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Chapter 11
Irelatedthesceneinthecourt,and,asnearasIdared,thewholesubsequentdispute.IfancieditcouldnotbeveryprejudicialtoMrs.Linton;unlessshemadeitsoafterwards,byassumingthedefensiveforherguest.EdgarLintonhaddifficultyinhearingmetotheclose.Hisfirstwordsrevealedthathedidnotclearhiswifeofblame.
"Thisisunsufferable!"heexclaimed."Itisdisgracefulthatsheshouldownhimforafriend,andforcehiscompanyonme!Callmetwomenoutofthehall,Ellen.Catherineshalllingernolongertoarguewiththelowruffian—Ihavehumouredherenough."
Hedescended,andbiddingtheservantswaitinthepassage,went,followedbyme,tothekitchen.Itsoccupantshadrecommendedtheirangrydiscussion:Mrs.Linton,atleast,wasscoldingwithrenewedvigour;Heathcliffhadmovedtothewindow,andhunghishead,somewhatcowedbyherviolentratingapparently.Hesawthemasterfirst,andmadeahastymotionthatsheshouldbesilent;whichsheobeyed,abruptly,ondiscoveringthereasonofhisintimation.
"Howisthis?"saidLinton,addressingher;"whatnotionofproprietymustyouhavetoremainhere,afterthelanguagewhichhasbeenheldtoyoubythatblackguard?Isuppose,becauseitishisordinarytalk,youthinknothingofit;youarehabituatedtohisbaseness,and,perhaps,imagineIcangetusedtoittoo!"
"Haveyoubeenlisteningatthedoor,Edgar?"askedthemistress,inatoneparticularlycalculatedtoprovokeherhusband,implyingbothcarelessnessandcontemptofhisirritation.
