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           Heathcliffwasquitecordial,papa,"observedCatherine,notatallconvinced;"andhedidn’tobjecttoourseeingeachother:hesaidImightcometohishousewhenIpleased;onlyImustnottellyou,becauseyouhadquarrelledwithhim,andwouldnotforgivehimformarryingAuntIsabella.Andyouwon’t.Youaretheonetobeblamed:heiswillingtoletusbefriends,atleast;LintonandI,andyouarenot."

           Mymaster,perceivingthatshewouldnottakehiswordforheruncle-in-law’sevildisposition,gaveahastysketchofhisconducttoIsabella,andthemannerinwhichWutheringHeightsbecamehisproperty.Hecouldnotbeartodiscourselonguponthetopic;forthoughhespokelittleofit,hestillfeltthesamehorroranddetestationofhisancientenemythathadoccupiedhishearteversinceMrs.Linton’sdeath."Shemighthavebeenlivingyet,ifithadnotbeenforhim!"washisconstantbitterreflection;andinhiseyes,Heathcliffseemedamurderer.MissCathy—conversantwithnobaddeedsexceptherownslightactsofdisobedience,injustice,andpassion,arisingfromhottemperandthoughtlessness,andrepentedofonthedaytheywerecommitted—wasamazedattheblacknessofspiritthatcouldbroodonandcoverrevengeforyears,anddeliberatelyprosecuteitsplanswithoutavisitationofremorse.Sheappearedsodeeplyimpressedandshockedatthisnewviewofhumannature—excludedfromallherstudiesandallherideastillnow—thatMr.Edgardeemeditunnecessarytopursuethesubject.