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1At the close of three weeks I was able to quit my chamber and move about the house. And on the first occasion of my
2sitting up in the evening I asked Catherine to read to me, because my eyes were weak. We were in the library, the master
3having gone to bed: she consented, rather unwillingly, I fancied; and imagining my sort of books did not suit her, I bid
4her please herself in the choice of what she perused. She selected one of her own favourites, and got forward steadily
5about an hour; then came frequent questions. "Ellen, are not you tired? Hadn't you better lie down now? You'll be sick,
6keeping up so long, Ellen." "No, no, dear, I'm not tired," I returned, continually. Perceiving me immovable, she essayed
7another method of showing her disrelish for her occupation. It changed to yawning, and stretching, and-- "Ellen, I'm
8tired." "Give over then and talk," I answered. That was worse: she fretted and sighed, and looked at her watch till
9eight, and finally went to her room, completely overdone with sleep; judging by her peevish, heavy look, and the
10constant rubbing she inflicted on her eyes. The following night she seemed more impatient still; and on the third from
11recovering my company she complained of a headache, and left me. I thought her conduct odd; and having remained alone a
12long while, I resolved on going and inquiring whether she were better, and asking her to come and lie on the sofa,
13instead of upstairs in the dark. No Catherine could I discover upstairs, and none below. The servants affirmed they had
14not seen her. I listened at Mr. Edgar's door; all was silence. I returned to her apartment, extinguished my candle, and
15seated myself in the window. The moon shone bright; a sprinkling of snow covered the ground, and I reflected that she
16might, possibly, have taken it into her head to walk about the garden, for refreshment. I did detect a figure creeping
17along the inner fence of the park; but it was not my young mistress: on its emerging into the light, I recognised one of
18the grooms. He stood a considerable period, viewing the carriage-road through the grounds; then started off at a brisk
19pace, as if he had detected something, and reappeared presently, leading Miss's pony; and there she was, just
20dismounted, and walking by its side. The man took his charge stealthily across the grass towards the stable. Cathy
21entered by the casement-window of the drawing-room, and glided noiselessly up to where I awaited her. She put the door
22gently to, slipped off her snowy shoes, untied her hat, and was proceeding, unconscious of my espionage, to lay aside
23her mantle, when I suddenly rose and revealed myself. The surprise petrified her an instant: she uttered an inarticulate
24exclamation, and stood fixed. "My dear Miss Catherine," I began, too vividly impressed by her recent kindness to break
25into a scold, "where have you been riding out at this hour? And why should you try to deceive me by telling a tale?
26Where have you been? Speak!" "To the bottom of the park," she stammered. "I didn't tell a tale." "And nowhere else?" I
27demanded. "No," was the muttered reply. "Oh, Catherine!" I cried, sorrowfully. "You know you have been doing wrong, or
28you wouldn't be driven to uttering an untruth to me. That does grieve me. I'd rather be three months ill, than hear you
29frame a deliberate lie." She sprang forward, and bursting into tears, threw her arms round my neck. "Well, Ellen, I'm so
30afraid of you being angry," she said. "Promise not to be angry, and you shall know the very truth: I hate to hide it."
31We sat down in the window-seat; I assured her I would not scold, whatever her secret might be, and I guessed it, of
32course; so she commenced-- "I've been to Wuthering Heights, Ellen, and I've never missed going a day since you fell ill;
33except thrice before, and twice after you left your room. I gave Michael books and pictures to prepare Minny every
34evening, and to put her back in the stable: you mustn't scold him either, mind. I was at the Heights by half-past six,
35and generally stayed till half-past eight, and then galloped home. It was not to amuse myself that I went: I was often
36wretched all the time. Now and then I was happy: once in a week perhaps. At first, I expected there would be sad work
37persuading you to let me keep my word to Linton: for I had engaged to call again next day, when we quitted him; but, as
38you stayed upstairs on the morrow, I escaped that trouble. While Michael was refastening the lock of the park door in
39the afternoon, I got possession of the key, and told him how my cousin wished me to visit him, because he was sick, and
40couldn't come to the Grange; and how papa would object to my going: and then I negotiated with him about the pony. He is
41fond of reading, and he thinks of leaving soon to get married; so he offered, if I would lend him books out of the
42library, to do what I wished: but I preferred giving him my own, and that satisfied him better. "On my second visit
43Linton seemed in lively spirits; and Zillah (that is their housekeeper) made us a clean room and a good fire, and told
44us that, as Joseph was out at a prayer-meeting and Hareton Earnshaw was off with his dogs--robbing our woods of
45pheasants, as I heard afterwards--we might do what we liked. She brought me some warm wine and gingerbread, and appeared
46exceedingly good-natured; and Linton sat in the arm-chair, and I in the little rocking chair on the hearth-stone, and we
47laughed and talked so merrily, and found so much to say: we planned where we would go, and what we would do in summer. I
48needn't repeat that, because you would call it silly. "One time, however, we were near quarrelling. He said the
49pleasantest manner of spending a hot July day was lying from morning till evening on a bank of heath in the middle of
50the moors, with the bees humming dreamily about among the bloom, and the larks singing high up overhead, and the blue
51sky and bright sun shining steadily and cloudlessly. That was his most perfect idea of heaven's happiness: mine was
52rocking in a rustling green tree, with a west wind blowing, and bright white clouds flitting rapidly above; and not only
53larks, but throstles, and blackbirds, and linnets, and cuckoos pouring out music on every side, and the moors seen at a
54distance, broken into cool dusky dells; but close by great swells of long grass undulating in waves to the breeze; and
55woods and sounding water, and the whole world awake and wild with joy. He wanted all to lie in an ecstasy of peace; I
56wanted all to sparkle and dance in a glorious jubilee. I said his heaven would be only half alive; and he said mine
57would be drunk: I said I should fall asleep in his; and he said he could not breathe in mine, and began to grow very
58snappish. At last, we agreed to try both, as soon as the right weather came; and then we kissed each other and were
59friends. "After sitting still an hour, I looked at the great room with its smooth uncarpeted floor, and thought how nice
60it would be to play in, if we removed the table; and I asked Linton to call Zillah in to help us, and we'd have a game
61at blindman's-buff; she should try to catch us: you used to, you know, Ellen. He wouldn't: there was no pleasure in it,
62he said; but he consented to play at ball with me. We found two in a cupboard, among a heap of old toys, tops, and
63hoops, and battledores and shuttlecocks. One was marked C., and the other H.; I wished to have the C., because that
64stood for Catherine, and the H. might be for Heathcliff, his name; but the bran came out of H., and Linton didn't like
65it. I beat him constantly; and he got cross again, and coughed, and returned to his chair. That night, though, he easily
66recovered his good humour: he was charmed with two or three pretty songs--your songs, Ellen; and when I was obliged to
67go, he begged and entreated me to come the following evening; and I promised. Minny and I went flying home as light as
68air; and I dreamt of Wuthering Heights and my sweet, darling cousin, till morning.
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