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Chapter 13
Byevening,sheseemedgreatlyexhausted;yetnoargumentscouldpersuadehertoreturntothatapartment,andIhadtoarrangetheparloursofaforherbed,tillanotherroomcouldbeprepared.Toobviatethefatigueofmountinganddescendingthestairs,wefittedupthis,whereyoulieatpresent:onthesamefloorwiththeparlour;andshewassoonstrongenoughtomovefromonetotheother,leaningonEdgar’sarm.Ah,Ithoughtmyselfshemightrecover,sowaitedonasshewas.Andtherewasdoublecausetodesireit,foronherexistencedependedthatofanother:wecherishedthehopethatinalittlewhile,Mr.Linton’sheartwouldbegladdened,andhislandssecuredfromastranger’sgripe,bythebirthofanheir.
IshouldmentionthatIsabellasenttoherbrother,somesixweeksfromherdeparture,ashortnote,announcinghermarriagewithHeathcliff.Itappeareddryandcold;butatthebottomwasdottedinwithpencilanobscureapology,andanentreatyforkindremembranceandreconciliation,ifherproceedinghadoffendedhim:assertingthatshecouldnothelpitthen,andbeingdone,shehadnownopowertorepealit.Lintondidnotreplytothis,Ibelieve;and,inafortnightmore,IgotalongletterwhichIconsideredodd,comingfromthepenofabridejustoutofthehoneymoon.I’llreadit:forIkeepityet.Anyrelicofthedeadisprecious,iftheywerevaluedliving.
DEARELLEN,itbegins:—
IcamelastnighttoWutheringHeights,andheard,forthefirsttime,thatCatherinehasbeen,andisyet,veryill.
