shesaid
,
and
multiply
his
annoyances
for
the
purpose
of
serving
her
selfishness
.
Therefore
I
said
nothing
when
I
met
the
master
coming
towards
the
parlour
;
but
I
took
the
liberty
of
turning
back
to
listen
whether
they
would
resume
their
quarrel
together
.
He
began
to
speak
first
.
"
Remain
where
you
are
,
Catherine
,
'
he
said
,
without
any
anger
in
his
voice
,
but
with
much
sorrowful
despondency
.
"
I
shall
not
stay
.
I
am
neither
come
to
wrangle
,
nor
be
reconciled
:
but
I
wish
just
to
learn
whether
,
after
this
evening
's
events
,
you
intend
to
continue
your
intimacy
with
—
"
"
Oh
,
for
mercy
's
sake
,
"
interrupted
the
mistress
,
stamping
her
foot
,
"
for
mercy
's
sake
,
let
us
hear
no
more
of
it
now
!
Your
cold
blood
cannot
be
worked
into
a
fever
—
your
veins
are
full
of
ice-water
—
but
mine
are
boiling
,
and
the
sight
of
such
chillness
makes
them
dance
.
"
"
To
get
rid
of
me
—
answer
my
question
,
"
persevered
Mr.
Linton
.
"
You
must
answer
it
;
and
that
violence
does
not
alarm
me
.
I
have
found
that
you
can
be
as
stoical
as
any
one
,
when
you
please
.
Will
you
give
up
Heathcliff
hereafter
,
or
will
you
give
up
me
?
It
is
impossible
for
you
to
be
my
friend
,
and
his
at
the
same
time
;
and
I
absolutely
require
to
know
which
you
choose
.
"
"
I
require
to
be
let
alone
!
"
exclaimed
Catherine
,
furiously
.
"
I
demand
it
!
Do
n't
you
see
I
can
scarcely
stand
?
Edgar
,
you
—
you
leave
me
!
"
She
rung
the
bell
till
it
broke
with
a
twang
:
I
entered
leisurely
.
It
was
enough
to
try
the
temper
of
a
saint
,
such
senseless
,
wicked
rages
!
There
she
lay
dashing
her
head
against
the
arm
of
the
sofa
,
and
grinding
her
teeth
,
so
that
you
might
fancy
she
would
crash
them
to
splinters
!
Mr.
Linton
stood
looking
at
her
in
sudden
compunction
and
fear
.
He
told
me
to
fetch
some
water
.
She
had
no
breath
for
speaking
.
I
brought
a
glass
full
;
and
,
as
she
would
not
drink
,
I
sprinkled
it
on
her
face
.
In
a
few
seconds
she
stretched
herself
out
stiff
,
and
turned
up
her
eyes
,
while
her
cheeks
,
at
once
blanched
and
livid
,
assumed
the
aspect
of
death
.
Linton
looked
terrified
.
"
There
is
nothing
in
the
world
the
matter
,
"
I
whispered
.
I
did
not
want
him
to
yield
,
though
I
could
not
help
being
afraid
in
my
heart
.
"
She
has
blood
on
her
lips
!
"
he
said
,
shuddering
.
"
Never
mind
!
"
I
answered
,
tartly
.
And
I
told
him
how
she
had
resolved
,
previous
to
his
coming
,
on
exhibiting
a
fit
of
frenzy
.
I
incautiously
gave
the
account
aloud
,
and
she
heard
me
,
for
she
started
up
—
her
hair
flying
over
her
shoulders
,
her
eyes
flashing
,
the
muscles
of
her
neck
and
arms
standing
out
preternaturally
.
I
made
up
my
mind
for
broken
bones
,
at
least
;
but
she
only
glared
about
her
,
for
an
instant
,
and
then
rushed
from
the
room
.
The
master
directed
me
to
follow
;
I
did
,
to
her
chamber
door
;
she
hindered
me
from
going
farther
by
securing
it
against
me
.
As
she
never
offered
to
descend
to
breakfast
next
morning
,
I
went
to
ask
whether
she
would
have
some
carried
up
.
"
No
!
"
she
replied
,
peremptorily
.
The
same
question
was
repeated
at
dinner
,
and
tea
;
and
again
on
the
morrow
after
,
and
received
the
same
answer
.
Mr.
Linton
,
on
his
part
,
spent
his
time
in
the
library
,
and
did
not
inquire
concerning
his
wife
's
occupations
.
Isabella
and
he
had
had
an
hour
's
interview
,
during
which
he
tried
to
elicit
from
her
some
sentiment
of
proper
horror
for
Heathcliff
's
advances
;
but
he
could
make
nothing
of
her
evasive
replies
,
and
was
obliged
to
close
the
examination
,
unsatisfactorily
;
adding
,
however
,
a
solemn
warning
,
that
if
she
were
so
insane
as
to
encourage
that
worthless
suitor
,
it
would
dissolve
all
bonds
of
relationship
between
herself
and
him
.
CHAPTER
XII
.
While
Miss
Linton
moped
about
the
park
and
garden
,
always
silent
,
and
almost
always
in
tears
;
and
her
brother
shut
himself
up
among
books
that
he
never
opened
;
wearying
,
I
guessed
,
with
a
continual
vague
expectation
that
Catherine
,
repenting
her
conduct
,
would
come
of
her
own
accord
to
ask
pardon
,
and
seek
a
reconciliation
;
and
she
fasted
pertinaciously
,
under
the
idea
,
probably
,
that
at
every
meal
,
Edgar
was
ready
to
choke
for
her
absence
,
and
pride
alone
held
him
from
running
to
cast
himself
at
her
feet
;
I
went
about
my
household
duties
,
convinced
that
the
Grange
had
but
one
sensible
soul
in
its
walls
,
and
that
lodged
in
my
body
.
I
wasted
no
condolences
on
miss
,
nor
any
expostulations
on
my
mistress
,
nor
did
I
pay
attention
to
the
sighs
of
my
master
who
yearned
to
hear
his
lady
's
name
,
since
he
might
not
hear
her
voice
.
I
determined
they
should
come
about
as
they
pleased
for
me
;
and
though
it
was
a
tiresomely
slow
process
,
I
began
to
rejoice
at
length
in
a
faint
dawn
of
its
progress
,
as
I
thought
at
first
.
Mrs.
Linton
,
on
the
third
day
,
unbarred
her
door
;
and
having
finished
the
water
in
her
pitcher
and
decanter
,
desired
a
renewed
supply
,
and
a
basin
of
gruel
,
for
she
believed
she
was
dying
.
That
I
set
down
as
a
speech
meant
for
Edgar
's
ears
,
I
believed
no
such
thing
,
so
I
kept
it
to
myself
,
and
brought
her
some
tea
and
dry
toast
.
She
eat
and
drank
eagerly
;
and
sank
back
on
her
pillow
again
clenching
her
hands
and
groaning
.
"
Oh
,
I
will
die
,
"
she
exclaimed
,
"
since
no
one
cares
anything
about
me
.
I
wish
I
had
not
taken
that
.
"
Then
a
good
while
after
I
heard
her
murmur
,
"
No
,
I
'll
not
die
—
he
'd
be
glad
—
he
does
not
love
me
at
all
—
he
would
never
miss
me
!
"
"
Did
you
want
anything
,
ma'am
?
"
I
enquired
,
still
preserving
my
external
composure
,
in
spite
of
her
ghastly
countenance
,
and
strange
exaggerated
manner
.
"
What
is
that
apathetic
being
doing
?
"
she
demanded
,
pushing
the
thick
entangled
locks
from
her
wasted
face
.
"
Has
he
fallen
into
a
lethargy
,
or
is
he
dead
?
"
"
Neither
,
"
replied
I
;
"
if
you
mean
Mr.
Linton
.
He
's
tolerably
well
,
I
think
,
though
his
studies
occupy
him
rather
more
than
they
ought
;
he
is
continually
among
his
books
,
since
he
has
no
other
society
.
"
I
should
not
have
spoken
so
,
if
I
had
known
her
true
condition
,
but
I
could
not
get
rid
of
the
notion
that
she
acted
a
part
of
her
disorder
.
"
Among
his
books
!
"
she
cried
,
confounded
.
"
And
I
dying
!
I
on
the
brink
of
the
grave
!
My
God
!
does
he
know
how
I
'm
altered
?
"
continued
she
,
staring
at
her
reflection
in
a
mirror
,
hanging
against
the
opposite
wall
.
"
Is
that
Catherine
Linton
?
He
imagines
me
in
a
pet
—
in
play
,
perhaps
.
Cannot
you
inform
him
that
it
is
frightful
earnest
?
Nelly
,
if
it
be
not
too
late
,
as
soon
as
I
learn
how
he
feels
,
I
'll
choose
between
these
two
—
either
to
starve
,
at
once
,
that
would
be
no
punishment
unless
he
had
a
heart
—
or
to
recover
and
leave
the
country
.
Are
you
speaking
the
truth
about
him
now
?
Take
care
.
Is
he
actually
so
utterly
indifferent
for
my
life
?
"
"
Why
,
ma'am
,
"
I
answered
,
"
the
master
has
no
idea
of
your
being
deranged
;
and
,
of
course
,
he
does
not
fear
that
you
will
let
yourself
die
of
hunger
.
"
"
You
think
not
?
Cannot
you
tell
him
I
will
?
"
she
returned
;
"
persuade
him
—
speak
of
your
own
mind
—
say
you
are
certain
I
will
!
"
"
No
,
you
forget
,
Mrs.
Linton
,
"
I
suggested
,
"
that
you
have
eaten
some
food
with
a
relish
this
evening
,
and
to-morrow
you
will
perceive
its
good
effects
.
"
"
If
I
were
only
sure
it
would
kill
him
,
"
she
interrupted
,
"
I
'd
kill
myself
directly
!
These
three
awful
nights
,
I
've
never
closed
my
lids
—
and
oh
,
I
've
been
tormented
I
I
've
been
haunted
,
Nelly
!
But
I
begin
to
fancy
you
do
n't
like
me
.
How
strange
!
I
thought
,
though
everybody
hated
and
despised
each
other
,
they
could
not
avoid
loving
me
—
and
they
have
all
turned
to
enemies
in
a
few
hour
?
.
They
have
,
I
'm
positive
;
the
people
here
.
How
dreary
to
meet
death
,
surrounded
by
their
cold
faces
!
Isabella
,
terrified
and
repelled
,
afraid
to
enter
the
room
,
it
would
be
so
dreadful
to
watch
Catherine
go
.
And
Edgar
standing
solemnly
by
to
see
it
over
;
then
offering
prayers
of
thanks
to
God
for
restoring
peace
to
his
house
,
and
going
back
to
his
books
!
What
in
the
name
of
all
that
feels
,
has
he
to
do
with
books
,
when
I
am
dying
?
"
She
could
not
bear
the
notion
which
I
had
put
into
her
head
of
Mr.
Linton
's
philosophical
resignation
.
Tossing
about
,
she
increased
her
feverish
bewilderment
to
madness
,
and
tore
the
pillow
with
her
teeth
,
then
raising
herself
up
all
burning
,
desired
that
I
would
open
the
window
.
We
were
in
the
middle
of
winter
,
the
wind
blew
strong
from
the
north-east
,
and
I
objected
.
Both
the
expressions
flitting
over
her
face
,
and
the
changes
of
her
moods
,
began
to
alarm
me
terribly
;
and
brought
to
my
recollection
her
former
illness
,
and
the
doctor
's
injunction
that
she
should
not
be
crossed
.
A
minute
previously
she
was
violent
;
now
,
supported
on
one
arm
,
and
not
noticing
my
refusal
to
obey
her
,
she
seemed
to
find
childish
diversion
in
pulling
the
feathers
from
the
rents
she
had
just
made
,
and
ranging
them
on
the
sheet
according
to
their
different
species
:
her
mind
had
strayed
to
other
associations
.
"
That
's
a
turkey
's
,
"
she
murmured
to
herself
;
"
and
this
is
a
wild-duck
's
;
and
this
is
a
pigeon
's
.
Ah
,
they
put
pigeons
'
feathers
in
the
pillows
—
no
wonder
I
could
n't
die
!
Let
me
take
care
to
throw
it
on
the
floor
when
I
lie
down
.
And
here
is
a
moor-cock
's
;
and
this
—
I
should
know
it
among
a
thousand
—
it
's
a
lapwing
's
.
Bonny
bird
;
wheeling
over
our
heads
in
the
middle
of
the
moor
.
It
wanted
to
get
to
its
nest
,
for
the
clouds
touched
the
swells
,
and
it
felt
rain
coming
.
This
feather
was
picked
up
from
the
heath
,
the
bird
was
not
shot
—
we
saw
its
nest
in
the
winter
,
full
of
little
skeletons
.
Heathcliff
set
a
trap
over
it
,
and
the
old
ones
dare
not
come
.
I
made
him
promise
he
'd
never
shoot
a
lapwing
,
after
that
,
and
he
did
n't
.
Yes
,
here
are
more
!
Did
he
shoot
my
lapwings
,
Nelly
?
Are
they
red
,
any
of
them
?
Let
me
look
.
"
"
Give
over
with
that
baby-work
!
"
I
interrupted
,
dragging
the
pillow
away
,
and
turning
the
holes
towards
the
mattress
,
for
she
was
removing
its
contents
by
handfuls
.
"
Lie
down
and
shut
your
eyes
,
you
're
wandering
.
There
's
a
mess
!
The
down
is
flying
about
like
snow
!
"
I
went
here
and
there
collecting
it
.
"
I
see
in
you
,
Nelly
,
"
she
continued
,
dreamily
,
"
an
aged
woman
—
you
have
grey
hair
,
and
bent
shoulders
.
This
bed
is
the
fairy
cave
under
Peniston
Crag
,
and
you
are
gathering
elf-bolts
to
hurt
our
heifers
;
pretending
,
while
I
am
near
,
that
they
are
only
locks
of
wool
.
That
's
what
you
'll
come
to
fifty
years
hence
;
I
know
you
are
not
so
now
.
I
'm
not
wandering
,
you
're
mistaken
,
or
else
I
should
believe
you
really
were
that
withered
hag
,
and
I
should
think
I
was
under
Penistone
Crag
,
and
I
'm
conscious
it
's
night
,
and
there
are
two
candles
on
the
table
making
the
black
press
shine
like
jet
.
"
The
black
press
?
where
is
that
?
"
I
asked
.
"
You
are
talking
in
your
sleep
!
"
"
It
's
against
the
wall
,
as
it
always
is
,
"
she
replied
.
"
It
does
appear
odd
—
I
see
a
face
in
it
!
"
"
There
is
no
press
in
the
room
,
and
never
was
,
"
said
I
,
resuming
my
seat
,
and
looping
up
the
curtain
that
I
might
watch
her
.
"
Do
n't
you
see
that
face
?
"
she
enquired
,
gazing
earnestly
at
the
mirror
.
And
say
what
I
could
,
I
was
incapable
of
making
her
comprehend
it
to
be
her
own
;
so
I
rose
and
covered
it
with
a
shawl
.
"
It
's
behind
there
still
!
"
she
pursued
,
anxiously
.
"
And
it
stirred
.
Who
is
it
?
"
I
hope
it
will
not
come
out
when
you
are
gone
!
Oh
!
Nelly
,
the
room
is
haunted
!
I
'm
afraid
of
being
alone
!
"
I
took
her
hand
in
mine
,
and
bid
her
be
composed
,
for
a
succession
of
shudders
convulsed
her
frame
,
and
she
would
keep
straining
her
gaze
towards
the
glass
.
"
There
's
nobody
here
!
"
I
insisted
.
"
It
was
yourself
,
Mrs.
Linton
;
you
knew
it
a
while
since
.
"
"
Myself
,
"
she
gasped
,
"
and
the
clock
is
striking
twelve
!
It
's
true
then
;
that
's
dreadful
!
"
Her
fingers
clutched
the
clothes
,
and
gathered
them
over
her
eyes
.
I
attempted
to
steal
to
the
door
with
an
intention
of
calling
her
husband
;
but
I
was
summoned
back
by
a
piercing
shriek
.
The
shawl
had
dropped
from
the
frame
.
"
Why
what
is
the
matter
?
"
cried
I
.
"
Who
is
coward
now
?
Wake
up
!
That
is
the
glass
—
the
mirror
,
Mrs.
Linton
;
and
you
see
yourself
in
it
,
and
there
am
I
too
by
your
side
.
"
Trembling
and
bewildered
,
she
held
me
fast
,
but
the
horror
gradually
passed
from
her
countenance
;
its
paleness
gave
place
to
a
glow
of
shame
.
"
Oh
,
dear
!
I
thought
I
was
at
home
,
"
she
sighed
.
"
I
thought
I
was
lying
in
my
chamber
at
Wuthering
Heights
.
Because
I
'm
weak
,
my
brain
got
confused
,
and
I
screamed
unconsciously
.
Do
n't
say
anything
;
but
stay
with
me
.
I
dread
sleeping
,
my
dreams
appal
me
.
"
"
A
sound
sleep
would
do
you
good
,
ma'am
,
"
I
answered
;
"
and
I
hope
this
suffering
will
prevent
your
trying
starving
again
.
"
"
Oh
,
if
I
were
but
in
my
own
bed
in
the
old
house
!
"
she
went
on
bitterly
,
wringing
her
hands
.
"
And
that
wind
sounding
in
the
firs
by
the
lattice
.
Do
let
me
feel
it
—
it
comes
straight
down
the
moor
—
do
let
me
have
one
breath
!
"
To
pacify
her
,
I
held
the
casement
ajar
,
a
few
seconds
.
A
cold
blast
rushed
through
,
I
closed
it
,
and
returned
to
my
post
.
She
lay
still
,
now
:
her
face
bathed
in
tears
—
Exhaustion
of
body
had
entirely
subdued
her
spirit
;
our
fiery
Catherine
was
no
better
than
a
wailing
child
!
"
How
long
is
it
since
I
shut
myself
in
here
?
"
she
asked
suddenly
reviving
.
"
It
was
Monday
evening
,
"
I
replied
,
"
and
this
is
Thursday
night
,
or
rather
Friday
morning
,
at
present
.
"
"
What
!
of
the
same
week
?
"
she
exclaimed
.
"
Only
that
brief
time
?
"
"
Long
enough
to
live
on
nothing
but
cold
water
,
and
ill-temper
,
"
observed
I
.
"
Well
,
it
seems
a
weary
number
of
hours
,
"
she
muttered
doubtfully
,
"
it
must
be
more
—
I
remember
being
in
the
parlour
,
after
they
had
quarrelled
;
and
Edgar
being
cruelly
provoking
,
and
me
running
into
this
room
desperate
—
As
soon
as
ever
I
had
barred
the
door
,
utter
blackness
overwhelmed
me
,
and
I
fell
on
the
floor
—
I
could
n't
explain
to
Edgar
how
certain
I
felt
of
having
a
fit
,
or
going
raging
mad
,
if
he
persisted
in
teasing
me
!
I
had
no
command
of
tongue
,
or
brain
,
and
he
did
not
guess
my
agony
,
perhaps
;
it
barely
left
me
sense
to
try
to
escape
from
him
and
his
voice
—
Before
I
recovered
,
sufficiently
to
see
,
and
hear
,
it
began
to
be
dawn
;
and
Nelly
,
I
'll
tell
you
what
I
thought
,
and
what
has
kept
recurring
and
recurring
till
I
feared
for
my
reason
—
I
thought
as
I
lay
there
with
my
head
against
that
table
leg
,
and
my
eyes
dimly
discerning
the
grey
square
of
the
window
,
that
I
was
enclosed
in
the
oak-panelled
bed
at
home
;
and
my
heart
ached
with
some
great
grief
which
,
just
waking
,
I
could
not
recollect
—
I
pondered
,
and
worried
myself
to
discover
what
it
could
be
;
and
most
strangely
,
the
whole
last
seven
years
of
my
life
grew
a
blank
!
I
did
not
recall
that
they
had
been
at
all
.
I
was
a
child
;
my
father
was
just
buried
,
and
my
misery
arose
from
the
separation
that
Hindley
had
ordered
between
me
,
and
Heathcliff
—
I
was
laid
alone
,
for
the
first
time
,
and
rousing
from
a
dismal
dose
after
a
night
of
weeping
—
I
lifted
my
hand
to
push
the
panels
aside
,
it
struck
the
table-top
!
I
swept
it
along
the
carpet
,
and
then
,
memory
burst
in
—
my
late
anguish
was
swallowed
in
a
paroxysm
of
despair
—
I
cannot
say
why
I
felt
so
wildly
wretched
—
it
must
have
been
temporary
derangement
for
there
is
scarcely
cause
—
But
,
supposing
at
twelve
years
old
,
I
had
been
wrenched
from
the
Heights
,
and
every
early
association
,
and
my
all
in
all
,
as
Heathcliff
was
at
that
time
,
and
been
converted
,
at
a
stroke
into
Mrs.
Linton
,
the
lady
of
Thrushcross
Grange
,
and
the
wife
of
a
stranger
;
an
exile
,
and
outcast
,
thenceforth
,
from
what
had
been
my
world
—
You
may
fancy
a
glimpse
of
the
abyss
where
I
grovelled
!
Shake
your
head
,
as
you
will
,
Nelly
,
you
have
helped
to
unsettle
me
!
You
should
have
spoken
to
Edgar
,
indeed
you
should
,
and
compelled
him
to
leave
me
quiet
!
Oh
,
I
'm
burning
!
I
wish
I
were
out
of
doors
—
I
wish
I
were
a
girl
again
,
half
savage
and
hardy
,
and
free
.
.
.and
laughing
at
injuries
,
not
maddening
under
them
!
Why
am
I
so
changed
?
why
does
my
blood
rush
into
a
hell
of
tumult
at
a
few
words
?
I
'm
sure
I
should
be
myself
were
I
once
among
the
heather
on
those
hills
.
.
.Open
the
window
again
wide
,
fasten
it
open
!
Quick
,
why
do
n't
you
move
?
"
"
Because
,
I
wo
n't
give
you
your
death
of
cold
,
"
I
answered
.
"
You
wo
n't
give
me
a
chance
of
life
,
you
mean
,
"
she
said
sullenly
.
"
However
,
I
'm
not
helpless
yet
,
I
'll
open
it
myself
.
"
And
sliding
from
the
bed
before
I
could
hinder
her
,
she
crossed
the
room
,
walking
very
uncertainly
,
threw
it
back
,
and
bent
out
,
careless
of
the
frosty
air
that
cut
about
her
shoulders
as
keen
as
a
knife
.
I
entreated
,
and
finally
attempted
to
force
her
to
retire
.
But
I
soon
found
her
delirious
strengh
much
surpassed
mine
;
(
she
was
delirious
I
became
convinced
by
her
subsequent
actions
,
and
ravings
.
)
There
was
no
moon
,
and
every
thing
beneath
lay
in
misty
darkness
;
not
a
light
gleamed
from
any
house
,
far
or
near
;
all
had
been
extinguished
long
ago
;
and
those
at
Wuthering
Heights
were
never
visible
.
.
.still
she
asserted
she
caught
their
shining
.
"
Look
!
"
she
cried
eagerly
,
"
that
's
my
room
,
with
the
candle
in
it
,
and
the
trees
swaying
before
it
.
.
.and
the
other
candle
is
in
Joseph
's
garret
.
.
.Joseph
sits
up
late
,
does
n't
he
?
He
's
waiting
till
I
come
home
that
he
may
lock
the
gate
.
.
.Well
,
he
'll
wait
a
while
yet
.
It
's
a
rough
journey
,
and
a
sad
heart
to
travel
it
;
and
we
must
pass
by
Gimmerton
Kirk
,
to
go
that
journey
!
We
've
braved
it
's
ghosts
often
together
,
and
dared
each
other
to
stand
among
the
graves
and
ask
them
to
come
.
.
.But
Heathcliff
,
if
I
dare
you
now
,
will
you
venture
?
If
you
do
,
I
'll
keep
you
.
I
'll
not
lie
there
by
myself
;
they
may
bury
me
twelve
feet
deep
,
and
throw
the
church
down
over
me
;
but
I
wo
n't
rest
till
you
are
with
me
.
.
.I
never
will
!
"
She
paused
,
and
resumed
with
a
strange
smile
,
"
He
's
considering
.
.
.he
'd
rather
I
'd
come
to
him
!
Find
a
way
,
then
!
not
through
that
Kirkyard
.
.
.You
are
slow
!
Be
content
,
you
always
followed
me
!
"
Perceiving
it
vain
to
argue
against
her
insanity
,
I
was
planning
how
I
could
reach
something
to
wrap
about
her
,
without
quitting
my
hold
of
herself
,
for
I
could
not
trust
her
alone
by
the
gaping
lattice
;
when
to
my
consternation
,
I
heard
the
rattle
of
the
door-handle
,
and
Mr.
Linton
entered
.
He
had
only
then
come
from
the
library
;
and
,
in
passing
through
the
lobby
,
had
noticed
our
talking
and
been
attracted
by
curiosity
,
or
fear
to
examine
what
it
signified
,
at
that
late
hour
.
"
Oh
,
sir
!
"
I
cried
,
checking
the
exclamation
risen
to
his
lips
at
the
sight
which
met
him
,
and
the
bleak
atmosphere
of
the
chamber
.
"
My
poor
Mistress
is
ill
,
and
she
quite
masters
me
;
I
cannot
manage
her
at
all
,
pray
,
come
and
persuade
her
to
go
to
bed
.
Forget
your
anger
,
for
she
's
hard
to
guide
any
way
but
her
own
.
"
"
Catherine
ill
?
"
he
said
hastening
to
us
.
"
Shut
the
window
,
Ellen
!
Catherine
!
why
.
.
.
"
He
was
silent
;
the
haggardness
of
Mrs.
Linton
's
appearance
smote
him
speechless
,
and
he
could
only
glance
from
her
to
me
in
horrified
astonishment
.
"
She
's
been
fretting
here
,
"
I
continued
,
"
and
eating
scarcely
anything
,
and
never
complaining
,
she
would
admit
none
of
us
till
this
evening
,
and
so
we
could
n't
inform
you
of
her
state
,
as
we
were
not
aware
of
it
ourselves
,
"
but
it
is
nothing
.
"
I
felt
I
uttered
my
explanations
awkwardly
;
the
master
frowned
.
"
It
is
nothing
is
it
,
Ellen
Dean
?
"
he
said
sternly
.
"
You
shall
account
more
clearly
for
keeping
me
ignorant
of
this
!
"
And
he
took
his
wife
in
his
arms
,
and
looked
at
her
with
anguish
.
At
first
she
gave
him
no
glance
of
recognition
.
.
.he
was
invisible
to
her
abstracted
gaze
.
The
delirium
was
not
fixed
,
however
;
having
weaned
her
eyes
from
contemplating
the
outer
darkness
;
by
degrees
,
she
centred
her
attention
on
him
,
and
discovered
who
it
was
that
held
her
.
"
Ah
!
you
are
come
,
are
you
,
Edgar
Linton
?
"
she
said
with
angry
animation
.
.
.
"
You
are
one
of
those
things
that
are
ever
found
when
least
wanted
,
and
when
you
are
wanted
never
!
I
suppose
we
shall
have
plenty
of
lamentations
,
now
.
.
.I
see
we
shall
.
.
.but
they
ca
n't
keep
me
from
my
narrow
home
out
yonder
—
My
resting
place
where
I
'm
bound
before
Spring
is
over
!
There
it
is
,
not
among
the
Lintons
,
mind
,
under
the
chapel-roof
;
but
in
the
open
air
with
a
head-stone
,
and
you
may
please
yourself
,
whether
you
go
to
them
,
or
come
to
me
!
"
"
Catherine
,
what
have
you
done
?
"
commenced
the
master
.
"
Am
I
nothing
to
you
,
any
more
?
Do
you
love
that
wretch
,
Heath
—
"
"
Hush
!
"
cried
Mrs.
Linton
.
"
Hush
,
this
moment
!
You
mention
that
name
and
I
end
the
matter
,
instantly
,
by
a
spring
from
the
window
!
What
you
touch
at
present
,
you
may
have
;
but
my
soul
will
be
on
that
hill-top
before
you
lay
hands
on
me
again
.
I
do
n't
want
you
,
Edgar
;
I
'm
past
wanting
you
.
.
.Return
to
your
books
.
.
.I
'm
glad
you
possess
a
consolation
,
for
all
you
had
in
me
is
gone
.
"
"
Her
mind
wanders
,
sir
,
"
I
interposed
.
"
She
has
been
talking
nonsense
the
whole
evening
;
but
,
let
her
have
quiet
and
proper
attendance
,
and
she
'll
rally
.
.
.Hereafter
,
we
must
be
cautious
how
we
vex
her
.
"
"
I
desire
no
further
advice
from
you
,
"
answered
Mr.
Linton
.
"
You
knew
your
mistress
's
nature
,
and
you
encouraged
me
to
harass
her
.
And
not
to
give
me
one
hint
of
how
she
has
been
these
three
days
!
It
was
heartless
!
months
of
sickness
could
not
cause
such
a
change
!
"
I
began
to
defend
myself
,
thinking
it
too
bad
to
be
blamed
for
another
's
wicked
waywardness
!
"
I
knew
Mrs.
Linton
's
nature
to
be
headstrong
and
domineering
,
"
cried
I
;
"
but
I
did
n't
know
that
you
wished
to
foster
her
fierce
temper
!
I
did
n't
know
that
,
to
humour
her
,
I
should
wink
at
Mr.
Heathcliff
.
I
performed
the
duty
of
a
faithful
servant
in
telling
you
,
and
I
have
got
a
faithful
servant
's
wages
!
Well
,
it
will
teach
me
to
be
careful
next
time
.
Next
time
you
may
gather
intelligence
for
yourself
!
"
"
The
next
time
you
bring
a
tale
to
me
,
you
shall
quit
my
service
,
Ellen
Dean
,
"
he
replied
.
"
You
'd
rather
hear
nothing
about
it
,
I
suppose
,
then
,
Mr.
Linton
?
"
said
I
.
"
Heathcliff
has
your
permission
to
come
a
courting
to
Miss
and
to
drop
in
at
every
opportunity
your
absence
offers
,
on
purpose
to
poison
the
mistress
against
you
?
"
Confused
as
Catherine
was
,
her
wits
were
alert
at
applying
our
conversation
.
"
Ah
!
Nelly
has
played
traitor
,
"
she
exclaimed
,
passionately
.
"
Nelly
is
my
hidden
enemy
—
you
witch
!
So
you
do
seek
elf-bolts
to
hurt
us
!
Let
me
go
,
and
I
'll
make
her
rue
!
I
'll
make
her
howl
a
recantation
!
"
A
maniac
's
fury
kindled
under
her
brows
;
she
struggled
desperately
to
disengage
herself
from
Linton
's
arms
.
I
felt
no
inclination
to
tarry
the
event
;
and
resolving
to
seek
medical
aid
on
my
own
responsibility
,
I
quitted
the
chamber
.
In
passing
the
garden
to
reach
the
road
,
at
a
place
where
a
bridle
hook
is
driven
into
the
wall
,
I
saw
something
white
moved
irregularly
evidently
by
another
agent
than
the
wind
.
Notwithstanding
my
hurry
,
I
staid
to
examine
it
,
lest
ever
after
I
should
have
the
conviction
impressed
on
my
imagination
that
it
was
a
creature
of
the
other
world
.
My
surprise
and
perplexity
were
great
to
discover
,
by
touch
more
than
vision
,
Miss
Isabella
's
springer
Fanny
,
suspended
to
a
handkerchief
,
and
nearly
at
its
last
gasp
.
I
quickly
released
the
animal
,
and
lifted
it
into
the
garden
.
I
had
seen
it
follow
its
mistress
up-stairs
,
when
she
went
to
bed
,
and
wondered
much
how
it
could
have
got
out
there
,
and
what
mischievous
person
had
treated
it
so
.
While
untying
the
knot
round
the
hook
,
it
seemed
to
me
that
I
repeatedly
caught
the
beat
of
horses
'
feet
gallopping
at
some
distance
;
but
there
were
such
a
number
of
things
to
occupy
my
reflections
that
I
hardly
gave
the
circumstance
a
thought
,
though
it
was
a
strange
sound
,
in
that
place
,
at
two
o'clock
in
the
morning
.
Mr.
Kenneth
was
fortunately
just
issuing
from
his
house
to
see
a
patient
in
the
village
as
I
came
up
the
street
;
and
my
account
of
Catherine
Linton
's
malady
induced
him
to
accompany
me
back
immediately
.
He
was
a
plain
,
rough
man
;
and
he
made
no
scruple
to
speak
his
doubts
of
her
surviving
this
second
attack
;
unless
she
were
more
submissive
to
his
directions
than
she
had
shown
herself
before
.
"
Nelly
Dean
,
"
said
he
,
"
I
ca
n't
help
fancying
there
's
an
extra
cause
for
this
.
What
has
there
been
to
do
at
the
Grange
?
We
've
odd
reports
up
here
.
A
stout
,
hearty
lass
like
Catherine
does
not
fall
ill
for
a
trifle
;
and
that
sort
of
people
should
not
either
.
It
's
hard
work
bringing
them
through
fevers
,
and
such
things
.
How
did
it
begin
?
"
"
The
master
will
inform
you
,
"
I
answered
;
"
but
you
are
acquainted
with
the
Earnshaw
's
violent
dispositions
,
and
Mrs.
Linton
caps
them
all
.
I
may
say
this
;
it
commenced
in
a
quarrel
.
She
was
struck
during
a
tempest
of
passion
with
a
kind
of
fit
.
That
's
her
account
,
at
least
;
for
she
flew
off
in
the
height
of
it
,
and
locked
herself
up
.
Afterwards
,
she
refused
to
eat
,
and
now
she
alternately
raves
,
and
remains
in
a
half
dream
,
knowing
those
about
her
,
but
having
her
mind
filled
with
all
sorts
of
strange
ideas
and
illusions
.
"
"
Mr.
Linton
will
be
sorry
?
"
observed
Kenneth
,
interrogatively
.
"
Sorry
?
he
'll
break
his
heart
should
anything
happen
!
"
I
replied
.
"
Do
n't
alarm
him
more
than
necessary
.
"
"
Well
,
I
told
him
to
beware
,
"
said
my
companion
,
"
and
he
must
bide
the
consequences
of
neglecting
my
warning
!
Has
n't
he
been
thick
with
Mr.
Heathcliff
lately
?
"
"
Heathcliff
frequently
visits
at
the
Grange
,
"
answered
I
,
"
though
more
on
the
strength
of
the
mistress
having
known
him
when
a
boy
,
than
because
the
master
likes
his
company
.
At
present
,
he
's
discharged
from
the
trouble
of
calling
;
owing
to
some
presumptuous
aspirations
after
Miss
Linton
which
he
manifested
.
I
hardly
think
he
'll
be
taken
in
again
.
"
"
And
does
Miss
Linton
turn
a
cold
shoulder
on
him
?
"
was
the
doctor
's
next
question
.
"
I
'm
not
in
her
confidence
,
"
returned
I
,
reluctant
to
continue
the
subject
.
"
No
,
she
's
a
sly
one
,
"
he
remarked
,
shaking
his
head
.
"
She
keeps
her
own
counsel
!
But
she
's
a
real
little
fool
.
I
have
it
from
good
authority
,
that
,
last
night
,
and
a
pretty
night
it
was
!
she
and
Heathcliff
were
walking
in
the
plantation
at
the
back
of
your
house
,
above
two
hours
;
and
he
pressed
her
not
to
go
in
again
,
but
just
mount
his
horse
and
away
with
him
!
My
informant
said
she
could
only
put
him
off
by
pledging
her
word
of
honour
to
be
prepared
on
their
first
meeting
after
that
,
when
it
was
to
be
,
he
did
n't
hear
,
but
you
urge
Mr.
Linton
to
look
sharp
!
"
This
news
filled
me
with
fresh
fears
;
I
outstripped
Kenneth
,
and
ran
most
of
the
way
back
.
The
little
dog
was
yelping
in
the
garden
yet
.
I
spared
a
minute
to
open
the
gate
for
it
,
but
instead
of
going
to
the
house
door
,
it
coursed
up
and
down
snuffing
the
grass
,
and
would
have
escaped
to
the
road
,
had
I
not
seized
and
conveyed
it
in
with
me
.
On
ascending
to
Isabella
's
room
,
my
suspicions
were
confirmed
;
it
was
empty
.
Had
I
been
a
few
hours
sooner
,
Mrs.
Linton
's
illness
might
have
arrested
her
rash
step
.
But
what
could
be
done
now
?
There
was
a
bare
possibility
of
overtaking
them
if
pursued
instantly
.
I
could
not
pursue
them
,
however
;
and
I
dare
not
rouse
the
family
,
and
fill
the
place
with
confusion
;
still
less
unfold
the
business
to
my
master
,
absorbed
as
he
was
in
his
present
calamity
,
and
having
no
heart
to
spare
for
a
second
grief
!
I
saw
nothing
for
it
,
but
to
hold
my
tongue
,
and
suffer
matters
to
take
their
course
:
and
Kenneth
being
arrived
,
I
went
with
a
badly
composed
countenance
to
announce
him
.
Catherine
lay
in
a
troubled
sleep
;
her
husband
had
succeeded
in
soothing
the
access
of
frenzy
;
he
now
hung
over
her
pillow
,
watching
every
shade
,
and
every
change
of
her
painfully
expressive
features
.
The
doctor
,
on
examining
the
case
for
himself
,
spoke
hopefully
to
him
of
its
having
a
favourable
termination
,
if
we
could
only
preserve
around
her
perfect
and
constant
tranquillity
.
To
me
,
he
signified
the
threatening
danger
was
,
not
so
much
death
,
as
permanent
alienation
of
intellect
.
I
did
not
close
my
eyes
that
night
,
nor
did
Mr.
Linton
;
indeed
,
we
never
went
to
bed
:
and
the
servants
were
all
up
long
before
the
usual
hour
,
moving
through
the
house
with
stealthy
tread
,
and
exchanging
whispers
as
they
encountered
each
other
in
their
vocations
.
Every
one
was
active
,
but
Miss
Isabella
;
and
they
began
to
remark
how
sound
she
slept
—
her
brother
too
asked
if
she
had
risen
,
and
seemed
impatient
for
her
presence
,
and
hurt
that
she
showed
so
little
anxiety
for
her
sister-in-law
.
I
trembled
lest
he
should
send
me
to
call
her
;
but
I
was
spared
the
pain
of
being
the
first
proclaimant
of
her
flight
.
One
of
the
maids
,
a
thoughtless
girl
,
who
had
been
on
an
early
errand
to
Gimmerton
,
came
panting
up
stairs
,
open-mouthed
,
and
dashed
into
the
chamber
,
crying
.
"
Oh
,
dear
,
dear
!
What
mun
we
have
next
?
Master
,
master
,
our
young
lady
—
"
"
Hold
your
noise
!
"
cried
I
hastily
,
enraged
at
her
clamorous
manner
.
"
Speak
lower
,
Mary
—
What
is
the
matter
?
"
said
Mr.
Linton
.
"
What
ails
your
young
lady
?
"
"
She
's
gone
,
she
's
gone
!
Yon
'
Heathcliff
's
run
off
wi
'
her
!
"
gasped
the
girl
.
"
That
is
not
true
!
"
exclaimed
Linton
,
rising
in
agitation
.
"
It
cannot
be
—
how
has
the
idea
entered
your
head
?
Ellen
Dean
,
go
and
seek
her
—
it
is
incredible
—
it
cannot
be
.
"
As
he
spoke
he
took
the
servant
to
the
door
,
and
,
then
,
repeated
his
demand
to
know
her
reasons
for
such
an
assertion
.
"
Why
,
I
met
on
the
road
a
lad
that
fetches
milk
here
,
"
she
stammered
,
"
and
he
asked
whether
we
wer
n't
in
trouble
at
the
Grange
—
I
thought
he
meant
for
Missis
's
sickness
,
so
I
answered
,
yes
.
Then
says
he
,
they
's
somebody
gone
after
'
em
,
I
guess
?
"
I
stared
.
He
saw
I
knew
naught
about
it
,
and
he
told
how
a
gentleman
and
lady
had
stopped
to
have
a
horse
's
shoe
fastened
at
a
blacksmith
's
shop
,
two
miles
out
of
Gimmerton
,
not
very
long
after
midnight
!
and
how
the
blacksmith
's
lass
had
got
up
to
spy
who
they
were
:
she
knew
them
both
directly
—
And
she
noticed
the
man
,
Heathcliff
it
was
,
she
felt
certain
,
nob'dy
could
mistake
him
,
besides
—
put
a
sovereign
in
her
father
's
hand
for
payment
.
The
lady
had
a
cloak
about
her
face
;
but
having
desired
a
sup
of
water
,
while
she
drank
,
it
fell
back
,
and
she
saw
her
very
plain
—
Heathcliff
held
both
bridles
as
they
rode
on
,
and
they
set
their
faces
from
the
village
,
and
went
as
fast
as
the
rough
roads
would
let
them
.
The
lass
said
nothing
to
her
father
,
but
she
told
it
al
over
Gimmerton
this
morning
.
"
I
ran
and
peeped
,
for
form
's
sake
into
Isabella
's
room
:
confirming
,
when
I
returned
,
the
servant
's
statement
—
Mr.
Linton
had
resumed
his
seat
by
the
bed
;
on
my
re-entrance
,
he
raised
his
eyes
,
read
the
meaning
of
my
blank
aspect
,
and
dropped
them
without
giving
an
order
,
or
uttering
a
word
.
"
Are
we
to
try
any
measures
for
overtaking
and
bringing
her
back
,
"
I
inquired
.
"
How
should
we
do
?
"
"
She
went
of
her
own
accord
,
"
answered
the
master
;
"
she
had
a
right
to
go
if
she
pleased
—
Trouble
me
no
more
about
her
—
Hereafter
she
is
only
my
sister
in
name
;
not
because
I
disown
her
,
but
because
she
has
disowned
me
.
"
And
that
was
all
he
said
on
the
subject
;
he
did
not
make
a
single
inquiry
further
,
or
mention
her
in
any
way
,
except
directing
me
to
send
what
property
she
had
in
the
house
to
her
fresh
home
,
wherever
it
was
,
when
I
knew
it
.
CHAPTER
XIII
For
two
months
the
fugitives
remained
absent
,
in
those
two
months
,
Mrs.
Linton
encountered
and
conquered
the
worst
shock
of
what
was
denominated
a
brain
fever
.
No
mother
could
have
nursed
an
only
child
more
devotedly
than
Edgar
tended
her
.
Day
and
night
,
he
was
watching
,
and
patiently
enduring
all
the
annoyances
that
irritable
nerves
and
a
shaken
reason
could
inflict
:
and
,
though
Kenneth
remarked
that
what
he
saved
from
the
grave
would
only
recompense
his
care
by
forming
the
source
of
constant
future
anxiety
,
in
fact
,
that
his
health
and
strength
were
being
sacrificed
to
preserve
a
mere
ruin
of
humanity
,
he
knew
no
limits
in
gratitude
and
joy
,
when
Catherine
's
life
was
declared
out
of
danger
;
and
hour
after
hour
,
he
would
sit
beside
her
,
tracing
the
gradual
return
to
bodily
health
,
and
flattering
his
too
sanguine
hopes
with
the
illusion
that
her
mind
would
settle
back
to
its
right
balance
also
,
and
she
would
soon
be
entirely
her
former
self
.
The
first
time
she
left
her
chamber
,
was
at
the
commencement
of
the
following
March
.
Mr.
Linton
had
put
on
her
pillow
,
in
the
morning
,
a
handful
of
golden
crocuses
;
her
eye
,
long
stranger
to
any
gleam
of
pleasure
,
caught
them
in
waking
,
and
shone
delighted
as
she
gathered
them
eagerly
together
.
"
These
are
the
earliest
flowers
at
the
Heights
!
"
she
exclaimed
.
"
They
remind
me
of
soft
thaw
winds
,
and
warm
sunshine
,
and
nearly
melted
snow
—
Edgar
,
is
there
not
a
south
wind
,
and
is
not
the
snow
almost
gone
?
"
"
The
snow
is
quite
gone
;
down
here
,
darling
!
"
replied
her
husband
,
"
and
I
only
see
two
white
spots
on
the
whole
range
of
moors
—
The
sky
is
blue
,
and
the
larks
are
singing
,
and
the
becks
and
brooks
are
all
brim
full
.
Catherine
;
last
spring
at
this
time
,
I
was
longing
to
have
you
under
this
roof
—
now
,
I
wish
you
were
a
mile
or
two
up
those
hills
,
the
air
blows
so
sweetly
,
I
feel
that
it
would
cure
you
.
"
"
I
shall
never
be
there
,
but
once
more
!
"
said
the
invalid
;
"
and
then
you
'll
leave
me
,
and
I
shall
remain
,
for
ever
.
Next
spring
you
'll
long
again
to
have
me
under
this
roof
,
and
you
'll
look
back
and
think
you
were
happy
to-day
.
"
Linton
lavished
on
her
the
kindest
caresses
,
and
tried
to
cheer
her
by
the
fondest
words
;
but
vaguely
regarding
the
flowers
,
she
let
the
tears
collect
on
her
lashes
,
and
stream
down
her
cheeks
unheeding
.
We
knew
she
was
really
better
,
and
therefore
,
decided
that
long
confinement
to
a
single
place
produced
much
of
this
despondency
,
and
it
might
be
partially
removed
by
a
change
of
scene
.
The
master
told
me
to
light
a
fire
in
the
many-week
's
deserted
parlour
,
and
to
set
an
easy-chair
in
the
sunshine
by
the
window
;
and
then
he
brought
her
down
,
and
she
sat
a
long
while
enjoying
the
genial
heat
,
and
,
as
we
expected
,
revived
by
the
objects
round
her
,
which
,
though
familiar
,
were
free
from
the
dreary
associations
investing
her
hated
sick-chamber
.
By
evening
,
she
seemed
greatly
exhausted
;
yet
no
arguments
could
persuade
her
to
return
to
that
apartment
,
and
I
had
to
arrange
the
parlour
sofa
for
her
bed
,
till
another
room
could
be
prepared
.
To
obviate
the
fatigue
of
mounting
and
descending
the
stairs
,
we
fitted
up
this
,
where
you
lie
at
present
;
on
the
same
floor
with
the
parlour
:
and
she
was
soon
strong
enough
to
move
from
one
to
the
other
,
leaning
on
Edgar
's
arm
.
Ah
,
I
thought
myself
,
she
might
recover
,
so
waited
on
as
she
was
.
And
there
was
double
cause
to
desire
it
,
for
on
her
existence
depended
that
of
another
;
we
cherished
the
hope
that
in
a
little
while
,
Mr.
Linton
's
heart
would
be
gladdened
,
and
his
lands
secured
from
a
stranger
's
gripe
,
by
the
birth
of
an
heir
.
I
should
mention
that
Isabella
sent
to
her
brother
,
some
six
weeks
from
her
departure
a
short
note
,
announcing
her
marriage
with
Heathcliff
.
It
appeared
dry
and
cold
;
but
at
the
bottom
,
was
dotted
in
with
pencil
,
an
obscure
apology
,
and
an
entreaty
for
kind
remembrance
,
and
reconciliation
,
if
her
proceeding
had
offended
him
;
asserting
that
she
could
not
help
it
then
,
and
being
done
,
she
had
now
no
power
to
repeal
it
.
Linton
did
not
reply
to
this
,
I
believe
;
and
,
in
a
fortnight
more
,
I
got
a
long
letter
which
I
considered
odd
coming
from
the
pen
of
a
bride
just
out
of
the
honeymoon
.
I
'll
read
it
,
for
I
keep
it
yet
.
Any
relic
of
the
dead
is
precious
,
if
they
were
valued
living
.
"
Dear
Ellen
,
"
it
begins
.
"
I
came
,
last
night
,
to
Wuthering
Heights
,
and
heard
,
for
the
first
time
,
that
Catherine
has
been
,
and
is
yet
,
very
ill.
I
must
not
write
to
her
I
suppose
,
and
my
brother
is
either
too
angry
,
or
too
distressed
to
answer
what
I
send
him
.
Still
,
I
must
write
to
somebody
,
and
the
only
choice
left
me
is
you
.
Inform
Edgar
that
I
'd
give
the
world
to
see
his
face
again
—
that
my
heart
returned
to
Thrushcross
Grange
in
twenty-four
hours
after
I
left
it
,
and
is
there
at
this
moment
,
full
of
warm
feelings
for
him
,
and
Catherine
!
I
ca
n't
follow
it
though
—
(
those
words
are
underlined
)
they
need
not
expect
me
,
and
they
may
draw
what
conclusions
they
please
;
taking
care
however
,
to
lay
nothing
at
the
door
of
my
weak
will
,
or
deficient
affection
.
The
remainder
of
the
letter
is
for
yourself
,
alone
.
I
want
to
ask
you
two
questions
:
the
first
is
,
How
did
you
contrive
to
preserve
the
common
sympathies
of
human
nature
when
you
resided
here
?
I
cannot
recognise
any
sentiment
which
those
around
,
share
with
me
.
The
second
question
,
I
have
great
interest
in
;
it
is
this
—
Is
Mr.
Heathcliff
a
man
?
If
so
,
is
he
mad
?
And
if
not
,
is
he
a
devil
?
I
sha
n't
tell
my
reasons
for
making
this
inquiry
;
but
,
I
beseech
you
to
explain
,
if
you
can
,
what
I
have
married
—
that
is
,
when
you
call
to
see
me
;
and
you
must
call
Ellen
,
very
soon
.
Do
n't
write
,
but
come
,
and
bring
me
something
from
Edgar
.
Now
,
you
shall
hear
how
I
have
been
received
in
my
new
home
,
as
I
am
led
to
imagine
the
Heights
will
be
.
It
is
to
amuse
myself
that
I
dwell
on
such
subjects
as
the
lack
of
external
comforts
;
they
never
occupy
my
thoughts
,
except
at
the
moment
when
I
miss
them
—
I
should
laugh
and
dance
for
joy
,
if
I
found
their
absence
was
the
total
of
my
miseries
,
and
the
rest
was
an
unnatural
dream
!
The
sun
set
behind
the
Grange
,
as
we
turned
on
to
the
moors
;
by
that
,
I
judged
it
to
be
six
o'clock
;
and
my
companion
halted
half-an-hour
,
to
inspect
the
park
,
and
the
gardens
,
and
,
probably
,
the
place
itself
,
as
well
as
he
could
;
so
it
was
dark
when
we
dismounted
in
the
paved
yard
of
the
farmhouse
,
and
your
old
fellow-servant
,
Joseph
,
issued
out
to
receive
us
by
the
light
of
a
dip
candle
.
He
did
it
with
a
courtesy
that
redounded
to
his
credit
.
His
first
act
was
to
elevate
his
torch
to
a
level
with
my
face
,
squint
malignantly
,
project
his
under
lip
,
and
turn
away
.
Then
he
took
the
two
horses
,
and
led
them
into
the
stables
;
reappearing
for
the
purpose
of
locking
the
outer
gate
,
as
if
we
lived
in
an
ancient
castle
.
Heathcliff
stayed
to
speak
to
him
,
and
I
entered
the
kitchen
—
a
dingy
,
untidy
hole
;
I
dare
say
you
would
not
know
it
,
it
is
so
changed
since
it
was
in
your
charge
.
By
the
fire
stood
a
ruffianly
child
,
strong
in
limb
,
and
dirty
in
garb
,
with
a
look
of
Catherine
in
his
eyes
,
and
about
his
mouth
.
"
This
is
Edgar
's
legal
nephew
,
"
I
reflected
—
"
mine
in
a
manner
;
I
must
shake
hands
,
and
—
yes
—
I
must
kiss
him
.
It
is
right
to
establish
a
good
understanding
at
the
beginning
.
"
I
approached
,
and
,
attempting
to
take
his
chubby
fist
,
said
—
"
How
do
you
do
,
my
dear
?
"
He
replied
in
a
jargon
I
did
not
comprehend
.
"
Shall
you
and
I
be
friends
,
Hareton
?
"
was
my
next
essay
at
conversation
.
An
oath
,
and
a
threat
to
set
Throttler
on
me
if
I
did
not
"
frame
off
"
rewarded
my
perseverance
.
"
Hey
,
Throttler
,
lad
!
"
whispered
the
little
wretch
,
rousing
a
half-bred
bull-dog
from
its
lair
in
a
corner
.
"
Now
,
wilt
tuh
be
ganging
?
"
he
asked
authoritatively
.
Love
for
my
life
urged
a
compliance
;
I
stepped
over
the
threshold
to
wait
till
the
others
should
enter
.
Mr.
Heathcliff
was
nowhere
visible
;
and
Joseph
,
whom
I
followed
to
the
stables
,
and
requested
to
accompany
me
in
,
after
staring
and
muttering
to
himself
,
screwed
up
his
nose
and
replied
—
"
Mim
!
mim
!
mim
!
Did
iver
Christian
body
hear
owt
like
it
?
Minching
un
'
munching
!
Hah
can
Aw
tell
whet
ye
say
?
"
"
I
say
,
I
wish
you
to
come
with
me
into
the
house
!
"
I
cried
,
thinking
him
deaf
,
yet
highly
disgusted
at
his
rudeness
.
"
Nor
nuh
me
!
Aw
getten
summut
else
to
do
,
"
he
answered
,
and
continued
his
work
,
moving
his
lantern
jaws
meanwhile
,
and
surveying
my
dress
and
countenance
(
the
former
a
great
deal
too
fine
,
but
the
latter
,
I
'm
sure
,
as
sad
as
he
could
desire
)
with
sovereign
contempt
.
I
walked
round
the
yard
,
and
through
a
wicket
,
to
another
door
,
at
which
I
took
the
liberty
of
knocking
,
in
hopes
some
more
civil
servant
might
shew
himself
.
After
a
short
suspense
it
was
opened
by
a
tall
,
gaunt
man
,
without
neckerchief
,
and
otherwise
extremely
slovenly
;
his
features
were
lost
in
masses
of
shaggy
hair
that
hung
on
his
shoulders
;
and
his
eyes
,
too
,
were
like
a
ghostly
Catherine
's
,
with
all
their
beauty
annihilated
.
"
What
's
your
business
here
?
"
he
demanded
,
grimly
.
"
Who
are
you
?
"
"
My
name
was
Isabella
Linton
,
"
I
replied
.
"
You
've
seen
me
before
,
sir
.
I
'm
lately
married
to
Mr.
Heathcliff
;
and
he
has
brought
me
here
—
I
suppose
by
your
permission
.
"
"
Is
he
come
back
,
then
?
"
asked
the
hermit
,
glaring
like
a
hungry
wolf
.
"
Yes
—
we
came
just
now
,
"
I
said
;
"
but
he
left
me
by
the
kitchen
door
;
and
when
I
would
have
gone
in
,
your
little
boy
played
sentinel
over
the
place
,
and
frightened
me
off
by
the
help
of
a
bull-dog
.
"
"
It
's
well
the
hellish
villain
has
kept
his
word
!
"
growled
my
future
host
,
searching
the
darkness
beyond
me
in
expectation
of
discovering
Heathcliff
,
and
then
he
indulged
in
a
soliloquy
of
execrations
,
and
threats
of
what
he
would
have
done
had
the
"
fiend
"
deceived
him
.
I
repented
having
tried
this
second
entrance
;
and
was
almost
inclined
to
slip
way
before
he
finished
cursing
,
but
ere
I
could
execute
that
intention
,
he
ordered
me
in
,
and
shut
and
re-fastened
the
door
.
There
was
a
great
fire
,
and
that
was
all
the
light
in
the
huge
apartment
,
whose
floor
had
grown
a
uniform
grey
;
and
the
once
brilliant
pewter
dishes
which
used
to
attract
my
gaze
when
I
was
a
girl
partook
of
a
similar
obscurity
,
created
by
tarnish
and
dust
.
I
inquired
whether
I
might
call
the
maid
,
and
be
conducted
to
a
bed-room
?
Mr.
Earnshaw
vouchsafed
no
answer
.
He
walked
up
and
down
,
with
his
hands
in
his
pockets
,
apparently
quite
forgetting
my
presence
;
and
his
abstraction
was
evidently
so
deep
,
and
his
whole
aspect
so
misanthropical
,
that
I
shrank
from
disturbing
him
again
.
"
You
'll
not
be
surprised
,
Ellen
,
at
my
feeling
particularly
cheerless
,
seated
in
worse
than
solitude
,
on
that
inhospitable
hearth
,
and
remembering
that
four
miles
distant
lay
my
delightful
home
,
containing
the
only
people
I
loved
on
earth
:
and
there
might
as
well
be
the
Atlantic
to
part
us
,
instead
of
those
four
miles
,
I
could
not
overpass
them
!
I
questioned
with
myself
—
where
must
I
turn
for
comfort
?
and
—
mind
you
do
n't
tell
Edgar
,
or
Catherine
—
above
every
sorrow
beside
,
this
rose
pre-eminent
—
despair
at
finding
nobody
who
could
or
would
be
my
ally
against
Heathcliff
!
I
had
sought
shelter
at
Wuthering
Heights
,
almost
gladly
,
because
I
was
secured
by
that
arrangement
from
living
alone
with
him
;
but
he
knew
the
people
we
were
coming
amongst
,
and
he
did
not
fear
their
intermeddling
.
I
sat
and
thought
a
doleful
time
;
the
clock
struck
eight
,
and
nine
,
and
still
my
companion
paced
to
and
fro
,
his
head
bent
on
his
breast
,
and
perfectly
silent
,
unless
a
groan
,
or
a
bitter
ejaculation
forced
itself
out
at
intervals
.
I
listened
to
detect
a
woman
's
voice
in
the
house
,
and
filled
the
interim
with
wild
regrets
,
and
dismal
anticipations
,
which
,
at
last
,
spoke
audibly
in
irrepressible
sighing
,
and
weeping
.
I
was
not
aware
how
openly
I
grieved
,
till
Earnshaw
halted
opposite
,
in
his
measured
walk
,
and
gave
me
a
stare
of
newly
awakened
surprise
.
Taking
advantage
of
his
recovered
attention
,
I
exclaimed
—
"
I
'm
tired
with
my
journey
,
and
I
want
to
go
to
bed
!
Where
is
the
maid-servant
?
Direct
me
to
her
,
as
she
wont
come
to
to
me
!
"
"
We
have
none
,
"
he
answered
;
"
you
must
wait
on
yourself
!
"
"
Where
must
I
sleep
,
then
?
"
I
sobbed
—
I
was
beyond
regarding
self-respect
,
weighed
down
by
fatigue
and
wretchedness
.
Joseph
will
show
you
Heathcliff
's
chamber
,
"
said
he
;
"
open
that
door
—
he
's
in
there
.
"
"
I
was
going
to
obey
,
but
he
suddenly
arrested
me
,
and
added
in
the
strangest
tone
—
"
Be
so
good
as
to
turn
your
lock
,
and
draw
your
bolt
—
do
n't
omit
it
!
"
"
Well
!
"
I
said
.
"
But
why
,
Mr.
Earnshaw
?
"
I
did
not
relish
the
notion
of
deliberately
fastening
myself
in
with
Heathcliff
.
"
Look
here
!
"
he
replied
,
pulling
from
his
waistcoat
a
curiously
constructed
pistol
,
having
a
double
edged
spring
knife
attached
to
the
barrel
.
"
That
's
a
great
tempter
to
a
desperate
man
,
is
it
not
?
I
cannot
resist
going
up
with
this
,
every
night
,
and
trying
his
door
,
if
once
I
find
it
open
he
's
done
for
!
I
do
it
invariably
,
even
though
the
minute
before
I
have
been
recalling
a
hundred
reasons
that
should
make
me
refrain
—
it
is
some
devil
that
urges
me
to
thwart
my
own
schemes
by
killing
him
—
you
fight
against
that
devil
,
for
love
,
as
as
long
as
you
may
;
when
the
time
comes
,
not
all
the
angels
in
heaven
shall
save
him
!
I
surveyed
the
weapon
inquisitively
;
a
hideous
notion
struck
me
.
How
powerful
I
should
be
possessing
such
an
instrument
!
I
took
it
from
his
hand
,
and
touched
the
blade
.
He
looked
astonished
at
the
expression
my
face
assumed
during
a
brief
second
.
It
was
not
horror
,
it
