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Chapter 23

           Andsmalllosstohisfamilywheneverhedropsoff.Andluckyitisforusthathisfathertookhim:thekinderhewastreated,themoretediousandselfishhe’dbe.I’mgladyouhavenochanceofhavinghimforahusband,MissCatherine."

           Mycompanionwaxedseriousathearingthisspeech.Tospeakofhisdeathsoregardlessly,woundedherfeelings.

           "He’syoungerthanI,"sheanswered,afteraprotractedpauseofmeditation,"andheoughttolivethelongest:hewillhemustliveaslongasIdo.He’sasstrongnowaswhenhefirstcameintothenorth;I’mpositiveofthat.It’sonlyacoldthatailshim,thesameaspapahas.Yousaypapawillgetbetter,andwhyshouldn’the?"

           "Well,well,"Icried,"afterall,weneedn’ttroubleourselves;forlisten,miss,andmind,I’llkeepmywordifyouattemptgoingtoWutheringHeightsagain,withorwithoutme,IshallinformMr.Linton,and,unlessheallowit,intimacywithyourcousinmustnotberevived."

           "Ithasbeenrevived,"mutteredCathysulkily.

           "Mustnotbecontinued,then,"Isaid.

           "We’llsee,"washerreply,andshesetoffatagallop,leavingmetotoilintherear.

           Webothreachedhomebeforeourdinner-time;mymastersupposedwehadbeenwanderingthroughthepark,andthereforehedemandednoexplanationofourabsence

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