Грозовий перевал
Chapter 15
Sheliftedtheletter,andseemedtoperuseit;andwhenshecametothesignatureshesighed;yetstillIfoundshehadnotgathereditsimport,for,uponmydesiringtohearherreply,shemerelypointedtothename,andgazedatmewithmournfulandquestioningeagerness.
"Well,hewishestoseeyou,"saidI,guessingherneedofaninterpreter."He’sinthegardenbythistime,andimpatienttoknowwhatanswerIshallbring."
AsIspoke,Iobservedalargedoglyingonthesunnygrassbeneathraiseitsearsasifabouttobark,andthensmoothingthemback,announce,byawagofthetail,thatsomeoneapproachedwhomitdidnotconsiderastranger.Mrs.Lintonbentforward,andlistenedbreathlessly.Theminuteafterasteptraversedthehall;theopenhousewastootemptingforHeathclifftoresistwalkingin:mostlikelyhesupposedthatIwasinclinedtoshirkmypromise,andsoresolvedtotrusttohisownaudacity.WithstrainingeagernessCatherinegazedtowardstheentranceofherchamber.Hedidnothittherightroomdirectly,shemotionedmetoadmithim,buthefounditoutereIcouldreachthedoor,andinastrideortwowasatherside,andhadhergraspedinhisarms.
