Грозовой перевал
Chapter 22
Wetookourteatogether;andafterwardsshelaydownontherug,andtoldmenottotalk,forshewasweary.Igotabook,andpretendedtoread.Assoonasshesupposedmeabsorbedinmyoccupation,sherecommencedhersilentweeping;itappeared,atpresent,herfavouritediversion.Isufferedhertoenjoyitawhile;thenIexpostulated:deridingandridiculingaMr.Heathcliff’sassertionsabouthisson,asifIwerecertainshewouldcoincide.Alas!Ihadn’tskilltocounteracttheeffecthisaccounthadproduced:itwasjustwhatheintended.
"Youmayberight,Ellen,"sheanswered;"butIshallneverfeelateasetillIknow.AndImusttellLintonitisnotmyfaultthatIdon’twrite,andconvincehimthatIshallnotchange."
Whatusewereangerandprotestationsagainsthersillycredulity?Wepartedthatnight—hostile;butnextdaybeheldmeontheroadtoWutheringHeights,bythesideofmywilfulyoungmistress’spony.Icouldn’tbeartowitnesshersorrow:toseeherpaledejectedcountenance,andheavyeyes;andIyielded,inthefainthopethatLintonhimselfmightprove,byhisreceptionofus,howlittleofthetalewasfoundedonfact.
