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           EdgarLintonwassilentaminute;anexpressionofexceedingsorrowovercasthisfeatures:hewouldhavepitiedthechildonhisownaccount;but,recallingIsabella’shopesandfears,andanxiouswishesforherson,andhercommendationsofhimtohiscare,hegrievedbitterlyattheprospectofyieldinghimup,andsearchedinhishearthowitmightbeavoided.Noplanoffereditself:theveryexhibitionofanydesiretokeephimwouldhaverenderedtheclaimantmoreperemptory:therewasnothingleftbuttoresignhim.However,hewasnotgoingtorousehimfromhissleep.

           "TellMr.Heathcliff,"heansweredcalmly,"thathissonshallcometoWutheringHeightsto-morrow.Heisinbed,andtootiredtogothedistancenow.YoumayalsotellhimthatthemotherofLintondesiredhimtoremainundermyguardianship;and,atpresent,hishealthisveryprecarious."

           "Noa!"saidJoseph,givingathudwithhisproponthefloor,andassuminganauthoritativeair;"nao!thatmeansnaught.Hathecliffmaksnoa’counto’t’mother,noryenorther;buthe’llheyhislad;undImuntakhim—soanowyeknaw!"

           "Youshallnotto-night!"answeredLintondecisively."Walkdownstairsatonce,andrepeattoyourmasterwhatIhavesaid.Ellen,showhimdown.Go-"

           And,aidingtheindignantelderwithaliftbythearm,heridtheroomofhim,andclosedthedoor.

           "Varrahweell!"shoutedJoseph,asheslowlydrewoff."To-morn,he’scomehisseln,andthrusthimout,ifyedarr!"