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Chapter 4
"What!CatherineLinton?"Iexclaimed,astonished.Butaminute’sreflectionconvincedmeitwasnotmyghostlyCatherine."Then,"Icontinued,"mypredecessor’snamewasLinton?"
"Itwas."
"AndwhoisthatEarnshaw:HaretonEarnshaw,wholiveswithMr.Heathcliff?aretheyrelations?"
"No;heisthelateMrs.Linton’snephew."
"Theyounglady’scousin,then?"
"Yes;andherhusbandwashercousinalso:oneonthemother’s,theotheronthefather’sside:HeathcliffmarriedMr.Linton’ssister."
"IseethehouseatWutheringHeightshas‘Earnshaw’carvedoverthefrontdoor.Aretheyanoldfamily?"
"Veryold,sir;andHaretonisthelastofthem,asourMissCathyisofus—ImeanoftheLintons.HaveyoubeentoWutheringHeights?Ibegpardonforasking;butIshouldliketohearhowsheis!"
"Mrs.Heathcliff?Shelookedverywell,andveryhandsome;yet,Ithink,notveryhappy."
"Odear,Idon’twonder!Andhowdidyoulikethemaster?"
"Aroughfellow,rather,Mrs.Dean.Isnotthathischaracter?"
"Roughasasaw-edge,andhardaswhinstone!Thelessyoumeddlewithhimthebetter."
