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Chapter 17
Grief,andthattogether,transformedhimintoacompletehermit:hethrewuphisofficeofmagistrate,ceasedeventoattendchurch,avoidedthevillageonalloccasions,andspentalifeofentireseclusionwithinthelimitsofhisparkandgrounds;onlyvariedbysolitaryramblesonthemoors,andvisitstothegraveofhiswife,mostlyatevening,orearlymorningbeforeotherwandererswereabroad.Buthewastoogoodtobethoroughlyunhappylong.Hedidn’tprayforCatherine’ssoultohaunthim.Timebroughtresignation,andamelancholysweeterthancommonjoy.Herecalledhermemorywithardent,tenderlove,andhopefulaspiringtothebetterworld;wherehedoubtednotshewasgone.
Andhehadearthlyconsolationandaffectionsalso.ForafewdaysIsaidheseemedregardlessofthepunysuccessortothedeparted:thecoldnessmeltedasfastassnowinApril,anderethetinythingcouldstammerawordortotterastepitwieldedadespot’ssceptreinhisheart.ItwasnamedCatherine;buthenevercalleditthenameinfull,ashehadnevercalledthefirstCatherineshort;probablybecauseHeathcliffhadahabitofdoingso.ThelittleonewasalwaysCathy;itformedtohimadistinctionfromthemother,andyetaconnectionwithher;andhisattachmentsprangfromitsrelationtoher,farmorethanfromitsbeinghisown.
IusedtodrawacomparisonbetweenhimandHindleyEarnshaw,andperplexmyselftoexplainsatisfactorilywhytheirconductwassooppositeinsimilarcircumstances.
