thepurpose
,
"
said
Heathcliff
.
(
He
it
was
.
)
"
I
do
n't
hate
my
son
,
I
suppose
,
and
it
is
concerning
him
,
that
I
demand
your
attention
.
Yes
!
you
have
cause
to
blush
.
Two
or
three
months
since
,
were
you
not
in
the
habit
of
writing
to
Linton
?
making
love
in
play
,
eh
?
You
deserved
,
both
of
you
,
flogging
for
that
!
You
especially
,
the
elder
,
and
less
sensitive
,
as
it
turns
out
.
I
've
got
your
letters
,
and
if
you
give
me
any
pertness
,
I
'll
send
them
to
your
father
.
I
presume
you
grew
weary
of
the
amusement
,
and
dropped
it
,
did
n't
you
?
Well
,
you
dropped
Linton
with
it
,
into
a
Slough
of
Despond
.
He
was
in
earnest
—
in
love
—
really
.
As
true
as
I
live
,
he
's
dying
for
you
—
breaking
his
heart
at
your
fickleness
,
not
figuratively
,
but
actually
.
Though
Hareton
has
made
him
a
standing
jest
for
six
weeks
,
and
I
have
used
more
serious
measures
,
and
attempted
to
frighten
him
out
of
his
idiocy
,
he
gets
worse
daily
,
and
he
'll
be
under
the
sod
before
summer
,
unless
you
restore
him
!
"
"
How
can
you
lie
so
glaringly
to
the
poor
child
!
"
I
called
from
the
inside
.
"
Pray
ride
on
!
How
can
you
deliberately
get
up
such
paltry
falsehoods
?
Miss
Cathy
,
I
'll
knock
the
lock
off
with
a
stone
,
you
wont
believe
that
vile
nonsense
.
You
can
feel
in
yourself
,
it
is
impossible
that
a
person
should
die
for
love
of
a
stranger
.
"
"
I
was
not
aware
there
were
eaves-droppers
,
"
muttered
the
detected
villain
.
"
Worthy
Mrs.
Dean
,
I
like
you
,
but
I
do
n't
like
your
double
dealing
,
"
he
added
,
aloud
.
"
How
could
you
lie
so
glaringly
,
as
to
affirm
I
hated
the
'
poor
child
?
'
And
invent
bugbear
stories
to
terrify
her
from
my
door-stones
?
Catherine
Linton
,
(
the
very
name
warms
me
)
,
my
bonny
lass
,
I
shall
be
from
home
all
this
week
,
go
and
see
if
I
have
not
spoken
truth
;
do
,
there
's
a
darling
!
Just
imagine
your
father
in
my
place
,
and
Linton
in
yours
;
then
think
how
you
would
value
your
careless
lover
,
if
he
refused
to
stir
a
step
to
comfort
you
,
when
your
father
,
himself
,
entreated
him
;
and
do
n't
,
from
pure
stupidity
,
fall
into
the
same
error
.
I
swear
,
on
my
salvation
,
he
's
going
to
his
grave
,
and
none
but
you
can
save
him
!
"
The
lock
gave
way
,
and
I
issued
out
.
"
I
swear
Linton
is
dying
,
"
repeated
Heathcliff
,
looking
hard
at
me
.
"
And
grief
and
disappointment
are
hastening
his
death
.
Nelly
,
if
you
wont
let
her
go
,
you
can
walk
over
yourself
.
But
I
shall
not
return
till
this
time
next
week
;
and
I
think
your
master
himself
would
scarcely
object
to
her
visiting
her
cousin
!
"
"
Come
in
,
"
said
I
,
taking
Cathy
by
the
arm
and
half
forcing
her
to
re-enter
,
for
she
lingered
,
viewing
,
with
troubled
eyes
,
the
features
of
the
speaker
,
too
stern
to
express
his
inward
deceit
.
He
pushed
his
horse
close
,
and
,
bending
down
,
observed
—
"
Miss
Catherine
,
I
'll
own
to
you
that
I
have
little
patience
with
Linton
—
and
Hareton
and
Joseph
have
less
.
I
'll
own
that
he
's
with
a
harsh
set
.
He
pines
for
kindness
,
as
well
as
love
;
and
a
kind
word
from
you
would
be
his
best
medicine
.
Do
n't
mind
Mrs.
Dean
's
cruel
cautions
,
but
be
generous
,
and
contrive
to
see
him
.
He
dreams
of
you
day
and
night
,
and
cannot
be
persuaded
that
you
do
n't
hate
him
,
since
you
neither
write
nor
call
.
"
I
closed
the
door
,
and
rolled
a
stone
to
assist
the
loosened
lock
in
holding
it
;
and
spreading
my
umbrella
,
I
drew
my
charge
underneath
,
for
the
rain
began
to
drive
through
the
moaning
branches
of
the
tress
,
and
warned
us
to
avoid
delay
.
Our
hurry
prevented
any
comment
on
the
encounter
with
Heathcliff
,
as
we
stretched
towards
home
;
but
I
divined
instinctively
that
Catherine
's
heart
was
clouded
now
in
double
darkness
.
Her
features
were
so
sad
,
they
did
not
seem
hers
:
she
evidently
regarded
what
she
had
heard
as
every
syllable
true
.
The
master
had
retired
to
rest
before
we
came
in
.
Cathy
stole
to
his
room
to
inquire
how
he
was
;
he
had
fallen
asleep
.
She
returned
,
and
asked
me
to
sit
with
her
in
the
library
.
We
took
our
tea
together
;
and
afterwards
she
lay
down
on
the
rug
,
and
told
me
not
to
talk
for
she
was
weary
.
I
got
a
book
,
and
pretended
to
read
.
As
soon
as
she
supposed
me
absorbed
in
my
occupation
,
she
recommenced
her
silent
weeping
:
it
appeared
,
at
present
,
her
favourite
diversion
.
I
suffered
her
to
enjoy
it
a
while
;
then
,
I
expostulated
;
deriding
and
ridiculing
all
Mr.
Heathcliff
's
assertions
about
his
son
;
as
if
I
were
certain
she
would
coincide
.
Alas
!
I
had
n't
skill
to
counteract
the
effect
his
account
had
produced
;
it
was
just
what
he
intended
.
"
You
may
be
right
,
Ellen
,
"
she
answered
;
"
but
I
shall
never
feel
at
ease
till
I
know
—
and
I
must
tell
Linton
it
is
not
my
fault
that
I
do
n't
write
;
and
convince
him
that
I
shall
not
change
.
"
What
use
were
anger
and
protestations
against
her
silly
credulity
?
We
parted
that
night
hostile
—
but
next
day
beheld
me
on
the
road
to
Wuthering
Heights
,
by
the
side
of
my
wilful
young
mistress
's
pony
.
I
could
n't
bear
to
witness
her
sorrow
,
to
see
her
pale
,
dejected
countenance
,
and
heavy
eyes
;
and
I
yielded
in
the
faint
hope
that
Linton
himself
might
prove
by
his
reception
of
us
,
how
little
of
the
tale
was
founded
on
fact
.
CHAPTER
IX
.
The
rainy
night
had
ushered
in
a
misty
morning
—
half
frost
,
half
drizzle
—
and
temporary
brooks
crossed
our
path
,
gurgling
from
the
uplands
.
My
feet
were
thoroughly
wetted
;
I
was
cross
and
low
,
exactly
the
humour
suited
for
making
the
most
of
these
disagreeable
things
.
We
entered
the
farm-house
by
the
kitchen
way
to
ascertain
whether
Mr.
Heathcliff
were
really
absent
;
because
I
put
slight
faith
in
his
own
affirmation
.
Joseph
seemed
sitting
in
a
sort
of
elysium
alone
,
beside
a
roaring
fire
;
a
quart
of
ale
on
the
table
near
him
,
bristling
with
large
pieces
of
toasted
oat
cake
;
and
his
black
,
short
pipe
in
his
mouth
.
Catherine
ran
to
the
hearth
to
warm
herself
.
I
asked
if
the
master
were
in
?
My
question
remained
so
long
unanswered
,
that
I
thought
the
old
man
had
grown
deaf
,
and
repeated
it
louder
.
"
Na
—
ay
!
"
he
snarled
,
or
rather
screamed
through
his
nose
.
"
Na
—
ay
!
yah
muh
goa
back
whear
yah
coom
frough
.
"
"
Joseph
,
"
cried
a
peevish
voice
,
simultaneously
with
me
,
from
the
inner
room
.
"
How
often
am
I
to
call
you
?
There
are
only
a
few
red
ashes
now
.
Joseph
!
come
this
moment
.
"
Vigorous
puffs
,
and
a
resolute
stare
into
the
grate
declared
he
had
no
ear
for
this
appeal
.
The
housekeeper
and
Hareton
were
invisible
;
one
gone
on
an
errand
,
and
the
other
at
his
work
,
probably
.
We
knew
Linton
's
tones
and
entered
.
"
Oh
,
I
hope
you
'll
die
in
a
garret
!
starved
to
death
,
"
said
the
boy
,
mistaking
our
approach
for
that
of
his
negligent
attendant
.
He
stopped
,
on
observing
his
error
;
his
cousin
flew
to
him
.
"
Is
that
you
,
Miss
Linton
?
"
he
said
,
raising
his
head
from
the
arm
of
the
great
chair
,
in
which
he
reclined
.
"
No
—
do
n't
kiss
me
.
It
takes
my
breath
—
dear
me
!
Papa
said
you
would
call
,
"
continued
he
,
after
recovering
a
little
from
Catherine
's
embrace
;
while
she
stood
by
looking
very
contrite
.
"
Will
you
shut
the
door
,
if
you
please
?
you
left
it
open
—
and
those
—
those
detestable
creatures
wont
bring
coals
to
the
fire
.
It
's
so
cold
!
"
I
stirred
up
the
cinders
,
and
fetched
a
scuttle
full
myself
.
The
invalid
complained
of
being
covered
with
ashes
;
but
he
had
a
tiresome
cough
,
and
looked
feverish
and
ill
,
so
I
did
not
rebuke
his
temper
.
"
Well
,
Linton
,
"
murmured
Catherine
,
when
his
corrugated
brow
relaxed
.
"
Are
you
glad
to
see
me
?
Can
I
do
you
any
good
?
"
"
Why
did
n't
you
come
before
?
"
he
said
.
"
You
should
have
come
,
instead
of
writing
.
It
tired
me
dreadfully
,
writing
those
long
letters
.
I
'd
far
rather
have
talked
to
you
.
Now
,
I
can
neither
bear
to
talk
,
nor
anything
else
.
I
wonder
where
Zillah
is
!
will
you
,
(
looking
at
me
,
)
step
into
the
kitchen
and
see
?
"
I
had
received
no
thanks
for
my
other
service
;
and
being
unwilling
to
run
to
and
fro
at
his
behest
,
I
replied
—
"
Nobody
is
out
there
but
Joseph
.
"
"
I
want
to
drink
,
"
he
exclaimed
,
fretfully
,
turning
away
.
"
Zillah
is
constantly
gadding
off
to
Gimmerton
since
papa
went
.
It
's
miserable
!
And
I
'm
obliged
to
come
down
here
—
they
resolved
never
to
hear
me
up
stairs
.
"
"
Is
your
father
attentive
to
you
.
Master
Heathcliff
?
"
I
asked
,
perceiving
Catherine
to
be
checked
in
her
friendly
advances
.
"
Attentive
?
He
makes
them
a
little
more
attentive
,
at
least
,
"
he
cried
.
"
The
wretches
!
Do
you
know
.
Miss
Linton
,
that
brute
Hareton
laughs
at
me
—
I
hate
him
—
indeed
,
I
hate
them
all
—
they
are
odious
beings
.
"
Cathy
began
searching
for
some
water
;
she
lighted
on
a
pitcher
in
the
dresser
;
filled
a
tumbler
,
and
brought
it
.
He
bid
her
add
a
spoonful
of
wine
from
a
bottle
on
the
table
;
and
having
swallowed
a
small
portion
,
appeared
more
tranquil
,
and
said
she
was
very
kind
.
"
And
are
you
glad
to
see
me
?
"
asked
she
,
reiterating
her
former
question
,
and
pleased
to
detect
the
faint
dawn
of
a
smile
.
"
Yes
,
I
am
—
It
's
something
new
to
hear
a
voice
like
yours
!
"
he
replied
,
"
but
I
have
been
vexed
,
because
you
would
n't
come
—
And
papa
swore
it
was
owing
to
me
;
he
called
me
a
pitiful
,
shuffling
,
worthless
thing
;
and
said
you
despised
me
;
and
if
he
had
been
in
my
place
,
he
would
be
more
the
master
of
the
Grange
than
your
father
,
by
this
time
.
But
you
do
n't
despise
me
,
do
you
Miss
—
"
"
I
wish
you
would
say
Catherine
,
or
Cathy
!
"
interrupted
my
young
lady
.
"
Despise
you
?
No
!
Next
to
papa
,
and
Ellen
,
I
love
you
better
than
anybody
living
.
I
do
n't
love
Mr.
Heathcliff
,
though
;
and
I
dare
not
come
when
he
returns
;
will
he
stay
away
many
days
?
"
"
Not
many
:
"
answered
Linton
,
but
he
goes
onto
the
moors
frequently
,
since
the
shooting
season
commenced
,
and
you
might
spend
an
hour
or
two
with
me
,
in
his
absence
—
Do
!
say
you
will
!
I
think
I
should
not
be
peevish
with
you
;
you
'd
not
provoke
me
,
and
you
'd
always
be
ready
to
help
me
,
would
n't
you
?
"
"
Yes
,
"
said
Catherine
stroking
his
long
soft
hair
,
"
if
I
could
only
get
papa
's
consent
,
I
'd
spend
half
my
time
with
you
—
Pretty
Linton
!
I
wish
you
were
my
brother
!
"
"
And
then
you
would
like
me
as
well
as
your
father
?
"
observed
he
more
cheerfully
.
"
But
papa
says
you
would
love
me
better
than
him
,
and
all
the
world
,
if
you
were
my
wife
—
so
I
'd
rather
you
were
that
!
"
"
No
!
I
should
never
love
anybody
better
than
papa
,
"
she
returned
gravely
.
"
And
people
hate
their
wives
,
sometimes
;
but
not
their
sisters
and
brothers
,
and
if
you
were
the
latter
,
you
would
live
with
us
,
and
papa
would
be
as
fond
of
you
,
as
he
is
of
me
.
"
Linton
denied
that
people
ever
hated
their
wives
;
but
Cathy
affirmed
they
did
,
and
in
her
wisdom
,
instanced
his
own
father
's
aversion
to
her
aunt
.
I
endeavoured
to
stop
her
thoughtless
tongue
—
I
could
n't
succeed
,
till
everything
she
knew
was
out
.
Master
Heathcliff
,
much
irritated
,
asserted
her
relation
was
false
.
"
Papa
told
me
;
and
papa
does
not
tell
falsehoods
!
"
she
answered
pertly
.
"
My
papa
scorns
yours
!
"
cried
Linton
.
"
He
calls
him
a
sneaking
fool
!
"
"
Yours
is
a
wicked
man
,
"
retorted
Catherine
,
and
you
are
very
naughty
to
dare
to
repeat
what
he
says
—
He
must
be
wicked
,
to
have
made
aunt
Isabella
leave
him
as
she
did
!
"
"
She
did
n't
leave
him
,
"
said
the
boy
.
"
you
sha
n't
contradict
me
!
"
"
She
did
!
"
cried
my
young
lady
.
"
Well
I
'll
tell
you
something
!
"
said
Linton
"
Your
mother
hated
your
father
,
now
then
.
"
"
Oh
!
"
exclaimed
Catherine
,
too
enraged
to
continue
.
"
And
she
loved
mine
!
"
added
he
.
"
You
little
liar
!
I
hate
you
now
,
"
she
panted
,
and
her
face
grew
red
with
passion
.
"
She
did
!
she
did
!
"
sang
Linton
sinking
into
the
recess
of
his
chair
,
and
leaning
back
his
head
to
enjoy
the
agitation
of
the
other
disputant
who
stood
behind
.
"
Hush
,
Master
Heathcliff
!
"
I
said
,
"
that
's
your
father
's
tale
too
,
I
suppose
.
"
"
It
is
n't
—
you
hold
your
tongue
!
"
he
answered
,
"
she
did
,
she
did
,
Catherine
,
she
did
,
she
did
!
"
"
Cathy
,
beside
herself
,
gave
the
chair
a
violent
push
,
and
caused
him
to
fall
against
one
arm
.
He
was
immediately
seized
by
a
suffocating
cough
that
soon
ended
his
triumph
.
It
lasted
so
long
,
that
it
frightened
even
me
.
As
to
his
cousin
,
she
wept
with
all
her
might
,
aghast
at
the
mischief
she
had
done
,
though
she
said
nothing
.
I
held
him
,
till
the
fit
exhausted
itself
.
Then
he
thrust
me
away
;
and
leant
his
head
down
,
silently
—
Catherine
quelled
her
lamentations
also
,
took
a
seat
opposite
,
and
looked
solemnly
into
the
fire
.
"
How
do
you
feel
now
,
Master
Heathcliff
,
"
I
inquired
after
waiting
ten
minutes
.
"
I
wish
she
felt
as
I
do
,
"
he
replied
,
"
spiteful
,
cruel
thing
!
Hareton
never
touches
me
,
he
never
struck
me
in
his
life
—
And
I
was
better
to-day
—
and
there
—
"
his
voice
died
in
a
whimper
.
"
I
did
n't
strike
you
!
"
muttered
Cathy
chewing
her
lip
to
prevent
another
burst
of
emotion
.
He
sighed
and
moaned
like
one
under
great
suffering
;
and
kept
it
up
for
a
quarter
of
an
hour
,
on
purpose
to
distress
his
cousin
,
apparently
,
for
whenever
he
caught
a
stifled
sob
from
her
,
he
put
renewed
pain
and
pathos
into
the
inflexions
of
his
voice
.
"
I
'm
sorry
I
hurt
you
,
Linton
!
"
she
said
at
length
,
racked
beyond
endurance
.
"
But
I
could
n't
have
been
hurt
by
that
little
push
;
and
I
had
no
idea
that
you
could
,
either
—
you
're
not
much
,
are
you
,
Linton
?
Do
n't
let
me
go
home
,
thinking
I
've
done
you
harm
!
answer
,
speak
to
me
.
"
"
I
ca
n't
speak
to
you
,
"
he
murmured
,
"
you
've
hurt
me
so
,
that
I
shall
lie
awake
all
night
,
choking
with
this
cough
!
If
you
had
it
you
'd
know
what
it
was
—
but
you
'll
be
comfortably
asleep
,
while
I
'm
in
agony
—
and
nobody
near
me
!
I
wonder
how
you
would
like
to
pass
those
fearful
nights
!
"
And
he
began
to
wail
aloud
for
very
pity
of
himself
.
"
Since
you
are
in
the
habit
of
passing
dreadful
nights
,
"
I
said
,
"
it
wont
be
Miss
who
spoils
your
ease
;
you
'd
be
the
same
,
had
she
never
come
—
However
,
she
shall
not
disturb
you
,
again
—
and
perhaps
,
you
'll
get
quieter
when
we
leave
you
.
"
"
Must
I
go
?
"
asked
Catherine
dolefully
,
bending
over
him
.
"
Do
you
want
me
to
go
,
Linton
?
"
"
You
can^t
alter
what
you
've
done
?
"
he
replied
pettishly
,
shrinking
from
her
,
"
unless
you
alter
it
for
the
worse
,
by
teasing
me
into
a
fever
!
"
"
Well
,
then
I
must
go
?
"
she
repeated
.
"
Let
me
alone
,
at
least
,
"
said
he
"
I
ca
n't
bear
your
talking
!
"
She
lingered
,
and
resisted
my
persuasions
to
departure
,
a
tiresome
while
,
but
as
he
neither
looked
up
,
nor
spoke
,
she
finally
made
a
movement
to
the
door
and
I
followed
.
We
were
recalled
by
a
scream
—
Linton
had
slid
from
his
seat
on
to
the
hearthstone
,
and
lay
writhing
in
the
mere
perverseness
of
an
indulged
plague
of
a
child
,
determined
to
be
as
grievous
and
harassing
as
it
can
.
I
thoroughly
guaged
his
disposition
from
his
behaviour
,
and
saw
at
once
it
would
be
folly
to
attempt
humouring
him
.
Not
so
my
companion
,
she
ran
back
in
terror
,
knelt
down
,
and
cried
,
and
soothed
,
and
entreated
,
till
he
grew
quiet
from
lack
of
breath
,
by
no
means
from
compunction
at
distressing
her
.
"
I
shall
lift
him
on
to
the
settle
,
"
I
said
,
"
and
he
may
roll
about
as
he
pleases
;
we
ca
n't
stop
to
watch
him
—
I
hope
you
are
satisfied
,
Miss
Cathy
that
you
are
not
the
person
to
benefit
him
,
and
that
his
condition
of
health
is
not
occasioned
by
attachment
to
you
.
Now
then
,
there
he
is
!
Come
away
,
as
soon
as
he
knows
there
is
nobody
by
to
care
for
his
nonsense
,
he
'll
be
glad
to
lie
still
!
"
She
placed
a
cushion
under
his
head
,
and
offered
him
some
water
,
he
rejected
the
latter
,
and
tossed
uneasily
on
the
former
,
as
if
it
were
a
stone
,
or
a
block
of
wood
.
She
tried
to
put
it
more
comfortably
.
"
I
ca
n't
do
with
that
,
"
he
said
,
"
it
's
not
high
enough
!
"
Catherine
brought
another
to
lay
above
it
.
"
That
's
too
high
!
"
murmured
the
provoking
thing
.
"
How
must
I
arrange
it
,
then
?
"
she
asked
despairingly
.
He
twined
himself
up
to
her
,
as
she
half
knelt
by
the
settle
,
and
converted
her
shoulder
into
a
support
.
"
No
,
that
wo
n't
do
!
"
I
said
.
"
You
'll
be
content
with
the
cushion
,
Master
Heathcliff
!
Miss
has
wasted
too
much
time
on
you
,
already
;
we
cannot
remain
five
minutes
longer
.
"
"
Yes
,
yes
,
we
can
!
"
replied
Cathy
.
"
He
's
good
and
patient
,
now
—
He
's
beginning
to
think
I
shall
have
far
greater
misery
than
he
will
,
to-night
,
if
I
believe
he
is
the
worse
for
my
visit
;
and
then
,
I
dare
not
come
again
—
Tell
the
truth
about
it
,
Linton
—
for
I
muts
n't
come
,
if
I
have
hurt
you
.
"
"
You
must
come
,
to
cure
me
,
"
he
answered
.
"
You
ought
to
come
because
you
have
hurt
me
—
You
know
you
have
,
extremely
!
I
was
not
as
ill
,
when
you
entered
,
as
I
am
at
present
—
was
I
?
"
"
But
you
've
made
yourself
ill
by
crying
,
and
being
in
a
passion
.
"
"
I
did
n't
do
it
all
,
"
said
his
cousin
.
"
However
,
we
'll
be
friends
now
.
And
you
want
me
—
you
would
wish
to
see
me
sometimes
,
really
?
"
"
I
told
you
,
I
did
!
"
he
replied
impatiently
.
"
Sit
on
the
settle
and
let
me
lean
on
your
knee
—
That
's
as
mama
used
to
do
,
whole
afternoons
together
—
Sit
quite
still
,
and
do
n't
talk
,
but
you
may
sing
a
song
if
you
can
sing
,
or
you
may
say
a
nice
,
long
interesting
ballad
—
one
of
those
you
promised
to
teach
me
,
or
a
story
—
I
'd
rather
have
a
ballad
though
,
begin
.
"
Catherine
repeated
the
longest
she
could
remember
.
The
employment
pleased
both
mightily
.
Linton
would
have
another
,
and
after
that
another
;
notwithstanding
my
strenuous
objections
;
and
so
,
they
went
on
,
until
the
clock
struck
twelve
,
and
we
heard
Hareton
in
the
court
,
returning
for
his
dinner
.
"
And
to-morrow
,
Catherine
,
will
you
be
here
to-morrow
?
"
asked
young
Heathcliff
,
holding
her
frock
,
as
she
rose
reluctantly
.
"
No
!
"
I
answered
,
"
nor
next
day
neither
,
"
She
however
,
gave
a
different
response
,
evidently
,
for
his
forehead
cleared
,
as
she
stooped
,
and
whispered
in
his
ear
.
"
You
wo
n't
go
to-morrow
,
recollect
,
Miss
!
"
I
commenced
when
we
were
out
of
the
house
.
"
You
are
not
dreaming
of
it
,
are
you
?
"
She
smiled
.
"
Oh
,
I
'll
take
good
care
!
"
I
continued
,
"
I
'll
have
that
lock
mended
,
and
you
can
escape
by
no
way
else
.
"
"
I
can
get
over
the
wall
,
"
she
said
laughing
.
"
The
Grange
is
not
a
prison
,
Ellen
,
and
you
are
not
my
jailer
.
And
besides
I
'm
almost
seventeen
.
I
'm
a
woman
—
and
I
'm
certain
Linton
would
recover
quickly
if
he
had
me
to
look
after
him
—
I
'm
older
than
he
is
,
you
know
,
and
wiser
,
less
childish
,
am
I
not
?
And
he
'll
soon
do
as
I
direct
him
with
some
slight
coaxing
—
He
's
a
pretty
little
darling
when
he
's
good
.
I
'd
make
such
a
pet
of
him
,
if
he
were
mine
—
We
should
never
quarrel
,
should
we
,
after
we
were
used
to
each
other
?
Do
n't
you
like
him
,
Ellen
?
"
"
Like
him
?
"
I
exclaimed
.
"
The
worst
tempered
bit
of
a
sickly
slip
that
ever
struggled
into
its
teens
!
Happily
,
as
Mr.
Heathcliff
conjectured
,
he
'll
not
win
twenty
!
I
doubt
whether
he
'll
see
spring
indeed
—
and
small
loss
to
his
family
,
whenever
he
drops
off
;
and
lucky
it
is
for
us
that
his
father
took
him
—
The
kinder
he
was
treated
,
the
more
tedious
and
selfish
he
'd
be
!
I
'm
glad
you
have
no
chance
of
having
him
for
a
husband
,
Miss
Catherine
!
"
My
companion
waxed
serious
at
hearing
this
speech
—
To
speak
of
his
death
so
regardlessly
wounded
her
feelings
.
"
He
's
younger
than
I
,
"
she
answered
,
after
a
protracted
pause
of
meditation
,
"
and
he
ought
to
live
the
longest
,
he
will
—
he
must
live
as
long
as
I
do
.
He
's
as
strong
now
as
when
he
first
came
into
the
North
,
I
'm
positive
of
that
!
It
's
only
a
cold
that
ails
him
,
the
same
as
papa
has
—
You
say
papa
will
get
better
,
and
why
should
n't
he
?
"
"
Well
,
well
,
"
I
cried
,
"
after
all
,
we
need
n't
trouble
ourselves
;
for
listen
,
Miss
,
and
mind
,
I
'll
keep
my
word
—
If
you
attempt
going
to
Wuthering
Heights
again
,
with
,
or
without
me
,
I
shall
inform
Mr.
Linton
,
and
unless
he
allow
it
,
the
intimacy
with
your
cousin
must
not
be
revived
.
"
"
It
has
been
revived
!
"
muttered
Cathy
sulkily
.
"
Must
not
be
continued
,
then
!
"
I
said
.
"
We
'll
see
!
"
was
her
reply
,
and
she
set
off
at
a
gallop
,
leaving
me
to
toil
in
the
rear
.
We
both
reached
home
before
our
dinner-time
:
my
master
supposed
we
had
been
wandering
through
the
park
,
and
therefore
,
he
demanded
no
explanation
of
our
absence
.
As
soon
as
I
entered
,
I
hastened
to
change
my
soaked
shoes
,
and
stockings
;
but
sitting
such
a
while
at
the
Heights
,
had
done
the
mischief
.
On
the
succeeding
morning
,
I
was
laid
up
;
and
during
three
weeks
I
remained
incapacitated
for
attending
to
my
duties
—
a
calamity
never
experienced
prior
to
that
period
,
and
,
never
I
am
thankful
to
say
since
.
My
little
mistress
behaved
like
an
angel
in
coming
to
wait
on
me
,
and
cheer
my
solitude
:
the
confinement
brought
me
exceedingly
low
—
It
is
wearisome
,
to
a
stirring
active
body
—
but
few
have
slighter
reasons
for
complaint
than
I
had
.
The
moment
Catherine
left
Mr.
Linton
's
room
,
she
appeared
at
my
bed-side
.
Her
day
was
divided
between
us
;
no
amusement
usurped
a
minute
:
she
neglected
her
meals
,
her
studies
,
and
her
play
;
and
she
was
the
fondest
nurse
that
ever
watched
:
she
must
have
had
a
warm
heart
,
when
she
loved
her
father
so
,
to
give
so
much
to
me
!
I
said
her
days
were
divided
between
us
;
but
the
master
retired
early
,
and
I
generally
needed
nothing
after
six
o'clock
,
thus
the
evening
was
her
own
.
"
Poor
thing
,
I
never
considered
what
she
did
with
herself
after
tea
.
And
though
frequently
,
when
she
looked
in
to
bid
me
good
night
I
remarked
a
fresh
colour
in
her
cheeks
,
and
a
pinkness
over
her
slender
fingers
;
instead
of
fancying
the
hue
borrowed
from
a
cold
ride
across
the
moors
,
I
laid
it
to
the
charge
of
a
hot
fire
in
the
library
.
CHAPTER
X
.
At
the
close
of
three
weeks
,
I
was
able
to
quit
my
chamber
,
and
move
about
the
house
.
And
on
the
first
occasion
of
my
sitting
up
in
the
evening
,
I
asked
Catherine
to
read
to
me
,
because
my
eyes
were
weak
.
We
were
in
the
library
,
the
master
having
gone
to
bed
:
she
consented
,
rather
unwillingly
,
I
fancied
;
and
imagining
my
sort
of
books
did
not
suit
her
,
I
bid
her
please
herself
in
the
choice
of
what
she
perused
.
She
selected
one
of
her
own
favourites
,
and
got
forward
steadily
about
an
hour
;
then
came
frequent
questions
.
"
Ellen
,
are
not
you
tired
?
Had
n't
you
better
lie
down
now
?
You
'll
be
sick
,
keeping
up
so
long
,
Ellen
.
"
"
No
,
no
,
dear
,
I
'm
not
tired
,
"
I
returned
,
continually
.
Perceiving
me
immovable
,
she
essayed
another
method
of
showing
her
dis-relish
for
her
occupation
.
It
changed
to
yawning
,
and
stretching
,
and
—
"
Ellen
,
I
'm
tired
.
"
"
Give
over
then
and
talk
,
"
I
answered
.
That
was
worse
;
she
fretted
and
sighed
,
and
looked
at
her
watch
till
eight
;
and
finally
went
to
her
room
,
completely
overdone
with
sleep
,
judging
by
her
peevish
,
heavy
look
,
and
the
constant
rubbing
she
inflicted
on
her
eyes
.
The
following
night
she
seemed
more
impatient
still
;
and
on
the
third
from
recovering
my
company
,
she
complained
of
a
head-ache
,
and
left
me
.
I
thought
her
conduct
odd
;
and
having
remained
alone
a
long
while
,
I
resolved
on
going
,
and
inquiring
whether
she
were
better
,
and
asking
her
to
come
and
lie
on
the
sofa
,
instead
of
up
stairs
,
in
the
dark
.
No
Catherine
could
I
discover
up
stairs
,
and
none
below
.
The
servants
affirmed
they
had
not
seen
her
.
I
listened
at
Mr.
Edgar
's
door
—
all
was
silence
.
I
returned
to
her
apartment
,
extinguished
my
candle
,
and
seated
myself
in
the
window
.
The
moon
shone
bright
;
a
sprinkling
of
snow
covered
the
ground
,
and
I
reflected
that
she
might
,
possibly
,
have
taken
it
into
her
head
to
walk
about
the
garden
,
for
refreshment
.
I
did
detect
a
figure
creeping
along
the
inner
fence
of
the
park
;
but
it
was
not
my
young
mistress
;
on
its
emerging
into
the
light
,
I
recognised
one
of
the
grooms
.
He
stood
a
considerable
period
,
viewing
the
carriage
road
through
the
grounds
;
then
started
off
at
a
brisk
pace
,
as
if
he
had
detected
something
,
and
reappeared
,
presently
,
leading
Miss
's
pony
;
and
there
she
was
,
just
dismounted
,
and
walking
by
its
side
.
The
man
took
his
charge
stealthily
across
the
grass
towards
the
stable
.
Cathy
entered
by
the
casement-window
of
the
drawing-room
,
and
glided
noiselessly
up
to
where
I
awaited
her
.
She
put
the
door
gently
to
,
slipped
off
her
snowy
shoes
,
untied
her
hat
,
and
was
proceeding
,
unconscious
of
my
espionage
,
to
lay
aside
her
mantle
,
when
I
suddenly
rose
,
and
revealed
myself
.
The
surprise
petrified
her
an
instant
:
she
uttered
an
inarticulate
exclamation
,
and
stood
fixed
.
"
My
dear
Miss
Catherine
,
"
I
began
,
too
vividly
impressed
by
her
recent
kindness
to
break
into
a
scold
,
"
where
have
you
been
riding
out
at
this
hour
?
And
why
should
you
try
to
deceive
me
,
by
telling
a
tale
.
Where
have
you
been
?
Speak
!
"
"
To
the
bottom
of
the
park
,
"
she
stammered
.
"
I
did
n't
tell
a
tale
.
"
"
And
no
where
else
?
"
I
demanded
.
"
No
,
"
was
the
muttered
reply
.
"
Oh
,
Catherine
,
"
I
cried
,
sorrowfully
.
"
You
know
you
have
been
doing
wrong
,
or
you
would
n't
be
driven
to
uttering
an
untruth
to
me
.
That
does
grieve
me
.
I
'd
rather
be
three
months
ill
,
than
hear
you
frame
a
deliberate
lie
.
"
She
sprang
forward
,
and
bursting
into
tears
,
threw
her
arms
round
my
neck
.
"
Well
Ellen
,
I
'm
so
afraid
of
you
being
angry
,
"
she
said
.
"
Promise
not
to
be
angry
,
and
you
shall
know
the
very
truth
.
I
hate
to
hide
it
.
"
We
sat
down
in
the
window-seat
;
I
assured
her
I
would
not
scold
,
whatever
her
secret
might
be
,
and
I
guessed
it
,
of
course
,
so
she
commenced
—
"
I
've
been
to
Wuthering
Heights
,
Ellen
,
and
I
've
never
missed
going
a
day
since
you
fell
ill
;
except
thrice
before
,
and
twice
after
you
left
your
room
.
I
gave
Michael
books
and
pictures
to
prepare
Minny
every
evening
,
and
to
put
her
back
in
the
stable
;
you
must
n't
scold
him
either
,
mind
.
I
was
at
the
Heights
by
half-past
six
,
and
generally
stayed
till
half-past
eight
,
and
then
gallopped
home
.
It
was
not
to
amuse
myself
that
I
went
;
I
was
often
wretched
all
the
time
.
Now
and
then
,
I
was
happy
,
once
in
a
week
perhaps
.
At
first
,
I
expected
there
would
be
sad
work
persuading
you
to
let
me
keep
my
word
to
Linton
,
for
I
had
engaged
to
call
again
next
day
,
when
we
quitted
him
;
but
,
as
you
stayed
up
stairs
on
the
morrow
,
I
escaped
that
trouble
;
and
while
Michael
was
refastening
the
lock
of
the
park
door
in
the
afternoon
,
I
got
possession
of
the
key
,
and
told
him
how
my
cousin
wished
me
to
visit
him
,
because
he
was
sick
,
and
could
n't
come
to
the
Grange
:
and
how
papa
would
object
to
my
going
.
And
then
I
negotiated
with
him
about
the
pony
.
He
is
fond
of
reading
,
and
he
thinks
of
leaving
soon
to
get
married
,
so
he
offered
,
if
I
would
lend
him
books
out
of
the
library
,
to
do
what
I
wished
;
but
I
preferred
giving
him
my
own
,
and
that
satisfied
him
better
.
"
On
my
second
visit
,
Linton
seemed
in
lively
spirits
;
and
Zillah
,
that
is
their
housekeeper
,
made
us
a
clean
room
,
and
a
good
fire
,
and
told
us
that
as
Joseph
was
out
at
a
prayer-meeting
,
and
Hareton
Earnshaw
was
off
with
his
dogs
,
robbing
our
woods
of
pheasants
,
as
I
heard
afterwards
,
we
might
do
what
we
liked
.
"
She
brought
me
some
warm
wine
and
gingerbread
;
and
appeared
exceedingly
good-natured
;
and
Linton
sat
in
the
arm-chair
,
and
I
in
the
little
rocking
chair
,
on
the
hearthstone
,
and
we
laughed
and
talked
so
merrily
,
and
found
so
much
to
say
;
we
planned
where
we
would
go
,
and
what
we
would
do
in
summer
.
I
need
n't
repeat
that
,
because
you
would
call
it
silly
.
"
One
time
,
however
,
we
were
near
quarrelling
.
He
said
the
pleasantest
manner
of
spending
a
hot
July
day
was
lying
from
morning
till
evening
on
a
bank
of
heath
in
the
middle
of
the
moors
,
with
the
bees
humming
dreamily
about
among
the
bloom
,
and
the
larks
singing
high
up
over
head
,
and
the
blue
sky
,
and
bright
sun
shining
steadily
and
cloudlessly
.
That
was
his
most
perfect
idea
of
heaven
's
happiness
—
mine
was
rocking
in
a
rustling
green
tree
,
with
a
west
wind
blowing
,
and
bright
,
white
clouds
flitting
rapidly
above
;
and
not
only
larks
,
but
throstles
,
and
blackbirds
,
and
linnets
,
and
cuckoos
pouring
out
music
on
every
side
,
and
the
moors
seen
at
a
distance
,
broken
into
cool
dusky
dells
;
but
close
by
great
swells
of
long
grass
undulating
in
waves
to
the
breeze
;
and
woods
and
sounding
water
,
and
the
whole
world
awake
and
wild
with
joy
.
He
wanted
all
to
lie
in
an
ecstacy
of
peace
;
I
wanted
all
to
sparkle
,
and
dance
in
a
glorious
jubilee
.
"
I
said
his
heaven
would
be
only
half
alive
,
and
he
said
mine
would
be
drunk
;
I
said
I
should
fall
asleep
in
his
,
and
he
said
he
could
not
breathe
in
mine
,
and
began
to
grow
very
snappish
.
At
last
,
we
agreed
to
try
both
as
soon
as
the
right
weather
came
;
and
then
we
kissed
each
other
and
were
friends
.
After
sitting
still
an
hour
,
I
looked
at
the
great
room
with
its
smooth
,
uncarpeted
floor
;
and
thought
how
nice
it
would
be
to
play
in
,
if
we
removed
the
table
;
and
I
asked
Linton
to
call
Zillah
in
to
help
us
—
and
we
'd
have
a
game
at
blind-man
's
buff
—
she
should
try
to
catch
us
—
you
used
to
,
you
know
,
Ellen
.
He
would
n't
;
there
was
no
pleasure
in
it
,
he
said
;
but
he
consented
to
play
at
ball
with
me
.
We
found
two
,
in
a
cupboard
,
among
a
heap
of
old
toys
;
tops
,
and
hoops
,
and
battledoors
,
and
shuttlecocks
.
One
was
marked
C
.
,
and
the
other
H
;
I
wished
to
have
the
C
.
,
because
that
stood
for
Catherine
,
and
the
H
.
might
be
for
Heathcliff
,
his
name
;
but
the
bran
came
out
of
H
.
,
and
Linton
did
n't
like
it
.
"
I
beat
him
constantly
;
and
he
got
cross
again
,
and
coughed
,
and
returned
to
his
chair
;
that
night
,
though
,
he
easily
recovered
his
good
humour
;
he
was
charmed
with
two
or
three
pretty
songs
—
your
songs
,
Ellen
;
and
when
I
was
obliged
to
go
,
he
begged
and
entreated
me
to
come
the
following
evening
,
and
I
promised
.
"
Minny
and
I
went
flying
home
as
light
as
air
:
and
I
dreamt
of
Wuthering
Heights
,
and
my
sweet
,
darling
cousin
,
till
morning
.
"
On
the
morrow
,
I
was
sad
;
partly
because
you
were
poorly
,
and
partly
that
I
wished
my
father
knew
,
and
approved
of
my
excursions
:
but
it
was
beautiful
moonlight
after
tea
;
and
,
as
I
rode
on
,
the
gloom
cleared
.
"
I
shall
have
another
happy
evening
,
I
thought
to
myself
,
and
what
delights
me
more
,
my
pretty
Linton
will
.
"
I
trotted
up
their
garden
,
and
was
turning
round
to
the
back
,
when
that
fellow
Earnshaw
met
me
,
took
my
bridle
,
and
bid
me
go
in
by
the
front
entrance
.
He
patted
Minny
's
neck
,
and
said
she
was
a
bonny
beast
,
and
appeared
as
if
he
wanted
me
to
speak
to
him
.
I
only
told
him
to
leave
my
horse
alone
,
or
else
it
would
kick
him
.
"
He
answered
in
his
vulgar
accent
.
"
'
It
would
n't
do
mitch
hurt
if
it
did
;
'
and
surveyed
its
legs
with
a
smile
.
"
I
was
half
inclined
to
make
it
try
;
however
,
he
moved
off
to
open
the
door
,
and
,
as
he
raised
the
latch
,
he
looked
up
to
the
inscription
above
,
and
said
,
with
a
stupid
mixture
of
awkwardness
,
and
elation
:
"
'
Miss
Catherine
!
I
can
read
yon
,
nah
.
"
"
'
Wonderful
,
'
I
exclaimed
.
'
Pray
let
us
hear
you
—
you
are
grown
clever
!
'
"
He
spelt
,
and
drawled
over
by
syllables
,
the
name
—
"
'
Hareton
Earnshaw
.
"
"
'
And
the
figures
?
'
I
cried
,
encouragingly
,
perceiving
that
he
came
to
a
dead
halt
.
"
'
I
cannot
tell
them
yet
,
'
he
answered
.
"
'
Oh
,
you
dunce
!
'
I
said
,
laughing
heartily
at
his
failure
.
The
fool
stared
,
with
a
grin
hovering
about
his
lips
,
and
a
scowl
gathering
over
his
eyes
,
as
if
uncertain
whether
he
might
not
join
in
my
mirth
;
whether
it
were
not
pleasant
familiarity
,
or
what
it
really
was
,
contempt
.
I
settled
his
doubts
by
suddenly
retrieving
my
gravity
,
and
desiring
him
to
walk
away
,
for
I
came
to
see
Linton
not
him
.
He
reddened
—
I
saw
that
by
the
moonlight
—
dropped
his
hand
from
the
latch
,
and
skulked
off
,
a
picture
of
mortified
vanity
.
He
imagined
himself
to
be
as
accomplished
as
Linton
,
I
suppose
,
because
he
could
spell
his
own
name
;
and
was
marvellously
discomfited
that
I
did
n't
think
the
same
.
"
Stop
Miss
Catherine
,
dear
!
"
I
interrupted
.
"
I
shall
not
scold
,
but
I
do
n't
like
your
conduct
there
.
If
you
had
remembered
that
Hareton
was
your
cousin
,
as
much
as
Master
Heathcliff
,
you
would
have
felt
how
improper
it
was
to
behave
in
that
way
.
At
least
,
it
was
praiseworthy
ambition
,
for
him
to
desire
to
be
as
accomplished
as
Linton
:
and
probably
he
did
not
learn
merely
to
show
off
;
you
had
made
him
ashamed
of
his
ignorance
,
before
:
I
have
no
doubt
;
and
he
wished
to
remedy
it
and
please
you
.
To
sneer
at
his
imperfect
attempt
was
very
bad
breeding
—
had
you
been
brought
up
in
his
circumstances
,
would
you
be
less
rude
?
he
was
as
quick
and
as
intelligent
a
child
as
ever
you
were
,
and
I
'm
hurt
that
he
should
be
despised
now
,
because
that
base
Heathcliff
has
treated
him
so
unjustly
.
"
"
Well
,
Ellen
,
you
wo
n't
cry
about
it
,
will
you
?
"
she
exclaimed
,
surprised
at
my
earnestness
.
"
But
wait
,
and
you
shall
hear
if
he
conned
his
a
b
c
,
to
please
me
;
and
if
it
were
worth
while
being
civil
to
the
brute
.
"
I
entered
,
Linton
was
lying
on
the
settle
and
half
got
up
to
welcome
me
.
"
I
'm
ill
to-night
Catherine
,
love
;
"
he
said
,
"
and
you
must
have
all
the
talk
,
and
let
me
listen
.
Come
,
and
sit
by
me
—
I
was
sure
you
would
n't
break
your
word
,
and
I
'll
make
you
promise
again
,
before
you
go
.
"
"
I
knew
now
that
I
must
n't
tease
him
,
as
he
was
ill
;
and
I
spoke
softly
and
put
no
questions
,
and
avoided
irritating
him
in
any
way
.
I
had
brought
some
of
my
nicest
books
for
him
;
he
asked
me
to
read
a
little
of
one
,
and
I
was
about
to
comply
,
when
Earnshaw
burst
the
door
open
,
having
gathered
venom
with
reflection
.
He
advanced
direct
to
us
;
seized
Linton
by
the
arm
,
and
swung
him
off
the
seat
.
"
Get
to
thy
own
room
!
"
he
said
in
a
voice
almost
inarticulate
with
passion
,
and
his
face
looked
swelled
and
furious
.
"
Take
her
there
if
she
comes
to
see
thee
—
thou
shall
n't
keep
me
out
of
this
.
Begone
,
wi
'
ye
both
!
"
He
swore
at
us
,
and
left
Linton
no
time
to
answer
,
nearly
throwing
him
into
the
kitchen
;
and
he
clenched
his
fist
,
as
I
followed
,
seemingly
longing
to
knock
me
down
.
I
was
afraid
,
for
a
moment
,
and
I
let
one
volume
fall
;
he
kicked
it
after
me
,
and
shut
us
out
.
I
heard
a
malignant
,
crackly
laugh
by
the
fire
,
and
turning
beheld
that
odious
Joseph
,
standing
rubbing
his
bony
hands
,
and
quivering
.
"
Aw
wer
sure
he
'd
sarve
ye
eht
!
He
's
a
grand
lad
!
He
's
getten
t'raight
sperrit
in
him
!
He
knaws
—
Aye
,
he
knaws
,
as
weel
as
Aw
do
,
who
sud
be
t'maister
yonder
—
Ech
,
ech
,
ech
!
He
mad
ye
skift
properly
!
Ech
,
ech
,
ech
!
"
"
Where
must
we
go
?
"
I
said
to
my
cousin
,
disregarding
the
old
wretch
's
mockery
.
"
Linton
was
white
and
trembling
.
He
was
not
pretty
then
—
Ellen
,
Oh
!
no
,
he
looked
frightful
!
for
his
thin
face
,
and
large
eyes
were
wrought
into
an
expression
of
frantic
,
powerless
fury
.
He
grasped
the
handle
of
the
door
,
and
shook
it
—
it
was
fastened
inside
.
"
If
you
do
n't
let
me
in
I
'll
kill
you
;
If
you
do
n't
let
me
in
I
'll
kill
you
!
"
he
rather
shrieked
than
said
.
"
Devil
!
devil
!
I
'll
kill
you
,
I
'll
kill
you
!
"
"
Joseph
uttered
his
croaking
laugh
again
.
"
'
Thear
that
's
t'father
!
"
he
cried
.
'
That
's
father
!
We
've
allas
summut
uh
orther
side
in
us
—
Niver
heed
Hareton
,
lad
—
dunnut
be
'
feard
—
he
cannot
get
at
thee
!
'
"
I
took
hold
of
Linton
's
hands
,
and
tried
to
pull
him
away
;
but
he
shrieked
so
shockingly
that
I
dared
not
proceed
.
At
last
,
his
cries
were
choked
by
a
dreadful
fit
of
coughing
;
blood
gushed
from
his
mouth
,
and
he
fell
on
the
ground
.
"
I
ran
into
the
yard
,
sick
with
terror
;
and
called
for
Zillah
,
aa
loud
as
I
could
.
She
soon
heard
me
;
she
was
milking
the
cows
in
a
shed
behind
the
barn
;
and
hurrying
from
her
work
,
she
inquired
what
there
was
to
do
?
"
I
had
n't
breath
to
explain
;
dragging
her
in
,
I
looked
about
for
Linton
,
Earnshaw
had
come
out
to
examine
the
mischief
he
had
caused
,
and
he
was
then
conveying
the
poor
thing
up-stairs
.
Zillah
and
I
ascended
after
him
;
but
,
he
stopped
me
,
at
the
top
of
the
steps
,
and
said
,
I
should
n't
go
in
,
I
must
go
home
.
"
I
exclaimed
that
he
had
killed
Linton
and
I
would
enter
.
"
Joseph
locked
the
door
,
and
declared
I
should
do
'
no
sich
stuff
,
'
and
asked
me
whether
I
were
'
bahn
to
be
as
mad
as
him
.
'
"
I
stood
crying
,
till
the
housekeeper
re-appeared
;
she
affirmed
he
would
be
better
in
a
bit
;
but
he
could
n't
do
with
that
shrieking
,
and
din
,
and
she
took
me
,
and
nearly
carried
me
into
the
house
.
"
Ellen
,
I
was
ready
to
tear
my
hair
off
my
head
!
I
sobbed
and
wept
so
that
my
eyes
were
almost
blind
:
and
the
ruffian
you
have
such
sympathy
with
,
stood
opposite
;
presuming
every
now
and
then
,
to
bid
me
"
wisht
,
"
and
denying
that
it
was
his
fault
;
and
finally
,
frightened
by
my
assertions
that
I
would
tell
papa
,
and
that
he
should
be
put
in
prison
,
and
hanged
,
he
commenced
blubbering
himself
,
and
hurried
out
to
hide
his
cowardly
agitation
.
"
Still
,
I
was
not
rid
of
him
:
when
at
length
they
compelled
me
to
depart
,
and
I
had
got
some
hundred
yards
off
the
premises
,
he
suddenly
issued
from
the
shadow
of
the
road-side
,
and
checked
Minny
and
took
hold
of
me
.
"
'
Miss
Catherine
,
I
'm
ill
grieved
,
'
he
began
,
'
but
it
's
rayther
too
bad
—
'
"
I
gave
him
a
cut
with
my
whip
,
thinking
,
perhaps
he
would
murder
me
—
He
let
go
,
thundering
one
of
his
horrid
curses
,
and
I
gallopped
home
more
than
half
out
of
my
senses
.
"
I
did
n't
bid
you
good-night
,
that
evening
;
and
I
did
n't
go
to
Wuthering
Heights
,
the
next
—
I
wished
to
,
exceedingly
;
but
I
was
strangely
excited
,
and
dreaded
to
hear
that
Linton
was
dead
,
sometimes
;
and
sometimes
shuddered
at
the
thought
of
encountering
Hareton
.
"
On
the
third
day
I
took
courage
;
at
least
,
I
could
n't
bear
longer
suspense
and
stole
off
,
once
more
.
I
went
at
five
o'clock
,
and
walked
,
fancying
I
might
manage
to
creep
into
the
house
,
and
up
to
Linton
's
room
,
unobserved
.
However
,
the
dogs
gave
notice
of
my
approach
:
Zillah
received
me
,
and
saying
"
the
lad
was
mending
nicely
,
"
showed
me
into
a
small
,
tidy
,
carpeted
apartment
,
where
,
to
my
inexpressible
joy
,
I
beheld
Linton
laid
on
a
little
sofa
,
reading
one
of
my
books
.
But
he
would
neither
speak
to
me
,
nor
look
at
me
,
through
a
whole
hour
,
Ellen
—
He
has
such
an
unhappy
temper
—
and
what
quite
confounded
me
,
when
he
did
open
his
mouth
it
was
to
utter
the
falsehood
,
that
I
had
occasioned
the
uproar
,
and
Hareton
was
not
to
blame
!
"
"
Unable
to
reply
,
except
passionately
,
I
got
up
,
and
walked
from
the
room
.
He
sent
after
me
a
faint
"
Catherine
!
"
he
did
not
reckon
on
being
answered
so
—
but
I
would
n't
turn
back
;
and
the
morrow
was
the
second
day
on
which
I
stayed
at
home
,
nearly
determined
to
visit
him
no
more
.
"
But
it
was
so
miserable
going
to
bed
,
and
getting
up
,
and
never
hearing
anything
about
him
,
that
my
resolution
melted
into
air
,
before
it
was
properly
formed
.
It
had
appeared
wrong
to
take
the
journey
once
;
now
it
seemed
wrong
to
refrain
.
Michael
came
to
ask
if
he
must
saddle
Minny
;
I
said
"
Yes
,
"
and
considered
myself
doing
a
duty
as
she
bore
me
over
the
hills
.
"
I
was
forced
to
pass
the
front
windows
to
get
to
the
court
;
it
was
no
use
trying
to
conceal
my
presence
.
"
'
Young
master
is
in
the
house
,
'
said
Zillah
as
she
saw
me
making
for
the
parlour
.
"
I
went
in
,
Earnshaw
was
there
also
,
but
he
quitted
the
room
directly
.
Linton
sat
in
the
great
arm
chair
half
asleep
;
walking
up
to
the
fire
,
I
began
in
a
serious
tone
,
partly
meaning
it
to
be
true
.
"
As
you
do
n't
like
me
Linton
,
and
as
you
think
I
come
on
purpose
to
hurt
you
,
and
pretend
that
I
do
so
every
time
,
this
is
our
last
meeting
—
let
us
say
good
bye
;
and
tell
Mr.
Heathcliff
that
you
have
no
wish
to
see
me
,
and
that
he
must
n't
invent
any
more
falsehoods
on
the
subject
.
"
'
Sit
down
and
take
your
hat
off
,
Catherine
,
'
he
answered
.
'
You
are
so
much
happier
than
I
am
,
you
ought
to
be
better
.
Papa
talks
enough
of
my
defects
,
and
shows
enough
scorn
of
me
,
to
make
it
natural
I
should
doubt
myself
—
I
doubt
whether
I
am
not
altogether
as
worthless
as
he
calls
me
,
frequently
;
and
then
I
feel
so
cross
and
bitter
,
I
hate
everybody
!
I
am
worthless
,
and
bad
in
temper
,
and
bad
in
spirit
,
almost
always
—
and
if
you
choose
,
you
may
say
good-bye
—
you
'll
get
rid
of
an
annoyance
—
Only
,
Catherine
,
do
me
this
justice
;
believe
that
if
I
might
be
as
sweet
,
and
as
kind
,
and
as
good
as
you
are
,
I
would
be
,
as
willingly
,
and
more
so
,
than
as
happy
and
as
healthy
.
And
,
believe
that
your
kindness
has
made
me
love
you
deeper
than
if
I
deserved
your
love
,
and
though
I
could
n't
,
and
cannot
help
showing
my
nature
to
you
,
I
regret
it
,
and
repent
it
,
and
shall
regret
,
and
repent
it
,
till
I
die
!
'
"
I
felt
he
spoke
the
truth
;
and
I
felt
I
must
forgive
him
;
and
,
though
he
should
quarrel
the
next
moment
,
I
must
forgive
him
again
.
We
were
reconciled
,
but
we
cried
,
both
of
us
,
the
whole
time
I
stayed
.
Not
entirely
for
sorrow
,
yet
I
was
sorry
Linton
had
that
distorted
nature
.
He
'll
never
let
his
friends
be
at
ease
,
and
he
'll
never
be
at
ease
himself
!
"
I
have
always
gone
to
his
little
parlour
,
since
that
night
;
because
his
father
returned
the
day
after
.
About
three
times
,
I
think
,
we
have
been
merry
,
and
hopeful
,
as
we
were
the
first
evening
;
the
rest
of
my
visits
were
dreary
and
troubled
—
now
,
with
his
selfishness
and
spite
;
and
now
with
his
sufferings
:
but
I
've
learnt
to
endure
the
former
with
nearly
as
little
resentment
as
the
latter
.
"
Mr.
Heathcliff
purposely
avoids
me
.
I
have
hardly
seen
him
at
all
.
Last
Sunday
,
indeed
,
coming
earlier
than
usual
,
I
heard
him
abusing
poor
Linton
,
cruelly
,
for
his
conduct
of
the
night
before
.
I
ca
n't
tell
how
he
knew
of
it
,
unless
he
listened
.
Linton
had
certainly
behaved
provokingly
;
however
,
it
was
the
business
of
nobody
but
me
;
and
I
interrupted
Mr.
Heathcliff
's
lecture
,
by
entering
,
and
telling
him
so
.
He
burst
into
a
laugh
,
and
went
away
,
saying
he
was
glad
I
took
that
view
of
the
matter
.
Since
then
,
I
've
told
Linton
he
must
whisper
his
bitter
things
.
"
Now
,
Ellen
,
you
have
heard
all
;
and
I
ca
n't
be
prevented
from
going
to
Wuthering
Heights
,
except
by
inflicting
misery
on
two
people
—
whereas
,
if
you
'll
only
not
tell
papa
,
my
going
need
disturb
the
tranquillity
of
none
.
You
'll
not
tell
,
will
you
?
It
will
be
very
heartless
if
you
do
.
"
"
I
'll
make
up
my
mind
on
that
point
by
to-morrow
.
Miss
Catherine
,
"
I
replied
.
"
It
requires
some
study
:
and
so
I
'll
leave
you
to
your
rest
,
and
go
think
it
over
.
"
I
thought
it
over
aloud
,
in
my
master
's
presence
;
walking
straight
from
her
room
to
his
,
and
relating
the
whole
story
,
with
the
exception
of
her
conversations
with
her
cousin
,
and
any
mention
of
Hareton
.
Mr.
Linton
was
alarmed
and
distressed
more
than
he
would
acknowledge
to
me
.
In
the
morning
,
Catherine
learnt
my
betrayal
of
her
confidence
,
and
she
learnt
also
that
her
secret
visits
were
to
end
.
In
vain
she
wept
and
writhed
against
the
interdict
;
and
implored
her
father
to
have
pity
on
Linton
;
all
she
got
to
comfort
her
was
a
promise
that
he
would
write
,
and
give
him
leave
to
come
to
the
Grange
when
he
he
pleased
;
but
explaining
that
he
must
no
longer
expect
to
see
Catherine
at
Wuthering
Heights
.
Perhaps
,
had
he
been
aware
of
his
nephew
's
disposition
and
state
of
health
,
he
would
have
seen
fit
to
withhold
even
that
slight
consolation
.
CHAPTER
XI
.
"
These
things
happened
last
winter
,
sir
,
"
said
Mrs.
Dean
;
"
hardly
more
than
a
year
ago
.
Last
winter
,
I
did
not
think
,
at
another
twelve
months
'
end
,
I
should
be
amusing
a
stranger
to
the
family
with
relating
them
!
Yet
,
who
knows
how
long
you
'll
be
a
stranger
?
You
're
too
young
to
rest
always
contented
,
living
by
yourself
;
and
I
some
way
fancy
,
no
one
could
see
Catherine
Linton
,
and
not
love
her
.
You
smile
;
but
why
do
you
look
so
lively
and
interested
,
when
I
talk
about
her
—
and
why
have
you
asked
me
to
hang
her
picture
over
your
fireplace
?
and
why
—
"
"
Stop
,
my
good
friend
!
"
I
cried
.
"
It
may
be
very
possible
that
I
should
love
her
;
but
would
she
love
me
?
I
doubt
it
too
much
to
venture
my
tranquillity
,
by
running
into
temptation
;
and
then
my
home
is
not
