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1"'He's there, is he?' exclaimed my companion, rushing to the gap. 'If I can get my arm out I can hit him!' "I'm afraid,
2Ellen, you'll set me down as really wicked; but you don't know all, so don't judge. I wouldn't have aided or abetted an
3attempt on even his life for anything. Wish that he were dead, I must; and therefore I was fearfully disappointed, and
4unnerved by terror for the consequences of my taunting speech, when he flung himself on Earnshaw's weapon and wrenched
5it from his grasp. "The charge exploded, and the knife, in springing back, closed into its owner's wrist. Heathcliff
6pulled it away by main force, slitting up the flesh as it passed on, and thrust it dripping into his pocket. He then
7took a stone, struck down the division between two windows, and sprang in. His adversary had fallen senseless with
8excessive pain and the flow of blood, that gushed from an artery or a large vein. The ruffian kicked and trampled on
9him, and dashed his head repeatedly against the flags, holding me with one hand, meantime, to prevent me summoning
10Joseph. He exerted preterhuman self-denial in abstaining from finishing him completely; but getting out of breath, he
11finally desisted, and dragged the apparently inanimate body on to the settle. There he tore off the sleeve of Earnshaw's
12coat, and bound up the wound with brutal roughness; spitting and cursing during the operation as energetically as he had
13kicked before. Being at liberty, I lost no time in seeking the old servant; who, having gathered by degrees the purport
14of my hasty tale, hurried below, gasping, as he descended the steps two at once. "'What is ther to do, now? what is ther
15to do, now?' "'There's this to do,' thundered Heathcliff, 'that your master's mad; and should he last another month,
16I'll have him to an asylum. And how the devil did you come to fasten me out, you toothless hound? Don't stand muttering
17and mumbling there. Come, I'm not going to nurse him. Wash that stuff away; and mind the sparks of your candle--it is
18more than half brandy!' "'And so ye've been murthering on him?' exclaimed Joseph, lifting his hands and eyes in horror.
19'If iver I seed a seeght loike this! May the Lord--' "Heathcliff gave him a push on to his knees in the middle of the
20blood, and flung a towel to him; but instead of proceeding to dry it up, he joined his hands and began a prayer, which
21excited my laughter from its odd phraseology. I was in the condition of mind to be shocked at nothing: in fact, I was as
22reckless as some malefactors show themselves at the foot of the gallows. "'Oh, I forgot you,' said the tyrant. 'You
23shall do that. Down with you. And you conspire with him against me, do you, viper? There, that is work fit for you!' "He
24shook me till my teeth rattled, and pitched me beside Joseph, who steadily concluded his supplications, and then rose,
25vowing he would set off for the Grange directly. Mr. Linton was a magistrate, and though he had fifty wives dead, he
26should inquire into this. He was so obstinate in his resolution, that Heathcliff deemed it expedient to compel from my
27lips a recapitulation of what had taken place; standing over me, heaving with malevolence, as I reluctantly delivered
28the account in answer to his questions. It required a great deal of labour to satisfy the old man that Heathcliff was
29not the aggressor; especially with my hardly-wrung replies. However, Mr. Earnshaw soon convinced him that he was alive
30still; Joseph hastened to administer a dose of spirits, and by their succour his master presently regained motion and
31consciousness. Heathcliff, aware that his opponent was ignorant of the treatment received while insensible, called him
32deliriously intoxicated; and said he should not notice his atrocious conduct further, but advised him to get to bed. To
33my joy, he left us, after giving this judicious counsel, and Hindley stretched himself on the hearthstone. I departed to
34my own room, marvelling that I had escaped so easily. "This morning, when I came down, about half an hour before noon,
35Mr. Earnshaw was sitting by the fire, deadly sick; his evil genius, almost as gaunt and ghastly, leant against the
36chimney. Neither appeared inclined to dine, and, having waited till all was cold on the table, I commenced alone.
37Nothing hindered me from eating heartily, and I experienced a certain sense of satisfaction and superiority, as, at
38intervals, I cast a look towards my silent companions, and felt the comfort of a quiet conscience within me. After I had
39done, I ventured on the unusual liberty of drawing near the fire, going round Earnshaw's seat, and kneeling in the
40corner beside him. "Heathcliff did not glance my way, and I gazed up, and contemplated his features almost as
41confidently as if they had been turned to stone. His forehead, that I once thought so manly, and that I now think so
42diabolical, was shaded with a heavy cloud; his basilisk eyes were nearly quenched by sleeplessness, and weeping,
43perhaps, for the lashes were wet then: his lips devoid of their ferocious sneer, and sealed in an expression of
44unspeakable sadness. Had it been another, I would have covered my face in the presence of such grief. In his case, I was
45gratified; and, ignoble as it seems to insult a fallen enemy, I couldn't miss this chance of sticking in a dart: his
46weakness was the only time when I could taste the delight of paying wrong for wrong." "Fie, fie, Miss!" I interrupted.
47"One might suppose you had never opened a Bible in your life. If God afflict your enemies, surely that ought to suffice
48you. It is both mean and presumptuous to add your torture to his!" "In general I'll allow that it would be, Ellen," she
49continued; "but what misery laid on Heathcliff could content me, unless I have a hand in it? I'd rather he suffered
50less, if I might cause his sufferings and he might know that I was the cause. Oh, I owe him so much. On only one
51condition can I hope to forgive him. It is, if I may take an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth; for every wrench of
52agony return a wrench: reduce him to my level. As he was the first to injure, make him the first to implore pardon; and
53then--why then, Ellen, I might show you some generosity. But it is utterly impossible I can ever be revenged, and
54therefore I cannot forgive him. Hindley wanted some water, and I handed him a glass, and asked him how he was. "'Not as
55ill as I wish,' he replied. 'But leaving out my arm, every inch of me is as sore as if I had been fighting with a legion
56of imps!' "'Yes, no wonder,' was my next remark. 'Catherine used to boast that she stood between you and bodily harm:
57she meant that certain persons would not hurt you for fear of offending her. It's well people don't really rise from
58their grave, or, last night, she might have witnessed a repulsive scene! Are not you bruised, and cut over your chest
59and shoulders?' "'I can't say,' he answered; 'but what do you mean? Did he dare to strike me when I was down?' "'He
60trampled on and kicked you, and dashed you on the ground,' I whispered. 'And his mouth watered to tear you with his
61teeth; because he's only half man: not so much, and the rest fiend.' "Mr. Earnshaw looked up, like me, to the
62countenance of our mutual foe; who, absorbed in his anguish, seemed insensible to anything around him: the longer he
63stood, the plainer his reflections revealed their blackness through his features. "'Oh, if God would but give me
64strength to strangle him in my last agony, I'd go to hell with joy,' groaned the impatient man, writhing to rise, and
65sinking back in despair, convinced of his inadequacy for the struggle. "'Nay, it's enough that he has murdered one of
66you,' I observed aloud. 'At the Grange, every one knows your sister would have been living now had it not been for Mr.
67Heathcliff. After all, it is preferable to be hated than loved by him. When I recollect how happy we were--how happy
68Catherine was before he came--I'm fit to curse the day.'
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