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Chapter 3

           Havingnodesiretobeentertainedbyacat-and-dogcombat,Isteppedforwardbriskly,asifeagertopartakethewarmthofthehearth,andinnocentofanyknowledgeoftheinterrupteddispute.Eachhadenoughdecorumtosuspendfurtherhostilities:Heathcliffplacedhisfists,outoftemptation,inhispockets;Mrs.Heathcliffcurledherlip,andwalkedtoaseatfaroff,whereshekeptherwordbyplayingthepartofastatueduringtheremainderofmystay.Thatwasnotlong.Ideclinedjoiningtheirbreakfast,and,atthefirstgleamofdawn,tookanopportunityofescapingintothefreeair,nowclear,andstill,andcoldasimpalpableice.

           Mylandlordhallooedformetostop,ereIreachedthebottomofthegarden,andofferedtoaccompanymeacrossthemoor.Itwaswellhedid,forthewholehillbackwasonebillowy,whiteocean;theswellsandfallsnotindicatingcorrespondingrisesanddepressionsintheground:manypits,atleast,werefilledtoalevel;andentirerangesofmounds,therefuseofthequarries,blottedfromthechartwhichmyyesterday’swalkleftpicturedinmymind.Ihadremarkedononesideoftheroad,atintervalsofsixorsevenyards,alineofuprightstones,continuedthroughthewholelengthofthebarren:thesewereerected,anddaubedwithlimeonpurposetoserveasguidesinthedark;andalsowhenafall,likethepresent,confoundedthedeepswampsoneitherhandwiththefirmerpath:but,exceptingadirtydotpointinguphereandthere,alltracesoftheirexistencehadvanished:andmycompanionfounditnecessarytowarnmefrequentlytosteertotherightorleft,whenIimaginedIwasfollowing,correctly,thewindingsoftheroad.Weexchangedlittleconversation,andhehaltedattheentranceofThrushcrossPark,saying,Icouldmakenoerrorthere.Ouradieuxwerelimitedtoahastybow,andthenIpushedforward,trustingtomyownresources;fortheporter’slodgeisuntenantedasyet.

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