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Chapter 6

           GiveSkulkersomewater,Jenny.Tobeardamagistrateinhisstronghold,andontheSabbath,too!Wherewilltheirinsolencestop?Oh,mydearMary,lookhere!Don’tbeafraid,itisbutaboy—yetthevillainscowlssoplainlyinhisface;woulditnotbeakindnesstothecountrytohanghimatonce,beforeheshowshisnatureinactsaswellasfeatures?’Hepulledmeunderthechandelier,andMrs.Lintonplacedherspectaclesonhernoseandraisedherhandsinhorror.Thecowardlychildrencreptneareralso,Isabellalisping—‘Frightfulthing!puthiminthecellar,papa.He’sexactlylikethesonofthefortune-tellerthatstolemytamepheasant.Isn’the,Edgar?’

           "Whiletheyexaminedme,Cathycameround;sheheardthelastspeech,andlaughed.EdgarLinton,afteraninquisitivestare,collectedsufficientwittorecogniseher.Theyseeusatchurch,youknow,thoughweseldommeetthemelsewhere.‘That’sMissEarnshaw!’hewhisperedtohismother,‘andlookhowSkulkerhasbittenher—howherfootbleeds!’

           "’MissEarnshaw?Nonsense!’criedthedame;‘MissEarnshawscouringthecountrywithagypsy!Andyet,mydear,thechildisinmourning—surelyitis—andshemaybemaimedforlife!’

           "’Whatculpablecarelessnessinherbrother!’exclaimedMr.Linton,turningfrommetoCatherine.‘I’veunderstoodfromShielders’(thatwasthecurate,sir)thatheletshergrowupinabsoluteheathenism.

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