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Chapter 23
"Yourmotherhatedyourfather:nowthen."
"Oh!"exclaimedCatherine,tooenragedtocontinue.
"Andshelovedmine,"addedhe.
"Youlittleliar!Ihateyounow!"shepanted,andherfacegrewredwithpassion.
"Shedid!shedid!"sangLinton,sinkingintotherecessofhischair,andleaningbackhisheadtoenjoytheagitationoftheotherdisputant,whostoodbehind.
"Hush,MasterHeathcliff!"Isaid;"that’syourfather’stale,too,Isuppose."
"Itisn’t:youholdyourtongue!"heanswered."Shedid,shedid,Catherine!shedid,shedid!"
Cathy,besideherself,gavethechairaviolentpush,andcausedhimtofallagainstonearm.Hewasimmediatelyseizedbyasuffocatingcoughthatsoonendedhistriumph.Itlastedsolongthatitfrightenedevenme.Astohiscousin,shewept,withallhermight;aghastatthemischiefshehaddone:thoughshesaidnothing.Iheldhimtillthefitexhausteditself.Thenhethrustmeaway,andleanthisheaddownsilently.Catherinequelledherlamentationsalso,tookaseatopposite,andlookedsolemnlyintothefire.
"Howdoyoufeelnow,MasterHeathcliff?"Ienquired,afterwaitingtenminutes.
"IwishshefeltasIdo,"hereplied:"spiteful,cruelthing!Haretonnevertouchesme:heneverstruckmeinhislife.AndIwasbettertoday:andthere-"hisvoicediedinawhimper.
"Ididn’tstrikeyou!"mutteredCathy,chewingherliptopreventanotherburstofemotion.
