Грозовой перевал
Chapter 10
Hisnewsourceoftroublesprangfromthenot-anticipatedmisfortuneofIsabellaLintonevincingasuddenandirresistibleattractiontowardsthetoleratedguest.Shewasatthattimeacharmingyoungladyofeighteen;infantileinmanners,thoughpossessedofkeenwit,keenfeelings,andakeentemper,too,ifirritated.Herbrother,wholovedhertenderly,wasappalledatthisfantasticpreference.Leavingasidethedegradationofanalliancewithanamelessman,andthepossiblefactthathisproperty,indefaultofheirsmale,mightpassintosuchaone’spower,hehadsensetocomprehendHeathcliff’sdisposition:toknowthat,thoughhisexteriorwasaltered,hismindwasunchangeableandunchanged.Andhedreadedthatmind:itrevoltedhim:heshrankforebodinglyfromtheideaofcommittingIsabellatohiskeeping.Hewouldhaverecoiledstillmorehadhebeenawarethatherattachmentroseunsolicited,andwasbestowedwhereitawakenednoreciprocationofsentiment;fortheminutehediscovereditsexistence,helaidtheblameonHeathcliff’sdeliberatedesigning.
Wehadallremarked,duringsometime,thatMissLintonfrettedandpinedoversomething.Shegrewcrossandwearisome;snappingatandteasingCatherinecontinually,attheimminentriskofexhaustingherlimitedpatience.Weexcusedher,toacertainextent,onthepleaofill-health:shewasdwindlingandfadingbeforeoureyes.
