Wuthering Heights

1801 I have just returned from a visit to my landlord the solitary neighbour that I shall be...

Before passing the threshold, I paused to admire a quantity of grotesque carving lavished over the...

Joseph mumbled indistinctly in the depths of the cellar, but gave no intimation of ascending; so...

Wretched inmates. I ejaculated, mentally, you deserve perpetual isolation from your species for...

I thought, if I had caused the cloud, it was my duty to make an effort to dispel it. They could not...

He fixed his eye on me longer than I cared to return the stare, for fear I might be tempted either...

The little witch put a mock malignity into her beautiful eyes, and Joseph, trembling with sincere...

The vehemence of my agitation brought on a copious bleeding at the nose, and still Heathcliff...

In vapid listlessness I leant my head against the window, and continued spelling over Catherine...

Saying this, he compelled us so to square our positions that we might receive from the far off fire...

We came to the chapel. I have passed it really in my walks, twice or thrice; it lies in a hollow,...

As it spoke, I discerned, obscurely, a childs face looking through the window. Terror made me...

If the little fiend had got in at the window, she probably would have strangled me. I returned. Im...

I obeyed, so far as to quit the chamber; when, ignorant where the narrow lobbies led, I stood...

Ill put my trash away, because you can make me if I refuse, answered the young lady, closing her...

There ensued a pause. She was not a gossip, I feared; unless about her own affairs, and those could...

Before I came to live here, she commenced waiting no farther invitation to her story I was almost...

He seemed a sullen, patient child; hardened, perhaps, to ill treatment. he would stand Hindleys...

At last, our curate we had a curate then who made the living answer by teaching the little Lintons...

I joined my wail to theirs, loud and bitter; but Joseph asked what we could be thinking of to roar...

Where is Miss Catherine. I cried hurriedly. No accident, I hope. At Thrushcross Grange, he...

Cathy stayed at Thrushcross Grange five weeks. till Christmas. By that time her ankle was...

After playing ladys maid to the new comer, and putting my cakes in the oven, and making the house...

And cried for mamma at every turn, I added, and trembled if a country lad heaved his fist against...

You should not have spoken to him. she expostulated with Master Linton. He was in a bad temper, and...

You shouldnt lie till ten. Theres the very prime of the morning gone long before that time. A...

Oh, such a grand bairn. she panted out. The finest lad that ever breathed. But the doctor says...

He told his wife the same story, and she seemed to believe him; but one night, while leaning on his...

Mr. Hindley had gone from home one afternoon, and Heathcliff presumed to give himself a holiday on...

Her companion rose up, but he hadnt time to express his feelings further, for a horses feet were...

There, Ive found it out at last. cried Hindley, pulling me back by the skin of my neck, like a dog....

He attempted to touch the child, who, on finding himself with me, sobbed off his terror directly....

Nelly, will you keep a secret for me. she pursued, kneeling down by me, and lifting her winsome...

Oh. dont, Miss Catherine. I cried. Were dismal enough without conjuring up ghosts and visions to...

I see no reason that he should not know, as well as you, I returned; and if you are his choice,...

I went and called, but got no answer. On returning, I whispered to Catherine that he had heard a...

It was a very dark evening for summer. the clouds appeared inclined to thunder, and I said we had...

Neither of us wished to mention Heathcliffs absence, as long as we could conceal it; so I replied,...

Though I cannot say I made a gentle nurse, and Joseph and the master were no better, and though our...

With all my heart. Dont interrupt me. Come and take your seat here. Keep your fingers from that...

Yes, Heathcliff, he replied, glancing from me up to the windows, which reflected a score of...

I descended, and found Heathcliff waiting under the porch, evidently anticipating an invitation to...

Mr. Earnshaw invited him. and he called on Mr. Earnshaw. I pondered this sentence painfully, after...

He explained it, she replied. I wonder as much as you. He said he called to gather information...

And thats your notion of harshness. said Catherine, laughing. It was no hint that your company was...

Come in, thats right. exclaimed the mistress, gaily, pulling a chair to the fire. Here are two...

I assure you I was, she returned. She has been dying for your sake several weeks, and raving about...

One time I passed the old gate, going out of my way, on a journey to Gimmerton. It was about the...

To hear you, people might think you were the mistress. she cried. You want setting down in your...

Yes; shes in the kitchen, sir, I answered. Shes sadly put out by Mr. Heathcliffs behaviour. and,...

My master glanced towards the passage, and signed me to fetch the men. he had no intention of...

There. youve done with coming here, cried Catherine. Get away, now; hell return with a brace of...

Remain where you are, Catherine, he said; without any anger in his voice, but with much sorrowful...

While Miss Linton moped about the park and garden, always silent, and almost always in tears; and...

Give over with that baby work. I interrupted, dragging the pillow away, and turning the holes...

Well, it seems a weary number of hours, she muttered doubtfully. it must be more. I remember being...

I felt I uttered my explanations awkwardly; the master frowned. It is nothing, is it, Ellen Dean....

Youd rather hear nothing about it, I suppose, then, Mr. Linton. said I. Heathcliff has your...

No, shes a sly one, he remarked, shaking his head. She keeps her own counsel. But shes a real...

She went of her own accord, answered the master; she had a right to go if she pleased. Trouble me...

Linton lavished on her the kindest caresses, and tried to cheer her by the fondest words; but,...

Now, you shall hear how I have been received in my new home, as I am led to imagine the Heights...

Yes we came just now, I said; but he left me by the kitchen door; and when I would have gone in,...

I surveyed the weapon inquisitively. A hideous notion struck me. how powerful I should be...

It was rather a rough mess, I own, when poured into the basins; four had been provided, and a...

Whear the divil. began the religious elder. The Lord bless us. The Lord forgie us. Whear the hell...

Mr. Edgars coldness depressed me exceedingly; and all the way from the Grange I puzzled my brains...

And yet, I interrupted, you have no scruples in completely ruining all hopes of her perfect...

Take care, Ellen. answered Isabella, her eyes sparkling irefully; there was no misdoubting by their...

Well, Mr. Lockwood, I argued and complained, and flatly refused him fifty times; but in the long...

Gimmerton chapel bells were still ringing; and the full, mellow flow of the beck in the valley came...

What now. said Catherine, leaning back, and returning his look with a suddenly clouded brow. her...

Heathcliff went to the back of her chair, and leant over, but not so far as to let her see his...

Ere long I perceived a group of the servants passing up the road towards the kitchen wing. Mr....

I dont know if it be a peculiarity in me, but I am seldom otherwise than happy while watching in...

May she wake in torment. he cried, with frightful vehemence, stamping his foot, and groaning in a...

I have run the whole way from Wuthering Heights. she continued, after a pause; except where Ive...

I rang the bell, and committed it to a servants care; and then I inquired what had urged her to...

Yester evening I sat in my nook reading some old books till late on towards twelve. It seemed so...

No. Ive formed my resolution, and by God Ill execute it. cried the desperate being. Ill do you a...

Heathcliff gave him a push on to his knees in the middle of the blood, and flung a towel to him;...

Yes, no wonder, was my next remark. Catherine used to boast that she stood between you and bodily...

The back of the settle and Earnshaws person interposed between me and him; so instead of...

Well, Nelly, said he, riding into the yard one morning, too early not to alarm me with an instant...

I insisted on the funeral being respectable. Mr. Heathcliff said I might have my own way there too....

The abrupt descent of Penistone Crags particularly attracted her notice; especially when the...

You may guess how I felt at hearing this news. It struck me directly she must have started for...

I picked up her hat, and approached to reinstate it; but perceiving that the people of the house...

This, however, is not making progress with my story. Miss Cathy rejected the peace offering of the...

Now, darling, said Mr. Linton, addressing his daughter, as they halted at the bottom of the front...

Joseph had advanced through the kitchen as I uttered these words, and now presented himself in the...

Linton was very reluctant to be roused from his bed at five oclock, and astonished to be informed...

Not much, I answered. not a morsel, I thought, surveying with regret the white complexion and slim...

Ill be very kind to him, you neednt fear, he said, laughing. Only nobody else must be kind to him....

And I never knew such a faint hearted creature, added the woman; nor one so careful of hisseln. He...

No, that man is not my son, answered Heathcliff, pushing me aside. But I have one, and you have...

And you are my uncle, then. she cried, reaching up to salute him. I thought I liked you, though you...

Youll be the favourite among us, Hareton. She says you are a What was it. Well, something very...

Why, where the devil is the use ont. growled Hareton, more ready in answering his daily companion....

Papa. she exclaimed, after the mornings salutations, guess whom I saw yesterday, in my walk on the...

Oh, fie, silly child. I exclaimed. If you had any real griefs youd be ashamed to waste a tear on...

One day, as she inspected this drawer, I observed that the playthings and trinkets which recently...

She emptied her blackened pieces into the flames, and motioned me to finish the immolation. It was...

Oh, it will be something worse, she said. And what shall I do when papa and you leave me, and I am...

That is nothing to the purpose, said Heathcliff. He it was. I dont hate my son, I suppose; and it...

The master had retired to rest before we came in. Cathy stole to his room to inquire how he was; he...

Why didnt you come before. he asked. You should have come, instead of writing. It tired me...

No, I should never love anybody better than papa, she returned gravely. And people hate their...

Since you are in the habit of passing dreadful nights, I said, it wont be Miss who spoils your...

Catherine repeated the longest she could remember. The employment pleased both mightily. Linton...

My little mistress behaved like an angel in coming to wait on me, and cheer my solitude; the...

Ive been to Wuthering Heights, Ellen, and Ive never missed going a day since you fell ill; except...

Stop, Miss Catherine, dear. I interrupted. I shall not scold, but I dont like your conduct there....

I wer sure hed sarve ye out. Hes a grand lad. Hes getten t raight sperrit in him. He knaws ay, he...

As you dont like me, Linton, and as you think I come on purpose to hurt you, and pretend that I do...

Stop, my good friend. I cried. It may be very possible that I should love her; but would she love...

Spring advanced; yet my master gathered no real strength, though he resumed his walks in the...

But when we reached him, and that was scarcely a quarter of a mile from his own door, we found he...

Linton looked at me, but did not answer; and, after keeping her seat by his side another ten...

He had a fixed idea, I guessed by several observations he let fall, that, as his nephew resembled...

Nonsense. cried Catherine in a passion. Foolish, silly boy. And there. he trembles, as if I were...

Linton had sunk prostrate again in another paroxysm of helpless fear, caused by his fathers glance...

Heathcliff had the key in his hand that remained on the table. He looked up, seized with a sort of...

Catherine pushed another to him, and wiped her face. I felt disgusted at the little wretchs...

Your beasts have trotted off, he said, and now Linton. snivelling again. What has she been doing to...

I dont much mind speaking of his amiable qualities now, he answered; because she must either accept...

I thumped on the panels, and rattled the latch angrily; and Catherine asked why I was still shut...

Papa would make you sing out, if you attempted to get there, he answered. He says Im not to be soft...

Oh, he cried, I shant tell you where it is. It is our secret. Nobody, neither Hareton nor Zillah,...

She wanted to run, breathless as she was, upstairs to Mr. Lintons room; but I compelled her to sit...

We had just agreed the best destiny which could await Catherine would be a permission to continue...

You are a boastful champion, replied Heathcliff; but I dont like you well enough to hurt him. you...

Send that over to morrow, said Heathcliff to me; then turning to her, he added. You may do without...

Shes mistaken, I said to myself. Hes got over it. I neednt disturb them; and I began to doze. But...

Nobody, said Zillah, ever approached her door, except that once, but I; and nobody asked anything...

Mr. Hareton, and the whole set of you, will be good enough to understand that I reject any pretence...

We entered together; Catherine was there, making herself useful in preparing some vegetables for...

I was always reading, when I had them, said Catherine; and Mr. Heathcliff never reads; so he took...

But his self love would endure no further torment. I heard, and not altogether disapprovingly, a...

Oh, indeed; youre tired of being banished from the world, are you. he said. But if you be coming to...

I left him there, and proceeded down the valley alone. The grey church looked greyer, and the...

The task was done, not free from further blunders; but the pupil claimed a reward, and received at...

She did not stay to retaliate, but re entered in a minute, bearing a reaming silver pint, whose...

On Easter Monday, Joseph went to Gimmerton fair with some cattle; and, in the afternoon, I was busy...

I carried it, and repeated the message; anxiously watched by my employer. Hareton would not open...

On the morrow of that Monday, Earnshaw being still unable to follow his ordinary employments, and...

Hareton looked at his plate, and did not repeat the confession. Mr. Heathcliff looked at him a bit,...

The two new friends established themselves in the house during his absence; where I heard Hareton...

But it is frenzy to repeat these thoughts to you. only it will let you know why, with a reluctance...

Night walking amuses him, then, I remarked, affecting a careless manner. in reality as surprised as...