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Chapter 28
Nonecouldhavenoticedtheexactminuteofhisdeath,itwassoentirelywithoutastruggle.
WhetherCatherinehadspenthertears,orwhetherthegriefweretooweightytoletthemflow,shesattheredry-eyedtillthesunrose;shesattillnoon,andwouldstillhaveremainedbroodingoverthatdeathbed,butIinsistedonhercomingawayandtakingsomerepose.ItwaswellIsucceededinremovingher;foratdinner-timeappearedthelawyer,havingcalledatWutheringHeightstogethisinstructionshowtobehave.HehadsoldhimselftoMr.Heathcliff:thatwasthecauseofhisdelayinobeyingmymaster’ssummons.Fortunately,nothoughtofworldlyaffairscrossedthelatter’smind,todisturbhim,afterhisdaughter’sarrival.
Mr.Greentookuponhimselftoordereverythingandeverybodyabouttheplace.Hegavealltheservants,butme,noticetoquit.HewouldhavecarriedhisdelegatedauthoritytothepointofinsistingthatEdgarLintonshouldnotbeburiedbesidehiswife,butinthechapel,withhisfamily.Therewasthewill,however,tohinderthat,andmyloudprotestationsagainstanyinfringementofitsdirections.Thefuneralwashurriedover;Catherine,Mrs.LintonHeathcliffnow,wassufferedtostayattheGrangetillherfather’scorpsehadquittedit.
ShetoldmethatheranguishhadatlastspurredLintontoincurtheriskofliberatingher.SheheardthemenIsentdisputingatthedoor,andshegatheredthesenseofHeathcliff’sanswer.Itdroveherdesperate