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Chapter 17
Lintonwasextremelyreluctanttoconsent,butIpleadedeloquentlyforthefriendlessconditioninwhichhelay;andIsaidmyoldmasterandfoster-brotherhadaclaimonmyservicesasstrongashisown.Besides,IremindedhimthatthechildHaretonwashiswife’snephew,and,intheabsenceofnearerkin,heoughttoactasitsguardian;andheoughttoandmustenquirehowthepropertywasleft,andlookovertheconcernsofhisbrother-in-law.Hewasunfitforattendingtosuchmattersthen,buthebidmespeaktohislawyer;andatlengthpermittedmetogo.HislawyerhadbeenEarnshaw’salso:Icalledatthevillage,andaskedhimtoaccompanyme.Heshookhishead,andadvisedthatHeathcliffshouldbeletalone;affirming,ifthetruthwereknown,Haretonwouldbefoundlittleelsethanabeggar.
"Hisfatherdiedindebt,"hesaid;"thewholepropertyismortgaged,andthesolechanceforthenaturalheiristoallowhimanopportunityofcreatingsomeinterestinthecreditor’sheart,thathemaybeinclinedtodeallenientlytowardshim."
WhenIreachedtheHeights,IexplainedthatIhadcometoseeeverythingcarriedondecently;andJoseph,whoappearedinsufficientdistress,expressedsatisfactionatmypresence.Mr.HeathcliffsaidhedidnotperceivethatIwaswanted;butImightstayandorderthearrangementsforthefuneral,ifIchose.
"Correctly,"heremarked,"thatfool’sbodyshouldbeburiedatthecross-roads,withoutceremonyofanykind.
