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Chapter 32
ButthehouseofWutheringHeightsissolarge,thattheinmateshaveplentyofspaceforwithdrawingoutofitsinfluence;andaccordingly,whatinmatestherewerehadstationedthemselvesnotfarfromoneofthewindows.IcouldbothseethemandhearthemtalkbeforeIentered,andlookedandlistenedinconsequence;beingmovedtheretobyamingledsenseofcuriosityandenvy,thatgrewasIlingered.
"Con-trary!"saidavoiceassweetasasilverbell—"Thatforthethirdtime,youdunce!I’mnotgoingtotellyouagain.RecollectorI’llpullyourhair!
"Contrary,then,"answeredanother,indeepbutsoftenedtones."Andnow,kissme,formindingsowell."
"No,readitoverfirstcorrectly,withoutasinglemistake."
Themalespeakerbegantoread:hewasayoungman,respectablydressedandseatedatatable,havingabookbeforehim.Hishandsomefeaturesglowedwithpleasure,andhiseyeskeptimpatientlywanderingfromthepagetoasmallwhitehandoverhisshoulder,whichrecalledhimbyasmartslaponthecheek,wheneveritsownerdetectedsuchsignsofinattention.Itsownerstoodbehind;herlight,shiningringletsblending,atintervals,withhisbrownlocks,asshebenttosuperintendhisstudies;andherface—itwasluckyhecouldnotseeherface,orhewouldneverhavebeensosteady.Icould;andIbitmylipinspite,athavingthrownawaythechanceImighthavehadofdoingsomethingbesidesstaringatitssmilingbeauty.
