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Chapter 12
Tossingabout,sheincreasedherfeverishbewildermenttomadness,andtorethepillowwithherteeth;thenraisingherselfupallburning,desiredthatIwouldopenthewindow.Wewereinthemiddleofwinter,thewindblewstrongfromthenorth-east,andIobjected.Boththeexpressionsflittingoverherface,andthechangesofhermoods,begantoalarmmeterribly;andbroughttomyrecollectionherformerillness,andthedoctor’sinjunctionthatsheshouldnotbecrossed.Aminutepreviouslyshewasviolent;now,supportedononearm,andnotnoticingmyrefusaltoobeyher,sheseemedtofindchildishdiversioninpullingthefeathersfromtherentsshehadjustmade,andrangingthemonthesheetaccordingtotheirdifferentspecies:hermindhadstrayedtootherassociations.
"That’saturkey’s,"shemurmuredtoherself;"andthisisawildduck’s;andthisisapigeon’s.Ah,theyputpigeons’feathersinthepillows—nowonderIcouldn’tdie!LetmetakecaretothrowitonthefloorwhenIliedown!Andhereisamoor-cock’s;andthis—Ishouldknowitamongathousand—it’salapwing’s.Bonnybird;wheelingoverourheadsinthemiddleofthemoor.Itwantedtogettoitsnest,forthecloudshadtouchedtheswells,anditfeltraincoming.Thisfeatherwaspickedupfromtheheath,thebirdwasnotshot:wesawitsnestinthewinter,fulloflittleskeletons.Heathcliffsetatrapoverit,andtheoldonesdarenotcome.Imadehimpromisehe’dnevershootalapwingafterthat,andhedidn’t.
