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Chapter 14
Heathcliffisaccustomedtobelookedafterandwaitedon;andthatshehasbeenbroughtuplikeanonlydaughter,whomeveryonewasreadytoserve.Youmustletherhaveamaidtokeepthingstidyabouther,andyoumusttreatherkindly.WhateverbeyournotionofMr.Edgar,youcannotdoubtthatshehasacapacityforstrongattachments,orshewouldn’thaveabandonedtheelegances,andcomforts,andfriendsofherformerhome,tofixcontentedly,insuchawildernessasthis,withyou."
"Sheabandonedthemunderadelusion,"heanswered;"picturinginmeaheroofromance,andexpectingunlimitedindulgencesfrommychivalrousdevotion.Icanhardlyregardherinthelightofarationalcreature,soobstinatelyhasshepersistedinformingafabulousnotionofmycharacterandactingonthefalseimpressionsshecherished.But,atlast,Ithinkshebeginstoknowme:Idon’tperceivethesillysmilesandgrimacesthatprovokedmeatfirst;andthesenselessincapabilityofdiscerningthatIwasinearnestwhenIgavehermyopinionofherinfatuationandherself.ItwasamarvellouseffortofperspicacitytodiscoverthatIdidnotloveher.Ibelieved,atonetime,nolessonscouldteachherthat!Andyetitispoorlylearnt;forthismorningsheannounced,asapieceofappallingintelligence,thatIhadactuallysucceededinmakingherhateme!ApositivelabourofHercules,Iassureyou!Ifitbeachieved,Ihavecausetoreturnthanks.
