"she
's
up
stairs
—
she
's
not
to
go
;
we
wont
let
her
.
"
"
You
wont
let
her
,
little
idiot
!
"
I
exclaimed
.
"
Direct
me
to
her
room
immediately
,
or
I
'll
make
you
sing
out
sharply
.
"
"
Papa
would
make
you
sing
out
,
if
you
attempted
to
get
there
,
"
he
answered
.
"
He
says
I
'm
not
to
be
soft
with
Catherine
—
she
's
my
wife
,
and
it
's
shameful
that
she
should
wish
to
leave
me
!
He
says
,
she
hates
me
,
and
wants
me
to
die
,
that
she
may
have
my
money
,
but
she
sha
n't
have
it
;
and
she
sha
n't
go
home
!
she
never
shall
!
she
may
cry
,
and
be
sick
as
much
as
she
pleases
!
"
He
resumed
his
former
occupation
,
closing
his
lids
,
as
if
he
meant
to
drop
asleep
.
"
Master
Heathcliff
,
"
I
resumed
,
"
have
you
forgotten
all
Catherine
's
kindness
to
you
,
last
winter
,
when
you
affirmed
you
loved
her
,
and
when
she
brought
you
books
,
and
sung
you
songs
,
and
came
many
a
time
through
wind
and
snow
to
see
you
?
She
wept
to
miss
one
evening
,
because
you
would
be
disappointed
;
and
you
felt
then
,
that
she
was
a
hundred
times
too
good
to
you
;
and
now
you
believe
the
lies
your
father
tells
,
though
you
know
he
detests
you
both
!
And
you
join
him
against
her
.
That
's
fine
gratitude
,
is
it
not
?
"
The
corner
,
of
Linton
's
mouth
fell
,
and
he
took
the
sugar-candy
from
his
his
lips
.
"
Did
she
come
to
Wuthering
Heights
,
because
she
hated
you
?
"
I
continued
.
"
Think
for
yourself
!
As
to
your
money
,
she
does
not
even
know
that
you
will
have
any
.
And
you
say
she
's
sick
;
and
yet
,
you
leave
her
alone
,
up
there
in
a
strange
house
!
You
,
who
have
felt
what
it
is
to
be
so
neglected
!
You
could
pity
your
own
sufferings
,
and
she
pitied
them
,
too
,
but
you
wo
n't
pity
hers
!
I
shed
tears
Master
Heathcliff
,
you
see
—
an
elderly
woman
,
and
a
servant
merely
—
and
you
,
after
pretending
such
affection
,
and
having
reason
to
worship
her
,
almost
,
store
every
tear
you
have
for
yourself
,
and
lie
there
quite
at
ease
.
Ah
!
you
're
a
heartless
,
selfish
boy
!
"
"
I
ca
n't
stay
with
her
,
"
he
answered
crossly
.
"
I
'll
not
stay
,
by
myself
.
She
cries
so
I
ca
n't
bear
it
.
And
she
wont
give
over
,
though
I
say
I
'll
call
my
father
—
I
did
call
him
once
;
and
he
threatened
to
strangle
her
,
if
she
was
not
quiet
,
but
she
began
again
,
the
instant
he
left
the
room
;
moaning
and
grieving
,
all
night
long
,
though
I
screamed
for
vexation
that
I
could
n't
sleep
.
"
"
Is
Mr.
Heathcliff
out
,
"
I
inquired
,
perceiving
that
the
wretched
creature
had
no
power
to
sympathise
with
his
cousin
's
mental
tortures
.
"
He
's
in
the
court
,
"
he
replied
,
"
talking
to
Doctor
Kenneth
who
says
uncle
is
dying
,
truly
,
at
last
—
I
'm
glad
for
I
shall
be
master
of
the
Grange
after
him
—
and
Catherine
always
spoke
of
it
,
as
her
house
.
It
is
n't
hers
!
It
's
mine
—
papa
says
everything
she
has
is
mine
.
All
her
nice
books
are
mine
—
she
offered
to
give
me
them
,
and
her
pretty
birds
,
and
her
pony
Minny
,
if
I
would
get
the
key
of
our
room
,
and
let
her
out
:
but
I
told
her
she
had
nothing
to
give
,
they
were
all
,
all
mine
.
And
then
she
cried
,
and
took
a
little
picture
from
her
neck
,
and
said
I
should
have
that
—
two
pictures
in
a
gold
case
—
on
one
side
her
mother
,
and
on
the
other
,
uncle
,
when
they
were
young
.
That
was
yesterday
—
I
said
they
were
mine
,
too
;
and
tried
to
get
them
from
her
.
The
spiteful
thing
would
n't
let
me
;
she
pushed
me
off
,
and
hurt
me
.
I
shrieked
out
—
that
frightens
her
—
she
heard
papa
coming
,
and
she
broke
the
hinges
,
and
divided
the
case
and
gave
me
her
mother
's
portrait
;
the
other
she
attempted
to
hide
;
but
papa
asked
what
was
the
matter
and
I
explained
it
.
He
took
the
one
I
had
away
;
and
ordered
her
to
resign
hers
to
me
;
she
refused
,
and
he
—
he
struck
her
down
,
and
wrenched
it
off
the
chain
,
and
crushed
it
with
his
foot
.
"
"
And
were
you
pleased
to
see
her
struck
?
"
I
asked
:
having
my
designs
in
encouraging
his
talk
.
"
I
winked
,
"
he
answered
.
"
I
wink
to
see
my
father
strike
a
dog
,
or
a
horse
,
he
does
it
so
hard
—
yet
I
was
glad
at
first
—
she
deserved
punishing
for
pushing
me
:
but
when
papa
was
gone
,
she
made
me
come
to
the
window
and
showed
me
her
cheek
cut
on
the
inside
,
against
her
teeth
,
and
her
mouth
filling
with
blood
:
and
then
she
gathered
up
the
bits
of
the
picture
,
and
went
and
sat
down
with
her
face
to
the
wall
,
and
she
has
never
spoken
to
me
since
;
and
I
sometimes
think
she
ca
n't
speak
for
pain
.
I
do
n't
like
to
think
so
!
but
she
's
a
naughty
thing
for
crying
continually
;
and
she
looks
so
pale
and
wild
,
I
'm
afraid
of
her
!
"
"
And
you
can
get
the
key
if
you
choose
?
"
I
said
.
"
Yes
,
when
I
am
up-stairs
,
"
he
answered
"
but
I
ca
n't
walk
up-stairs
now
.
"
"
In
what
apartment
is
it
?
"
I
asked
.
"
Oh
,
he
cried
,
I
shant
tell
you
where
it
is
!
It
is
our
secret
.
Nobody
,
neither
Hareton
,
nor
Zillah
are
to
know
.
There
!
you
've
tired
me
—
go
away
,
go
away
!
"
And
he
turned
his
face
onto
his
arm
,
and
shut
his
eyes
,
again
.
I
considered
it
best
to
depart
without
seeing
Mr.
Heathcliff
;
and
bring
a
rescue
for
my
young
lady
,
from
the
Grange
.
On
reaching
it
the
astonishment
of
my
fellow
servants
to
see
me
,
and
their
joy
also
,
was
intense
;
and
when
they
heard
that
their
little
mistress
was
safe
,
two
or
three
were
about
to
hurry
up
,
and
shout
the
news
at
Mr.
Edgar
's
door
:
but
I
bespoke
the
announcement
of
it
,
myself
.
How
changed
I
found
him
,
even
in
those
few
days
!
He
lay
an
image
of
sadness
,
and
resignation
,
waiting
his
death
.
Very
young
he
looked
:
though
his
actual
age
was
thirty-nine
;
one
would
have
called
him
ten
years
younger
,
at
least
.
He
thought
of
Catherine
for
he
murmured
her
name
.
I
touched
his
hand
,
and
spoke
.
"
Catherine
is
coming
,
dear
master
!
"
I
whispered
,
"
she
is
alive
,
and
well
;
and
will
be
here
I
hope
to-night
.
"
I
trembled
at
the
first
effects
of
this
intelligence
:
he
half
rose
up
,
looked
eagerly
round
the
apartment
,
and
then
sunk
back
in
a
swoon
.
As
soon
as
he
recovered
,
I
related
our
compulsory
visit
,
and
detention
at
the
Heights
:
I
said
Heathcliff
forced
me
to
go
in
,
which
was
not
quite
true
;
I
uttered
as
little
as
possible
against
Linton
;
nor
did
I
describe
all
his
father
's
brutal
conduct
—
my
intentions
being
to
add
no
bitterness
,
if
I
could
help
it
,
to
his
already
overflowing
cup
.
He
divined
that
one
of
his
enemy
's
purposes
was
to
secure
the
personal
property
,
as
well
as
the
estate
to
his
son
,
or
rather
himself
;
yet
why
he
did
not
wait
till
his
decease
,
was
a
puzzle
to
my
master
;
because
ignorant
how
nearly
he
,
and
his
nephew
would
quit
the
world
together
.
However
he
felt
his
will
had
better
be
altered
—
instead
of
leaving
Catherine
's
fortune
at
her
own
disposal
,
he
determined
to
put
it
in
the
hands
of
trustees
,
for
her
use
during
life
;
and
for
her
children
,
if
she
had
any
,
after
her
.
By
that
means
,
it
could
not
fall
to
Mr.
Heathcliff
should
Linton
die
.
Having
received
his
orders
,
I
despatched
a
man
to
fetch
the
attorney
,
and
four
more
,
provided
with
serviceable
weapons
,
to
demand
my
young
lady
of
her
jailer
.
Both
parties
were
delayed
very
late
.
The
single
servant
returned
first
.
He
said
Mr.
Green
,
the
lawyer
,
was
out
when
he
arrived
at
his
house
,
and
he
had
to
wait
two
hours
for
his
re-entrance
:
and
then
Mr.
Green
told
him
he
had
a
little
business
in
the
village
,
that
must
be
done
,
but
he
would
be
at
Thrushcross
Grange
before
morning
.
The
four
men
came
back
unaccompanied
,
also
.
They
brought
word
that
Catherine
was
ill
,
too
ill
to
quit
her
room
,
and
Heathcliff
would
not
suffer
them
to
see
her
.
I
scolded
the
stupid
fellows
well
,
for
listening
to
that
tale
,
which
I
would
not
carry
to
my
master
;
resolving
to
take
a
whole
bevy
up
to
the
Heights
,
at
daylight
,
and
storm
it
,
literally
,
unless
the
prisoner
were
quietly
surrendered
to
us
.
Her
father
shall
see
her
,
I
vowed
,
and
vowed
again
,
if
that
devil
be
killed
on
his
own
doorstones
,
in
trying
to
prevent
it
!
Happily
,
I
was
spared
the
journey
,
and
the
trouble
.
I
had
gone
down
stairs
at
three
o'clock
to
fetch
a
jug
of
water
;
and
was
passing
through
the
hall
,
with
it
in
my
hand
,
when
a
sharp
knock
,
at
the
front
door
,
made
me
jump
.
"
Oh
!
it
is
Green
—
I
said
recollecting
myself
—
only
Green
,
"
and
I
went
on
,
intending
to
send
somebody
else
to
open
it
;
but
the
knock
was
repeated
,
not
loud
,
and
still
importunately
.
I
put
the
jug
on
the
bannister
,
and
hastened
to
admit
him
,
myself
.
The
harvest
moon
shone
clear
outside
.
It
was
not
the
attorney
.
My
own
sweet
little
mistress
sprung
on
my
neck
sobbing
,
"
Ellen
!
Ellen
!
Is
papa
alive
?
"
"
Yes
!
"
I
cried
,
"
yes
my
angel
he
is
!
God
be
thanked
,
you
are
safe
with
us
again
!
"
She
wanted
to
run
,
breathless
as
she
was
,
up-stairs
to
Mr
,
Linton
's
room
;
but
I
compelled
her
to
sit
down
on
a
chair
,
and
made
her
drink
,
and
washed
her
pale
face
,
chafing
it
into
a
faint
colour
with
my
apron
.
Then
I
said
I
must
go
first
,
and
tell
of
her
arrival
;
imploring
her
to
say
,
she
should
be
happy
,
with
young
Heathcliff
.
She
stared
,
but
soon
comprehending
why
I
counselled
her
to
utter
the
falsehood
,
she
assured
me
she
would
not
complain
.
I
could
n't
abide
to
be
present
at
their
meeting
.
I
stood
outside
the
chamber-door
,
a
quarter
of
an
hour
,
and
hardly
ventured
near
the
bed
,
then
.
All
was
composed
,
however
;
Catherine
's
despair
was
as
silent
as
her
father
's
joy
.
She
supported
him
calmly
,
in
appearance
;
and
he
fixed
on
her
features
his
raised
eyes
that
seemed
dilating
with
ecstasy
.
He
died
blissfully
,
Mr.
Lockwood
;
he
died
so
,
kissing
her
cheek
,
he
murmured
,
"
I
am
going
to
her
,
and
you
darling
child
shall
come
to
us
;
"
and
never
stirred
or
spoke
again
,
but
continued
that
rapt
,
radiant
gaze
,
till
his
pulse
imperceptibly
stopped
,
and
his
soul
departed
.
None
could
have
noticed
the
exact
minute
of
his
death
,
it
was
so
entirely
without
a
struggle
.
Whether
Catherine
had
spent
her
tears
,
or
whether
the
grief
were
too
weighty
to
let
them
flow
,
she
sat
there
dry-eyed
till
the
sun
rose
—
she
sat
till
noon
,
and
would
still
have
remained
,
brooding
over
that
death-bed
,
but
I
insisted
on
her
coming
away
,
and
taking
some
repose
.
It
was
well
I
succeeded
in
removing
her
,
for
at
dinner-time
appeared
the
lawyer
,
having
called
at
Wuthering
Heights
to
get
his
instructions
how
to
behave
.
He
had
sold
himself
to
Mr.
Heathcliff
,
and
that
was
the
cause
of
his
delay
in
obeying
my
master
's
summons
.
Fortunately
,
no
thought
of
worldly
affairs
crossed
the
latter
's
mind
,
to
disturb
him
,
after
his
daughter
's
arrival
.
Mr.
Green
took
upon
himself
to
order
everything
and
everybody
about
the
place
.
He
gave
all
the
servants
but
me
,
notice
to
quit
.
He
would
have
carried
his
delegated
authority
to
the
point
of
insisting
that
Edgar
Linton
should
not
be
buried
beside
his
wife
,
but
in
the
chapel
,
with
his
family
.
There
was
the
will
however
,
to
hinder
that
,
and
my
loud
protestations
against
any
infringement
of
its
directions
.
The
funeral
was
hurried
over
;
Catherine
,
Mrs.
Linton
Heathcliff
now
,
was
suffered
to
stay
at
the
Grange
,
till
her
father
's
corpse
had
quitted
it
.
She
told
me
that
her
anguish
had
at
last
spurred
Linton
to
incur
the
risk
of
liberating
her
.
She
heard
the
men
I
sent
,
disputing
at
the
door
,
and
she
gathered
the
sense
of
Heathcliff
's
answer
.
It
drove
her
desperate
—
Linton
,
who
had
been
conveyed
up
to
the
little
parlour
soon
after
I
left
,
was
terrified
into
fetching
the
key
before
his
father
re-ascended
.
He
had
the
cunning
to
unlock
,
and
re-lock
the
door
,
without
shutting
it
;
and
when
he
should
have
gone
to
bed
,
he
begged
to
sleep
with
Hareton
,
and
his
petition
was
granted
,
for
once
.
Catherine
stole
out
before
break
of
day
.
She
dare
not
try
the
doors
,
lest
the
dogs
should
raise
an
alarm
;
she
visited
the
empty
chambers
,
and
examined
their
windows
;
and
,
luckily
,
lighting
on
her
mother
's
,
she
got
easily
out
of
its
lattice
,
and
onto
the
ground
,
by
means
of
the
fir
tree
,
close
by
.
Her
accomplice
suffered
for
his
share
in
the
escape
,
notwithstanding
his
timid
contrivances
.
CHAPTER
XV
.
The
evening
after
the
funeral
,
my
young
lady
and
I
were
seated
in
the
library
;
now
musing
mournfully
,
one
of
us
despairingly
,
on
our
loss
;
now
venturing
conjectures
as
to
the
gloomy
future
.
We
had
just
agreed
the
best
destiny
which
could
await
Catherine
,
would
be
a
permission
to
continue
resident
at
the
Grange
,
at
least
,
during
Linton
's
life
:
he
being
allowed
to
join
her
there
,
and
I
to
remain
as
housekeeper
.
That
seemed
rather
too
favourable
an
arrangement
to
be
hoped
for
,
and
yet
I
did
hope
,
and
began
to
cheer
up
under
the
prospect
of
retaining
my
home
,
and
my
employment
,
and
,
above
all
,
my
beloved
young
mistress
,
when
a
servant
—
one
of
the
discarded
ones
,
not
yet
departed
—
rushed
hastily
in
,
and
said
,
"
that
devil
Heathcliff
"
was
coming
through
the
court
,
should
he
fasten
the
door
in
his
face
?
If
we
had
been
mad
enough
to
order
that
proceeding
,
we
had
not
time
.
He
made
no
ceremony
of
knocking
,
or
announcing
his
name
;
he
was
master
,
and
availed
himself
of
the
master
's
privilege
to
walk
straight
in
,
without
saying
a
word
.
The
sound
of
our
informant
's
voice
directed
him
to
the
library
:
he
entered
;
and
motioning
him
out
,
shut
the
door
.
It
was
the
same
room
into
which
he
had
been
ushered
,
as
a
guest
,
eighteen
years
before
:
the
same
moon
shone
through
the
window
;
and
the
same
autumn
landscape
lay
outside
.
We
had
not
yet
lighted
a
candle
,
but
all
the
apartment
was
visible
,
even
to
the
portraits
on
the
wall
—
the
splendid
head
of
Mrs.
Linton
,
and
the
graceful
one
of
her
husband
.
Heathcliff
advanced
to
the
hearth
.
Time
had
little
altered
his
person
either
.
There
was
the
same
man
;
his
dark
face
rather
sallower
,
and
more
composed
,
his
frame
a
stone
or
two
heavier
,
perhaps
,
and
no
other
difference
.
Catherine
had
risen
with
an
impulse
to
dash
out
,
when
she
saw
him
.
"
Stop
!
"
he
said
,
arresting
her
by
the
arm
.
"
No
more
runnings
away
!
Where
would
you
go
?
I
'm
come
to
fetch
you
home
;
and
I
hope
you
'll
be
a
dutiful
daughter
,
and
not
encourage
my
son
to
further
disobedience
.
I
was
embarrassed
how
to
punish
him
,
when
I
discovered
his
part
in
the
business
—
he
's
such
a
cobweb
,
a
pinch
would
annihilate
him
—
but
,
you
'll
see
by
his
look
that
he
has
received
his
due
!
I
brought
him
down
one
evening
,
the
day
before
yesterday
,
and
just
set
him
in
a
chair
,
and
never
touched
him
afterwards
.
I
sent
Hareton
out
,
and
we
had
the
room
to
ourselves
.
In
two
hours
,
I
called
Joseph
to
carry
him
up
again
;
and
,
since
then
,
my
presence
is
as
potent
on
his
nerves
,
as
a
ghost
;
and
I
fancy
he
sees
me
often
,
though
I
am
not
near
,
Hareton
says
he
wakes
and
shrieks
in
the
night
by
the
hour
together
;
and
calls
you
to
protect
him
from
me
;
and
,
whether
you
like
your
precious
mate
or
not
,
you
must
come
—
he
's
your
concern
now
;
I
yield
all
my
interest
in
him
to
you
.
"
"
Why
not
let
Catherine
continue
here
?
"
I
pleaded
,
"
and
send
Master
Linton
to
her
.
As
you
hate
them
both
,
you
'd
not
miss
them
—
they
can
only
be
a
daily
plague
to
your
un-natural
heart
.
"
"
I
'm
seeking
a
tenant
for
the
Grange
,
"
he
answered
;
"
and
I
want
my
children
about
me
,
to
be
sure
—
besides
that
lass
owes
me
her
services
for
her
bread
;
I
'm
not
going
to
nurture
her
in
luxury
and
idleness
after
Linton
is
gone
.
Make
haste
and
get
ready
now
.
And
do
n't
oblige
me
to
compel
you
.
"
"
I
shall
,
"
said
Catherine
.
"
Linton
is
all
I
have
to
love
in
the
world
,
and
,
though
you
have
done
what
you
could
to
make
him
hateful
to
me
,
and
me
to
him
,
you
cannot
make
us
hate
each
other
!
and
I
defy
you
to
hurt
him
when
I
am
by
,
and
I
defy
you
to
frighten
me
.
"
"
You
are
a
boastful
champion
!
"
replied
Heathcliff
;
"
but
I
do
n't
like
you
well
enough
to
hurt
him
—
you
shall
get
the
full
benefit
of
the
torment
,
as
long
as
it
lasts
.
It
is
not
I
who
will
make
him
hateful
to
you
—
it
is
his
own
sweet
spirit
.
He
's
as
bitter
as
gall
at
your
desertion
,
and
its
consequences
—
do
n't
expect
thanks
for
this
noble
devotion
.
I
heard
him
draw
a
pleasant
picture
to
Zillah
of
what
he
would
do
,
if
he
were
as
strong
as
I
—
the
inclination
is
there
,
and
his
very
weakness
will
sharpen
his
wits
to
find
a
substitute
for
strength
.
"
"
I
know
he
has
a
bad
nature
,
"
Catherine
;
"
he
's
your
son
.
But
I
'm
glad
I
've
a
better
,
to
forgive
it
;
and
I
know
he
loves
me
and
for
that
reason
I
love
him
.
Mr.
Heathcliff
,
you
have
nobody
to
love
you
;
and
,
however
miserable
you
make
us
,
we
shall
still
have
the
revenge
of
thinking
that
your
cruelty
rises
from
your
greater
misery
!
You
are
miserable
,
are
you
not
?
Lonely
,
like
the
devil
,
and
envious
like
him
?
Nobody
loves
you
—
nobody
will
cry
for
you
,
when
you
die
!
I
would
n't
be
you
!
"
Catherine
spoke
with
a
kind
of
dreary
triumph
:
she
seemed
to
have
made
up
her
mind
to
enter
into
the
spirit
of
her
future
family
,
and
draw
pleasure
from
the
griefs
of
her
enemies
.
"
You
shall
be
sorry
to
be
yourself
presently
,
"
said
her
father-in-law
.
"
If
you
stand
there
another
minute
.
Begone
,
witch
,
and
get
your
things
.
"
She
scornfully
withdrew
.
In
her
absence
,
I
began
to
beg
for
Zillah
's
place
at
the
Heights
,
offering
to
resign
her
mine
;
but
he
would
suffer
it
on
no
account
.
He
bid
me
be
silent
,
and
then
,
for
the
first
time
,
allowed
himself
a
glance
round
the
room
,
and
a
look
at
the
pictures
.
Having
studied
Mrs.
Linton
,
he
said
—
"
I
shall
have
that
at
home
.
Not
because
I
need
it
,
but
—
"
He
turned
abruptly
to
the
fire
,
and
continued
,
with
what
,
for
lack
of
a
better
word
,
I
must
call
a
smile
—
"
I
'll
tell
you
what
I
did
yesterday
!
I
got
the
sexton
,
who
was
digging
Linton
's
grave
,
to
remove
the
earth
off
her
coffin
lid
,
and
I
opened
it
.
I
thought
,
once
,
I
would
have
stayed
there
,
when
I
saw
her
face
again
—
it
is
hers
yet
—
he
had
hard
work
to
stir
me
;
but
he
said
it
would
change
,
if
the
air
blew
on
it
,
and
so
I
struck
one
side
of
the
coffin
loose
—
and
covered
it
up
—
not
Linton
's
side
,
damn
him
!
I
wish
he
'd
been
soldered
in
lead
—
and
I
bribed
the
sexton
to
pull
it
away
,
when
I
'm
laid
there
,
and
slide
mine
out
too
,
I
'll
have
it
made
so
,
and
then
,
by
the
time
Linton
gets
to
us
,
he
'll
not
know
which
is
which
!
"
"
You
were
very
wicked
,
Mr.
Heathcliff
!
"
I
exclaimed
;
"
were
you
not
ashamed
to
disturb
the
dead
?
"
"
I
disturbed
nobody
,
Nelly
,
"
he
replied
;
"
and
I
gave
some
ease
to
myself
.
I
shall
be
a
great
deal
more
comfortable
now
;
and
you
'll
have
a
better
chance
of
keeping
me
underground
,
when
I
get
there
.
Disturbed
her
?
No
!
she
has
disturbed
me
,
night
and
day
,
through
eighteen
years
—
incessantly
—
remorselessly
—
till
yesternight
—
and
yesternight
,
I
was
tranquil
.
I
dreamt
I
was
sleeping
the
last
sleep
,
by
that
sleeper
,
with
my
heart
stopped
,
and
my
cheek
frozen
against
hers
.
"
"
And
if
she
had
been
dissolved
into
earth
,
or
worse
,
what
would
you
have
dreamt
of
then
?
"
I
said
.
"
Of
dissolving
with
her
,
and
being
more
happy
still
!
"
he
answered
.
"
Do
you
suppose
I
dread
any
change
of
that
sort
?
I
expected
such
a
transformation
on
raising
the
lid
,
but
I
'm
better
pleased
that
it
should
not
commence
till
I
share
it
.
Besides
,
unless
I
had
received
a
distinct
impression
of
her
passionless
features
,
that
strange
feeling
would
hardly
have
been
removed
.
It
began
oddly
.
You
know
,
I
was
wild
after
she
died
,
and
eternally
,
from
dawn
to
dawn
,
praying
her
to
return
to
me
—
her
spirit
—
I
have
a
strong
faith
in
ghosts
;
I
have
a
conviction
that
they
can
,
and
do
exist
,
among
us
!
"
The
day
she
was
buried
there
came
a
fall
of
snow
.
In
the
evening
I
went
to
the
churchyard
.
It
blew
bleak
as
winter
—
all
round
was
solitary
:
I
did
n't
fear
that
her
fool
of
a
husband
would
wander
up
the
den
so
late
—
and
no
one
else
had
business
to
bring
them
there
.
"
Being
alone
,
and
conscious
two
yards
of
loose
earth
was
the
sole
barrier
between
us
,
I
said
to
myself
—
"
'
I
'll
have
her
in
my
arms
again
!
If
she
be
cold
,
I
'll
think
it
is
this
north
wind
that
chills
me
,
and
if
she
be
motionless
,
it
is
sleep
.
'
"
I
got
a
spade
from
the
toolhouse
,
and
began
to
delve
with
all
my
might
—
it
scraped
the
coffin
;
I
fell
to
work
with
my
hands
;
the
wood
commenced
cracking
about
the
screws
,
I
was
on
the
point
of
attaining
my
object
,
when
it
seemed
that
I
heard
a
sigh
from
some
one
above
,
close
at
the
edge
of
the
grave
,
and
bending
down
.
—
'
If
I
can
only
get
this
off
,
'
muttered
,
'
I
wish
they
may
shovel
in
the
earth
over
us
both
!
'
and
I
wrenched
at
it
more
desperately
still
.
There
was
another
sigh
,
close
at
my
ear
.
I
appeared
to
feel
the
warm
breath
of
it
displacing
the
sleet-laden
wind
.
I
knew
no
living
thing
in
flesh
and
blood
was
by
—
but
as
certainly
as
you
perceive
the
approach
to
some
substantial
body
in
the
dark
,
though
it
cannot
be
discerned
,
so
certainly
I
felt
that
Cathy
was
there
,
not
under
me
,
but
on
the
earth
.
"
A
sudden
sense
of
relief
flowed
,
from
my
heart
,
through
every
limb
.
I
relinquished
my
labour
of
agony
,
and
turned
consoled
at
once
,
unspeakably
consoled
.
Her
presence
was
with
me
;
it
remained
while
I
re-filled
the
grave
,
and
led
me
home
.
You
may
laugh
,
if
you
will
,
but
I
was
sure
I
should
see
her
there
.
I
was
sure
she
was
with
me
,
and
I
could
not
help
talking
to
her
.
"
Having
reached
the
Heights
,
I
rushed
eagerly
to
the
door
.
It
was
fastened
;
and
,
I
remember
,
that
accursed
Earnshaw
and
my
wife
opposed
my
entrance
.
I
remember
stopping
to
kick
the
breath
out
of
him
,
and
then
hurrying
up
stairs
,
to
my
room
,
and
hers
—
I
looked
round
impatiently
—
I
felt
her
by
me
—
I
could
almost
see
her
,
and
yet
I
could
not
!
I
ought
to
have
sweat
blood
then
,
from
the
anguish
of
my
yearning
,
from
the
fervour
of
my
supplications
to
have
but
one
glimpse
!
I
had
not
one
.
She
showed
herself
,
as
she
often
was
in
life
,
a
devil
to
me
!
And
,
since
then
,
sometimes
more
,
and
sometimes
less
,
I
've
been
the
sport
of
that
intolerable
torture
!
Infernal
—
keeping
my
nerves
at
such
a
stretch
,
that
,
if
they
had
not
resembled
catgut
,
they
would
,
long
ago
,
have
relaxed
to
the
feebleness
of
Linton
's
.
"
When
I
sat
in
the
house
with
Hareton
,
it
seemed
that
on
going
out
,
I
should
meet
her
;
when
I
walked
on
the
moors
I
should
meet
her
coming
in
.
When
I
went
from
home
,
I
hastened
to
return
,
she
must
be
somewhere
at
the
Heights
,
I
was
certain
!
And
when
I
slept
in
her
chamber
—
I
was
beaten
out
of
that
—
I
could
n't
lie
there
;
for
the
moment
I
closed
my
eyes
,
she
was
either
outside
the
window
,
or
sliding
back
the
panels
,
or
entering
the
room
,
or
even
resting
her
darling
head
on
the
same
pillow
as
she
did
when
a
child
.
And
I
must
open
my
lids
to
see
.
And
so
I
opened
and
closed
them
a
hundred
times
a-night
—
to
be
always
disappointed
!
It
racked
me
!
I
've
often
groaned
aloud
,
till
that
old
rascal
Joseph
,
no
doubt
believed
that
my
conscience
was
playing
the
fiend
inside
of
me
.
"
Now
since
I
've
seen
her
,
I
'm
pacified
—
a
little
.
It
was
a
strange
way
of
killing
,
not
by
inches
,
but
by
fractions
of
hair-breadths
,
to
beguile
me
with
the
spectre
of
a
hope
,
through
eighteen
years
!
"
Mr.
Heathcliff
paused
and
wiped
his
forehead
—
his
hair
clung
to
it
,
wet
with
perspiration
;
his
eyes
were
fixed
on
the
red
embers
of
the
fire
;
the
brows
not
contracted
,
but
raised
next
the
temples
,
diminishing
the
grim
aspect
of
his
countenance
,
but
imparting
a
peculiar
look
of
trouble
,
and
a
painful
appearance
of
mental
tension
towards
one
absorbing
subject
.
He
only
half
addressed
me
,
and
I
maintained
silence
—
I
did
n't
like
to
hear
him
talk
!
After
a
short
period
,
he
resumed
his
meditation
on
the
picture
,
took
it
down
,
and
leant
it
against
the
sofa
to
contemplate
it
at
better
advantage
;
and
while
so
occupied
Catherine
entered
,
announcing
that
she
was
ready
,
when
her
pony
should
be
saddled
.
"
Send
that
over
to-morrow
,
"
said
Heathcliff
to
me
,
then
turning
to
her
he
added
,
"
You
may
do
without
your
pony
—
it
is
a
fine
evening
,
and
you
'll
need
no
ponies
at
Wuthering
Heights
,
for
what
journies
you
take
,
your
own
feet
will
serve
you
—
Come
along
.
"
"
Good-bye
,
Ellen
!
"
whispered
my
dear
little
mistress
.
As
she
kissed
me
,
her
lips
felt
like
ice
.
"
Come
and
see
me
Ellen
,
do
n't
forget
.
"
"
Take
care
you
do
no
such
thing
,
Mrs.
Dean
!
"
said
her
new
father
.
"
When
I
wish
to
speak
to
you
I
'll
come
here
.
I
want
none
of
your
prying
at
my
house
!
"
He
signed
her
to
precede
him
;
and
casting
back
a
look
that
cut
my
heart
,
she
obeyed
.
I
watched
them
from
the
window
,
walk
down
the
garden
.
Heathcliff
fixed
Catherine
's
arm
under
his
,
though
she
disputed
the
act
,
at
first
,
evidently
,
and
with
rapid
strides
,
he
hurried
her
into
the
alley
,
whose
trees
concealed
them
.
CHAPTER
XVI
.
I
have
paid
a
visit
to
the
Heights
,
but
I
have
not
seen
her
since
she
left
;
Joseph
held
the
door
in
his
hand
,
when
I
called
to
ask
after
her
,
and
would
n't
let
me
pass
.
He
said
Mrs.
Linton
was
"
thrang
,
"
and
the
master
was
not
in
.
Zillah
has
told
me
something
of
the
way
they
go
on
,
otherwise
I
should
hardly
know
who
was
dead
,
and
who
living
.
She
thinks
Catherine
,
haughty
,
and
does
not
like
her
,
I
can
guess
by
her
talk
.
My
young
lady
asked
some
aid
of
her
,
when
she
first
came
,
but
Mr.
Heathcliff
told
her
to
follow
her
own
business
,
and
let
his
daughter-in-law
look
after
herself
,
and
Zillah
willingly
acquiesced
,
being
a
narrow-minded
selfish
woman
.
Catherine
evinced
a
child
's
annoyance
at
this
neglect
;
repaid
it
with
contempt
,
and
thus
enlisted
my
informant
among
her
enemies
,
as
securely
as
if
she
had
done
her
some
great
wrong
.
I
had
a
long
talk
with
Zillah
,
about
six
weeks
ago
,
a
little
before
you
came
,
one
day
,
when
we
foregathered
on
the
moor
;
and
this
is
what
she
told
me
.
"
The
first
thing
Mrs.
Linton
did
,
"
she
said
,
"
on
her
arrival
at
the
Heights
,
was
to
run
up-stairs
without
even
wishing
good-evening
to
me
and
Joseph
;
she
shut
herself
into
Linton
's
room
,
and
remained
till
morning
—
then
,
while
the
master
and
Earnshaw
were
at
breakfast
,
she
entered
the
house
and
asked
all
in
a
quiver
if
the
doctor
might
be
sent
for
?
her
cousin
was
very
ill.
"
"
We
know
that
!
"
answered
Heathcliff
,
"
but
his
life
is
not
worth
a
farthing
,
and
I
wo
n't
spend
a
farthing
on
him
.
"
"
But
I
cannot
tell
how
to
do
,
"
she
said
,
"
and
if
nobody
will
help
me
,
he
'll
die
!
"
"
Walk
out
of
the
room
!
"
cried
the
master
,
"
and
let
me
never
hear
a
word
more
about
him
!
None
here
care
what
becomes
of
him
;
if
you
do
,
act
the
nurse
;
if
you
do
not
,
lock
him
up
and
leave
him
.
"
Then
she
began
to
bother
me
,
and
I
said
I
'd
had
enough
plague
with
the
tiresome
thing
;
we
each
had
our
tasks
,
and
hers
was
to
wait
on
Linton
,
Mr.
Heathcliff
bid
me
leave
that
labour
to
her
.
How
they
managed
together
,
I
ca
n't
tell
.
I
fancy
he
fretted
a
great
deal
,
and
moaned
hisseln
,
night
and
day
;
and
she
had
precious
little
rest
,
one
could
guess
by
her
white
face
,
and
heavy
eyes
—
she
sometimes
came
into
the
kitchen
all
wildered
like
,
and
looked
as
if
she
would
fain
beg
assistance
:
but
I
was
not
going
to
disobey
the
master
—
I
never
dare
disobey
him
,
Mrs.
Dean
,
and
though
I
thought
it
wrong
that
Kenneth
should
not
be
sent
for
,
it
was
no
concern
of
mine
,
either
to
advise
or
complain
;
and
I
always
refused
to
meddle
.
Once
or
twice
,
after
we
had
gone
to
bed
,
I
've
happened
to
open
my
door
again
,
and
seen
her
sitting
crying
,
on
the
stairs
'
top
;
and
then
I
've
shut
myself
in
,
quick
,
for
fear
of
being
moved
to
interfere
.
I
did
pity
her
then
,
I
'm
sure
;
still
I
did
n't
wish
to
lose
my
place
,
you
know
!
At
last
,
one
night
she
came
boldly
into
my
chamber
,
and
frightened
me
out
of
my
wits
,
by
saying
"
Tell
Mr.
Heathcliff
that
his
son
is
dying
—
I
'm
sure
he
is
,
this
time
.
—
Get
up
,
instantly
,
and
tell
him
!
"
Having
uttered
this
speech
,
she
vanished
again
.
I
lay
a
quarter
of
an
hour
listening
and
trembling
—
Nothing
stirred
—
the
house
was
quiet
.
"
She
's
mistaken
,
I
said
to
myself
.
He
's
got
over
it
.
I
need
n't
disturb
them
.
"
And
I
began
to
dose
.
But
my
sleep
was
marred
a
second
time
,
by
a
sharp
ringing
of
the
bell
—
the
only
bell
we
have
,
put
up
on
purpose
for
Linton
,
and
the
master
called
to
me
,
to
see
what
was
the
matter
,
and
inform
them
that
he
would
n't
have
that
noise
repeated
.
"
I
delivered
Catherine
's
message
.
He
cursed
to
himself
,
and
in
a
few
minutes
,
came
out
with
a
lighted
candle
,
and
proceeded
to
their
room
.
I
followed
—
Mrs.
Heathcliff
was
seated
by
the
bedside
,
with
her
hands
folded
on
her
knees
.
Her
father-in-law
went
up
,
held
the
light
to
Linton
's
face
,
looked
at
him
,
and
touched
him
,
afterwards
he
turned
to
her
.
"
'
Now
—
Catherine
,
'
he
said
,
'
how
do
you
feel
?
'
"
She
was
dumb
.
'
"
How
do
you
feel
,
Catherine
?
'
he
repeated
.
'
"
He
's
safe
,
and
I
'm
free
,
'
she
answered
,
'
I
should
feel
well
—
but
,
'
she
continued
with
a
bitterness
she
could
n't
conceal
,
'
You
have
left
me
so
long
to
struggle
against
death
,
alone
,
that
I
feel
and
see
only
death
!
I
feel
like
death
!
'
"
And
she
looked
like
it
,
too
!
I
gave
her
a
little
wine
.
Hareton
and
Joseph
who
had
been
wakened
by
the
ringing
,
and
the
sound
of
feet
,
and
heard
our
talk
from
outside
,
now
entered
.
Joseph
was
fain
,
I
believe
,
of
the
lad
's
removal
:
Hareton
seemed
a
thought
bothered
,
though
he
was
more
taken
up
with
staring
at
Catherine
than
thinking
of
Linton
.
But
the
master
bid
him
get
off
to
bed
again
—
we
did
n't
want
his
help
.
He
afterwards
made
Joseph
remove
the
body
to
his
chamber
,
and
told
me
to
return
to
mine
,
and
Mrs.
Heathcliff
remained
by
herself
.
"
In
the
morning
,
he
sent
me
to
tell
her
she
must
come
down
to
breakfast
—
she
had
undressed
,
and
appeared
going
to
sleep
;
and
said
she
was
ill
;
at
which
I
hardly
wondered
.
I
informed
Mr.
Heathcliff
,
and
he
replied
,
"
'
Well
,
let
her
be
till
after
the
funeral
;
and
go
up
dow
and
then
to
get
her
what
is
needful
;
and
as
soon
as
she
seems
better
,
tell
me
.
'
Cathy
stayed
up-stairs
a
fortnight
,
according
to
Zillah
,
who
visited
her
twice
a-day
,
and
would
have
been
rather
more
friendly
,
but
her
attempts
at
increasing
kindness
were
proudly
and
promptly
repelled
.
Heathcliff
went
up
once
,
to
show
her
Linton
's
will
.
He
had
bequeathed
the
whole
of
his
,
and
what
had
been
her
moveable
property
to
his
father
.
The
poor
creature
was
threatened
,
or
coaxed
into
that
act
,
during
her
week
's
absence
,
when
his
uncle
died
.
The
lands
,
being
a
minor
he
could
not
meddle
with
.
However
,
Mr.
Heathcliff
has
claimed
,
and
kept
them
in
his
wife
's
right
,
and
his
also
—
I
suppose
legally
,
at
any
rate
Catherine
,
destitute
of
cash
and
friends
,
cannot
disturb
his
possession
.
"
Nobody
,
"
said
Zillah
,
"
ever
approached
her
door
,
except
that
once
,
but
I
.
.
.and
nobody
asked
anything
about
her
.
The
first
occasion
of
her
coming
down
into
the
house
,
was
on
a
Sunday
afternoon
.
"
She
had
cried
out
,
when
I
carried
up
her
dinner
that
she
could
n't
bear
any
longer
being
in
the
cold
;
and
I
told
her
the
master
was
going
to
Thrushcross
Grange
;
and
Earnshaw
and
I
need
n't
hinder
her
from
descending
;
so
,
as
soon
as
she
heard
Heathcliff
's
horse
trot
off
,
she
made
her
appearance
,
donned
in
black
,
and
her
yellow
curls
combed
back
behind
her
ears
,
as
plain
as
a
quaker
,
she
could
n't
comb
them
out
.
"
Joseph
,
and
I
generally
go
to
chapel
on
Sundays
,
(
the
Kirk
,
you
know
,
has
no
minister
,
now
,
explained
Mrs.
Dean
,
and
they
call
the
Methodists
'
or
Baptists
'
place
,
I
ca
n't
say
which
it
is
,
at
Gimmerton
,
a
chapel
.
)
"
Joseph
had
gone
,
"
she
continued
,
"
but
I
thought
proper
to
bide
at
home
.
Young
folks
are
always
the
better
for
an
elder
's
over-looking
,
and
Hareton
with
all
his
bashfulness
,
is
n't
a
model
of
nice
behaviour
.
I
let
him
know
that
his
cousin
would
very
likely
sit
with
us
,
and
she
had
been
always
used
to
see
the
Sabbath
respected
,
so
he
had
as
good
leave
his
guns
,
and
bits
of
in-door
work
alone
,
while
she
stayed
.
"
He
coloured
up
at
the
news
;
and
cast
his
eyes
over
his
hands
and
clothes
.
The
train-oil
,
and
gunpowder
were
shoved
out
of
sight
in
a
minute
.
I
saw
he
meant
to
give
her
his
company
;
and
I
guessed
,
by
his
way
,
he
wanted
to
be
presentable
;
so
,
laughing
,
as
I
durst
not
laugh
when
the
master
is
by
,
I
offered
to
help
him
,
if
he
would
,
and
joked
at
his
confusion
.
He
grew
sullen
,
and
began
to
swear
.
"
Now
,
Mrs.
Dean
,
"
she
went
on
,
seeing
me
not
pleased
by
her
manner
,
"
you
happen
think
your
young
lady
too
fine
for
Mr.
Hareton
,
and
happen
you
're
right
—
but
,
I
own
,
I
should
love
well
to
bring
her
pride
a
peg
lower
.
And
what
will
all
her
learning
and
her
daintiness
do
for
her
,
now
?
She
's
as
poor
as
you
,
or
I
—
poorer
—
I
'll
be
bound
,
you
're
saving
—
and
I
'm
doing
my
little
all
,
that
road
.
"
Hareton
allowed
Zillah
to
give
him
her
aid
;
and
she
flattered
him
into
a
good
humour
;
so
,
when
Catherine
came
,
half
forgetting
her
former
insults
,
he
tried
to
make
himself
agreeable
,
by
the
house-keeper
's
account
.
"
Missis
walked
in
,
"
she
said
,
"
as
chill
as
an
icicle
,
and
as
high
as
a
princess
.
got
up
and
offered
her
my
seat
in
the
arm
«
chair
.
No
,
she
turned
up
her
nose
at
my
civility
.
Earnshaw
rose
too
,
and
bid
her
come
to
the
settle
,
and
sit
close
by
the
fire
;
he
was
sure
she
was
starved
.
"
'
I
've
been
starved
a
month
and
more
,
'
she
answered
,
resting
on
the
word
,
as
scornful
as
she
could
.
"
And
she
got
a
chair
for
herself
,
and
placed
it
at
a
distance
from
both
of
us
.
"
Having
sat
till
she
was
warm
,
she
began
to
look
round
,
and
discovered
a
number
of
books
in
the
dresser
;
she
was
instantly
upon
her
feet
again
,
stretching
to
reach
them
,
but
they
were
too
high
up
.
"
Her
cousin
,
after
watching
her
endeavours
a
while
,
at
last
summoned
courage
to
help
her
;
she
held
her
frock
,
and
he
filled
it
with
the
first
that
came
to
hand
.
"
That
was
a
great
advance
for
the
lad
—
she
did
n't
thank
him
;
still
,
he
felt
gratified
that
she
had
accepted
his
assistance
,
and
ventured
to
stand
behind
as
she
examined
them
,
and
even
to
stoop
and
point
out
what
struck
bis
fancy
in
certain
old
pictures
which
they
contained
—
nor
was
he
daunted
by
the
saucy
style
in
which
she
jerked
the
page
from
his
finger
;
he
contented
himself
with
going
a
bit
farther
back
,
and
looking
at
her
,
instead
of
the
book
.
"
She
continued
reading
,
or
seeking
for
something
to
read
.
His
attention
became
,
by
degrees
,
quite
centred
in
the
study
of
her
thick
,
silky
curls
—
her
face
he
could
n't
see
,
and
she
could
n't
see
him
.
And
,
perhaps
,
not
quite
awake
to
what
he
did
,
but
attracted
like
a
child
to
a
candle
,
at
last
,
he
proceeded
from
staring
to
touching
;
he
put
out
his
hand
and
stroked
one
curl
,
as
gently
as
if
it
were
a
bird
.
He
might
have
stuck
a
knife
into
her
neck
,
she
started
round
in
such
a
taking
.
"
'
Get
away
,
this
moment
!
How
dare
you
touch
me
?
Why
are
you
stopping
there
?
'
she
cried
,
in
a
tone
of
disgust
.
'
I
ca
n't
endure
you
!
I
'll
go
up
stairs
again
,
if
you
come
near
me
.
'
"
Mr.
Hareton
recoiled
,
looking
as
foolish
as
he
could
do
;
he
sat
down
in
the
settle
,
very
quiet
,
and
she
continued
turning
over
her
volumes
,
another
half
hour
—
finally
,
Earnshaw
crossed
over
,
and
whispered
to
me
.
"
'
Will
you
ask
her
to
read
to
us
,
Zillah
?
I
'm
stalled
of
doing
naught
—
and
I
do
like
—
I
could
like
to
hear
her
!
dunnot
say
I
wanted
it
,
but
ask
of
yourseln
.
'
"
'
Mr
.
Hareton
wishes
you
would
read
to
us
,
ma'am
,
'
I
said
,
immediately
.
'
He
'd
take
it
very
kind
—
he
'd
be
much
obliged
.
'
"
She
frowned
;
and
,
looking
up
,
answered
,
"
'
Mr
.
Hareton
,
and
the
whole
set
of
you
will
be
good
enough
to
understand
that
I
reject
any
pretence
at
kindness
you
have
the
hypocricy
to
offer
!
I
despise
you
,
and
will
have
nothing
to
say
to
any
of
you
!
When
I
would
have
given
my
life
for
one
kind
word
,
even
to
see
one
of
your
faces
,
you
all
kept
off
.
But
I
wo
n't
complain
to
you
!
I
'm
driven
down
here
by
the
cold
,
not
either
to
amuse
you
,
or
enjoy
your
society
.
'
"
'
What
could
I
ha
'
done
?
'
began
Earnshaw
.
'
How
was
I
to
blame
?
'
"
'
Oh
!
you
are
an
exception
,
'
answered
Mrs.
Heathcliff
.
'
I
never
missed
such
a
concern
as
you
.
'
"
'
But
,
I
offered
more
than
once
,
and
asked
,
'
he
said
,
kindling
up
at
her
pertness
,
'
I
asked
Mr.
Heathcliff
to
let
me
wake
for
you
—
'
"
'
Be
silent
!
I
'll
go
out
of
doors
,
or
anywhere
,
rather
than
have
your
disagreeable
voice
in
my
ear
!
'
said
my
lady
.
"
Hareton
muttered
,
she
might
go
to
hell
,
for
him
!
and
unslinging
his
gun
,
restrained
himself
from
his
Sunday
occupations
,
no
longer
.
"
He
talked
now
,
freely
enough
;
and
she
presently
saw
fit
to
retreat
to
her
solitude
;
but
the
frost
had
set
in
,
and
,
in
spite
of
her
pride
,
she
was
forced
to
condescend
to
our
company
,
more
and
more
.
However
,
I
took
care
there
should
be
no
further
scorning
at
my
good
nature
—
ever
since
,
I
've
been
as
stiff
as
herself
—
and
she
has
no
lover
,
or
liker
among
us
—
and
she
does
not
deserve
one
—
for
,
let
them
say
the
least
word
to
her
,
and
she
'll
curl
back
without
respect
of
any
one
!
She
'll
snap
at
the
master
himself
;
and
,
as
good
as
dares
him
to
thrash
her
;
and
the
more
hurt
she
gets
,
the
more
venomous
she
grows
.
"
At
first
,
on
hearing
this
account
from
Zillah
,
I
determined
to
leave
my
situation
,
take
a
cottage
,
and
get
Catherine
to
come
and
live
with
me
;
but
Mr.
Heathcliff
would
as
soon
permit
that
,
as
he
would
set
up
Hareton
in
an
independent
house
;
and
I
can
see
no
remedy
,
at
present
,
unless
she
could
marry
again
;
and
that
scheme
,
it
does
not
come
within
my
province
to
arrange
.
"
Thus
ended
Mrs.
Dean
's
story
.
Notwithstanding
the
doctor
's
prophecy
,
I
am
rapidly
recovering
strength
,
and
,
though
it
be
only
the
second
week
in
January
,
I
propose
getting
out
on
horseback
,
in
a
day
or
two
,
and
riding
over
to
Wuthering
Heights
,
to
inform
my
landlord
that
I
shall
spend
the
next
six
months
in
London
;
and
,
if
he
likes
,
he
may
look
out
for
another
tenant
to
take
the
place
,
after
October
—
I
would
not
pass
another
winter
here
,
for
much
.
CHAPTER
XVII
.
Yesterday
was
bright
,
calm
,
and
frosty
.
I
went
to
the
Heights
as
I
proposed
;
my
house-keeper
entreated
me
to
bear
a
little
note
from
her
to
her
young
lady
,
and
I
did
not
refuse
,
for
the
worthy
woman
was
not
conscious
of
anything
odd
in
her
request
.
The
front
door
stood
open
,
but
the
jealous
gate
was
fastened
,
as
at
my
last
visit
;
I
knocked
and
invoked
Earnshaw
from
among
the
garden
beds
;
he
unchained
it
,
and
I
entered
.
The
fellow
is
as
handsome
a
rustic
as
need
be
seen
.
I
took
particular
notice
of
him
this
time
;
but
then
,
he
does
his
best
,
apparently
,
to
make
the
least
of
his
advantages
.
I
asked
if
Mr.
Heathcliff
were
at
home
?
He
answered
,
no
;
but
he
would
be
in
at
dinner-time
.
It
was
eleven
o'clock
,
and
I
announced
my
intention
of
going
in
,
and
waiting
for
him
,
at
which
he
immediately
flung
down
his
tools
and
accompanied
me
,
in
the
office
of
watchdog
,
not
as
a
substitute
for
the
host
.
We
entered
together
;
Catherine
was
there
,
making
herself
useful
in
preparing
some
vegetables
for
the
approaching
meal
;
she
looked
more
sulky
,
and
less
spirited
than
when
I
had
seen
her
first
.
She
hardly
raised
her
eyes
to
notice
me
,
and
continued
her
employment
with
the
same
disregard
to
common
forms
of
politeness
,
as
before
;
never
returning
my
bow
and
good
morning
,
by
the
slightest
acknowledgment
.
"
She
does
not
seem
so
amiable
,
"
I
thought
,
"
as
Mrs.
Dean
would
persuade
me
to
believe
.
She
's
a
beauty
,
it
is
true
;
but
not
an
angel
.
"
Earnshaw
surlily
bid
her
remove
her
things
to
the
kitchen
.
"
Remove
them
yourself
,
"
she
said
;
pushing
them
from
her
,
as
soon
as
she
had
done
;
and
retiring
to
a
stool
by
the
window
,
where
she
began
to
carve
figures
of
birds
and
beasts
,
out
of
the
turnip
parings
in
her
lap
.
I
approached
her
,
pretending
to
desire
a
view
of
the
garden
;
and
,
as
I
fancied
,
adroitly
dropped
Mrs.
Dean
's
note
onto
her
knee
,
unnoticed
by
Hareton
—
but
she
asked
aloud
—
"
What
is
that
?
"
And
chucked
it
off
.
"
A
letter
from
your
old
acquaintance
,
the
housekeeper
at
the
Grange
,
"
I
answered
,
annoyed
at
her
exposing
my
kind
deed
,
and
fearful
lest
it
should
be
imagined
a
missive
of
my
own
.
She
would
gladly
have
gathered
it
up
,
at
this
information
,
but
Hareton
beat
her
;
he
seized
,
and
put
it
in
his
waistcoat
,
saying
Mr.
Heathcliff
should
look
at
it
first
.
Thereat
,
Catherine
silently
turned
her
face
from
us
,
and
,
very
stealthily
,
drew
out
her
pocket-handkerchief
and
applied
it
to
her
eyes
;
and
her
cousin
,
after
struggling
a
while
to
keep
down
his
softer
feelings
,
pulled
out
the
letter
and
flung
it
on
the
floor
beside
her
as
ungraciously
as
he
could
.
Catherine
caught
,
and
perused
it
eagerly
;
then
she
put
a
few
questions
to
me
concerning
the
inmates
,
rational
and
irrational
,
of
her
former
home
;
and
gazing
towards
the
hills
,
murmured
in
soliloquy
.
"
I
should
like
to
be
riding
Minny
down
there
!
I
should
like
to
be
climbing
up
there
—
Oh
!
I
'm
tired
—
I
'm
stalled
,
Hareton
!
"
And
she
leant
her
pretty
head
back
against
the
sill
,
with
half
a
yawn
and
half
a
sigh
,
and
lapsed
into
an
aspect
of
abstracted
sadness
,
neither
caring
,
nor
knowing
whether
we
remarked
her
.
"
Mrs.
Heathcliff
,
"
I
said
,
after
sitting
some
time
mute
,
"
you
are
not
aware
that
I
am
an
acquaintance
of
yours
?
so
intimate
,
that
I
think
it
strange
you
wo
n't
come
and
speak
to
me
.
My
housekeeper
never
wearies
of
talking
about
and
praising
you
;
and
she
'll
be
greatly
disappointed
if
I
return
with
no
news
of
,
or
from
you
,
except
that
you
received
her
letter
,
and
said
nothing
!
"
She
appeared
to
wonder
at
this
speech
and
asked
,
"
Does
Ellen
like
you
?
"
"
Yes
,
very
well
,
"
I
replied
unhesitatingly
.
"
You
must
tell
her
,
"
she
continued
,
"
that
I
would
answer
her
letter
,
but
I
have
no
materials
for
writing
,
not
even
a
book
from
which
I
might
tear
a
leaf
.
"
"
No
books
!
"
I
exclaimed
.
"
How
do
you
contrive
to
live
here
without
them
?
If
I
may
take
the
liberty
to
inquire
—
Though
provided
with
a
large
library
,
I
'm
frequently
very
dull
at
the
Grange
—
take
my
books
away
,
and
I
should
be
desperate
!
"
"
I
was
always
reading
,
when
I
had
them
;
"
said
Catherine
,
"
and
Mr.
Heathcliff
never
reads
;
so
he
took
it
into
his
head
to
destroy
my
books
.
I
have
not
had
a
glimpse
of
one
,
for
weeks
.
Only
once
,
I
searched
through
Joseph
's
store
of
theology
;
to
his
great
irritation
:
and
once
,
Hareton
,
I
came
upon
a
secret
stock
in
your
room
.
.
.some
Latin
and
Greek
,
and
some
tales
and
poetry
;
all
old
friends
—
I
brought
the
last
here
—
and
you
gathered
them
,
as
a
magpie
gathers
silver
spoons
,
for
the
mere
love
of
stealing
!
They
are
of
no
use
to
you
—
or
else
you
concealed
them
in
the
bad
spirit
,
that
as
you
cannot
enjoy
them
,
nobody
else
shall
.
Perhaps
your
envy
counselled
Mr.
Heathcliff
to
rob
me
of
my
treasures
?
But
,
I
've
most
of
them
written
on
my
brain
and
printed
in
my
heart
,
and
you
cannot
deprive
me
of
those
!
"
Earnshaw
blushed
crimson
,
when
his
cousin
made
this
revelation
of
his
private
literary
accumulations
,
and
stammered
an
indignant
denial
of
her
accusations
.
"
Mr.
Hareton
is
desirous
of
increasing
his
amount
of
knowledge
,
"
I
said
,
coming
to
his
rescue
.
"
He
is
not
envious
but
emulous
o
your
attainments
—
He
'll
be
a
clever
scholar
in
a
few
years
!
"
"
And
he
wants
me
to
sink
into
a
dunce
,
meantime
,
"
answered
Catherine
.
"
Yes
,
I
hear
him
trying
to
spell
and
read
to
himself
,
and
pretty
blunders
he
makes
!
I
wish
you
would
repeat
Chevy
Chase
,
as
you
did
yesterday
—
It
was
extremely
funny
!
I
heard
you
.
.
.and
I
heard
you
turning
over
the
dictionary
,
to
seek
out
the
hard
words
,
and
then
cursing
,
because
you
could
n't
read
their
explanations
!
"
The
young
man
evidently
thought
it
too
bad
that
he
should
be
laughed
at
for
his
ignorance
,
and
then
laughed
at
for
trying
to
remove
it
.
I
had
a
similar
notion
,
and
,
remembering
Mrs.
Dean
's
anecdote
of
his
first
attempt
at
enlightening
the
darkness
in
which
he
had
been
reared
,
I
observed
,
"
But
,
Mrs.
Heathcliff
,
we
have
each
had
a
commencement
,
and
each
stumbled
and
tottered
on
the
threshold
,
and
had
our
teachers
scorned
,
instead
of
aiding
us
,
we
should
stumble
and
totter
yet
.
"
"
Oh
!
"
she
replied
,
"
I
do
n't
wish
to
limit
his
acquirements
.
.
.still
,
he
has
no
right
to
appropriate
what
is
mine
,
and
make
it
ridiculous
to
me
with
his
vile
mistakes
and
mis-pronunciations
!
Those
books
,
both
prose
and
verse
,
were
consecrated
to
me
by
other
associations
,
and
I
hate
to
have
them
debased
and
profaned
in
his
mouth
!
Besides
,
of
all
,
he
has
selected
my
favourite
pieces
that
I
love
the
most
to
repeat
,
as
if
out
of
deliberate
malice
!
"
Hareton
's
chest
heaved
in
silence
a
minute
;
be
laboured
under
a
severe
sense
of
mortification
and
wrath
,
which
it
was
no
easy
task
to
suppress
.
I
rose
,
and
from
a
gentlemanly
idea
of
relieving
his
embarrassment
,
took
up
my
station
in
the
door-way
surveying
the
external
prospect
,
as
I
stood
.
He
followed
my
example
,
and
left
the
room
,
but
