.We
are
all
done
for
—
master
,
mistress
,
and
servant
.
"
I
wrung
my
hands
,
and
cried
out
;
and
Mr.
Linton
hastened
his
step
at
the
noise
.
In
the
midst
of
my
agitation
,
I
was
sincerely
glad
to
observe
that
Catherine
's
arms
had
fallen
relaxed
,
and
her
head
hung
down
.
"
She
's
fainted
or
dead
,
"
I
thought
,
"
so
much
the
better
.
Far
better
that
she
should
be
dead
,
than
lingering
a
burden
,
and
a
misery-maker
to
all
about
her
.
"
Edgar
sprang
to
his
unbidden
guest
,
blanched
with
astonishment
and
rage
.
What
he
meant
to
do
,
I
cannot
tell
;
however
,
the
other
stopped
all
demonstrations
,
at
once
,
by
placing
the
lifeless-looking
form
in
his
arms
.
"
Look
there
,
"
he
said
,
"
unless
you
be
a
fiend
,
help
her
first
—
then
you
shall
speak
to
me
!
"
He
walked
into
the
parlour
,
and
sat
down
.
Mr.
Linton
summoned
me
,
and
,
with
great
difficulty
,
and
after
resorting
to
many
means
,
we
managed
to
restore
her
to
sensation
;
but
she
was
all
bewildered
;
she
sighed
,
and
moaned
,
and
knew
nobody
.
Edgar
,
in
his
anxiety
for
her
,
forgot
her
hated
friend
.
I
did
not
.
I
went
,
at
the
earliest
opportunity
,
and
besought
him
to
depart
,
affirming
that
Catherine
was
better
,
and
he
should
hear
from
me
in
the
morning
,
how
she
passed
the
night
.
"
I
shall
not
refuse
to
go
out
of
doors
,
"
he
answered
;
"
but
I
shall
stay
in
the
garden
;
and
,
Nelly
,
mind
you
keep
your
word
to-morrow
.
I
shall
be
under
those
larch
trees
,
mind
!
or
I
pay
another
visit
,
whether
Linton
be
in
or
not
.
"
He
sent
a
rapid
glance
through
the
half-open
door
of
the
chamber
,
and
ascertaining
that
what
I
stated
was
apparently
true
,
delivered
the
house
of
his
luckless
presence
.
CHAPTER
II
.
About
twelve
o'clock
,
that
night
,
was
born
the
Catherine
you
saw
at
Wuthering
Heights
,
a
puny
,
seven
months
'
child
;
and
two
hours
after
the
mother
died
,
having
never
recovered
sufficient
consciousness
to
miss
Heathcliff
,
or
know
Edgar
.
The
latter
's
distraction
at
his
bereavement
is
a
subject
too
painful
to
be
dwelt
on
;
its
after
effects
showed
how
deep
the
sorrow
sunk
.
A
great
addition
,
in
my
eyes
,
was
his
being
left
without
an
heir
.
I
bemoaned
that
,
as
I
gazed
on
the
feeble
orphan
;
and
I
mentally
abused
old
Linton
for
,
what
was
only
natural
partiality
,
the
securing
his
estate
to
his
own
daughter
,
instead
of
his
son
's
.
An
unwelcomed
infant
it
was
,
poor
thing
!
It
might
have
wailed
out
of
life
,
and
nobody
cared
a
morsel
,
during
those
first
hours
of
existence
.
We
redeemed
the
neglect
afterwards
;
but
it
's
beginning
was
as
friendless
as
its
end
is
likely
to
be
.
Next
morning
—
bright
and
cheerful
out
of
doors
—
stole
softened
in
through
the
blinds
of
the
silent
room
,
and
suffused
the
couch
and
its
occupant
with
a
mellow
,
tender
glow
.
Edgar
Linton
had
his
head
laid
on
the
pillow
,
and
his
eyes
shut
.
His
young
and
fair
features
were
almost
as
death-like
as
those
of
the
form
beside
him
,
and
almost
as
fixed
;
but
his
was
the
hush
of
exhausted
anguish
,
and
her
's
of
perfect
peace
.
Her
brow
smooth
,
her
lids
closed
,
her
lips
wearing
the
expression
of
a
smile
.
No
angel
in
heaven
could
be
more
beautiful
than
she
appeared
;
and
I
partook
of
the
infinite
calm
in
which
she
lay
.
My
mind
was
never
in
a
holier
frame
,
than
while
I
gazed
on
that
untroubled
image
of
Divine
rest
.
I
instinctively
echoed
the
words
she
had
uttered
,
a
few
hours
before
.
"
Incomparably
beyond
,
and
above
us
all
!
Whether
still
on
earth
or
now
in
Heaven
her
spirit
is
at
home
with
God
!
"
I
do
n't
know
if
it
be
a
peculiarity
in
me
,
but
I
am
seldom
otherwise
than
happy
while
watching
in
the
chamber
of
death
,
should
no
frenzied
or
despairing
mourner
share
the
duty
with
me
.
I
see
a
repose
that
neither
earth
nor
hell
can
break
;
and
I
feel
an
assurance
of
the
endless
and
shadowless
hereafter
—
the
Eternity
they
have
entered
—
where
life
is
boundless
in
its
duration
,
and
love
in
its
sympathy
,
and
joy
in
its
fulness
.
I
noticed
on
that
occasion
how
much
selfishness
there
is
even
in
a
love
like
Mr.
Linton
's
,
when
he
so
regretted
Catherine
's
blessed
release
!
To
be
sure
one
might
have
doubted
,
after
the
wayward
and
impatient
existence
she
had
led
,
whether
she
merited
a
haven
of
peace
at
last
.
One
might
doubt
in
seasons
of
cold
reflection
,
but
not
then
,
in
the
presence
of
her
corpse
.
It
asserted
its
own
tranquillity
,
which
seemed
a
pledge
of
equal
quiet
to
its
former
inhabitants
.
"
Do
you
believe
such
people
are
happy
in
the
other
world
,
sir
?
I
'd
give
a
great
deal
to
know
.
"
I
declined
answering
Mrs.
Dean
's
question
,
which
struck
me
as
something
heterodox
.
She
proceeded
:
"
Retracing
the
course
of
Catherine
Linton
I
fear
we
have
no
right
to
think
she
is
:
but
we
'll
leave
her
with
her
Maker
.
"
The
master
looked
asleep
,
and
I
ventured
soon
after
sunrise
to
quit
the
room
and
steal
out
to
the
pure
,
refreshing
air
.
The
servants
thought
me
gone
to
shake
off
the
drowsiness
of
my
protracted
watch
;
in
reality
my
chief
motive
motive
was
seeing
Mr.
Heathcliff
.
If
he
had
remained
among
the
larches
all
night
he
would
have
heard
nothing
of
the
stir
at
the
Grange
,
unless
,
perhaps
,
he
might
catch
the
gallop
of
the
messenger
going
to
Gimmerton
.
If
he
had
come
nearer
he
would
probably
be
aware
,
from
the
lights
flitting
to
and
fro
,
and
the
opening
and
shutting
of
the
outer
doors
,
that
all
was
not
right
within
.
I
wished
yet
feared
to
find
him
.
I
felt
the
terrible
news
must
be
told
,
and
I
longed
to
get
it
over
,
but
how
to
do
it
I
did
not
know
.
He
was
there
—
at
least
a
few
yards
further
in
the
park
;
leant
against
an
old
ash
tree
,
his
hat
off
,
and
his
hair
soaked
with
the
dew
that
had
gathered
on
the
budded
branches
,
and
fell
pattering
round
him
.
He
had
been
standing
a
long
time
in
that
position
,
for
I
saw
a
pair
of
ousels
passing
and
repassing
,
scarcely
three
feet
from
him
,
busy
in
building
their
nest
,
and
regarding
his
proximity
no
more
than
that
of
a
piece
of
timber
.
They
flew
off
at
my
approach
,
and
he
raised
his
eyes
and
spoke
:
"
She
's
dead
!
"
he
said
;
"
I
've
not
waited
for
you
to
learn
that
.
Put
your
handkerchief
away
—
do
n't
snivel
before
me
.
Damn
you
all
!
she
wants
none
of
your
tears
!
"
I
was
weeping
as
much
for
him
as
her
:
we
do
sometimes
pity
creatures
that
have
none
of
the
feeling
either
for
themselves
or
others
;
and
when
I
first
looked
into
his
face
I
perceived
that
he
had
got
intelligence
of
the
catastrophe
;
and
a
foolish
notion
struck
me
that
his
heart
was
quelled
,
and
he
prayed
,
because
his
lips
moved
,
and
his
gaze
was
bent
on
the
ground
.
"
Yes
,
she
's
dead
!
"
I
answered
,
checking
my
sobs
,
and
drying
my
cheeks
.
"
Gone
to
to
heaven
,
I
hope
,
where
we
may
,
everyone
,
join
her
,
if
we
take
due
warning
,
and
leave
our
evil
ways
to
follow
good
!
"
"
Did
she
take
due
warning
,
then
?
"
asked
Heathcliff
,
attempting
a
sneer
.
"
Did
she
die
like
a
saint
?
Come
,
give
me
a
true
history
of
the
event
.
How
did
—
"
He
endeavoured
to
pronounce
the
name
,
but
could
not
manage
it
;
and
compressing
his
mouth
,
he
held
a
silent
combat
with
his
inward
agony
,
defying
,
meanwhile
,
my
sympathy
with
an
unflinching
,
ferocious
stare
.
"
How
did
she
die
?
"
he
resumed
,
at
last
—
fain
,
notwithstanding
his
hardihood
,
to
have
a
support
behind
him
,
for
,
after
the
struggle
,
he
trembled
,
in
spite
of
himself
,
to
his
very
finger-ends
.
"
Poor
wretch
!
"
I
thought
;
"
you
have
a
heart
and
nerves
the
same
as
your
brother
men
!
Why
should
you
be
so
anxious
to
conceal
them
?
Your
pride
cannot
blind
God
!
You
tempt
him
to
wring
them
,
till
he
forces
a
cry
of
humiliation
!
"
"
Quietly
as
a
lamb
!
"
I
answered
,
aloud
.
"
She
drew
a
sigh
,
and
stretched
herself
,
like
a
child
reviving
,
and
sinking
again
to
sleep
;
and
five
minutes
after
I
felt
one
little
pulse
at
her
heart
,
and
nothing
more
!
"
"
And
—
and
did
she
ever
mention
me
?
"
he
asked
,
hesitating
,
as
if
he
dreaded
the
answer
to
his
question
would
introduce
details
that
he
could
not
bear
to
hear
.
"
Her
senses
never
returned
—
she
recognised
nobody
from
the
time
you
left
her
,
"
I
said
.
"
She
lies
with
a
sweet
smile
on
her
face
;
and
her
latest
ideas
wandered
back
to
pleasant
early
days
.
Her
life
closed
in
a
gentle
dream
—
may
she
wake
as
kindly
in
the
other
world
!
"
"
May
she
wake
in
torment
?
"
he
cried
,
with
frightful
vehemence
,
stamping
his
foot
,
and
groaning
in
a
sudden
paroxysm
of
ungovernable
passion
.
"
Why
,
she
's
a
liar
to
the
end
!
Where
is
she
?
Not
there
—
not
in
heaven
—
not
perished
—
where
?
Oh
!
you
said
you
cared
nothing
for
my
sufferings
!
And
I
pray
one
prayer
—
I
repeat
it
till
my
tongue
stiffens
—
Catherine
Earnshaw
,
may
you
not
rest
,
as
long
as
I
am
living
!
You
said
I
killed
you
—
haunt
me
then
!
The
murdered
do
haunt
their
murderers
.
I
believe
—
I
know
that
ghosts
have
wandered
on
earth
.
Be
with
me
always
—
take
any
form
—
drive
me
mad
!
only
do
not
leave
me
in
this
abyss
,
where
I
cannot
find
you
!
Oh
,
God
!
it
is
unutterable
!
I
cannot
live
without
my
life
!
I
cannot
live
without
my
soul
!
"
He
dashed
his
head
against
the
knotted
trunk
;
and
,
lifting
up
his
eyes
,
howled
,
not
like
a
man
,
but
like
a
savage
beast
getting
goaded
to
death
with
knives
and
spears
.
I
observed
several
splashes
of
blood
about
the
bark
of
the
tree
,
and
his
band
and
forehead
were
both
stained
;
probably
the
scene
I
witnessed
was
a
repetition
of
others
acted
during
the
night
.
It
hardly
moved
my
compassion
—
it
appalled
me
;
still
I
felt
reluctant
to
quit
him
so
.
But
the
moment
he
recollected
himself
enough
to
notice
me
watching
,
he
thundered
a
command
for
me
to
go
,
and
I
obeyed
.
He
was
beyond
my
skill
to
quiet
or
console
!
Mrs.
Linton
's
funeral
was
appointed
to
take
place
on
the
Friday
following
her
decease
;
and
till
then
her
coffin
remained
uncovered
,
and
strewn
with
flowers
and
scented
leaves
,
in
the
great
drawing-room
.
Linton
spent
his
days
and
nights
there
,
a
sleepless
guardian
;
and
—
a
circumstance
concealed
from
all
but
me
—
Heathcliff
spent
his
nights
,
at
least
,
outside
,
equally
a
stranger
to
repose
.
I
held
no
communication
with
him
;
still
I
was
conscious
of
his
design
to
enter
,
if
he
could
;
and
on
the
Tuesday
,
a
little
after
dark
,
when
my
master
from
sheer
fatigue
,
had
been
compelled
to
retire
a
couple
of
hours
,
I
went
and
opened
one
of
the
windows
,
moved
by
his
perseverance
to
give
him
a
chance
of
bestowing
on
the
fading
image
of
his
idol
one
final
adieu
.
He
did
not
omit
to
avail
himself
of
the
opportunity
,
cautiously
and
briefly
;
too
cautiously
to
betray
his
presence
by
the
slightest
noise
;
indeed
,
I
should
n't
have
discovered
that
he
had
been
there
,
except
for
the
disarrangement
of
the
drapery
about
the
corpse
's
face
,
and
for
observing
on
the
floor
a
curl
of
light
hair
,
fastened
with
a
silver
thread
,
which
,
on
examination
,
I
ascertained
to
have
been
taken
from
a
locket
hung
round
Catherine
's
neck
.
Heathcliff
had
opened
the
trinket
,
and
cast
out
its
contents
,
replacing
them
by
a
black
lock
of
his
own
.
I
twisted
the
two
,
and
enclosed
them
together
.
Mr.
Earnshaw
was
,
of
course
,
invited
to
attend
the
remains
of
his
sister
to
the
grave
;
and
he
sent
no
excuse
,
but
he
never
came
;
so
that
besides
her
husband
,
the
mourners
were
wholly
composed
of
tenants
and
servants
.
Isabella
was
not
asked
.
The
place
of
Catherine
's
interment
,
to
the
surprise
of
the
villagers
,
was
neither
in
the
chapel
,
under
the
carved
monument
of
the
Lintons
'
,
nor
yet
by
the
tombs
of
her
own
relations
,
outside
.
It
was
dug
on
a
green
slope
,
in
a
corner
of
the
kirkyard
,
where
the
wall
is
so
low
that
heath
and
bilberry
plants
have
climbed
over
it
from
the
moor
;
and
peat
mould
almost
buries
it
.
Her
husband
lies
in
the
same
spot
,
now
;
and
they
have
each
a
simple
headstone
,
above
,
and
a
plain
grey
block
at
their
feet
,
to
mark
the
graves
.
CHAPTER
III
.
That
Friday
made
the
last
of
our
fine
days
,
for
a
month
.
In
the
evening
,
the
weather
broke
;
the
wind
shifted
from
south
to
north-east
,
and
brought
rain
,
first
,
and
then
sleet
,
and
snow
.
On
the
morrow
one
could
hardly
imagine
that
there
had
been
three
weeks
of
summer
:
the
primroses
and
crocuses
were
hidden
under
wintry
drifts
:
the
larks
were
silent
,
the
young
leaves
of
the
early
trees
smitten
and
blackened
—
And
dreary
,
and
chill
,
and
dismal
that
morrow
did
creep
over
!
My
master
kept
his
room
—
I
took
possession
of
the
lonely
parlour
,
converting
it
into
a
nursery
;
and
there
I
was
sitting
,
with
the
moaning
doll
of
a
child
laid
on
my
knee
;
rocking
it
to
and
fro
,
and
watching
,
meanwhile
the
still
driving
flakes
build
up
the
uncurtained
window
,
when
the
door
opened
,
and
some
person
entered
out
of
breath
,
and
laughing
!
"
My
anger
was
greater
than
my
astonishment
for
a
minute
;
I
supposed
it
one
of
the
maids
,
and
I
cried
,
"
Have
done
!
How
dare
you
show
your
giddiness
,
here
?
What
would
Mr.
Linton
say
if
he
heard
you
?
"
"
Excuse
me
!
"
answered
a
familiar
voice
,
"
but
I
know
Edgar
is
in
bed
,
and
I
cannot
stop
myself
.
"
With
that
,
the
speaker
came
forward
to
the
fire
,
panting
and
holding
her
hand
,
to
her
side
.
"
I
have
run
the
whole
way
from
Wuthering
Heights
!
"
she
continued
,
after
a
pause
.
"
Except
where
I
've
flown
—
I
could
n't
count
the
number
of
falls
I
've
had
—
Oh
,
I
'm
aching
all
over
!
Do
n't
be
alarmed
—
There
shall
be
an
explanation
as
soon
as
I
can
give
it
—
only
just
have
the
goodness
to
step
out
,
and
order
the
carriage
to
take
me
on
to
Gimmerton
,
and
tell
a
servant
to
seek
up
a
few
clothes
in
my
wardrobe
.
"
The
intruder
was
Mrs.
Heathcliff
—
she
certainly
seemed
in
no
laughing
predicament
:
her
hair
streamed
on
her
shoulders
dripping
with
snow
and
water
;
she
was
dressed
in
the
girlish
dress
she
commonly
wore
,
befitting
her
age
more
than
her
position
;
a
low
frock
,
with
short
sleeves
,
and
nothing
on
either
head
,
or
neck
.
The
frock
was
of
light
silk
,
and
clung
to
her
with
wet
;
and
her
feet
were
protected
merely
by
thin
slippers
;
add
to
this
a
deep
cut
under
one
ear
,
which
only
the
cold
prevented
from
bleeding
profusely
,
a
white
face
scratched
and
bruised
,
and
a
frame
hardly
able
to
support
itself
through
fatigue
,
and
you
may
fancy
my
first
fright
was
not
much
allayed
when
I
had
leisure
to
examine
her
.
"
My
dear
young
lady
,
"
I
exclaimed
"
I
'll
stir
no-where
,
and
hear
nothing
,
till
you
have
removed
every
article
of
your
clothes
,
and
put
on
dry
things
;
and
certainly
you
shall
not
go
to
Gimmerton
to-night
;
so
it
is
needless
to
order
the
carriage
.
"
"
Certainly
,
I
shall
;
"
she
said
;
"
walking
or
riding
—
yet
I
've
no
objection
to
dress
myself
decently
;
and
—
ah
,
see
how
it
flows
down
my
neck
now
!
the
fire
does
make
it
smart
.
"
She
insisted
on
my
fulfilling
her
directions
,
before
she
would
let
me
touch
her
;
and
not
till
after
the
coachman
had
been
instructed
to
get
ready
,
and
a
maid
set
to
pack
up
some
necessary
attire
,
did
I
obtain
her
consent
for
binding
the
wound
,
and
helping
to
change
her
garments
.
"
Now
Ellen
,
"
she
said
when
my
task
was
finished
,
and
she
was
seated
in
an
easy
chair
on
the
hearth
,
with
a
cup
of
tea
before
her
,
"
You
sit
down
opposite
me
,
and
put
poor
Catherine
's
baby
away
—
I
do
n't
like
to
see
it
!
You
must
n't
think
I
care
little
for
Catherine
,
because
I
behaved
so
foolishly
on
entering
—
I
've
cried
too
,
bitterly
—
yes
,
more
than
any
one
else
has
reason
to
cry
—
we
parted
unreconciled
,
you
remember
,
and
I
sha
n't
forgive
myself
.
But
for
all
that
,
I
was
not
going
to
sympathise
with
him
—
the
brute
beast
!
O
give
me
the
poker
!
This
is
the
last
thing
of
his
I
have
about
me
,
"
she
slipped
the
gold
ring
from
her
third
finger
,
and
threw
it
on
the
floor
.
"
I
'll
smash
it
!
"
she
continued
striking
with
childish
spite
.
"
And
then
I
'll
burn
it
!
"
and
she
took
and
dropped
the
misused
article
among
the
coals
.
"
There
!
he
shall
buy
another
,
if
he
gets
me
back
again
.
He
'd
be
capable
of
coming
to
seek
me
,
to
tease
Edgar
—
I
dare
not
stay
,
lest
that
notion
should
possess
his
wicked
head
!
And
besides
,
Edgar
has
not
been
kind
,
has
he
?
And
I
wo
n't
come
suing
for
his
assistance
;
nor
will
I
bring
him
into
more
trouble
—
Necessity
compelled
me
to
seek
shelter
here
;
though
if
I
had
not
learnt
he
was
out
of
the
way
,
I
'd
have
halted
at
the
kitchen
,
washed
my
face
,
warmed
myself
,
got
you
to
bring
what
I
wanted
,
and
departed
again
to
anywhere
out
of
the
reach
of
my
accursed
—
of
that
incarnate
goblin
!
Ah
,
he
was
in
such
a
fury
—
if
he
had
caught
me
!
It
's
a
pity
,
Earnshaw
is
not
his
match
in
strength
—
I
would
n't
have
run
,
till
I
'd
seen
him
all
but
demolished
,
had
Hindley
been
able
to
do
it
!
"
"
Well
,
do
n't
talk
so
fast
,
Miss
!
"
I
interrupted
,
"
you
'll
disorder
the
handkerchief
I
have
tied
round
your
face
,
and
make
the
cut
bleed
again
—
Drink
your
tea
,
and
take
breath
and
give
over
laughing
—
Laughter
is
sadly
out
of
place
under
this
roof
,
and
in
your
condition
!
"
"
An
undeniable
truth
,
"
she
replied
,
"
Listen
to
that
child
!
It
maintains
a
constant
wail
—
send
it
out
of
my
hearing
,
for
an
hour
;
I
sha
n't
stay
any
longer
.
"
I
rang
the
bell
,
and
committed
it
to
a
servant
's
care
;
and
then
I
inquired
what
had
urged
her
to
escape
from
Wuthering
Heights
in
such
an
unlikely
plight
—
and
where
she
meant
to
go
,
as
she
refused
remaining
with
us
?
"
"
I
ought
,
and
I
wish
to
remain
;
"
answered
she
;
"
to
cheer
Edgar
,
and
take
care
of
the
baby
,
for
two
things
,
and
because
the
Grange
is
my
right
home
—
but
I
tell
you
,
he
would
n't
let
me
!
Do
you
think
he
could
bear
to
see
me
grow
fat
,
and
merry
;
and
could
bear
to
think
that
we
were
tranquil
,
and
not
resolve
on
poisoning
our
comfort
?
Now
,
I
have
the
satisfaction
of
being
sure
that
he
detests
me
to
the
point
of
its
annoying
him
seriously
to
have
me
within
ear
shot
,
or
eye-sight
—
I
notice
,
when
I
enter
his
presence
,
the
muscles
of
his
countenance
are
involuntarily
distorted
into
an
expression
of
hatred
;
partly
arising
from
his
knowledge
of
the
good
causes
I
have
to
feel
that
sentiment
for
him
,
and
partly
from
original
aversion
—
It
is
strong
enough
to
make
me
feel
pretty
certain
that
he
would
not
chase
me
over
England
,
supposing
I
contrived
a
clear
escape
;
and
therefore
I
must
get
quite
away
.
I
've
recovered
from
my
first
desire
to
be
killed
by
him
.
I
'd
rather
he
'd
kill
himself
!
He
has
extinguished
my
love
effectually
,
and
so
I
'm
at
my
ease
.
I
can
recollect
yet
how
I
loved
him
;
and
can
dimly
imagine
that
I
could
still
be
loving
him
,
if
—
No
,
no
!
Even
,
if
he
had
doted
on
me
,
the
devilish
nature
would
have
revealed
its
existence
,
somehow
.
Catherine
had
an
awfully
perverted
taste
to
esteem
him
so
dearly
,
knowing
him
so
well
—
Monster
!
would
that
he
could
be
blotted
out
of
creation
,
and
out
of
my
memory
!
"
"
Hush
,
hush
!
He
's
a
human
being
,
"
I
said
.
"
Be
more
charitable
;
there
are
worse
men
than
he
is
yet
!
"
"
He
's
not
a
human
being
:
"
she
retorted
;
"
and
he
has
no
claim
on
my
charity
—
I
gave
him
my
heart
,
and
he
took
and
pinched
it
to
death
;
and
flung
it
back
to
me
—
people
feel
with
their
hearts
,
Ellen
,
and
since
he
has
destroyed
mine
,
I
have
not
power
to
feel
for
him
,
and
I
would
not
,
though
he
groaned
from
this
,
to
his
dying
day
;
and
wept
tears
of
blood
for
Catherine
!
No
,
indeed
,
indeed
,
I
would
n't
!
"
And
here
Isabella
began
to
cry
;
but
,
immediately
dashing
the
water
from
her
lashes
,
she
recommenced
.
"
You
asked
,
what
has
driven
me
to
flight
at
last
?
I
was
compelled
to
attempt
it
,
because
,
I
had
succeeded
in
rousing
his
rage
a
pitch
above
his
malignity
.
Pulling
out
the
nerves
with
red
hot
pincers
,
requires
more
coolness
than
knocking
on
the
head
.
He
was
worked
up
to
forget
the
fiendish
prudence
he
boasted
of
,
and
proceeding
to
murderous
violence
:
I
experienced
pleasure
in
being
able
to
exasperate
him
:
the
sense
of
pleasure
woke
my
instinct
of
self-preservation
;
so
,
I
fairly
broke
free
,
and
if
ever
I
come
into
his
hands
again
he
is
welcome
to
a
signal
revenge
.
"
Yesterday
,
you
know
,
Mr.
Earnshaw
should
have
been
at
the
funeral
.
He
kept
himself
sober
,
for
the
purpose
—
tolerably
sober
;
not
going
to-bed
mad
,
at
six
o'clock
and
getting
up
drunk
,
at
twelve
.
Consequently
,
he
rose
,
in
suicidal
low
spirits
;
as
fit
for
the
church
,
as
for
a
dance
;
and
instead
,
he
sat
down
by
the
fire
,
and
swallowed
gin
or
brandy
by
tumblerfuls
.
"
Heathcliff
—
I
shudder
to
name
him
!
has
been
a
stranger
in
the
house
from
last
Sunday
till
to-day
—
Whether
the
angels
have
fed
him
,
or
his
kin
beneath
,
I
cannot
tell
;
but
,
he
has
not
eaten
a
meal
with
us
for
nearly
a
week
—
He
has
just
come
home
at
dawn
,
and
gone
up-stairs
to
his
chamber
;
locking
himself
in
—
as
if
anybody
dreamt
of
coveting
his
company
!
There
he
has
continued
,
praying
like
a
methodist
;
only
the
deity
he
implored
is
senseless
dust
and
ashes
;
and
God
,
when
addressed
,
was
curiously
confounded
with
his
own
black
father
!
After
concluding
these
precious
orisons
and
they
lasted
generally
till
he
grew
hoarse
,
and
his
voice
was
strangled
in
his
throat
,
he
would
be
off
again
;
always
straight
down
to
the
Grange
!
I
wonder
Edgar
did
not
send
for
a
constable
,
and
give
him
into
custody
!
For
me
,
grieved
as
I
was
about
Catherine
,
it
was
impossible
to
avoid
regarding
this
season
of
deliverance
from
degrading
oppression
as
a
holiday
.
"
I
recovered
spirits
sufficient
to
hear
Joseph
's
eternal
lectures
without
weeping
;
and
to
move
up
and
down
the
house
,
less
with
the
foot
of
a
frightened
thief
,
than
formerly
.
You
would
n't
think
that
I
should
cry
at
anything
Joseph
could
say
,
but
he
and
Hareton
are
detestable
companions
.
I
'd
rather
sit
with
Hindley
,
and
hear
his
awful
talk
,
than
with
'
t
'
little
maister
,
'
and
his
staunch
supporter
,
that
odious
old
man
!
"
When
Heathcliff
is
in
,
I
'm
often
obliged
to
seek
the
kitchen
,
and
their
society
,
or
starve
among
the
damp
,
uninhabited
chambers
;
when
he
is
not
,
as
was
the
case
this
week
,
I
establish
a
table
,
and
chair
,
at
one
corner
of
the
house
fire
,
and
never
mind
how
Mr.
Earnshaw
may
occupy
himself
;
and
he
does
not
interfere
with
my
arrangements
:
he
is
quieter
,
now
,
than
he
used
to
be
,
if
no
one
provokes
him
;
more
sullen
and
depressed
,
and
less
furious
.
Joseph
affirms
he
's
sure
he
's
an
altered
man
;
that
the
Lord
has
touched
his
heart
,
and
he
is
saved
"
so
as
by
fire
.
"
I
'm
puzzled
to
detect
signs
of
the
favourable
change
,
but
it
is
not
my
business
.
"
Yester-evening
,
I
sat
in
my
nook
reading
some
old
books
,
till
late
on
towards
twelve
.
It
seemed
so
dismal
to
go
up-stairs
,
with
the
wild
snow
blowing
outside
,
and
my
thoughts
continually
reverting
to
the
kirkyard
,
and
the
new
made
grave
!
I
dared
hardly
lift
my
eyes
from
the
page
before
me
,
that
melancholy
scene
so
instantly
usurped
its
place
.
"
Hindley
sat
opposite
;
his
head
leant
on
his
hand
,
perhaps
meditating
on
the
same
subject
.
He
had
ceased
drinking
at
a
point
below
irrationality
,
and
had
neither
stirred
,
nor
spoken
during
two
or
three
hours
.
There
was
no
sound
through
the
house
,
but
the
moaning
wind
which
shook
the
windows
every
now
and
then
:
the
faint
crackling
of
the
coals
;
and
the
click
of
my
snuffers
as
I
removed
at
intervals
the
long
wick
of
the
candle
.
Hareton
and
Joseph
were
probably
fast
asleep
in
bed
.
It
was
very
,
very
sad
,
and
while
I
read
,
I
sighed
,
for
it
seemed
as
if
all
joy
had
vanished
from
the
world
,
never
to
be
restored
.
The
doleful
silence
was
broken
,
at
length
,
by
the
sound
of
the
kitchen
latch
—
Heathcliff
had
returned
from
his
watch
earlier
than
usual
,
owing
,
I
suppose
,
to
the
sudden
storm
.
"
That
entrance
was
fastened
;
and
we
heard
him
coming
round
to
get
in
by
the
other
.
I
rose
with
an
irrepressible
expression
of
what
I
felt
on
my
lips
,
which
induced
my
companion
,
who
had
been
staring
towards
the
door
,
to
turn
and
look
at
me
.
"
I
'll
keep
him
out
five
minutes
.
"
He
exclaimed
.
"
You
wo
n't
object
?
"
"
No
,
you
may
keep
him
out
the
whole
night
,
for
me
,
"
I
answered
.
"
Do
!
put
the
key
in
the
lock
,
and
draw
the
bolts
.
"
Earnshaw
accomplished
this
,
ere
his
guest
reached
the
front
;
he
then
came
,
and
brought
his
chair
to
the
other
side
of
my
table
;
leaning
over
it
,
and
searching
in
my
eyes
,
a
sympathy
with
the
burning
hate
that
gleamed
from
his
:
as
he
both
looked
,
and
felt
like
an
assassin
,
he
could
n't
exactly
find
that
;
but
he
discovered
enough
to
encourage
him
to
speak
.
"
You
,
and
I
,
"
he
said
,
"
have
each
a
great
debt
to
settle
with
the
man
out
yonder
!
If
we
were
neither
of
us
cowards
,
we
might
combine
to
discharge
it
.
Are
you
as
soft
as
your
brother
?
Are
you
willing
to
endure
to
the
last
,
and
not
once
attempt
a
repayment
?
"
"
I
'm
weary
of
enduring
now
;
"
I
replied
,
"
and
I
'd
be
glad
of
a
retaliation
that
would
n't
recoil
on
myself
;
but
treachery
,
and
violence
,
are
spears
pointed
at
both
ends
—
they
wound
those
who
resort
to
them
,
worse
than
their
enemies
.
"
"
Treachery
and
violence
are
a
just
return
for
treachery
and
violence
!
"
cried
Hindley
.
"
Mrs.
Heathcliff
,
I
'll
ask
you
to
do
nothing
,
but
sit
still
,
and
be
dumb
—
Tell
me
now
,
can
you
?
I
'm
sure
you
would
have
as
much
pleasure
as
I
,
in
witnessing
the
conclusion
of
the
fiend
's
existence
,
he
'll
be
your
death
unless
you
overreach
him
—
and
he
'll
be
my
ruin
—
Damn
the
hellish
villain
!
He
knocks
at
the
door
,
as
if
he
were
master
here
,
already
!
Promise
to
hold
your
tongue
,
and
before
that
clock
strikes
—
it
wants
three
minutes
of
one
—
you
're
a
free
woman
!
"
He
took
the
implements
which
I
described
to
you
in
my
letter
from
his
breast
,
and
would
have
turned
down
the
candle
—
I
snatched
it
away
,
however
,
and
seized
his
arm
.
"
I
'll
not
hold
my
tongue
!
"
I
said
,
"
You
must
n't
touch
him
.
.
.Let
the
door
remain
shut
and
be
quiet
!
"
"
No
!
I
've
formed
my
resolution
,
and
by
God
,
I
'll
execute
it
!
"
cried
the
desperate
being
,
"
I
'll
do
you
a
kindness
,
in
spite
of
yourself
,
and
Hareton
justice
!
And
you
need
n't
trouble
your
head
to
screen
me
,
Catherine
is
gone
—
Nobody
alive
would
regret
me
,
or
be
ashamed
though
I
cut
my
throat
,
this
minute
—
and
it
's
time
to
make
an
end
!
"
I
might
as
well
have
struggled
with
a
bear
;
or
reasoned
with
a
lunatic
.
The
only
resource
left
me
was
to
run
to
a
lattice
,
and
warn
his
intended
victim
of
the
fate
which
awaited
him
.
"
You
'd
better
seek
shelter
somewhere
else
to-night
!
"
I
exclaimed
in
a
rather
triumphant
tone
.
"
Mr.
Earnshaw
has
a
mind
to
shoot
you
,
if
you
persist
in
endeavouring
to
enter
.
"
"
You
'd
better
open
the
door
,
you
—
"
he
answered
,
addressing
me
by
some
elegant
term
that
I
do
n't
care
to
repeat
.
"
I
shall
not
meddle
in
the
matter
,
"
I
retorted
again
,
"
Come
in
,
and
get
shot
,
if
you
please
!
I
've
done
my
duty
.
"
With
that
I
shut
the
window
,
and
returned
to
my
place
by
the
fire
;
having
too
small
a
stock
of
hypocrisy
at
my
command
to
pretend
any
anxiety
for
the
danger
that
menaced
him
.
Earnshaw
swore
passionately
at
me
;
affirming
that
I
loved
the
villain
yet
:
and
calling
me
all
sorts
of
names
for
the
base
spirit
I
evinced
.
And
I
,
in
my
secret
heart
,
(
and
conscience
never
reproached
me
)
thought
what
a
blessing
it
would
be
for
him
,
should
Heathcliff
put
him
out
of
misery
:
and
what
a
blessing
for
me
,
should
he
send
Heathcliff
to
his
right
abode
!
As
I
sat
nursing
these
reflections
,
the
casement
behind
me
,
was
banged
on
to
the
floor
by
a
blow
from
the
latter
individual
;
and
his
black
countenance
looked
blightingly
through
.
The
stanchions
stood
too
close
to
suffer
his
shoulders
to
follow
;
and
I
smiled
,
exulting
in
my
fancied
security
.
His
hair
and
clothes
were
whitened
with
snow
,
and
his
sharp
cannibal
teeth
,
revealed
by
cold
and
wrath
,
gleamed
through
the
dark
.
"
Isabella
let
me
in
,
or
I
'll
make
you
repent
!
"
he
'
girned
'
,
as
Joseph
calls
it
.
"
I
cannot
commit
murder
;
"
I
replied
"
Mr.
Hindley
stands
sentinel
with
a
knife
,
and
loaded
pistol
.
"
"
Let
me
in
by
the
kitchen
door
!
"
he
said
.
"
Hindley
will
be
there
before
me
,
"
I
answered
.
And
that
's
a
poor
love
of
yours
,
that
cannot
bear
a
shower
of
snow
!
We
were
left
at
peace
in
our
beds
,
as
long
as
the
summer
moon
shone
,
but
the
moment
a
blast
of
winter
returns
,
you
must
run
for
shelter
!
Heathcliff
,
if
I
were
you
,
I
'd
go
stretch
myself
over
her
grave
,
and
die
like
a
faithful
dog
.
.
.The
world
is
surely
not
worth
living
in
now
,
is
it
?
You
had
distinctly
impressed
on
me
,
the
idea
that
Catherine
was
the
whole
joy
of
your
life
—
I
ca
n't
imagine
how
you
think
of
surviving
her
loss
.
"
"
He
's
there
.
.
.is
he
?
"
exclaimed
my
companion
,
rushing
to
the
gap
.
"
If
I
can
get
my
arm
out
I
can
hit
him
!
"
"
I
'm
afraid
Ellen
,
you
'll
set
me
down
,
as
really
wicked
—
but
you
do
n't
know
all
,
so
do
n't
judge
!
I
would
n't
have
aided
or
abetted
an
attempt
on
even
his
life
,
for
anything
—
Wish
that
he
were
dead
,
I
must
;
and
therefore
,
I
was
fearfully
disappointed
,
and
unnerved
by
terror
for
the
consequences
of
my
taunting
speech
when
he
flung
himself
on
Earnshaw
's
weapon
and
wrenched
it
from
his
grasp
.
The
charge
exploded
,
and
the
knife
,
in
springing
back
,
closed
into
its
owner
's
wrist
.
Heathcliff
pulled
it
away
by
main
force
,
slitting
up
the
flesh
as
it
passed
on
,
and
thrust
it
dripping
into
his
pocket
.
He
then
took
a
stone
,
struck
down
the
division
between
two
windows
and
sprung
in
.
His
adversary
had
fallen
senseless
with
excessive
pain
,
and
the
flow
of
blood
that
gushed
from
an
artery
,
or
a
large
vein
.
The
ruffian
kicked
and
trampled
on
him
,
and
dashed
his
head
repeatedly
against
the
flags
;
holding
me
with
one
hand
,
meantime
,
to
prevent
me
summoning
Joseph
.
He
exerted
preter-human
self
denial
in
abstaining
from
finishing
him
,
completely
;
but
getting
out
of
breath
,
he
finally
desisted
,
and
dragged
the
apparently
inanimate
body
onto
the
settle
.
There
he
tore
off
the
sleeve
of
Earnshaw
's
coat
,
and
bound
up
the
wound
with
brutal
roughness
,
spitting
and
cursing
,
during
the
operation
,
as
energetically
as
he
had
kicked
before
.
Being
at
liberty
,
I
lost
no
time
in
seeking
the
old
servant
;
who
,
having
gathered
by
degrees
the
purport
of
my
hasty
tale
,
hurried
below
,
gasping
,
as
he
descended
the
steps
two
at
once
.
"
Whet
is
thur
tuh
do
,
nah
?
whet
is
thur
tuh
do
,
nah
?
"
"
There
's
this
to
do
,
"
thundered
Heathcliff
,
"
that
your
master
's
mad
;
and
should
he
last
another
month
,
I
'll
have
him
to
an
asylum
.
And
how
the
devil
did
you
come
to
fasten
me
out
,
you
toothless
hound
?
Do
n't
stand
muttering
and
mumbling
there
.
Come
,
I
'm
not
going
to
nurse
him
.
Wash
that
stuff
away
:
and
mind
the
sparks
of
your
candle
—
it
is
more
than
half
brandy
!
"
"
Und
soa
,
yah
been
murthering
on
him
?
"
exclaimed
Joseph
,
lifting
his
hands
and
eyes
in
horror
.
"
If
iver
Aw
seed
a
seeght
loike
this
!
May
the
Lord
—
"
Heathcliff
gave
him
a
push
onto
his
knees
,
in
the
middle
of
the
blood
;
and
flung
a
towel
to
him
;
but
instead
of
proceeding
to
dry
it
up
,
he
joined
his
hands
,
and
began
a
prayer
which
excited
my
laughter
from
its
odd
phraseology
.
I
was
in
the
condition
of
mind
to
be
shocked
at
nothing
;
in
fact
,
I
was
as
reckless
as
some
malefactors
show
themselves
at
the
foot
of
the
gallows
.
"
Oh
,
I
forgot
you
,
"
said
the
tyrant
,
"
you
shall
do
that
.
Down
with
you
.
And
you
conspire
with
him
against
me
,
do
you
,
viper
?
There
,
that
is
work
fit
for
you
!
"
He
shook
me
till
my
teeth
rattled
,
and
pitched
me
beside
Joseph
,
who
steadily
concluded
his
supplications
,
and
then
rose
,
vowing
he
would
set
off
for
the
Grange
directly
.
Mr.
Linton
was
a
magistrate
,
and
though
he
had
fifty
wives
dead
,
he
should
inquire
into
this
.
He
was
so
obstinate
in
his
resolution
that
Heathcliff
deemed
it
expedient
to
compel
,
from
my
lips
,
a
recapitulation
of
what
had
taken
place
;
standing
over
me
,
heaving
with
malevolence
,
as
I
reluctantly
delivered
the
account
in
answer
to
his
questions
.
It
required
a
great
deal
of
labour
to
satisfy
the
old
man
that
he
was
not
the
aggressor
;
especially
with
my
hardly
wrung
replies
.
However
,
Mr.
Earnshaw
soon
convinced
him
that
he
was
alive
still
;
he
hastened
to
administer
a
dose
of
spirits
,
and
by
their
succour
his
master
presently
regained
motion
and
consciousness
.
Heathcliff
,
aware
that
he
was
ignorant
of
the
treatment
received
while
insensible
,
called
him
deliriously
intoxicated
;
and
said
he
should
not
notice
his
atrocious
conduct
further
;
but
advised
him
to
get
to
bed
.
To
my
joy
,
he
left
us
after
giving
this
judicious
counsel
,
and
Hindley
stretched
himself
on
the
hearth-stone
.
I
departed
to
my
own
room
,
marvelling
that
I
had
escaped
so
easily
.
This
morning
,
when
I
came
down
,
about
half-an-hour
before
noon
,
Mr.
Earnshaw
was
sitting
by
the
fire
,
deadly
sick
;
his
evil
genius
almost
as
guant
and
ghastly
,
leant
against
the
chimney
.
Neither
appeared
inclined
to
dine
;
and
having
waited
till
all
was
cold
on
the
table
,
I
commenced
alone
.
Nothing
hindered
me
from
eating
heartily
;
and
I
experienced
a
certain
sense
of
satisfaction
and
superiority
,
as
,
at
intervals
,
I
cast
a
look
towards
my
silent
companions
,
and
felt
the
comfort
of
a
quiet
conscience
within
me
.
After
I
had
done
,
I
ventured
on
the
unusual
liberty
of
drawing
near
the
fire
;
going
round
Earnshaw
's
seat
,
and
kneeling
in
the
corner
beside
him
.
Heathcliff
did
not
glance
my
way
,
and
I
gazed
up
,
and
contemplated
his
features
,
almost
as
confidently
as
if
they
had
been
turned
to
stone
.
His
forehead
,
that
I
once
thought
so
manly
,
and
that
I
now
think
so
diabolical
,
was
shaded
with
a
heavy
cloud
;
his
basilisk
eyes
were
nearly
quenched
by
sleeplessness
—
and
weeping
,
perhaps
,
for
the
lashes
were
wet
then
:
his
lips
devoid
of
their
ferocious
sneer
,
and
sealed
in
an
expression
of
unspeakable
sadness
.
Had
it
been
another
,
,
I
would
have
covered
my
face
,
in
the
presence
of
such
grief
.
In
his
case
,
I
was
gratified
:
and
ignoble
as
it
seems
to
insult
a
fallen
enemy
,
I
could
n't
miss
this
chance
of
sticking
in
a
dart
;
his
weakness
was
the
only
time
when
I
could
taste
the
delight
of
paying
wrong
for
wrong
.
"
Fie
,
fie
,
Miss
!
"
I
interrupted
.
"
One
might
suppose
you
had
never
opened
a
Bible
in
your
life
.
If
God
afflict
your
enemies
,
surely
that
ought
to
suffice
you
.
It
is
both
mean
and
presumptuous
to
add
your
torture
to
his
!
"
"
In
general
,
I
'll
allow
that
it
would
be
,
Ellen
,
"
she
continued
.
"
But
what
misery
laid
on
Heathcliff
could
content
me
,
unless
I
have
a
hand
in
it
?
I
'd
rather
he
suffered
less
,
if
I
might
cause
his
sufferings
,
and
he
might
know
that
I
was
the
cause
.
Oh
,
I
owe
him
so
much
.
On
only
one
condition
can
I
hope
to
forgive
him
.
It
is
,
if
I
may
take
an
eye
for
an
eye
,
a
tooth
for
a
tooth
,
for
every
wrench
of
agony
,
return
a
wrench
,
reduce
him
to
my
level
.
As
he
was
the
first
to
injure
,
make
him
the
first
to
implore
pardon
;
and
then
—
why
then
,
Ellen
,
I
might
show
you
some
generosity
.
But
it
is
utterly
impossible
I
can
ever
be
revenged
,
and
therefore
I
cannot
forgive
him
.
Hindley
wanted
some
water
,
and
I
handed
him
a
glass
,
and
asked
him
how
he
was
.
"
"
Not
as
ill
as
I
wish
,
"
he
replied
.
"
But
leaving
out
my
arm
,
every
inch
of
me
is
as
sore
as
if
I
had
been
fighting
with
a
legion
of
imps
!
"
"
Yes
,
no
wonder
,
"
was
my
next
remark
.
"
Catherine
used
to
boast
that
she
stood
between
you
and
bodily
harm
—
she
meant
that
certain
persons
would
not
hurt
you
,
for
fear
of
offending
her
.
It
's
well
people
do
n't
really
rise
from
their
grave
,
or
,
last
night
,
she
might
have
witnessed
a
repulsive
scene
!
Are
not
you
bruised
,
and
cut
over
your
chest
and
shoulders
?
"
"
I
ca
n't
say
,
"
he
answered
;
"
but
what
do
you
mean
?
Did
he
dare
to
strike
me
when
I
was
down
?
"
"
He
trampled
on
,
and
kicked
you
,
and
dashed
you
on
the
ground
,
"
I
whispered
.
"
And
his
mouth
watered
to
tear
you
with
his
teeth
;
because
,
he
's
only
half
a
man
—
not
so
much
.
"
Mr.
Earnshaw
looked
up
,
like
me
,
to
the
countenance
of
our
mutual
foe
;
who
,
absorbed
in
his
anguish
,
seemed
insensible
to
anything
around
him
;
the
longer
he
stood
,
the
plainer
his
reflections
revealed
their
blackness
through
his
features
.
"
Oh
,
if
God
would
but
give
me
strength
to
strangle
him
in
my
last
agony
,
I
'd
go
to
hell
with
joy
,
"
groaned
the
impatient
man
writhing
to
rise
,
and
sinking
back
in
despair
,
convinced
of
his
inadequacy
for
the
struggle
.
"
Nay
,
it
's
enough
that
he
has
murdered
one
of
you
,
"
I
observed
aloud
.
"
At
the
Grange
,
every
one
knows
your
sister
would
have
been
living
now
,
had
it
not
been
for
Mr.
Heathcliff
.
After
all
,
it
is
preferable
to
be
hated
,
than
loved
by
him
.
When
I
recollect
how
happy
we
were
—
how
happy
Catherine
was
before
he
came
—
I
'm
fit
to
curse
the
day
.
"
Most
likely
,
Heathcliff
noticed
more
the
truth
of
what
was
said
,
than
the
spirit
of
the
person
who
said
it
.
His
attention
was
roused
,
I
saw
,
for
his
eyes
rained
down
tears
among
the
ashes
,
and
he
drew
his
breath
in
suffocating
sighs
.
I
stared
full
at
him
,
and
laughed
scornfully
.
The
clouded
windows
of
hell
flashed
,
a
moment
towards
me
;
the
fiend
which
usually
looked
out
,
however
,
was
so
dimmed
and
drowned
that
I
did
not
fear
to
hazard
another
sound
of
derision
.
"
Get
up
,
and
begone
out
of
my
sight
,
"
said
the
mourner
.
I
guessed
he
uttered
those
words
,
at
least
,
though
his
voice
was
hardly
intelligible
.
"
I
beg
your
pardon
,
"
I
replied
.
"
But
I
loved
Catherine
too
;
and
her
brother
requires
attendance
which
,
for
her
sake
,
I
shall
supply
.
Now
that
she
's
dead
,
I
see
her
in
Hindley
;
Hindley
has
exactly
her
eyes
,
if
you
had
not
tried
to
gouge
them
out
,
and
made
them
black
and
red
,
and
her
—
"
"
Get
up
,
wretched
idiot
,
before
I
stamp
you
to
death
!
"
he
cried
,
making
a
movement
that
caused
me
to
make
one
also
.
"
"
But
then
,
"
I
continued
,
holding
myself
ready
to
flee
;
"
if
poor
Catherine
had
trusted
you
,
and
assumed
the
ridiculous
,
contemptible
,
degrading
title
of
Mrs.
Heathcliff
,
she
would
soon
have
presented
a
similar
picture
!
She
would
n't
have
borne
your
abominable
behaviour
quietly
;
her
detestation
and
disgust
must
have
found
voice
.
"
The
back
of
the
settle
,
and
Earnshaw
's
person
interposed
between
me
and
him
;
so
instead
of
endeavouring
to
reach
me
,
he
snatched
a
dinner
knife
from
the
table
,
and
flung
it
at
my
head
.
It
struck
beneath
my
ear
,
and
stopped
the
sentence
I
was
uttering
;
but
pulling
it
out
,
I
sprang
to
the
door
,
and
delivered
another
which
I
hope
went
a
little
deeper
than
his
missile
.
The
last
glimpse
I
caught
of
him
was
a
furious
rush
,
on
his
part
,
checked
by
the
embrace
of
his
host
;
and
both
fell
locked
together
on
the
hearth
.
In
my
flight
through
the
kitchen
I
bid
Joseph
speed
to
his
master
;
I
knocked
over
Hareton
,
who
was
hanging
a
litter
of
puppies
from
a
chair
back
in
the
doorway
;
and
,
blest
as
a
soul
escaped
from
purgatory
,
I
bounded
,
leaped
,
and
flew
down
the
steep
road
:
then
,
quitting
its
windings
,
shot
direct
across
the
moor
,
rolling
over
banks
,
and
wading
through
marshes
;
precipitating
myself
,
in
fact
,
towards
the
beacon
light
of
the
Grange
.
And
far
rather
would
I
be
condemned
to
a
perpetual
dwelling
in
the
infernal
regions
,
than
even
for
one
night
abide
beneath
the
roof
of
Wuthering
Heights
again
.
"
Isabella
ceased
speaking
,
and
took
a
drink
of
tea
;
then
she
rose
,
and
bidding
me
put
on
her
bonnet
,
and
a
great
shawl
I
had
brought
,
and
turning
a
deaf
ear
to
my
entreaties
for
her
to
remain
another
hour
,
she
stepped
onto
a
chair
,
kissed
Edgar
's
and
Catherine
's
portraits
,
bestowed
a
similar
salute
on
me
,
and
descended
to
the
carriage
accompanied
by
Fanny
,
who
yelped
wild
with
joy
at
recovering
her
mistress
,
She
was
driven
away
,
never
to
revisit
this
neighbourhood
;
but
a
regular
correspondence
was
established
between
her
and
my
master
when
things
were
more
settled
.
I
believe
her
new
abode
was
in
the
south
,
near
London
;
there
she
had
a
son
born
,
a
few
months
subsequent
to
her
escape
.
He
was
christened
Linton
,
and
,
from
the
first
,
she
reported
him
to
be
an
ailing
,
peevish
creature
.
Mr.
Heathcliff
,
meeting
me
one
day
in
the
village
,
inquired
where
she
lived
.
I
refused
to
tell
.
He
remarked
that
it
was
not
of
any
moment
,
only
she
must
beware
of
coming
to
her
brother
;
she
should
not
be
with
him
,
if
he
had
to
keep
her
himself
.
Though
I
would
give
no
information
,
he
discovered
,
through
some
of
the
other
servants
,
both
her
place
of
residence
,
and
the
existence
of
the
child
.
Still
he
did
n't
molest
her
;
for
which
forbearance
she
might
thank
his
aversion
,
I
suppose
.
He
often
asked
about
the
infant
,
when
he
saw
me
;
and
on
hearing
its
name
,
smiled
grimly
,
and
observed
:
"
They
wish
me
to
hate
it
too
,
do
they
?
"
"
I
do
n't
think
they
wish
you
to
know
any
thing
about
it
,
"
I
answered
.
"
But
I
'll
have
it
,
"
he
said
,
"
when
I
want
it
.
They
may
reckon
on
that
!
"
Fortunately
,
its
mother
died
before
the
time
arrived
,
some
thirteen
years
after
the
decease
of
Catherine
,
when
Linton
was
twelve
,
or
a
little
more
.
On
the
day
succeeding
Isabella
's
unexpected
visit
,
I
had
no
opportunity
of
speaking
to
my
master
:
he
shunned
conversation
,
and
was
fit
for
discussing
nothing
.
When
I
could
get
him
to
listen
,
I
saw
it
pleased
him
that
his
sister
had
left
her
husband
,
whom
he
abhorred
with
an
intensity
which
the
mildness
of
his
nature
would
scarcely
seem
to
allow
.
So
deep
and
sensitive
was
his
aversion
,
that
he
refrained
from
going
anywhere
where
he
was
likely
to
see
or
hear
of
Heathcliff
.
Grief
,
and
that
together
,
transformed
him
into
a
complete
hermit
:
he
threw
up
his
office
of
magistrate
,
ceased
even
to
attend
church
,
avoided
the
village
on
all
occasions
,
and
spent
a
life
of
entire
seclusion
within
the
limits
of
his
park
and
grounds
:
only
varied
by
solitary
rambles
on
the
moors
,
and
visits
to
the
grave
of
his
wife
,
mostly
at
evening
,
or
early
morning
,
before
other
wanderers
were
abroad
.
But
he
was
too
good
to
be
thoroughly
unhappy
long
.
He
did
n't
pray
for
Catherine
's
soul
to
haunt
him
:
Time
brought
resignation
,
and
a
melancholy
sweeter
than
common
joy
.
He
recalled
her
memory
with
ardent
,
tender
love
,
and
hopeful
aspiring
to
the
better
world
,
where
,
he
doubted
not
she
was
gone
.
And
he
had
earthly
consolation
and
affections
,
also
.
For
a
few
days
,
I
said
,
he
seemed
regardless
of
the
puny
successor
to
the
departed
:
that
coldness
melted
as
fast
as
snow
in
April
,
and
ere
the
tiny
thing
could
stammer
a
word
or
totter
a
step
,
it
wielded
a
despot
's
sceptre
in
his
heart
.
It
was
named
Catherine
,
but
he
never
called
it
the
name
in
full
,
as
he
had
never
called
the
first
Catherine
short
,
probably
because
Heathcliff
,
had
a
habit
of
doing
so
.
The
little
one
was
always
Cathy
,
it
formed
to
him
a
distinction
from
the
mother
,
and
yet
,
a
connection
with
her
;
and
his
attachment
sprang
from
its
relation
to
her
,
far
more
than
from
its
being
his
own
.
I
used
to
draw
a
comparison
between
him
,
and
Hindley
Earnshaw
and
perplex
myself
to
explain
satisfactorily
,
why
their
conduct
was
so
opposite
in
similar
circumstances
.
They
had
both
been
fond
husbands
,
and
were
both
attached
to
their
children
;
and
I
could
not
see
how
they
should
n't
both
have
taken
the
same
road
,
for
good
or
evil
.
But
,
I
thought
in
my
mind
,
Hindley
with
apparently
the
stronger
head
,
has
shown
himself
sadly
the
worse
and
the
weaker
man
.
When
his
ship
struck
,
the
captain
abandoned
his
post
;
and
the
crew
,
instead
of
trying
to
save
her
,
rushed
into
riot
,
and
confusion
,
leaving
no
hope
for
their
luckless
vessel
.
Linton
,
on
the
contrary
,
displayed
the
true
courage
of
a
loyal
and
faithful
soul
:
he
trusted
God
;
and
God
comforted
him
.
One
hoped
,
and
the
other
despaired
:
they
chose
their
own
lots
,
and
were
righteously
doomed
to
endure
them
.
But
you
'll
not
want
to
hear
my
moralizing
,
Mr.
Lockwood
:
you
'll
judge
as
well
as
I
can
,
all
these
things
;
at
least
,
you
'll
think
you
will
and
that
's
the
same
.
The
end
of
Earnshaw
was
what
might
have
been
expected
:
it
followed
fast
on
his
sister
's
,
there
was
scarcely
six
months
between
them
.
We
,
at
the
Grange
,
never
got
a
very
succinct
account
of
his
state
preceding
it
;
all
that
I
did
learn
,
was
on
occasion
of
going
to
aid
in
the
preparations
for
the
funeral
.
Mr.
Kenneth
came
to
announce
the
event
to
my
master
.
"
Well
,
Nelly
;
"
said
he
,
riding
into
the
yard
,
one
morning
,
too
early
not
to
alarm
me
with
an
instant
presentiment
of
bad
news
.
"
It
's
yours
,
and
my
turn
to
go
into
mourning
at
present
.
Who
's
given
us
the
slip
,
now
do
you
think
?
"
"
Who
?
"
I
asked
in
a
flurry
.
"
Why
,
guess
!
"
he
returned
,
dismounting
,
and
slinging
his
bridle
on
a
hook
by
the
door
.
"
And
nip
up
the
corner
of
your
apron
;
I
'm
certain
you
'll
need
it
.
"
"
Not
Mr.
Heathcliff
,
surely
?
I
exclaimed
.
"
"
What
!
would
you
have
tears
for
him
?
"
said
the
doctor
.
No
,
Heathcliff
's
a
tough
young
fellow
;
he
looks
blooming
to-day
—
I
've
just
seen
him
.
He
's
rapidly
regaining
flesh
since
he
lost
his
better
half
.
"
Who
is
it
,
then
Mr.
Kenneth
?
"
I
repeated
impatiently
.
"
Hindley
Earnshaw
!
Your
old
friend
Hindley
—
"
he
replied
.
"
And
my
wicked
gossip
;
though
he
's
been
too
wild
for
me
this
long
while
.
There
!
I
said
we
should
draw
water
—
But
cheer
up
!
He
died
true
to
his
character
drunk
as
a
lord
—
Poor
lad
;
I
'm
sorry
too
.
One
ca
n't
help
missing
an
old
companion
;
though
he
had
the
worst
tricks
with
him
that
ever
man
imagined
;
and
has
done
me
many
a
rascally
turn
—
He
's
barely
twenty-seven
,
it
seems
;
that
's
your
own
age
;
who
would
have
thought
you
were
born
in
one
year
!
"
I
confess
this
blow
was
greater
to
me
than
the
shock
of
Mrs.
Linton
's
death
:
ancient
associations
lingered
round
my
heart
;
I
sat
down
in
the
porch
,
and
wept
as
for
a
blood
relation
,
desiring
Kenneth
to
get
another
servant
to
introduce
him
to
the
master
.
I
could
not
hinder
myself
from
pondering
on
the
question
—
"
Had
he
had
fair
play
?
"
Whatever
I
did
that
idea
would
bother
me
:
it
was
so
tiresomely
pertinacious
that
I
resolved
on
requesting
leave
to
go
to
Wuthering
Heights
,
and
assist
in
the
last
duties
to
the
dead
.
Mr.
Linton
was
extremely
reluctant
to
consent
,
but
I
pleaded
eloquently
for
the
friendless
condition
in
which
he
lay
;
and
I
said
my
old
master
,
and
foster
brother
had
a
claim
on
my
services
as
strong
as
his
own
.
Besides
,
I
reminded
him
that
the
child
,
Hareton
,
was
his
wife
's
nephew
;
and
,
in
the
absence
of
nearer
kin
,
he
ought
to
act
as
its
guardian
;
and
he
ought
to
and
must
inquire
how
the
property
was
left
,
and
look
over
the
concerns
of
