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Chapter 8
IntheplacewheresheheardHeathclifftermeda"vulgaryoungruffian,"and"worsethanabrute,"shetookcarenottoactlikehim;butathomeshehadsmallinclinationtopractisepolitenessthatwouldonlybelaughedat,andrestrainanunrulynaturewhenitwouldbringherneithercreditnorpraise.
Mr.EdgarseldommusteredcouragetovisitWutheringHeightsopenly.HehadaterrorofEarnshaw’sreputation,andshrunkfromencounteringhim;andyethewasalwaysreceivedwithourbestattemptsatcivility:themasterhimselfavoidedoffendinghim,knowingwhyhecame;andifhecouldnotbegracious,keptoutoftheway.IratherthinkhisappearancetherewasdistastefultoCatherine:shewasnotartful,neverplayedthecoquette,andhadevidentlyanobjectiontohertwofriendsmeetingatall;forwhenHeathcliffexpressedcontemptofLintoninhispresence,shecouldnothalfcoincide,asshedidinhisabsence;andwhenLintonevinceddisgustandantipathytoHeathcliff,shedarednottreathissentimentswithindifference,asifdepreciationofherplaymatewereofscarcelyanyconsequencetoher.I’vehadmanyalaughatherperplexitiesanduntoldtroubles,whichshevainlystrovetohidefrommymockery.Thatsoundsill-natured:butshewassoproud,itbecamereallyimpossibletopityherdistresses,tillsheshouldbechastenedintomorehumility.Shedidbringherself,finally,toconfess,andtoconfideinme:therewasnotasoulelsethatshemightfashionintoanadviser.
Mr.
