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Chapter 23
Hesighedandmoanedlikeoneundergreatsuffering,andkeptitupforaquarterofanhour;onpurposetodistresshiscousinapparently,forwheneverhecaughtastifledsobfromherheputrenewedpainandpathosintotheinflectionsofhisvoice.
"I’msorryIhurtyou,Linton,"shesaidatlengthrackedbeyondendurance."ButIcouldn’thavebeenhurtbythatlittlepush,andIhadnoideathatyoucould,either:you’renotmuch,areyou,Linton?Don’tletmegohomethinkingI’vedoneyouharm.Answer!speaktome."
"Ican’tspeaktoyou,"hemurmured;"you’vehurtmeso,thatIshalllieawakeallnightchokingwiththiscough.Ifyouhadityou’dknowwhatitwas;butyou’llbecomfortablyasleepwhileI’minagony,andnobodynearme.Iwonderhowyouwouldliketopassthosefearfulnights!"Andhebegantowallaloud,forverypityofhimself.
"Sinceyouareinthehabitofpassingdreadfulnights,"Isaid,"itwon’tbemisswhospoilsyourease:you’dbethesamehadshenevercome.However,sheshallnotdisturbyouagain;andperhapsyou’llgetquieterwhenweleaveyou."
"MustIgo?"askedCatherinedolefully,bendingoverhim."Doyouwantmetogo,Linton?"
"Youcan’talterwhatyou’vedone,"herepliedpettishly,shrinkingfromher,"unlessyoualteritfortheworsebyteasingmeintoafever."
"Well,then,Imustgo?"sherepeated.
"Letmealone,atleast,"saidhe;"Ican’tbearyourtalking."
