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1My master, perceiving that she would not take his word for her uncle-in-law's evil disposition, gave a hasty sketch of
2his conduct to Isabella, and the manner in which Wuthering Heights became his property. He could not bear to discourse
3long upon the topic; for though he spoke little of it, he still felt the same horror and detestation of his ancient
4enemy that had occupied his heart ever since Mrs. Linton's death. "She might have been living yet, if it had not been
5for him!" was his constant bitter reflection; and, in his eyes, Heathcliff seemed a murderer. Miss Cathy--conversant
6with no bad deeds except her own slight acts of disobedience, injustice, and passion, arising from hot temper and
7thoughtlessness, and repented of on the day they were committed--was amazed at the blackness of spirit that could brood
8on and cover revenge for years, and deliberately prosecute its plans without a visitation of remorse. She appeared so
9deeply impressed and shocked at this new view of human nature--excluded from all her studies and all her ideas till
10now--that Mr. Edgar deemed it unnecessary to pursue the subject. He merely added: "You will know hereafter, darling, why
11I wish you to avoid his house and family; now return to your old employments and amusements, and think no more about
12them." Catherine kissed her father, and sat down quietly to her lessons for a couple of hours, according to custom; then
13she accompanied him into the grounds, and the whole day passed as usual: but in the evening, when she had retired to her
14room, and I went to help her to undress, I found her crying, on her knees by the bedside. "Oh, fie, silly child!" I
15exclaimed. "If you had any real griefs you'd be ashamed to waste a tear on this little contrariety. You never had one
16shadow of substantial sorrow, Miss Catherine. Suppose, for a minute, that master and I were dead, and you were by
17yourself in the world: how would you feel, then? Compare the present occasion with such an affliction as that, and be
18thankful for the friends you have, instead of coveting more." "I'm not crying for myself, Ellen," she answered, "it's
19for him. He expected to see me again to-morrow, and there he'll be so disappointed: and he'll wait for me, and I sha'n't
20come!" "Nonsense!" said I, "do you imagine he has thought as much of you as you have of him? Hasn't he Hareton for a
21companion? Not one in a hundred would weep at losing a relation they had just seen twice, for two afternoons. Linton
22will conjecture how it is, and trouble himself no further about you." "But may I not write a note to tell him why I
23cannot come?" she asked, rising to her feet. "And just send those books I promised to lend him? His books are not as
24nice as mine, and he wanted to have them extremely, when I told him how interesting they were. May I not, Ellen?" "No,
25indeed! no, indeed!" replied I with decision. "Then he would write to you, and there'd never be an end of it. No, Miss
26Catherine, the acquaintance must be dropped entirely: so papa expects, and I shall see that it is done." "But how can
27one little note--?" she recommenced, putting on an imploring countenance. "Silence!" I interrupted. "We'll not begin
28with your little notes. Get into bed." She threw at me a very naughty look, so naughty that I would not kiss her
29good-night at first: I covered her up, and shut her door, in great displeasure; but, repenting half-way, I returned
30softly, and lo! there was Miss standing at the table with a bit of blank paper before her and a pencil in her hand,
31which she guiltily slipped out of sight on my entrance. "You'll get nobody to take that, Catherine," I said, "if you
32write it; and at present I shall put out your candle." I set the extinguisher on the flame, receiving as I did so a slap
33on my hand and a petulant "cross thing!" I then quitted her again, and she drew the bolt in one of her worst, most
34peevish humours. The letter was finished and forwarded to its destination by a milk-fetcher who came from the village;
35but that I didn't learn till some time afterwards. Weeks passed on, and Cathy recovered her temper; though she grew
36wondrous fond of stealing off to corners by herself; and often, if I came near her suddenly while reading, she would
37start and bend over the book, evidently desirous to hide it; and I detected edges of loose paper sticking out beyond the
38leaves. She also got a trick of coming down early in the morning and lingering about the kitchen, as if she were
39expecting the arrival of something; and she had a small drawer in a cabinet in the library, which she would trifle over
40for hours, and whose key she took special care to remove when she left it. One day, as she inspected this drawer, I
41observed that the playthings and trinkets which recently formed its contents were transmuted into bits of folded paper.
42My curiosity and suspicions were roused; I determined to take a peep at her mysterious treasures; so, at night, as soon
43as she and my master were safe upstairs, I searched, and readily found among my house keys one that would fit the lock.
44Having opened, I emptied the whole contents into my apron, and took them with me to examine at leisure in my own
45chamber. Though I could not but suspect, I was still surprised to discover that they were a mass of
46correspondence--daily almost, it must have been--from Linton Heathcliff: answers to documents forwarded by her. The
47earlier dated were embarrassed and short; gradually, however, they expanded into copious love-letters, foolish, as the
48age of the writer rendered natural, yet with touches here and there which I thought were borrowed from a more
49experienced source. Some of them struck me as singularly odd compounds of ardour and flatness; commencing in strong
50feeling, and concluding in the affected, wordy style that a schoolboy might use to a fancied, incorporeal sweetheart.
51Whether they satisfied Cathy I don't know; but they appeared very worthless trash to me. After turning over as many as I
52thought proper, I tied them in a handkerchief and set them aside, relocking the vacant drawer. Following her habit, my
53young lady descended early, and visited the kitchen: I watched her go to the door, on the arrival of a certain little
54boy; and, while the dairymaid filled his can, she tucked something into his jacket pocket, and plucked something out. I
55went round by the garden, and laid wait for the messenger; who fought valorously to defend his trust, and we spilt the
56milk between us; but I succeeded in abstracting the epistle; and, threatening serious consequences if he did not look
57sharp home, I remained under the wall and perused Miss Cathy's affectionate composition. It was more simple and more
58eloquent than her cousin's: very pretty and very silly. I shook my head, and went meditating into the house. The day
59being wet, she could not divert herself with rambling about the park; so, at the conclusion of her morning studies, she
60resorted to the solace of the drawer. Her father sat reading at the table; and I, on purpose, had sought a bit of work
61in some unripped fringes of the window-curtain, keeping my eye steadily fixed on her proceedings. Never did any bird
62flying back to a plundered nest, which it had left brimful of chirping young ones, express more complete despair, in its
63anguished cries and flutterings, than she by her single "Oh!" and the change that transfigured her late happy
64countenance. Mr. Linton looked up. "What is the matter, love? Have you hurt yourself?" he said. His tone and look
65assured her he had not been the discoverer of the hoard. "No, papa!" she gasped. "Ellen! Ellen! come upstairs--I'm
66sick!" I obeyed her summons, and accompanied her out. "Oh, Ellen! you have got them," she commenced immediately,
67dropping on her knees, when we were enclosed alone. "Oh, give them to me, and I'll never, never do so again! Don't tell
68papa. You have not told papa, Ellen? say you have not? I've been exceedingly naughty, but I won't do it any more!" With
69a grave severity in my manner I bade her stand up.
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