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Chapter 10
Astheguestanswerednothing,buttookhisseat,andlookedthoroughlyindifferentwhatsentimentsshecherishedconcerninghim,sheturnedandwhisperedanearnestappealforlibertytohertormentor.
"Bynomeans!"criedMrs.Lintoninanswer."Iwon’tbenamedadoginthemangeragain.Youshallstay:nowthen!Heathcliff,whydon’tyouevincesatisfactionatmypleasantnews?IsabellaswearsthattheloveEdgarhasformeisnothingtothatsheentertainsforyou.I’msureshemadesomespeechofthekind;didshenot,Ellen?Andshehasfastedeversincethedaybeforeyesterday’swalk,fromsorrowandragethatIdespatchedheroutofyoursocietyundertheideaofitsbeingunacceptable."
"Ithinkyoubelieher,"saidHeathcliff,twistinghischairtofacethem."Shewishestobeoutofmysocietynow,atanyrate!"
Andhestaredhardattheobjectofdiscourse,asonemightdoatastrangerepulsiveanimal:acentipedefromtheIndies,forinstance,whichcuriosityleadsonetoexamineinspiteoftheaversionitraises.Thepoorthingcouldn’tbearthat:shegrewwhiteandredinrapidsuccession,and,whiletearsbeadedherlashes,bentthestrengthofhersmallfingerstoloosenthefirmclutchofCatherine;andperceivingthatasfastassheraisedonefingeroffherarmanothercloseddown,andshecouldnotremovethewholetogether,shebegantomakeuseofhernails;andtheirsharpnesspresentlyornamentedthedetainer’swithcrescentsofred.
"There’satigress!"exclaimedMrs.
