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1Mr. Linton walked to a window on the other side of the room that overlooked the court. He unfastened it, and leant out.
2I suppose they were below, for he exclaimed quickly: "Don't stand there, love! Bring the person in, if it be anyone
3particular." Ere long, I heard the click of the latch, and Catherine flew upstairs, breathless and wild; too excited to
4show gladness: indeed, by her face, you would rather have surmised an awful calamity. "Oh, Edgar, Edgar!" she panted,
5flinging her arms round his neck. "Oh, Edgar darling! Heathcliff's come back--he is!" And she tightened her embrace to a
6squeeze. "Well, well," cried her husband, crossly, "don't strangle me for that! He never struck me as such a marvellous
7treasure. There is no need to be frantic!" "I know you didn't like him," she answered, repressing a little the intensity
8of her delight. "Yet, for my sake, you must be friends now. Shall I tell him to come up?" "Here," he said, "into the
9parlour?" "Where else?" she asked. He looked vexed, and suggested the kitchen as a more suitable place for him. Mrs.
10Linton eyed him with a droll expression--half angry, half laughing at his fastidiousness. "No," she added, after a
11while; "I cannot sit in the kitchen. Set two tables here, Ellen: one for your master and Miss Isabella, being gentry;
12the other for Heathcliff and myself, being of the lower orders. Will that please you, dear? Or must I have a fire
13lighted elsewhere? If so, give directions. I'll run down and secure my guest. I'm afraid the joy is too great to be
14real!" She was about to dart off again; but Edgar arrested her. "You bid him step up," he said, addressing me; "and,
15Catherine, try to be glad, without being absurd. The whole household need not witness the sight of your welcoming a
16runaway servant as a brother." I descended, and found Heathcliff waiting under the porch, evidently anticipating an
17invitation to enter. He followed my guidance without waste of words, and I ushered him into the presence of the master
18and mistress, whose flushed cheeks betrayed signs of warm talking. But the lady's glowed with another feeling when her
19friend appeared at the door: she sprang forward, took both his hands, and led him to Linton; and then she seized
20Linton's reluctant fingers and crushed them into his. Now, fully revealed by the fire and candlelight, I was amazed,
21more than ever, to behold the transformation of Heathcliff. He had grown a tall, athletic, well-formed man; beside whom
22my master seemed quite slender and youth-like. His upright carriage suggested the idea of his having been in the army.
23His countenance was much older in expression and decision of feature than Mr. Linton's; it looked intelligent, and
24retained no marks of former degradation. A half-civilised ferocity lurked yet in the depressed brows and eyes full of
25black fire, but it was subdued; and his manner was even dignified: quite divested of roughness, though too stern for
26grace. My master's surprise equalled or exceeded mine: he remained for a minute at a loss how to address the ploughboy,
27as he had called him. Heathcliff dropped his slight hand, and stood looking at him coolly till he chose to speak. "Sit
28down, sir," he said, at length. "Mrs. Linton, recalling old times, would have me give you a cordial reception; and, of
29course, I am gratified when anything occurs to please her." "And I also," answered Heathcliff, "especially if it be
30anything in which I have a part. I shall stay an hour or two willingly." He took a seat opposite Catherine, who kept her
31gaze fixed on him as if she feared he would vanish were she to remove it. He did not raise his to her often: a quick
32glance now and then sufficed; but it flashed back, each time more confidently, the undisguised delight he drank from
33hers. They were too much absorbed in their mutual joy to suffer embarrassment. Not so Mr. Edgar: he grew pale with pure
34annoyance: a feeling that reached its climax when his lady rose, and stepping across the rug, seized Heathcliff's hands
35again, and laughed like one beside herself. "I shall think it a dream to-morrow!" she cried. "I shall not be able to
36believe that I have seen, and touched, and spoken to you once more. And yet, cruel Heathcliff! you don't deserve this
37welcome. To be absent and silent for three years, and never to think of me!" "A little more than you have thought of
38me," he murmured. "I heard of your marriage, Cathy, not long since; and, while waiting in the yard below, I meditated
39this plan--just to have one glimpse of your face, a stare of surprise, perhaps, and pretended pleasure; afterwards
40settle my score with Hindley; and then prevent the law by doing execution on myself. Your welcome has put these ideas
41out of my mind; but beware of meeting me with another aspect next time! Nay, you'll not drive me off again. You were
42really sorry for me, were you? Well, there was cause. I've fought through a bitter life since I last heard your voice;
43and you must forgive me, for I struggled only for you!" "Catherine, unless we are to have cold tea, please to come to
44the table," interrupted Linton, striving to preserve his ordinary tone, and a due measure of politeness. "Mr. Heathcliff
45will have a long walk, wherever he may lodge to-night; and I'm thirsty." She took her post before the urn; and Miss
46Isabella came, summoned by the bell; then, having handed their chairs forward, I left the room. The meal hardly endured
47ten minutes. Catherine's cup was never filled: she could neither eat nor drink. Edgar had made a slop in his saucer, and
48scarcely swallowed a mouthful. Their guest did not protract his stay that evening above an hour longer. I asked, as he
49departed, if he went to Gimmerton? "No, to Wuthering Heights," he answered: "Mr. Earnshaw invited me, when I called this
50morning." Mr. Earnshaw invited him! and he called on Mr. Earnshaw! I pondered this sentence painfully, after he was
51gone. Is he turning out a bit of a hypocrite, and coming into the country to work mischief under a cloak? I mused: I had
52a presentiment in the bottom of my heart that he had better have remained away. About the middle of the night, I was
53wakened from my first nap by Mrs. Linton gliding into my chamber, taking a seat on my bedside, and pulling me by the
54hair to rouse me. "I cannot rest, Ellen," she said, by way of apology. "And I want some living creature to keep me
55company in my happiness! Edgar is sulky, because I'm glad of a thing that does not interest him: he refuses to open his
56mouth, except to utter pettish, silly speeches; and he affirmed I was cruel and selfish for wishing to talk when he was
57so sick and sleepy. He always contrives to be sick at the least cross! I gave a few sentences of commendation to
58Heathcliff, and he, either for a headache or a pang of envy, began to cry: so I got up and left him." "What use is it
59praising Heathcliff to him?" I answered. "As lads they had an aversion to each other, and Heathcliff would hate just as
60much to hear him praised: it's human nature. Let Mr. Linton alone about him, unless you would like an open quarrel
61between them." "But does it not show great weakness?" pursued she. "I'm not envious: I never feel hurt at the brightness
62of Isabella's yellow hair and the whiteness of her skin, at her dainty elegance, and the fondness all the family exhibit
63for her. Even you, Nelly, if we have a dispute sometimes, you back Isabella at once; and I yield like a foolish mother:
64I call her a darling, and flatter her into a good temper. It pleases her brother to see us cordial, and that pleases me.
65But they are very much alike: they are spoiled children, and fancy the world was made for their accommodation; and
66though I humour both, I think a smart chastisement might improve them all the same." "You're mistaken, Mrs. Linton,"
67said I. "They humour you: I know what there would be to do if they did not. You can well afford to indulge their passing
68whims as long as their business is to anticipate all your desires. You may, however, fall out, at last, over something
69of equal consequence to both sides; and then those you term weak are very capable of being as obstinate as you." "And
70then we shall fight to the death, sha'n't we, Nelly?" she returned, laughing. "No! I tell you, I have such faith in
71Linton's love, that I believe I might kill him, and he wouldn't wish to retaliate."
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