
If
Aw
wur
yah
,
maister
,
Aw
'd
just
slam
t'boards
i
'
their
faces
all
on
'
em
,
gentle
and
simple
!
Never
a
day
ut
yah
're
off
,
but
yon
cat
uh
Linton
comes
sneaking
hither
—
and
Miss
Nelly
shoo
's
a
fine
lass
!
shoo
sits
watching
for
ye
i
'
t'kitchen
;
and
as
yah
're
in
at
one
door
,
he
's
aht
at
t'other
—
Und
,
then
,
wer
grand
lady
goes
a
coorting
uf
hor
side
!
It
's
bonny
behaviour
,
lurking
amang
t'flields
,
after
twelve
ut
'
night
,
wi
that
fahl
,
flaysome
divil
uf
a
gipsy
,
Heathcliff
,
!
They
think
Aw
'm
blind
;
but
Aw
'm
noan
,
now't
ut
t'soart
!
Aw
seed
young
Linton
,
boath
coming
and
going
,
and
Aw
seed
yah
(
directing
his
discourse
to
me
.
)
Yah
gooid
fur
nowt
,
slattenly
witch
!
nip
up
nud
bolt
intuh
th
'
haks
,
t
'
minute
yah
heard
t'maister
's
horse
fit
clatter
up
t
'
road
.
"
Silence
,
eavesdropper
!
"
cried
Catherine
,
"
None
of
your
insolence
,
before
me
!
"
Edgar
Linton
,
came
yesterday
,
by
chance
,
Hindley
:
and
it
was
I
who
told
him
to
be
off
:
because
,
I
knew
you
would
not
like
to
have
met
him
as
you
were
.
"
"
You
lie
,
Cathy
,
no
doubt
,
"
answered
her
brother
,
"
and
you
are
a
confounded
simpleton
!
But
,
never
mind
Linton
,
at
present
—
Tell
me
,
were
you
not
with
Heathcliff
,
last
night
?
Speak
the
truth
,
now
.
You
need
not
be
afraid
of
harming
him
—
Though
I
hate
him
as
much
as
ever
,
he
did
me
a
good
turn
,
a
short
time
since
,
that
will
make
my
conscience
tender
of
breaking
his
neck
.
To
prevent
it
,
I
shall
send
him
about
his
business
,
this
very
morning
;
and
after
he
's
gone
,
I
'd
advise
you
all
to
look
sharp
,
I
shall
only
have
the
more
humour
for
you
!
"
"
I
never
saw
Heathcliff
last
night
,
"
answered
Catherine
,
beginning
to
sob
bitterly
:
"
and
if
yon
do
turn
him
out
of
doors
,
I
'll
go
with
him
.
But
,
perhaps
,
you
'll
never
have
an
opportunity
—
perhaps
,
he
's
gone
.
"
Here
she
burst
into
uncontrollable
grief
,
and
the
remainder
of
her
words
were
inarticulate
.
Hindley
lavished
on
her
a
torrent
of
scornful
abuse
,
and
bid
her
get
to
her
room
immediately
,
or
she
should
n't
cry
for
nothing
!
I
obliged
her
to
obey
;
and
I
shall
never
forget
what
a
scene
she
acted
,
when
we
reached
her
chamber
.
It
terrified
me
—
I
thought
she
was
going
mad
,
and
I
begged
Joseph
to
run
for
the
doctor
.
It
proved
the
commencement
of
delirium
:
Mr.
Kenneth
,
as
soon
as
he
saw
her
,
pronounced
her
dangerously
ill
;
she
had
a
fever
.
He
bled
her
,
and
he
told
me
to
let
her
live
on
whey
,
and
water
gruel
;
and
take
care
she
did
not
throw
herself
down
stairs
,
or
out
of
the
window
;
and
then
he
left
;
for
,
he
had
enough
to
do
in
the
parish
where
two
or
three
miles
was
the
ordinary
distance
between
cottage
and
cottage
.
Though
I
cannot
say
I
made
a
gentle
nurse
,
and
Joseph
and
the
master
were
no
better
;
and
,
though
our
patient
was
as
wearisome
and
headstrong
as
a
patient
could
be
,
she
weathered
it
through
.
Old
Mrs.
Linton
paid
us
several
visits
,
to
be
sure
;
and
set
things
to
rights
,
and
scolded
and
ordered
us
all
;
and
when
Catherine
was
convalescent
,
she
insisted
on
conveying
her
to
Thrushcross
Grange
;
for
which
deliverance
we
were
very
grateful
.
But
,
the
poor
dame
had
reason
to
repent
of
her
kindness
;
she
,
and
her
husband
,
both
took
the
fever
,
and
died
within
a
few
days
of
each
other
.
Our
young
lady
returned
to
us
,
saucier
,
and
more
passionate
,
and
haughtier
than
ever
.
Heathcliff
had
never
been
heard
of
since
the
evening
of
the
thunder-storm
,
and
,
one
day
,
I
had
the
misfortune
,
when
she
had
provoked
me
exceedingly
,
to
lay
the
blame
of
his
disappearance
on
her
(
where
indeed
it
belonged
,
as
she
well
knew
.
)
From
that
period
for
several
months
,
she
ceased
to
hold
any
communication
with
me
save
in
the
relation
of
a
mere
servant
.
Joseph
fell
under
a
ban
also
;
he
would
speak
his
mind
,
and
lecture
her
all
the
same
as
if
she
were
a
little
girl
;
and
she
esteemed
herself
a
woman
,
and
our
mistress
;
and
thought
that
her
recent
illness
gave
her
a
claim
to
be
treated
with
consideration
.
Then
the
doctor
had
said
that
she
would
not
bear
crossing
much
,
she
ought
to
have
her
own
way
;
and
it
was
nothing
less
than
murder
,
in
her
eyes
,
for
any
one
,
to
presume
to
stand
up
and
contradict
her
.
From
Mr.
Earnshaw
,
and
his
companions
she
kept
aloof
,
and
tutored
by
Kenneth
,
and
serious
threats
of
a
fit
that
often
attended
her
rages
,
her
brother
allowed
her
whatever
she
pleased
to
demand
,
and
generally
avoided
aggravating
her
fiery
temper
.
He
was
rather
too
indulgent
in
humouring
her
caprices
;
not
from
affection
,
but
from
pride
;
he
wished
earnestly
to
see
her
bring
honour
to
the
family
by
an
alliance
with
the
Lintons
,
and
,
as
long
as
she
let
him
alone
,
she
might
trample
us
like
slaves
for
ought
he
cared
!
Edgar
Linton
,
as
multitudes
have
been
before
,
and
will
be
after
him
,
was
infatuated
;
and
believed
himself
the
happiest
man
alive
on
the
day
he
led
her
to
Gimmerton
chapel
,
three
years
subsequent
to
his
father
's
death
.
Much
against
my
inclination
,
I
was
persuaded
to
leave
Wuthering
Heights
and
accompany
her
here
.
Little
Hareton
was
nearly
five
years
old
,
and
I
had
just
began
to
teach
him
his
letters
:
We
made
a
sad
parting
,
but
Catherine
's
tears
were
more
powerful
than
ours
—
When
I
refused
to
go
,
and
when
she
found
her
entreaties
did
not
move
me
,
she
went
lamenting
to
her
husband
,
and
brother
.
The
former
offered
me
munificent
wages
;
the
latter
ordered
me
to
pack
up
—
he
wanted
no
women
in
the
house
,
he
said
,
now
that
there
was
no
mistress
;
and
as
to
Hareton
,
the
curate
should
take
him
in
hand
,
by
and
bye
.
And
so
,
I
had
but
one
choice
left
,
to
do
as
I
was
ordered
—
I
told
the
master
he
got
rid
of
all
decent
people
only
to
run
to
ruin
a
little
faster
;
I
kissed
Hareton
good
bye
;
and
,
since
then
,
he
has
been
a
stranger
,
and
it
's
very
queer
to
think
it
,
but
I
've
no
doubt
,
he
has
completely
forgotten
all
about
Ellen
Dean
and
that
he
was
ever
more
than
all
the
world
to
her
,
and
she
to
him
!
At
this
point
of
the
housekeeper
's
story
she
chanced
to
glance
towards
the
time-piece
over
the
chimney
;
and
was
in
amazement
,
on
seeing
the
minute-hand
measure
half
past
one
.
She
would
not
hear
of
staying
a
second
longer
—
In
truth
,
I
felt
rather
disposed
to
defer
the
sequel
of
her
narrative
,
myself
:
and
now
,
that
she
is
vanished
to
her
rest
,
and
I
have
meditated
for
another
hour
or
two
,
I
shall
summon
courage
to
go
,
also
,
in
spite
of
aching
laziness
of
head
and
limbs
.
CHAPTER
X
.
A
charming
introduction
to
a
hermit
's
life
!
Four
weeks
'
torture
,
tossing
and
sickness
!
Oh
,
these
bleak
winds
,
and
bitter
,
northern
skies
,
and
impassable
roads
,
and
dilatory
country
surgeons
!
And
,
oh
,
this
dearth
of
the
human
physiognomy
,
and
,
worse
than
all
,
the
terrible
intimation
of
Kenneth
that
I
need
not
expect
to
be
out
of
doors
till
spring
!
Mr.
Heathcliff
has
just
honoured
me
with
a
call
.
About
seven
days
ago
he
sent
me
a
brace
of
grouse
—
the
last
of
the
season
.
Scoundrel
!
He
is
not
altogether
guiltless
in
this
illness
of
mine
;
and
that
I
had
a
great
mind
to
tell
him
.
But
,
alas
!
how
could
I
offend
a
man
who
was
charitable
enough
to
sit
at
my
bedside
a
good
hour
,
and
talk
on
some
other
subject
than
pills
,
and
draughts
,
blisters
,
and
leeches
?
This
is
quite
an
easy
interval
.
I
am
too
weak
to
read
,
yet
I
feel
as
if
I
could
enjoy
something
interesting
.
Why
not
have
up
Mrs.
Dean
to
finish
her
tale
?
I
can
recollect
its
chief
incidents
,
as
far
as
she
had
gone
.
Yes
,
I
remember
her
hero
had
run
off
,
and
never
been
heard
of
for
three
years
;
and
the
heroine
was
married
.
I
'll
ring
;
she
'll
be
delighted
to
find
me
capable
of
talking
cheerfully
.
Mrs.
Dean
came
.
"
It
wants
twenty
minutes
,
sir
,
to
taking
the
medicine
,
"
she
commenced
.
"
Away
,
away
with
it
!
"
I
replied
;
"
I
desire
to
have
—
"
"
The
doctor
says
you
must
drop
the
powders
.
"
"
With
all
my
heart
!
Do
n't
interrupt
me
.
Come
and
take
your
seat
here
.
Keep
your
fingers
from
that
bitter
phalanx
of
vials
.
Draw
your
knitting
out
of
your
pocket
—
that
will
do
—
now
continue
the
history
of
Mr.
Heathcliff
,
from
where
you
left
off
,
to
the
present
day
.
Did
he
finish
his
education
on
the
Continent
,
and
come
back
a
gentleman
?
or
did
he
get
a
sizer
's
place
at
college
?
or
escape
to
America
,
and
earn
honours
by
drawing
blood
from
his
foster
country
?
or
make
a
fortune
more
promptly
,
on
the
English
highways
?
"
"
He
may
have
done
a
little
in
all
these
vocations
,
Mr.
Lockwood
;
but
I
could
n't
give
my
word
for
any
.
I
stated
before
that
I
did
n't
know
how
he
gained
his
money
;
neither
am
I
aware
of
the
means
he
took
to
raise
his
mind
from
the
savage
ignorance
into
which
it
was
sunk
;
but
,
with
your
leave
,
I
'll
proceed
in
my
own
fashion
,
if
you
think
it
will
amuse
,
and
not
weary
you
.
Are
you
feeling
better
this
morning
?
"
"
Much
.
"
"
That
's
good
news
.
I
got
Miss
Catherine
and
myself
to
Thrushcross
Grange
:
and
to
my
agreeable
disappointment
,
she
behaved
infinitely
better
than
I
dared
to
expect
.
She
seemed
almost
over
fond
of
Mr.
Linton
;
and
even
to
his
sister
,
she
showed
plenty
of
affection
.
They
were
both
very
attentive
to
her
comfort
,
certainly
.
It
was
not
the
thorn
bending
to
the
honeysuckles
,
but
the
honeysuckles
embracing
the
thorn
.
There
were
no
mutual
concessions
;
one
stood
erect
,
and
the
others
yielded
;
and
who
can
be
ill-natured
,
and
bad-tempered
,
when
they
encounter
neither
opposition
,
nor
indifference
?
"
I
observed
that
Mr.
Edgar
had
a
deep-rooted
fear
of
ruffling
her
humour
.
He
concealed
it
from
her
;
but
if
ever
he
heard
me
answer
sharply
,
or
saw
any
other
servant
grow
cloudy
at
some
imperious
order
of
hers
,
he
would
show
his
trouble
by
a
frown
of
displeasure
that
never
darkened
on
his
own
account
.
He
,
many
a
time
,
spoke
sternly
to
me
about
my
pertness
;
and
averred
that
the
stab
of
a
knife
could
not
inflict
a
worse
pang
than
he
suffered
at
seeing
his
lady
vexed
.
"
Not
to
grieve
a
kind
master
I
learnt
to
be
less
touchy
;
and
,
for
the
space
of
half
a
year
,
the
gunpowder
lay
as
harmless
as
sand
,
because
no
fire
came
near
to
explode
it
.
Catherine
had
seasons
of
gloom
and
silence
,
now
and
then
,
they
were
respected
with
sympathizing
silence
by
her
husband
,
who
ascribed
them
to
an
alteration
in
her
constitution
,
produced
by
her
perilous
illness
,
as
she
was
never
subject
to
depression
of
spirits
before
.
The
return
of
sunshine
was
welcomed
by
answering
sunshine
from
him
.
I
believe
I
may
assert
that
they
were
really
in
possession
of
deep
and
growing
happiness
.
"
It
ended
.
Well
,
we
must
be
for
ourselves
in
the
long
run
;
the
mild
and
generous
are
only
more
justly
selfish
than
the
domineering
—
and
it
ended
when
circumstances
caused
each
to
feel
that
the
one
's
interest
was
not
the
chief
consideration
in
the
other
's
thoughts
.
"
On
a
mellow
evening
in
September
,
I
was
coming
from
the
garden
with
a
heavy
basket
of
apples
which
I
had
been
gathering
.
It
had
got
dusk
,
and
the
moon
looked
over
the
high
wall
of
the
court
,
causing
undefined
shadows
to
lurk
in
the
corners
of
the
numerous
projecting
portions
of
the
building
.
I
set
my
burden
on
the
house
steps
by
the
kitchen
door
,
and
lingered
to
rest
,
and
draw
in
a
few
more
breaths
of
the
soft
,
sweet
air
;
my
eyes
were
on
the
moon
,
and
my
back
to
the
entrance
,
when
I
heard
a
voice
behind
me
say
—
"
'
Nelly
,
is
that
you
?
'
"
It
was
a
deep
voice
,
and
foreign
in
tone
:
yet
,
there
was
something
in
the
manner
of
pronouncing
my
name
which
made
it
sound
familiar
.
I
turned
about
to
discover
who
spoke
,
fearfully
,
for
the
doors
were
shut
,
and
I
had
seen
nobody
on
approaching
the
steps
.
"
Something
stirred
in
the
porch
;
and
moving
nearer
,
I
distinguished
a
tall
man
dressed
in
dark
clothes
,
with
dark
face
and
hair
.
He
leant
against
the
side
,
and
held
his
fingers
on
the
latch
,
as
if
intending
to
open
for
himself
.
"
'
Who
can
it
be
?
'
I
thought
.
'
Mr
.
Earnshaw
?
Oh
,
no
!
The
voice
has
no
resemblance
to
his
.
'
"
'
I
have
waited
here
an
hour
,
'
he
resumed
,
while
I
continued
staring
;
'
and
the
whole
of
that
time
all
round
has
been
as
still
as
death
I
dared
not
enter
.
You
do
not
know
me
?
Look
,
I
'm
not
a
stranger
!
'
A
ray
fell
on
his
features
;
the
cheeks
were
sallow
,
and
half
covered
with
black
whiskers
;
the
brows
lowering
,
the
eyes
deep
set
and
singular
.
I
remembered
the
eyes
.
"
"
What
!
"
I
cried
,
uncertain
whether
to
regard
him
as
a
worldly
visiter
,
and
I
raised
my
hands
in
amazement
.
"
What
!
you
come
back
?
Is
it
really
you
?
Is
it
?
"
"
Yes
,
Heathcliff
,
"
he
replied
,
glancing
from
me
up
to
the
windows
which
reflected
a
score
of
glittering
moons
,
but
showed
no
lights
from
within
.
"
Are
they
at
home
—
where
is
she
?
Nelly
,
you
are
not
glad
—
you
need
n't
be
so
disturbed
.
Is
she
here
?
Speak
!
I
want
to
have
one
word
with
her
—
your
mistress
.
Go
,
and
say
some
person
from
Gimmerton
desires
to
see
her
.
"
"
How
will
she
take
it
?
"
I
exclaimed
,
"
what
will
she
do
?
The
surprise
bewilders
me
—
it
will
put
her
out
of
her
head
!
And
you
are
Heathcliff
?
But
altered
!
Nay
,
there
's
no
comprehending
it
.
Have
you
been
for
a
soldier
?
"
"
Go
,
and
carry
my
message
,
"
he
interrupted
impatiently
;
I
'm
in
hell
till
you
do
!
"
He
lifted
the
latch
,
and
I
entered
;
but
when
I
got
to
the
parlour
where
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Linton
were
,
I
could
not
persuade
myself
to
proceed
.
At
length
,
I
resolved
on
making
an
excuse
to
ask
if
they
would
have
the
candles
lighted
,
and
I
opened
the
door
.
They
sat
together
in
a
window
whose
lattice
lay
back
against
the
wall
,
and
displayed
beyond
the
garden
trees
,
and
the
wild
green
park
,
the
valley
of
Gimmerton
,
with
a
long
line
of
mist
winding
nearly
to
its
top
,
(
for
very
soon
after
you
pass
the
chapel
,
as
you
may
have
noticed
,
the
sough
that
runs
from
the
marshes
joins
a
beck
which
follows
the
bend
of
the
glen
)
,
Wuthering
Heights
rose
above
this
silvery
vapour
,
;
but
our
old
house
was
invisible
—
it
rather
dips
down
on
the
other
side
.
Both
the
room
,
and
its
occupants
,
and
the
scene
they
gazed
on
,
looked
wondrously
peaceful
.
I
shrank
reluctantly
from
performing
my
errand
:
and
was
actually
going
away
,
leaving
it
unsaid
,
after
having
put
my
question
about
the
candles
,
when
a
sense
of
my
folly
compelled
me
to
return
,
and
mutter
:
"
A
person
from
Gimmerton
wishes
to
see
you
,
ma'am
.
"
"
What
does
he
want
?
"
asked
Mrs.
Linton
.
"
I
did
not
question
him
,
"
I
answered
.
"
Well
,
close
the
curtains
,
Nelly
,
"
she
said
;
"
and
bring
up
tea
.
I
'll
be
back
again
directly
.
"
She
quitted
the
apartment
;
Mr.
Edgar
inquired
carelessly
,
who
it
was
?
"
Some
one
the
mistress
does
not
expect
,
"
I
replied
.
"
That
Heathcliff
,
you
recollect
him
,
sir
,
who
used
to
live
at
Mr.
Earnshaw
's
.
"
"
What
,
the
gipsy
—
the
plough-boy
?
"
he
cried
.
"
Why
did
you
not
say
so
to
Catherine
?
"
"
Hush
!
you
must
not
call
him
by
those
names
,
master
,
"
I
said
.
"
She
'd
be
sadly
grieved
to
hear
you
.
She
was
nearly
heartbroken
when
he
ran
off
;
I
guess
his
return
will
make
a
jubilee
to
her
.
"
Mr.
Linton
walked
to
a
window
on
the
other
side
of
the
room
that
overlooked
the
court
.
He
unfastened
it
,
and
leant
out
.
I
suppose
they
were
below
,
for
he
exclaimed
,
quickly
:
—
"
Do
n't
stand
there
love
!
Bring
the
person
in
,
if
it
be
any
one
particular
.
"
Ere
long
,
I
heard
the
click
of
the
latch
,
and
Catherine
flew
up-stairs
,
breathless
and
wild
,
too
excited
to
show
gladness
;
indeed
,
by
her
face
,
you
would
rather
have
surmised
an
awful
calamity
.
"
Oh
,
Edgar
,
Edgar
!
"
she
panted
,
flinging
her
arms
round
his
neck
.
"
Oh
,
Edgar
,
darling
!
Heathcliff
's
come
back
—
he
is
!
"
And
she
tightened
her
embrace
to
a
squeeze
.
"
Well
,
well
,
"
cried
her
husband
,
crossly
,
"
do
n't
strangle
me
for
that
!
He
never
struck
me
as
such
a
marvellous
treasure
.
There
is
no
need
to
be
frantic
!
"
"
I
know
you
did
n't
like
him
,
"
she
answered
,
repressing
a
little
the
intensity
of
her
delight
.
"
Yet
for
my
sake
,
you
must
be
friends
now
.
Shall
I
tell
him
to
come
up
?
"
"
Here
,
"
he
said
,
"
into
the
parlour
?
"
"
Where
else
?
"
she
asked
.
He
looked
vexed
,
and
suggested
the
kitchen
as
a
more
suitable
place
for
him
.
Mrs.
Linton
eyed
him
with
a
droll
expression
—
half
angry
,
half
laughing
at
his
fastidiousness
.
"
No
,
"
she
added
,
after
a
while
;
"
I
cannot
sit
in
the
kitchen
.
Set
two
tables
here
,
Ellen
;
one
for
your
master
and
Miss
Isabella
,
being
gentry
;
the
other
for
Heathcliff
and
myself
,
being
of
the
lower
orders
.
Will
that
please
you
,
dear
?
Or
must
I
have
a
fire
lighted
elsewhere
?
If
so
,
give
directions
.
I
'll
run
down
and
secure
my
guest
.
I
'm
afraid
the
joy
is
too
great
to
be
real
!
"
She
was
about
to
dart
off
again
;
but
Edgar
arrested
her
.
"
You
bid
him
step
up
,
"
he
said
,
addressing
me
;
"
and
,
Catherine
,
