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Chapter 10

           "Half-a-dozennephewsshallerasehertitle,pleaseHeaven!Abstractyourmindfromthesubjectatpresent:youaretoopronetocovetyourneighbour’sgoods;rememberthisneighbour’sgoodsaremine."

           "Iftheyweremine,theywouldbenonethelessthat,"saidHeathcliff;"butthoughIsabellaLintonmaybesilly,sheisscarcelymad;and,inshort,we’lldismissthematter,asyouadvise."

           Fromtheirtonguestheydiddismissit;andCatherine,probably,fromherthoughts.Theother,Ifeltcertain,recalleditofteninthecourseoftheevening.IsawhimsmiletohimselfgrinratherandlapseintoominousmusingwheneverMrs.Lintonhadoccasiontobeabsentfromtheapartment.

           Ideterminedtowatchhismovements.Myheartinvariablycleavedtothemaster’s,inpreferencetoCatherine’sside:withreasonIimagined,forhewaskind,andtrustful,andhonourable;andsheshecouldnotbecalledtheopposite,yetsheseemedtoallowherselfsuchwidelatitude,thatIhadlittlefaithinherprinciples,andstilllesssympathyforherfeelings.IwantedsomethingtohappenwhichmighthavetheeffectoffreeingbothWutheringHeightsandtheGrangeofMr.Heathcliff,leavingusaswehadbeenpriortohisadvent.Hisvisitswereacontinualnightmaretome;and,Isuspected,tomymasteralso.HisabodeattheHeightswasanoppressionpastexplaining.IfeltthatGodhadforsakenthestraysheeptheretoitsownwickedwanderings,andanevilbeastprowledbetweenitandthefold,waitinghistimetospringanddestroy.

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