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1"Really, Miss Catherine, how can I know?" I replied. "To be sure, considering the exhibition you performed in his
2presence this afternoon, I might say it would be wise to refuse him: since he asked you after that, he must either be
3hopelessly stupid or a venturesome fool." "If you talk so, I won't tell you any more," she returned, peevishly rising to
4her feet. "I accepted him, Nelly. Be quick, and say whether I was wrong!" "You accepted him! Then what good is it
5discussing the matter? You have pledged your word, and cannot retract." "But say whether I should have done so--do!" she
6exclaimed in an irritated tone; chafing her hands together, and frowning. "There are many things to be considered before
7that question can be answered properly," I said, sententiously. "First and foremost, do you love Mr. Edgar?" "Who can
8help it? Of course I do," she answered. Then I put her through the following catechism: for a girl of twenty-two it was
9not injudicious. "Why do you love him, Miss Cathy?" "Nonsense, I do--that's sufficient." "By no means; you must say
10why?" "Well, because he is handsome, and pleasant to be with." "Bad!" was my commentary. "And because he is young and
11cheerful." "Bad, still." "And because he loves me." "Indifferent, coming there." "And he will be rich, and I shall like
12to be the greatest woman of the neighbourhood, and I shall be proud of having such a husband." "Worst of all. And now,
13say how you love him?" "As everybody loves--You're silly, Nelly." "Not at all--Answer." "I love the ground under his
14feet, and the air over his head, and everything he touches, and every word he says. I love all his looks, and all his
15actions, and him entirely and altogether. There now!" "And why?" "Nay; you are making a jest of it: it is exceedingly
16ill-natured! It's no jest to me!" said the young lady, scowling, and turning her face to the fire. "I'm very far from
17jesting, Miss Catherine," I replied. "You love Mr. Edgar because he is handsome, and young, and cheerful, and rich, and
18loves you. The last, however, goes for nothing: you would love him without that, probably; and with it you wouldn't,
19unless he possessed the four former attractions." "No, to be sure not: I should only pity him--hate him, perhaps, if he
20were ugly, and a clown." "But there are several other handsome, rich young men in the world: handsomer, possibly, and
21richer than he is. What should hinder you from loving them?" "If there be any, they are out of my way: I've seen none
22like Edgar." "You may see some; and he won't always be handsome, and young, and may not always be rich." "He is now; and
23I have only to do with the present. I wish you would speak rationally." "Well, that settles it: if you have only to do
24with the present, marry Mr. Linton." "I don't want your permission for that--I shall marry him: and yet you have not
25told me whether I'm right." "Perfectly right; if people be right to marry only for the present. And now, let us hear
26what you are unhappy about. Your brother will be pleased; the old lady and gentleman will not object, I think; you will
27escape from a disorderly, comfortless home into a wealthy, respectable one; and you love Edgar, and Edgar loves you. All
28seems smooth and easy: where is the obstacle?" "Here! and here!" replied Catherine, striking one hand on her forehead,
29and the other on her breast: "in whichever place the soul lives. In my soul and in my heart, I'm convinced I'm wrong!"
30"That's very strange! I cannot make it out." "It's my secret. But if you will not mock at me, I'll explain it: I can't
31do it distinctly; but I'll give you a feeling of how I feel." She seated herself by me again: her countenance grew
32sadder and graver, and her clasped hands trembled. "Nelly, do you never dream queer dreams?" she said, suddenly, after
33some minutes' reflection. "Yes, now and then," I answered. "And so do I. I've dreamt in my life dreams that have stayed
34with me ever after, and changed my ideas: they've gone through and through me, like wine through water, and altered the
35colour of my mind. And this is one: I'm going to tell it--but take care not to smile at any part of it." "Oh! don't,
36Miss Catherine!" I cried. "We're dismal enough without conjuring up ghosts and visions to perplex us. Come, come, be
37merry and like yourself! Look at little Hareton! he's dreaming nothing dreary. How sweetly he smiles in his sleep!"
38"Yes; and how sweetly his father curses in his solitude! You remember him, I daresay, when he was just such another as
39that chubby thing: nearly as young and innocent. However, Nelly, I shall oblige you to listen: it's not long; and I've
40no power to be merry to-night." "I won't hear it, I won't hear it!" I repeated, hastily. I was superstitious about
41dreams then, and am still; and Catherine had an unusual gloom in her aspect, that made me dread something from which I
42might shape a prophecy, and foresee a fearful catastrophe. She was vexed, but she did not proceed. Apparently taking up
43another subject, she recommenced in a short time. "If I were in heaven, Nelly, I should be extremely miserable."
44"Because you are not fit to go there," I answered. "All sinners would be miserable in heaven." "But it is not for that.
45I dreamt once that I was there." "I tell you I won't hearken to your dreams, Miss Catherine! I'll go to bed," I
46interrupted again. She laughed, and held me down; for I made a motion to leave my chair. "This is nothing," cried she:
47"I was only going to say that heaven did not seem to be my home; and I broke my heart with weeping to come back to
48earth; and the angels were so angry that they flung me out into the middle of the heath on the top of Wuthering Heights;
49where I woke sobbing for joy. That will do to explain my secret, as well as the other. I've no more business to marry
50Edgar Linton than I have to be in heaven; and if the wicked man in there had not brought Heathcliff so low, I shouldn't
51have thought of it. It would degrade me to marry Heathcliff now; so he shall never know how I love him: and that, not
52because he's handsome, Nelly, but because he's more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are
53the same; and Linton's is as different as a moonbeam from lightning, or frost from fire." Ere this speech ended I became
54sensible of Heathcliff's presence. Having noticed a slight movement, I turned my head, and saw him rise from the bench,
55and steal out noiselessly. He had listened till he heard Catherine say it would degrade her to marry him, and then he
56stayed to hear no further. My companion, sitting on the ground, was prevented by the back of the settle from remarking
57his presence or departure; but I started, and bade her hush! "Why?" she asked, gazing nervously round. "Joseph is here,"
58I answered, catching opportunely the roll of his cartwheels up the road; "and Heathcliff will come in with him. I'm not
59sure whether he were not at the door this moment." "Oh, he couldn't overhear me at the door!" said she. "Give me
60Hareton, while you get the supper, and when it is ready ask me to sup with you. I want to cheat my uncomfortable
61conscience, and be convinced that Heathcliff has no notion of these things. He has not, has he? He does not know what
62being in love is!" "I see no reason that he should not know, as well as you," I returned; "and if you are his choice,
63he'll be the most unfortunate creature that ever was born! As soon as you become Mrs. Linton, he loses friend, and love,
64and all! Have you considered how you'll bear the separation, and how he'll bear to be quite deserted in the world?
65Because, Miss Catherine--"
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