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Chapter 28
"Oh!itisGreen,"Isaid,recollectingmyself—"onlyGreen,"andIwenton,intendingtosendsomebodyelsetoopenit;buttheknockwasrepeated:notloud,andstillimportunately.Iputthejugonthebanisterandhastenedtoadmithimmyself.Theharvestmoonshoneclearoutside.Itwasnottheattorney.Myownsweetlittlemistresssprangonmyneck,sobbing:
"Ellen!Ellen!ispapaalive?"
"Yes,"Icried:"yes,myangel,heis.Godbethanked,youaresafewithusagain!"
Shewantedtorun,breathlessasshewas,upstairstoMr.Linton’sroom;butIcompelledhertositdownonachair,andmadeherdrink,andwashedherpaleface,chafingitintoafaintcolourwithmyapron.ThenIsaidImustgofirst,andtellofherarrival;imploringhertosay,sheshouldbehappywithyoungHeathcliff.Shestared,butsooncomprehendingwhyIcounselledhertoutterthefalsehood,sheassuredmeshewouldnotcomplain.
Icouldn’tabidetobepresentattheirmeeting.Istoodoutsidethechamber-dooraquarterofanhour,andhardlyventurednearthebed,then.Allwascomposed,however:Catherine’sdespairwasassilentasherfather’sjoy.Shesupportedhimcalmly,inappearance;andhefixedonherfeatureshisraisedeyes,thatseemeddilatingwihecstasy.
Hediedblissfully,Mr.Lockwood:hediedso.Kissinghercheek,hemurmured:
"Iamgoingtoher;andyou,darlingchild,shallcometous!"andneverstirredorspokeagain;butcontinuedthatrapt,radiantgaze,tillhispulseimperceptiblystoppedandhissouldeparted.
