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Chapter 2

           Onewasaboutforty:aperiodofmentalvigouratwhichmenseldomcherishthedelusionofbeingmarriedforlovebygirls:thatdreamisreservedforthesolaceofourdecliningyears.Theotherdidnotlookseventeen.

           Thenitflasheduponme"Theclownatmyelbow,whoisdrinkinghisteaoutofabasinandeatinghisbreadwithunwashedhands,maybeherhusband:Heathcliff,junior,ofcourse.Hereistheconsequenceofbeingburiedalive:shehasthrownherselfawayuponthatboorfromsheerignorancethatbetterindividualsexisted!AsadpityImustbewarehowIcausehertoregretherchoice."Thelastreflectionmayseemconceited;itwasnot.Myneighbourstruckmeasborderingonrepulsive;Iknew,throughexperience,thatIwastolerablyattractive.

           "Mrs.Heathcliffismydaughter-in-law,"saidHeathcliff,corroboratingmysurmise.Heturned,ashespoke,apeculiarlookinherdirection:alookofhatred;unlesshehasamostperversesetoffacialmusclesthatwillnot,likethoseofotherpeople,interpretthelanguageofhissoul.

           "Ah,certainlyIseenow:youarethefavouredpossessorofthebeneficentfairy,"Iremarked,turningtomyneighbour.

           Thiswasworsethanbefore:theyouthgrewcrimson,andclinchedhisfist,witheveryappearanceofameditatedassault.Butheseemedtorecollecthimselfpresently,andsmotheredthestorminabrutalcurse,mutteredonmybehalf.which,however,Itookcarenottonotice.

           "Unhappyinyourconjectures,sir,"observedmyhost;"weneitherofushavetheprivilegeofowningyourgoodfairy;hermateisdead.Isaidshewasmydaughter-in-law,therefore,shemusthavemarriedmyson."

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