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1As soon as I had perused this epistle I went to the master, and informed him that his sister had arrived at the Heights,
2and sent me a letter expressing her sorrow for Mrs. Linton's situation, and her ardent desire to see him; with a wish
3that he would transmit to her, as early as possible, some token of forgiveness by me. "Forgiveness!" said Linton. "I
4have nothing to forgive her, Ellen. You may call at Wuthering Heights this afternoon, if you like, and say that I am not
5angry, but I'm sorry to have lost her; especially as I can never think she'll be happy. It is out of the question my
6going to see her, however: we are eternally divided; and should she really wish to oblige me, let her persuade the
7villain she has married to leave the country." "And you won't write her a little note, sir?" I asked, imploringly. "No,"
8he answered. "It is needless. My communication with Heathcliff's family shall be as sparing as his with mine. It shall
9not exist!" Mr. Edgar's coldness depressed me exceedingly; and all the way from the Grange I puzzled my brains how to
10put more heart into what he said, when I repeated it; and how to soften his refusal of even a few lines to console
11Isabella. I daresay she had been on the watch for me since morning: I saw her looking through the lattice as I came up
12the garden causeway, and I nodded to her; but she drew back, as if afraid of being observed. I entered without knocking.
13There never was such a dreary, dismal scene as the formerly cheerful house presented! I must confess, that if I had been
14in the young lady's place, I would, at least, have swept the hearth, and wiped the tables with a duster. But she already
15partook of the pervading spirit of neglect which encompassed her. Her pretty face was wan and listless; her hair
16uncurled: some locks hanging lankly down, and some carelessly twisted round her head. Probably she had not touched her
17dress since yester evening. Hindley was not there. Mr. Heathcliff sat at a table, turning over some papers in his
18pocket-book; but he rose when I appeared, asked me how I did, quite friendly, and offered me a chair. He was the only
19thing there that seemed decent; and I thought he never looked better. So much had circumstances altered their positions,
20that he would certainly have struck a stranger as a born and bred gentleman; and his wife as a thorough little slattern!
21She came forward eagerly to greet me, and held out one hand to take the expected letter. I shook my head. She wouldn't
22understand the hint, but followed me to a sideboard, where I went to lay my bonnet, and importuned me in a whisper to
23give her directly what I had brought. Heathcliff guessed the meaning of her manœuvres, and said--"If you have got
24anything for Isabella (as no doubt you have, Nelly), give it to her. You needn't make a secret of it: we have no secrets
25between us." "Oh, I have nothing," I replied, thinking it best to speak the truth at once. "My master bid me tell his
26sister that she must not expect either a letter or a visit from him at present. He sends his love, ma'am, and his wishes
27for your happiness, and his pardon for the grief you have occasioned; but he thinks that after this time his household
28and the household here should drop intercommunication, as nothing could come of keeping it up." Mrs. Heathcliff's lip
29quivered slightly, and she returned to her seat in the window. Her husband took his stand on the hearthstone, near me,
30and began to put questions concerning Catherine. I told him as much as I thought proper of her illness, and he extorted
31from me, by cross-examination, most of the facts connected with its origin. I blamed her, as she deserved, for bringing
32it all on herself; and ended by hoping that he would follow Mr. Linton's example and avoid future interference with his
33family, for good or evil. "Mrs. Linton is now just recovering," I said; "she'll never be like she was, but her life is
34spared; and if you really have a regard for her, you'll shun crossing her way again: nay, you'll move out of this
35country entirely; and that you may not regret it, I'll inform you Catherine Linton is as different now from your old
36friend Catherine Earnshaw, as that young lady is different from me. Her appearance is changed greatly, her character
37much more so; and the person who is compelled, of necessity, to be her companion, will only sustain his affection
38hereafter by the remembrance of what she once was, by common humanity, and a sense of duty!" "That is quite possible,"
39remarked Heathcliff, forcing himself to seem calm: "quite possible that your master should have nothing but common
40humanity and a sense of duty to fall back upon. But do you imagine that I shall leave Catherine to his duty and
41humanity? and can you compare my feelings respecting Catherine to his? Before you leave this house, I must exact a
42promise from you that you'll get me an interview with her: consent, or refuse, I will see her! What do you say?" "I say,
43Mr. Heathcliff," I replied, "you must not: you never shall, through my means. Another encounter between you and the
44master would kill her altogether." "With your aid that may be avoided," he continued; "and should there be danger of
45such an event--should he be the cause of adding a single trouble more to her existence--why, I think I shall be
46justified in going to extremes! I wish you had sincerity enough to tell me whether Catherine would suffer greatly from
47his loss: the fear that she would restrains me. And there you see the distinction between our feelings: had he been in
48my place, and I in his, though I hated him with a hatred that turned my life to gall, I never would have raised a hand
49against him. You may look incredulous, if you please! I never would have banished him from her society as long as she
50desired his. The moment her regard ceased, I would have torn his heart out, and drunk his blood! But, till then--if you
51don't believe me, you don't know me--till then, I would have died by inches before I touched a single hair of his head!"
52"And yet," I interrupted, "you have no scruples in completely ruining all hopes of her perfect restoration, by thrusting
53yourself into her remembrance now, when she has nearly forgotten you, and involving her in a new tumult of discord and
54distress." "You suppose she has nearly forgotten me?" he said. "Oh, Nelly! you know she has not! You know as well as I
55do, that for every thought she spends on Linton she spends a thousand on me! At a most miserable period of my life, I
56had a notion of the kind: it haunted me on my return to the neighbourhood last summer; but only her own assurance could
57make me admit the horrible idea again. And then, Linton would be nothing, nor Hindley, nor all the dreams that ever I
58dreamt. Two words would comprehend my future--death and hell: existence, after losing her, would be hell. Yet I was a
59fool to fancy for a moment that she valued Edgar Linton's attachment more than mine. If he loved with all the powers of
60his puny being, he couldn't love as much in eighty years as I could in a day. And Catherine has a heart as deep as I
61have: the sea could be as readily contained in that horse-trough as her whole affection be monopolised by him. Tush! He
62is scarcely a degree dearer to her than her dog, or her horse. It is not in him to be loved like me: how can she love in
63him what he has not?" "Catherine and Edgar are as fond of each other as any two people can be," cried Isabella, with
64sudden vivacity. "No one has a right to talk in that manner, and I won't hear my brother depreciated in silence!" "Your
65brother is wondrous fond of you too, isn't he?" observed Heathcliff, scornfully. "He turns you adrift on the world with
66surprising alacrity." "He is not aware of what I suffer," she replied. "I didn't tell him that." "You have been telling
67him something, then: you have written, have you?" "To say that I was married, I did write--you saw the note." "And
68nothing since?" "No." "My young lady is looking sadly the worse for her change of condition," I remarked. "Somebody's
69love comes short in her case, obviously; whose, I may guess; but, perhaps, I shouldn't say."
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